3,300 total yard 30 TDs (10 gms)

[LittleVol]

2,888 passing 25 Tds
400 rushing 5 Tds

Hendon Hooker,
Heisman or not. National Champion or not, I am so so so glad we have had the pleasure
of watching this guy make Tennessee football beautiful again.

At this pace: with 4 more games to go.
He may finish with 4,500 and 42 TDs.
We may never see that again.

 

[JFreak]

2,888 passing 25 Tds
400 rushing 5 Tds

Hendon Hooker,
Heisman or not. National Champion or not, I am so so so glad we have had the pleasure
of watching this guy make Tennessee football beautiful again.

At this pace: with 4 more games to go.
He may finish with 4,500 and 42 TDs.
We may never see that again.

Awesome to watch and deserving of the Heisman for sure. But there is a chance we see it again in the next 3 years between Milton and/or Nico.

 

[AllVols]

We have a bright future. Huepul is aQB whisper. Look what he has done with Milton. He had such a beautiful touch on that deep ball last night.

 

[davethevol]

We have a bright future. Huepul is aQB whisper. Look what he has done with Milton. He had such a beautiful touch on that deep ball last night.

Not only that, but Milton ran and didn’t avoid contact. Great chance he’s going to be very good.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Hooker:Milton:Iamaleava::Boyd:Watson:Lawrence

Edit: or better yet, Kelly:Shuler:Manning

 

[Iam4utalways]

We have a bright future. Huepul is aQB whisper. Look what he has done with Milton. He had such a beautiful touch on that deep ball last night.

I would like to see Milton finally let one loose from about the 20.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Not only that, but Milton ran and didn’t avoid contact. Great chance he’s going to be very good.

He’s really impressed me with his improvement this year. The young man is clearly putting in the work to get better. And he’s a graduate student so he really has time to invest in his game

 

[Daniel_Lincolns_Foot]

I think HH’s final “Heisman candidate” line will be 3,600 yards passing 40 TDs, 500 yards rushing 7 TDs.

In my opinion that blows CJ Stroud’s resume out of the water—with a tougher schedule, no less.

The one thing that hurts is that all eyes will be on Michigan/OSU on Nov 26, so the recency bias will definitely play part if Stroud has a good game and HH will not have the benefit of a conference championship game to further his stats.

But, overall, to think that Stroud has actually had a better season than Hooker is absolute lunacy.

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

He’s really impressed me with his improvement this year. The young man is clearly putting in the work to get better. And he’s a graduate student so he really has time to invest in his game

Our qb coach is doing a pretty good job too. There appears to be real player development going on here..recruits (and their families) like that.

 

[sjt18]

I would like to see Milton finally let one loose from about the 20.

That would be a hard ball to catch on the other end

 

[Iam4utalways]

That would be a hard ball to catch on the other end

Better move it back to the 10 so the WR has time to slow down after the catch. Milton might have to put some air under it to give them time to run under it too.

 

[901 Orange]

That would be a hard ball to catch on the other end

Yeah might tweak a hammy trying to catch up to that one. Hyatt, White, Calloway, & Holiday might be the only guys who could be targets on that one

 

[LittleVol]

I think HH’s final “Heisman candidate” line will be 3,600 yards passing 40 TDs, 500 yards rushing 7 TDs.

In my opinion that blows CJ Stroud’s resume out of the water—with a tougher schedule, no less.

The one thing that hurts is that all eyes will be on Michigan/OSU on Nov 26, so the recency bias will definitely play part if Stroud has a good game and HH will not have the benefit of a conference championship game to further his stats.

But, overall, to think that Stroud has actually had a better season than Hooker is absolute lunacy.

This is one of those quirky years where all kinds of "what ifs" get answered on the field.

I think we end up as #3 vs Ohio State at #2
And then that will be something!

UGA vs TCU would also be good!

 

[Allvols1996]

Our qb coach is doing a pretty good job too. There appears to be real player development going on here..recruits (and their families) like that.

The DB room says “hello!”

 

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

The DB room says “hello!”

I say good bye. We have better talent coming in. And the players we have are getting better since the beginning of the season. Which is all we can ask.

 

[RavinDave]

I would like to see Milton finally let one loose from about the 20.

Makes me want to say the rosary.

 

[Allvols1996]

I say good bye. We have better talent coming in. And the players we have are getting better since the beginning of the season. Which is all we can ask.

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn. Hell, who would have thought Tennessee’s receiver room would have two potential 1st round picks when Heupel took the job? No one. But they developed the talent. They didn’t make any excuses and coaches what they have. In other words the staff has gotten better results than the talent level would indicate.

It’s hard to argue that Tennessee’s problem on passing defense is talent. The recruiting rankings would indicate that we are FAR better than 127. I don’t think you realize how bad that is. Our talent is more than respectable. Any coach worth their salt can take respectable talent and do much better. Heupel’s offense has covered a ton of sins from this defense. Banks is not the answer. Martinez is terrible.

I asked the question during the game, what is the defense trying to accomplish? We were told it would gamble to create turnovers? This defense doesn’t create turnovers. At least no more than any defense on average.
when you’re this good on offense, it doesn’t stand out like it should.

 

[VolSteve]

Hooker:Milton:Iamaleava::Boyd:Watson:Lawrence

Edit: or better yet, Kelly:Shuler:Manning

But...you left out JG!

 

[Manchester Vol]

I would like to see Milton finally let one loose from about the 20.

He did in practice…hit a bird

 

[peaygolf]

2,888 passing 25 Tds
400 rushing 5 Tds

Hendon Hooker,
Heisman or not. National Champion or not, I am so so so glad we have had the pleasure
of watching this guy make Tennessee football beautiful again.

At this pace: with 4 more games to go.
He may finish with 4,500 and 42 TDs.
We may never see that again.

Might have to make a change to my Top 250 Vols of All-Time..........

Hooker in the Top 20? Top 15?

 

[UTblood4life]

Imagine if hooker was here for four yrs under Heupel every qb record would most likely be shattered
Whatever vols qb that's stays for atleast three yrs has a high probability of breaking some long time records under Heupel

 

[Alto1]

Not only that, but Milton ran and didn’t avoid contact. Great chance he’s going to be very good.

Milton delivering the blow on run plays is a positive advancement in his development. Deliver the lick, don’t avoid it as he was prone to do last year.
We all know he has a great arm, but coupled with his new found running attitude and touch on his passes, the future is bright for Joe Milton and The Tennessee Volunteers!!!

 

[BACKDOC]

2,888 passing 25 Tds
400 rushing 5 Tds

Hendon Hooker,
Heisman or not. National Champion or not, I am so so so glad we have had the pleasure
of watching this guy make Tennessee football beautiful again.

At this pace: with 4 more games to go.
He may finish with 4,500 and 42 TDs.
We may never see that again.

You never know, actually Milton has more accurate this year.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

But...you left out JG!

 

[LittleVol]

Might have to make a change to my Top 250 Vols of All-Time..........

Hooker in the Top 20? Top 15?

I have him as potentially #1.

If he wins the Heisman and the CFP then he's #1 for me