Big Picture Perspective...

[OneVolNation]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

 

[allstar34bd]

Better team won for sure.

 

[ohhbother]

Agree. We ran into a team that’s clearly much better than us. It happens. Making the playoffs is progress. Proud to be a Vol!

 

[Gandalf]

Granted, at the beginning of the season I figured on 9 wins and hoped for 10. We should never have lost to Arkansas. We did well to whup Florida and Alabama.

And yes, it was great to make the playoffs in Nico's first year.

But it is hard to watch us get blown out on national TV. Granted, we got a crappy bracket and if we were playing SMU in somewhere above freezing I think we would have romped. Clearly against a top 5 team though, we still have a long way to go.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

I'll always be proud to be a Vol. But Christ on his throne! This was embarrassing and CJH had BETTER make some changes in the offseason!

 

[Voltopia]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

Reasonable optimism in the face of failure?

Friend, I know you mean well, but VolNation may not be the right place for you.

 

[njvols]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

Correct. I thought we’d be an 8-4 team and we made the playoffs. Just really a bad showing. Need tor fortify OL and WR.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Idk if this is progress for us, or if our schedule has just been easier the last couple years. We are certainly better than the Dooley-Butch-Pruitt years, but to be honest this team isn’t and hasn’t been all that good this year. Probably a 7-5 team against some of our schedules of old.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Correct. I thought we’d be an 8-4 team and we made the playoffs. Just really a bad showing. Need tor fortify OL and WR.

I thought we would be 8-4, but our opponents were a lot worse than I thought they would be.

 

[Vols1498]

Agreed

 

[volgr]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

There is nothing to build on. You dont lose games like this. Total embarrassment. This will be Heupel's pinnacle at TN. His offense is a joke.

 

[Gannon Goodson]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

Take the blinders off. This is major red flag territory.

 

[kcvols1]

Idk if this is progress for us, or if our schedule has just been easier the last couple years. We are certainly better than the Dooley-Butch-Pruitt years, but to be honest this team isn’t and hasn’t been all that good this year. Probably a 7-5 team against some of our schedules of old.

You are what your record says you are.

 

[Gandalf]

Interesting stat they are showing. Nico is the first freshman QB to win 10 games in TN history. Didnt know that.

 

[Cartervol]

Take the blinders off. This is major red flag territory.

4 years in. It's going to get much better trust.. Well we've heard this shat before.

 

[sami]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

Watch it, that kind of attitude doesn't fly around here.

 

[barknoxbrawler]

You are what your record says you are.

Wrong. We are what Legionairres of the Miserables says we are obviously .

 

[kcvols1]

Wrong. We are what Legionairres of the Miserables says we are obviously .

Thanks, I needed that!

 

[JBVolunteer]

Weak scheduling got us here and honestly, I wished it hadn’t. We got the spotlight and absolutely embarrassed ourselves.

I feel for the fans that made the trip to Columbus. They deserved better.

 

[hardyemt_p]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

Finally a positive post!! We have set the bar for expectations! Carry on!!

 

[hardyemt_p]

Weak scheduling got us here and honestly, I wished it hadn’t. We got the spotlight and absolutely embarrassed ourselves.

I feel for the fans that made the trip to Columbus. They deserved better.

So SEC is weak now? Beating bama and gators in rival games is far from weak!

 

[TheFlash1971]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

Thanks CH for the positive words.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Josh can go back Oklahoma if that's the best he can do. Hope he's absolutely embarrassed.

 

[Orangecrush#27]

Tennessee made the playoff. That is progress for us. The other team had been to the playoffs 7 times.
This was our first.
Now we have that playoff experience.

There is a lot to build on and many reasons to look forward to next season.

Congrats to Ohio State.

I knew getting to the playoffs was a huge step. But the way we lost this one will leave a bad taste in vol fans mouths for along time.

 

[JBVolunteer]

So SEC is weak now? Beating bama and gators in rival games is far from weak!

Absolutely! Worst Bama team we’ve seen since before the Saban era. Florida was in the gutter and our non-conference scheduling was pathetic.