Insane stat from Saturday

[tennesseeduke]

Milroy would have a scored if Brooks didn't shoestring him. We may have a credit if Sampson didn't fumble, etc....

We could do If's all day, fact is those things either didn't or did happen and can't be changed. Dwelling on what it's is unproductive

Bamas new QB Milroy!

 

[ENGRVOL]

seriously is there a coordinator anywhere who has done a better job than Tim Banks this year?

 

[volinsd]

SOME ON This board wanted both fired in August.

FIFY

 

[Batman1948]

This along with Milroe's 25 total yards of rushing.

He only had 11 total rushing yards for the game

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Bama could have scored way more in the first half too, can't talk about the score without our missed opportunities and not give them credit for theirs as well.

Ridiculous take. First half could have also been a 3 score deficit in favor of Bama. This is definitely a weakened Bama team but this was a tightly contested game throughout. Bama led deep into the 4th quarter.

We fumbled and later threw an interception deep in Alabama territory on drives where we were moving the ball at will. We had 3 or 4 plays where a receiver was running wide open behind the defense and Nico just overthrew him. We kicked a field goal on a 4th and 3 that we may well have picked up and went on to score.

Alabama had near misses too, sure, but not nearly as many as we did. If they had hit theirs and we had hit ours we would have won by 3 touchdowns or more. Our defense dominated their offense. Our offense stopped itself.

 

[LAVol1]

This board wanted both fired in August.

Some of the less objective posters did, but I think there were a lot of us that thought Banks was doing a great job with the players he had. I do admit that I thought Martinez should have been replaced and I may have been wrong about that.

 

[TartanTurff]

This was a Saban assembled, groomed and manicured Alabama team, particularly the true freshmen on the field he signed in the early signing period, but Saban was in Austin not in Knoxville, such that the excellence and the intensity you usually see operated by the crimson helmets was not there either.

 

[StickMan]

seriously is there a coordinator anywhere who has done a better job than Tim Banks this year?

The third down defense brings me joy. It's been a UT Achilles heel most of my life, and I'm pretty old.

 

[midnight orange]

Clutch your Tim Banks tightly because he may be gone after this season. He and Willie earned a ton of respect.

Willie needs to be fired. Jermod didn’t even give the thumbs up interception signal as he was intercepting the pass. Lack of coaching the fundamentals.

 

[malibuvol]

Bama could have scored way more in the first half too, can't talk about the score without our missed opportunities and not give them credit for theirs as well.

So could we...Fumble on first possession driving deep into Bama territory...Nico overthrew receivers that were 5 yards in front of Bama defenders...So game could have been blowout with better execution.

 

[rocytop2624]

This board wanted both fired in August.

Not me.

 

[superdave1984]

Tennessee is #3 nationally in defense stop rate. This is the percentage of a defense's drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs.

Who really has the best defense? Stop rate for all 134 college football teams

We break down the top defenses based on how many times an opponent's drive ends without points.

www.espn.com

 

[901 Orange]

Notice I said “net,” compadre.

I know what net means compadre. My point was he had more than 11 actual rushing yards. He ran for nearly that much on his first QB sneak

 

[dobre_shunka]

The third down defense brings me joy. It's been a UT Achilles heel most of my life, and I'm pretty old.

Still having 3rd and Chavis flashbacks?

The 2008 UCLA game still haunts me.

 

[sonofUT62]

Bama threw 2 “50-50” balls in the end zone. They won one, lost one.

They also missed a TD by however long Brooks finger is.

 

[Orange931]

And all this after losing Pili last week

We’re deep all over the defensive side of the ball. They’re locked in as it gets.

 

[wmcovol]

Still having 3rd and Chavis flashbacks?

The 2008 UCLA game still haunts me.

I swear sometimes I believe Tennessee’s mascot should have been the elephant; some of us refuse to forget the past.

 

[chuck0303]

This board wanted both fired in August.

But not all of us, I didn't. Critics have too short a fuse. I take them with a grain of salt. Everyone has emotions but good thing their opinions, when it matters, don't count.

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Total rushing yards. Tennessee 217 Bama 89. Longest 2 runs for Bama 10 and 11 yards. Milroe tries 45 passing attempts missing on 20 with 2 interceptions. GBO

 

[MemphisVolFan1978]

The third down defense brings me joy. It's been a UT Achilles heel most of my life, and I'm pretty old.

I agree with you. Last season it seemed that we could consistently hold teams to 3rd down, but then give up a short pass to convert.

 

[cardvolfan]

My point exactly. Can't say "if UT doesn't do this, then it would not have been close" without saying the same for Bama

If I had hit my shots straighter and 20 yards longer from the tee box on Monday, I would have been right around par for the round. Dang it.

 

[NighthawkVol]

After Bama's last touchdown, their last 4 possessions resulted in 3 total yards and 0 first downs!! I knew the defense locked it down, but that is just unreal!!

There was another crazy stat about third down conversions. They went something like the last half or the last 3 quarters without converting a third down against our defense. I can’t remember which it was.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Willie needs to be fired. Jermod didn’t even give the thumbs up interception signal as he was intercepting the pass. Lack of coaching the fundamentals.

Simply Not true.

 

[midnight orange]

Simply Not true.

Ya think.

 

[Behr]

Some of the less objective posters did, but I think there were a lot of us that thought Banks was doing a great job with the players he had. I do admit that I thought Martinez should have been replaced and I may have been wrong about that.

There were more than some and they were loud and when they get called out "some" will tell YOU to grow up.