Interesting article by Zach Ragan tonight

[rjd970]

The facemask call was legit, it was quick but the grabbed and tugged on the facemask. Even if he hadn't, it was still 3rd down and 8 (and like a 4 down situation if they'd needed it). I'd have been shocked if we had stopped them.

The frustration is they see some fingers on a helmet but miss a false start by Beck and botch a 12 man call. Sometimes they have x-ray vision and sometimes they make it up as they go. GA always seemed to benefit.

 

[MurphyVol]

The frustration is they see some fingers on a helmet but miss a false start by Beck and botch a 12 man call. Sometimes they have x-ray vision and sometimes they make it up as they go. GA always seemed to benefit.

Yeah the 12 man call was ticky tack but some times you need to overcome a bad call or two. Letting Beck sit back there all day and throwing the ball horizontally too much is what lost the game.

To have played UGA as close as we did on the road for most of the game with such an awful game plan on both sides of the ball tells me the talent gap is closing somewhat. This game was on the coaches.

 

[adam.vol]

Chugga Chugga. Chugga Chugga. Choo choo!!!

Gaslighting express, coming through!

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Zach is a fan forum poster posing as a journalist.

 

[tbh]

If the players and coaching staff executed, a few no-calls or tossup penalties wouldn't have made the difference. As frustrating as the Cult of the Blind Zebra can be, the loss is not on them. It's on the coaches and players.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

The frustration is they see some fingers on a helmet but miss a false start by Beck and botch a 12 man call. Sometimes they have x-ray vision and sometimes they make it up as they go. GA always seemed to benefit.

I think what they saw was his helmet pop off during the tackle and he did have his hand on the guy's facemask even though he didn't rip his helmet off by the facemask (which is probably what the official thought happened in real-time).

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Yeah the 12 man call was ticky tack but some times you need to overcome a bad call or two. Letting Beck sit back there all day and throwing the ball horizontally too much is what lost the game.

To have played UGA as close as we did on the road for most of the game with such an awful game plan on both sides of the ball tells me the talent gap is closing somewhat. This game was on the coaches.

On the 12 man call what probably drew the booth review was the lackadaisical manner the lineman was exiting the field to start with, I remember thinking "damn, hurry up". What angered me initially about that was that no flag was thrown, but once they said it was something that could draw a booth initiated review, I calmed down, because I 100% can see how the eye in the sky saw it.

 

[adam.vol]

Zach is a fan forum poster posing as a journalist.

Generally, anyone who claims to be a journalist has sacrificed their neutrality to write propaganda for whomever can pay their bills. All their consumer wants is publication of a one sided opinion.

Show me the story where someone cites all the questionable rulings and then says we don’t know who would have won if all the rules had been followed. We only know who won in a questionably biased contest. The story should be “SEC officials leaned in favor of the bulldogs. Outcome: Georgia victory.” That’s the only thing a non-homer would feel smart about reading.

Unfortunately, people aren’t paying journalists to write regional sports stories for the national audience. The national media is invested in their tv contracts and aren’t interested in being informative these days.

 

[Sarms58]

Yeah the 12 man call was ticky tack but some times you need to overcome a bad call or two. Letting Beck sit back there all day and throwing the ball horizontally too much is what lost the game.

I have laughed in previous games when the other team subs on offense and Heupel has our D sub anf slow walk off the field. Several times it’s forced the other team to burn a timeout. However we got bit last night because the referee gave us a reasonable time to get off the field and then let Georgia proceed. I bet there have been a few complaints about our tactic.

 

[ftsandersvol]

All I know is when Georgia looked like they needed some help to sustain a drive they got it.

 

[Lekvolrrah]

https://atozsports.com/nashville/vo...r-agenda-athens-georgia-tennessee-vols-proof/

Though we didn't play well, Georgia got a few breaks.

If Tenn players executed better on O they would have been in a better position to win.

 

[hUTch2002]

Good grief. We got out coached and out played. Vol fans need to get over it. When we win very little is said about officiating.

There were a couple questionable calls but it certainly wasn’t enough to make a difference when you’re getting outscored 31-7. No officiating makes up for that. You knew it was Georgia’s night when you had the fumble that was actually a dropped pass followed by a fumble by a dude running full speed that somehow ended up right back in his hands. Then you flip to us and we’re dropping an easy pass for a big first down. In a game like this a couple plays can swing the whole thing. That last play of the first quarter seemed to change everything. UGA figured something out on offense starting there and we couldn’t stop them the rest of the game.

 

[adam.vol]

https://atozsports.com/nashville/vo...r-agenda-athens-georgia-tennessee-vols-proof/

Though we didn't play well, Georgia got a few breaks.

I didn’t see anything in that article that I disagreed with. Comments supported by video clips and snapshots of other commentators. Above today’s journalism standards.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

I have laughed in previous games when the other team subs on offense and Heupel has our D sub anf slow walk off the field. Several times it’s forced the other team to burn a timeout. However we got bit last night because the referee gave us a reasonable time to get off the field and then let Georgia proceed. I bet there have been a few complaints about our tactic.

Exactly!!!! This was a coaching trick that we have used before and it back fired last night.

 

[Volfan574]

The refs were awful in the 2nd half. We got outplayed but any Vol fan that doesn’t think the refs weren’t on Georgia‘s side is dumb or they bet money on Georgia to win.

Good grief. We got out coached and out played. Vol fans need to get over it. When we win very little is said about officiating.

yes we got outplayed and outcoached but the refs made some obvious calls in favor of Georgia. Refs kept Georgia‘s offensive drives alive in the 2nd half making the game look even worse on the scoreboard.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

Even Heupel called out those two biased calls in the postgame press conference. Is he “emotional” and wrong?

Yes I’m sure he is emotional. We all are. I’d encourage him to worry more about coaching flaws and less about officiating. Control what you can control. Good leaders look inward, not outward when things go wrong.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

Yeah the 12 man call was ticky tack but some times you need to overcome a bad call or two. Letting Beck sit back there all day and throwing the ball horizontally too much is what lost the game.

To have played UGA as close as we did on the road for most of the game with such an awful game plan on both sides of the ball tells me the talent gap is closing somewhat. This game was on the coaches.

This all day.

 

[bpalmer28]

Most of the time when teams have an inexperienced RB against a good defense, pass protection is a problem. It wasn’t a problem for Georgia one time last night and they had inexperienced RBs on the field for every snap.

 

[deatojl]

This article is BS and nothing but clickbait. He is just spewing a bunch of BS that many want to believe right now. The 12 man call was a bad call, but it was just that, a bad call. There is no bias, just terrible officiating. This isn’t new, and it happens all the time this season especially, but TN isn’t the only team to be on the wrong end of a bad call lately.

If it was just one bad call, I’d agree. While the issues weren’t by any means exclusively due to officiating, there were numerous bad calls and bad non calls and almost every single one of them benefitted Georgia. That being said, Zach Ragan is a bit on the idiotic side and this article falls in line with that.

 

[Beth1308]

Most of the time when teams have an inexperienced RB against a good defense, pass protection is a problem. It wasn’t a problem for Georgia one time last night and they had inexperienced RBs on the field for every snap.

Does anyone recall when Jamal Lewis couldn’t get on the field as a freshman because he couldn’t pass block? I guess in the days of open transfers and NIL coaches don’t want to risk offending some of these kids? Or maybe injuries have forced the issue?

In all fairness to Lewis, he had probably never done a pass pro drill in his life until college…..

 

[EZE]

Kirkstreit isn't as blatantly biased against the Vols as Fowler, but he's got some 'splaining to do, too.

Those guys are part of the machine…and nothing but tools to carry water for the NCAA and parrot the desired narratives.

 

[OrangeTsar]

This article is BS and nothing but clickbait. He is just spewing a bunch of BS that many want to believe right now. The 12 man call was a bad call, but it was just that, a bad call. There is no bias, just terrible officiating. This isn’t new, and it happens all the time this season especially, but TN isn’t the only team to be on the wrong end of a bad call lately.

No, a bad call is when you throw a flag when there wasn’t an actual foul. This time there was no flag thrown until after the play because of Kirby whinning like a little baby

 

[OrangeTsar]

Not the main reason we loss but yeah didn’t help. Refs were abysmal and had an undeniable impact on the game several times

Yup, when the officials keep the go ahead drive alive MULTIPLE times, how can it NOT have an impact?

 

[DirtyDawg]

No, a bad call is when you throw a flag when there wasn’t an actual foul. This time there was no flag thrown until after the play because of Kirby whinning like a little baby

The issue was caused by the refs. Kirby was right to argue the point. He was on the field when the ball was snapped. The refs should have not let the ball snap bf every one was off the field. They screwed up and Kirby took advantage. It shouldn’t have happened, but of course Kirby is gonna point it out and want a flag bc it benefits GA. I’d be pissed too if I were a Vol fan. Very pissed!

 

[kell7517]

We definitely got outplayed, but the 2 calls definitely gave UGa 7.
So we probably should of lost by less but a loss is a loss

I agree to an extent. Had the face mask call not been called. Stop a 3rd and 8. We get the ball. Had the 12th man call been called correctly. 3rd and 7. Probably a fg. We get the ball and kick a possible tying fg. But because we were down 7. A fg wasn’t an option. And to think both of those calls were in the same drive. The go ahead drive at that.