We had a bad game, we have plenty to address. But the folks whining about Heupel over a loss. Heupel didn’t takeover a loaded team at Tennessee, we were at the bottom of the barrel. He took that team and went 7-6 and actually almost did better. Nobody was expecting much at all the first year but we did better than expected. Last year most folks were only expecting 7-8 wins, I did pick 9. And we ended up 11-2. Now in the 3rd year we are going to finish either 9-3 or 8-4. Anybody ready to fire Heupel at this stage needs to frankly just shut up. Yes, the staff can improve and that goes for the head coach. We have to get deeper on both sides of the trenches. Run or pass, in the SEC the team that wins the trenches wins most of the games. Number 2 is the quarterback position, this was a tough year in that Milton was the epitome of waiting his turn a big arm and a great teammate. Nico is a very young true freshman with a great future, we have a lot of young talented freshman and sophomores and a future great quarterback. This year was the get over hump year with quarterbacks. I do expect a few changes to staff but not a major overhaul. I have great faith that the coming years will be very good ones for the Vols! But we have to develop what the elite teams have, good teams don’t let you up when they have you down and they don’t quit when they are down. Elite teams are consistently consistent. We have to become a mentally tougher team, we have to bring confidence and focus when we play on the road. We can’t be lax, we have to develop a killer instinct that refuses to be denied. We got bullied yesterday, and if we feel sorry for ourselves we are going to get bullied again this week in front of the home crowd. This team needs to find it’s mean streak. No doubt about 1 thing between this year and next this entire team needs to get stronger and faster and a lot tougher if it wants to be elite. No matter what next week if we don’t play with fire and effort I will be highly disappointed, I know Missouri was all set fire ready for us after the last few years. Losing a hard fought battle would have been no shame, but to unravel in the 4th quarter was disappointing but sometimes it happens. What is most important now is making the most of our chance this week. Georgia hasn’t lost in a long time, and we know we are capable of being a very dangerous team. Let’s go out there and lay it all on the line. To go get the win next week would be a huge statement and also disrupt Georgia’s pursuit for a title. It would also prove what we can do when we play 4 quarters with no let up. At the end of the day it’s a chance to beat undefeated number 1 who is going for a 3 peat national championship. Time for us to throw it all at the bulldogs and give them that loss, the perfect time for a big time win is next week in Neyland!!!!! GBO
