Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

[BreatheUT]

We



Beat.



Florida.




Suck it @lawgator1 !!!

I hope this a joke. It was a game that was excruciating to watch between two teams both trying to lose.

 

[BreatheUT]

This loss is going to be the "what could have been" highlight of the Gators' season. Napier is done, especially when the result is so easily traced to his ineptitude.

I agree the Gators lost it as much as the Vols won it. I hope Napier sticks around.

 

[BreatheUT]

We were in the red zone 4 times in the first half and got one td. We tried to convert 4th and 3 inches by having our players run 15 years along the line of scrimmage. We had an illegal substitution penalty to end the first half on a made field goal....

I re-direct you to last year and two players with same jersey numbers on the field at the same time. Or countless times in the last two years we've had to call timeouts as the play clock ran down after TV timeouts.

Heck, we might be able to fire him for cause, though we'd be sued for discriminating against his obvious mental disability.

Sounds like a Derek Dooley coached team.

Look on the bright side, at least you didn't have two of your OL blocking each other or you had a RB $hit himself in front of the world to see.

 

[BreatheUT]

Yeah. It was a tough one. But yeah, better a win than a loss.

We aren't a very good team. Maybe a top 25 school. But we don't belong in the playoffs

We aren't very good. The offense has fallen off the cliff and that is a big problem. There seems to be problems in almost every facet of the unit from play calling to execution.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

At least Sampson has lived up to the hype on offense.

 

[AM64]

Vandy should be #1 team in country.

Just when we thought it was far safer having Vandy rather than Bama as our permanent rival game.

 

[AM64]

Our offense is atrocious. Unbelievably bad. There's something going on.

Maybe the guys on the line feel underappreciated and underpaid while blocking for a QB making millions? I still don't like NIL even a little bit; it has all the potential to wreck the sport without adding much of value - except to a few, and particularly to the manipulators/agents.

 

[just bob]

I’m going to expect the worst and hopefully be wrong.

That's me pretty much every week.

 

[just bob]

Maybe the guys on the line feel underappreciated and underpaid while blocking for a QB making millions? I still don't like NIL even a little bit; it has all the potential to wreck the sport without adding much of value - except to a few, and particularly to the manipulators/agents.

Yeah, it's such a complex thing but my initial reaction is to not like it. I don't see having a college football team on walk ons, scholarship, scholly + basic NIL, major NIL players meshing all cohesive all the time.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Vandy loses to Ga State. Almost beats Mizzou then does beat Bama. Crazy

 

[NorthDallas40]

The rationalization and bargaining going on today in the FF is both sad and hilarious. It’s pretty straight forward. We are a #1 defense paired with a #50 offense. It is what it is.

 

[BreatheUT]

Ohio State QB with basically a Nico/Milton moment. It's a lot better watching Ohio State do it.

Tbh I don't like either program. The good news is someone had to lose. I had hoped USC would beat an overrated Penn St as well.

 

[just bob]

Tbh I don't like either program. The good news is someone had to lose. I had hoped USC would beat an overrated Penn St as well.

Turns out the worst way for me. The visiting team lost a one-point game by about a second which would have set up a potential FG. It was basically a wash in everyone's minds.

 

[BreatheUT]

What do you ask think of the Kirby Smart situation from yesterday?

I'm thinking a 3-4 game suspension as a minimum and paying a fine towards the player's NIL that he shoved.

Coaches have been fired for less even if it was "inadvertent."

This Vols team got me avoiding the highlights after games so I missed this. I will have to check it out.

 

[BreatheUT]

Turns out the worst way for me. The visiting team lost a one-point game by about a second which would have set up a potential FG. It was basically a wash in everyone's minds.

Which means OSU will stay in the top 5.

 

[NorthDallas40]

For those wondering here is the Kirby shove. I don’t think he set out to shove the player as he was clearly focused on the ref. But I also think he knew exactly what he was doing and should likely face some minor sanction.

 

[just bob]

Which means OSU will stay in the top 5.

Which they did. Though rankings are pretty irrelevant right now...

 

[Grand Vol]

For those wondering here is the Kirby shove. I don’t think he set out to shove the player as he was clearly focused on the ref. But I also think he knew exactly what he was doing and should likely face some minor sanction.

I'm still trying to figure out why the Ref didn't throw a flag on the spot.

 

[NorthDallas40]

I'm still trying to figure out why the Ref didn't throw a flag on the spot.

True

 

[Weezer]

For those wondering here is the Kirby shove. I don’t think he set out to shove the player as he was clearly focused on the ref. But I also think he knew exactly what he was doing and should likely face some minor sanction.

Woody Hayes lost his career over hitting a player. Kirby SHOULD get a severe punishment, but we all know he won't.

 

[hog88]

Woody Hayes lost his career over hitting a player. Kirby SHOULD get a severe punishment, but we all know he won't.

I can’t stand Smart anymore than you but come on. WH repeatedly punched a player, Smart barely pushed this guy.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I can’t stand Smart anymore than you but come on. WH repeatedly punched a player, Smart barely pushed this guy.

I’m still not convinced he knew it was an opposing player. I’ve seen him do the same thing to his own coaches trying to hold him back. In a situation like that I can see myself having tunnel vision and not realizing who was behind or beside me. Not an excuse, it should not have happened but it’s not like he grabbed him while looking at him and shoved him.

 

[McDad]

I’m still not convinced he knew it was an opposing player. I’ve seen him do the same thing to his own coaches trying to hold him back. In a situation like that I can see myself having tunnel vision and not realizing who was behind or beside me. Not an excuse, it should not have happened but it’s not like he grabbed him while looking at him and shoved him.

Was it Kiffin that pushed one of his own players after celebrating on the UT sideline??

 

[LouderVol]

Was it Kiffin that pushed one of his own players after celebrating on the UT sideline??

yeah I think it was Compton.

 

[Weezer]

I can’t stand Smart anymore than you but come on. WH repeatedly punched a player, Smart barely pushed this guy.

Not calling for an end to his career, but a stiff fine and public apology is not over the top in this situation. Instead, it will be ignored. His behavior toward an opposing player was inexcusable IMO.