Official Tennessee vs. Alabama Game Thread - 5 PM EST - Fox Sports South

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the_great_pumpkin said:
zebras maybe?
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More like:

-An offense that smells of Steve Addazio
-A failure to show up for the first 20 minutes of a 40 minute game
-A failure to close out said game when the team was given almost every opportunity possible by the opponent
-The worst shot selection this side of the local rec league
 
#1,053
#1,053
The refs had a really really bad stretch in the 2nd half where they gave Bama every loose break. We overcame it and ultimately losing the game was no one's fault but our own.
 
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#1ArencibiaFan said:
Ohhhh, so the refs forced those 2 TO's and McBees shot in OT. Makes perfect sense now.
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No but the charge on Tobias was a flagrant MISCALL. And a few others.
However, we played them to 3 points down there, should have won by 10 here but we can't play at home like most teams.
Maybe they are intimidated by their fans.
 
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#1ArencibiaFan said:
Ohhhh, so the refs forced those 2 TO's and McBees shot in OT. Makes perfect sense now.
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It isn't one or the other. It is both. If the Cold took care of business then they would have won. If the refs weren't pathetic... They would have won. The refs WERE awful tonight. Discounting that is foolish.
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CardassianVol said:
It isn't one or the other. It is both. If the Cold took care of business then they would have won. If the refs weren't pathetic... They would have won. The refs WERE awful tonight. Discounting that is foolish.
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We had a chance to win and had the lead. The refs didn't make use take bad shots or turn the ball over.
 
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SeanJean said:
The refs had a really really bad stretch in the 2nd half where they gave Bama every loose break. We overcame it and ultimately losing the game was no one's fault but our own.
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I don't understand why we can't objectively look at the game and say it was both, because that is the truth. It was the refs fault too.

I find that many people who said the refs gave us the Georgia game are the same ones who say, "We can blame nobody but ourselves" when we lose. You can't have it both ways.

The truth is, either one of those things (our play and the officiating) could have changed the outcome of the game, but unfortunately, neither one did.
 
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#1,062
As bad as the officiating was, it didn't cost us the game....Stupid ass mistakes did....We still had our chances to win the game regardless of the refs and we just flat out didn't do it....
 
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PeytonBerry said:
I don't understand why we can't objectively look at the game and say it was both, because that is the truth. It was the refs fault too.

I find that many people who said the refs gave us the Georgia game are the same ones who say, "We can blame nobody but ourselves" when we lose. You can't have it both ways.

The truth is, either one of those things (our play and the officiating) could have changed the outcome of the game, but unfortunately, neither one did.
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The reason is that we still came back and had every chance to win this game. Despite the awful officiating in the 2nd half (and yes, it was downright brutal for a stretch) we still had the ball at the end of the game with a chance to win and took yet another bad 3 pointer on our last possession. We just don't learn. We aren't good in close games.
 
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#1,066
We get Bruce back on Tuesday. I hope the rest of the conference has enjoyed the spot that has been given to them, because we are going on a run when Pearl and Scotty come back. This has been the costliest bbq in UT history. I hope everyone else wishes ill toward Aaron Craft and the Buckeyes. What did UT get out of the bbq? Josh Selby took Nike's money and went to Kansas. Craft f'd us over once his home state offered. Jordan McRae appears to be a spoiled p.o.s. Has anyone noticed that the
"higher" profile guys that we chase, the less loveable the team is? Remember how much joy we took in watching overachievers like Dane and Lofton? Walk-ons like Juwaun? Bruce had to have the sexy new wife, and the sexy looking signees. With the exception of homegrown guys like Chism, Tyler, and JP, it has seemed like the original intensity has been gone. Remember how much fun it was watching Dane and Co. dive on the floor all night for loose balls during the press? I hope and think that UT will press a lot next year (we have few post players coming back). I look to see 3-4 guards on the court at a time. I congratulate the Bama basketball fans that reside here in TN, however, I know that the ones that cheer for Bama in football are the d-bags that root for KY in basketball. That is because they are pathetic, and can really never take true joy in their teams' victories. This is because a bandwagon jumper doesn't go through hard times. They don't have the guts. They are the worst kind of people. I wish them nothing but hardship in life. Please suck it, and I hope you get audited this year. Love ya d-bags!
 
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SeanJean said:
The reason is that we still came back and had every chance to win this game. Despite the awful officiating in the 2nd half (and yes, it was downright brutal for a stretch) we still had the ball at the end of the game with a chance to win and took yet another bad 3 pointer on our last possession. We just don't learn. We aren't good in close games.
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I see your point, but if that bad stretch you refer to was called fairly, would Tennessee have won the game?

If so, why is it not reasonable to hold the refs PARTIALLY responsible?
 
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PeytonBerry said:
I see your point, but if that bad stretch you refer to was called fairly, would Tennessee have won the game?

If so, why is it not reasonable to hold the refs PARTIALLY responsible?
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It would have helped, certainly, but it's part of the game. When you still have a chance to win, which we had numerous ones, you can't put it on the refs anymore. It's not like we lost by 10. We lost in OT, again.
 
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SeanJean said:
It would have helped, certainly, but it's part of the game. When you still have a chance to win, which we had numerous ones, you can't put it on the refs anymore. It's not like we lost by 10. We lost in OT, again.
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When its tied at the end of regulation, any "help" would tip the scale. I agree however, you can't put the games solely on the refs.

Just like the Music City Bowl, we could have kicked an extra point or earned that last first down, but it doesn't mean the refs had no hand in the outcome of the game.

In both cases, it was both.
 
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#1,071
Now the Music City Bowl is another story entirely. That was absolute rip job on every level. That was disgusting.

The refs played a part today, but we overcame it and then lost the game on our own. That's my point.
 
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SeanJean said:
Now the Music City Bowl is another story entirely. That was absolute rip job on every level. That was disgusting.

The refs played a part today, but we overcame it and then lost the game on our own. That's my point.
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The only difference was timing.
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