Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[clt_tiger]

Huepel literally just said he dialed it back

He did and said it was game management. Heup knows what he’s got in defense. He’s happy.

 

[Adam Sandler]

 

[Devo182]

Man, we are good. Sub par game and it was never in doubt.

Perfectly said.

We ran this game end to end. On the road. Vs #15. At night. College Gameday atmosphere. Blueblood.

Massive dominance from cradle to grave

 

[VolAroundTheWorld]

I’m glad we won but this game plan was to not beat them bad and just win. We looked like a shell of our team. I know Josh huepel went to school there but we could have won by so much more. Go Vols but this was just a shell of our potential. I’m happy for the win but we hit the brakes and not the gas for most of the game.

 

[tnhunter 10]

 

[UTSuave’]

I just cried like a B**ch Nico giving Josh the game ball is probably the best thing I’ve seen in a long time here…as fans we were reassured moving forward tonight .these kids love him…

 

[rockytop25]

Heupel changed the play calling in this game after we got up and it was really smart. With the way our defense was playing, the only way we were going to lose was with turnovers.

Also: with the field conditions the way they were, I bet that played a role in the decision too

 

[rjd970]

Love the win, beyond happy. Ready to get home and get healthy.

…but man that last roughing the passer call still irritates the crap out of me. Blatantly obvious it was a last ditch effort for a back door cover.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Interesting

 

[Nash_Vol97]

So happy that we could drop a big fat L on Oklahomas head in their first SEC game.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[VolGee4]

Literally put their head up their ass and mailed it in at halftime

Seriously? No way.

 

[#Vol4Life1991]

This was a good test for being on the road. Hopefully it prepares us for the environments @ arky & uga

 

[jave36]

Love the win, beyond happy. Ready to get home and get healthy.

…but man that last roughing the passer call still irritates the crap out of me. Blatantly obvious it was a last ditch effort for a back door cover.

Eeehhh he hit the face mask. My bigger gripe is they didn't review to make sure it wasn't a fumble. I didn't think it was a fumble at first glance, but it really needed to be reviewed.

 

[VolGee4]

Huepel literally just said he dialed it back

No kidding. Heupel isn’t dumb. It’s about probabilities.

 

[Rishvol]

Heupel changed the play calling in this game after we got up and it was really smart. With the way our defense was playing, the only way we were going to lose was with turnovers.

Also: with the field conditions the way they were, I bet that played a role in the decision too

I bet being down to 2 OTs also played a lot into it. They tried to run normal offense and it didn't work like normal

 

[therickbol]

Butch level performance is a stretch. But way too conservative. Gave them opportunities to comeback instead of finishing them off in the 3rd quarter

It was absolutely the correct coaching decision in this game, under these circumstances. It was smart. Nice to have a very smart football coach. Against a great front 7 and great defensive coach and with 2 backup, shaky offensive tackles. Them scoring or getting great field position from their defense was much more likely than them driving the field against our defense. Simple!

 

[Revived2002]

Anybody complaining about being the #6 team, beating a top 15 team on the road for the first time since 2006, needs to just hand in their Vol card

For my part, I will never forget 2008-2020.

I will always enjoy wins and program success

Go Vols!

 

[VolGee4]

It was absolutely the correct coaching decision in this game, under these circumstances. It was smart. Nice to have a very smart football coach. Against a great front 7 and great defensive coach and with 2 backup, shaky offensive tackles. Them scoring or getting great field position from their defense was much more likely than them driving the field against our defense. Simple!

Yes, he’s a smart football coach. Very refreshing.

 

[UTSuave’]

This was a good test for being on the road. Hopefully it prepares us for the environments @ arky & uga

UGA will lose against us…we will win the east. Make it a sticky.

 

[rjd970]

Eeehhh he hit the face mask. My bigger gripe is they didn't review to make sure it wasn't a fumble. I didn't think it was a fumble at first glance, but it really needed to be reviewed.

Barely, in slow motion it looked weak as hell. No sense in griping over it now, but the disparity in penalties overall and OU not holding once also played into it.

We win, the score was closer than the game really was, I’m good overall. It’s just irritating.

 

[VolAroundTheWorld]

Heupel changed the play calling in this game after we got up and it was really smart. With the way our defense was playing, the only way we were going to lose was with turnovers.

Also: with the field conditions the way they were, I bet that played a role in the decision too

The play calling in the second half was not aggressive at all. We tried not to lose instead of blow their doors offf. He didn’t want to make them look bad and made it a closer game than it had to be imo

 

[mrMet]

Butch level performance is a stretch. But way too conservative. Gave them opportunities to comeback instead of finishing them off in the 3rd quarter

It was conservative and it was obvious at half that was the plan.

I disagreed with it as much as anybody else but the game wasn’t close after 15 min

 

[UpstateVol613]

That horse pasture they call a football field was an embarrassment.

 

[VolGee4]

The play calling in the second half was not aggressive at all. We tried not to lose instead of blow their doors offf. He didn’t want to make them look bad and made it a closer game than it had to be imo

Had nothing to do with making them look bad. Had everything to do with a dominant defense and up 3 scores. He’s a smart football coach.