'21 Recruiting Forum: Music City Bowl vs. Purdue Pregame/Game Thread

[clt_tiger]

if we'd blitzed we'd have gotten torched

We did blitz multiple times and never got there.

 

[Rishvol]

Was at the game. Our secondary was slaw, but the refs were abysmal as usual. The back to back PI calls on us in the fourth were unforgivable. The first one was PI on us. The second was offensive PI and it was plain. Purdue was holding us allllll friggin afternoon and not one call. They "offsetting" personal fouls in the first half and the other personal foul on the same play that they completely missed. And then finally the absolute garbage call on our TD in OT. They let plays continue all game for longer than they should and let the resulting extra yards stand. All of the sudden we are supposed to understand that they had a meeting and decided to stop forward progress sooner than they had? Shoot. We had their player wrapped up and stopped and they let him continue running another 50 yards for a TD! The refs inserted themselves into this game and I can't stand it when refs do that.

And you didn't throw any mustard?!?! Didn't give your all imo

 

[NMVol]

 

[Leeleesteeth]

OK. When does Spring Football start? No interest in basketball. Good for maybe one baseball game a month. Wish UT had a wrestling program.

 

[drylo]

I still cant believe a referee decided we didn't score based on nothing more than his ego

I can. But I get your point.

 

[HankHill]

Flowers might be able to play the STAR but Tank isn't fast enough to stay with slot receivers and elite TE's.

Flowers cannot play nickel.

 

[Volfan1000]

Let the recruiting ramp up.

 

[Orange.]

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[ACvol3]

Let the recruiting ramp up.

Lord knows we need players

 

[jakez4ut]

Ugh.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Ugh.

Well said.

 

[BubbaWms]

After further review....all Refs suck

Bad taste in mouth still there....grrrr
Help is on the way
Those remaining will work hard to get better or their butt will have splinters
Over all....How about them VOLS
and I'm still pissed this AM !

 

[rjd970]

Would the correct call have been made at the end and we win then the yahoos on here saying we could have done more to win wouldn’t be saying that. Even the minority of talkings heads with that take wouldn’t be saying that. The narrative would be we showed fight and overcame adversity.

At the end of the day we got jobbed, it’s plain as day.

This always seems to happen and I wonder at what point we start talking conspiracy and something nefarious. It literally makes no sense they way that whole game was officiated.

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Would the correct call have been made at the end and we win then the yahoos on here saying we could have done more to win wouldn’t be saying that. Even the minority of talkings heads with that take wouldn’t be saying that. The narrative would be we showed fight and overcame adversity.

At the end of the day we got jobbed, it’s plain as day.

This always seems to happen and I wonder at what point we start talking conspiracy and something nefarious. It literally makes no sense they way that whole game was officiated.

I already told one guy and I’ll tell you too: someone made a deal with the devil and this was a result of said deal. It’s the only thing that makes sense.

 

[volsagain]

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Not pass interference but holding , which is a 10 yard penalty. Would have made the field goal a lot closer.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

That non touchdown ******** was as big of a ******** call as I think I’ve ever seen - and being a Tennessee fan that’s saying a lot.

That said - our defense played so atrocious that I can’t even get too mad over it.

Warren Burrell and Jaylon McCullough are two players I hope never suit up in Orange again.

 

[rekinhavoc]

All you had to do was fart in the general direction of their receivers and they called pass interference. Brohm counted on it.

They held , hit the receiver early ...no call.
No holding . LT was doing it consistently.

Congrats on propping up another conference ACC officiating crew. Your conference is still trash.

 

[rjd970]

Going back and watching some of it again - defense was slaw, but no way that QB throws for 500+ without the one-sided PI penalties. Burrell has issues to work on but he couldn’t even touch the WR without getting flagged and their DB’s were draped on ours all night. Purdue was counting on this and it played into their strategy.

We could have done more to win, but you can say that about any loss. The officiating was horrible, infuriating, and frankly, inexcusable.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Flowers cannot play nickel.

He cant play safety either

 

[HankHill]

Nobody from UT will say anything publicly. They never do. At most, UTAD will send a polite letter to the SEC noting their grievances, Sankey will ignore it and the inept officiating, bias and look-the-other-way nonsense will continue as it has for years. The SEC wants member institutions to take their multi-millions, shut up and support the gravy train that keeps everyone fat and happy. And UT seems to be content to do exactly that.

Unpopular opinion - there’s nothing to be said. Defense was sunseri level bad & predictable.., play calling & clock management we’re off. Just a poor performance

 

[HankHill]

Going back and watching some of it again - defense was slaw, but no way that QB throws for 500+ without the one-sided PI penalties. Burrell has issues to work on but he couldn’t even touch the WR without getting flagged and their DB’s were draped on ours all night. Purdue was counting on this and it played into their strategy.

We could have done more to win, but you can say that about any loss. The officiating was horrible, infuriating, and frankly, inexcusable.

WB gets flagged Bc he plays with bad technique and is constantly out of phase.

 

[HankHill]

He cant play safety either

He’s a box safety. He’s used as the unblocked player fitting runs mostly the way TN plays.

 

[RikidyBones]

Unpopular opinion - there’s nothing to be said. Defense was sunseri level bad & predictable.., play calling & clock management we’re off. Just a poor performance

That's why this happens to Tennessee. That doesn't excuse the terrible mistakes made. Imo the only chance for it to stop is to publically go after the ACC, SEC, etc on officiating issues to get the changes needed.

 

[HankHill]

That's why this happens to Tennessee. That doesn't excuse the terrible mistakes made. Imo the only chance for it to stop is to publically go after the ACC, SEC, etc on officiating issues to get the changes needed.

My stance on refs is pretty simply. They are all mediocre. It’s not their primary profession so it’s impossible to expect them to be experts.

 

[OGbabyaviVol]

That's why this happens to Tennessee. That doesn't excuse the terrible mistakes made. Imo the only chance for it to stop is to publically go after the ACC, SEC, etc on officiating issues to get the changes needed.

Absolutely! I’ll say this… I’m sick and tired of being quiet about it. I want white and Heupel to be public about it and if we are fined, then we will make a go fund me to pay it.