Same Old Tennessee

[volfan2024]

Failed to show up again. We gonna raise ticket prices again?

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Failed to show up again. We gonna raise ticket prices again?

As long as you keep buying them.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Yet, you’ll still pay it

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

I’m 68 and have been a fan for as long as I can remember. We have a long history of losing games we should win. Happens almost every year at least once

 

[rocketskates]

We just never got going. We let them drive down the field and hold them to a field goal, not ideal, but a win all things considered. First offensive possession we gain 15 yards and it comes back for a stupid penalty. It was a very undisciplined game.

That first series set the tone. If you drive down and easily score Arkansas knows their in for a long day. I still think there’s something in the the air/water in Fayetteville as we always play like garbage there.

 

[VolNate]

The same old story is correct but not your spin. You’ve got a group/team that had thought they’d arrived. Happens in the NFL, college and high school. Now the question is who will rise up. There’s only one undefeated team in the SEC and I don’t think Texas is all that. Ohio State still hasn’t been threatened. Oregon isn’t real. Indiana certainly isn’t. Miami is a mirage.
The same old story is that there will be a team(s) that learn from their mistakes and improves. That’s the greatness of college football. We get to see if young men LEARN and IMPROVE.

 

[TartanTurff]

The loss to Arkansas in Fayetteville in 2024 and a third string quarterback and a back up running back reminded me quite a bit of the loss to LSU in the SEC Championship game in 2001, when we found a way to lose to a backup quarterback, backup running back, a backup wide receiver and a new coach in the conference named Saban.

Fulmer never fully recovered from that loss and a blown opportunity to return to the National Championship game in Pasadena, will be interesting to see how Heupel responds as the team rolls into the meat of its conference schedule with enough disfunction and wholesale disappointment to derail the balance of this season.

 

[paperbagvol]

I’m 68 and have been a fan for as long as I can remember. We have a long history of losing games we should win. Happens almost every year at least once

Same here. There will be at least one a year. The 1998 NC it was almost Arkansas except for the miracle fumble.

 

[TAF]

I wish I had a Dollar for EVERY Game like this by Tennessee over the last 60 years watching them...

Maybe I could buy an $187 Beer from Danny

 

[DaddyChad]

People will still pay to see this team play. If we trot that kind of performance out there many times, they won’t be paying though.

That game was ugly as hell; Arkansas put their fingerprint on the game and turned it into a fist fight.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Same here. There will be at least one a year. The 1998 NC it was almost Arkansas except for the miracle fumble.

And we could have lost to Syracuse and Florida that year

 

[tbh]

I wish I had a Dollar for EVERY Game like this by Tennessee over the last 60 years watching them...

Maybe I could buy an $187 Beer from Danny

Don't forget to round up to an even $200 for that "talent gratuity".

 

[Other_Guy]

I’m 68 and have been a fan for as long as I can remember. We have a long history of losing games we should win. Happens almost every year at least once

At this rate I'm shocked they won the 98 natty.

 

[McDad]

I’m 68 and have been a fan for as long as I can remember. We have a long history of losing games we should win. Happens almost every year at least once

Doesn't this happen to every team? If the better team always won, sports would not be entertaining.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

At this rate I'm shocked they won the 98 natty.

Could have lost 3 that year. Somehow didn’t

 

[508mikey]

And the orange helmets cause losses lol

 

[Volbrando]

Can always count on TN to TN at some point during the season.

 

[wmcovol]

Same here. There will be at least one a year. The 1998 NC it was almost Arkansas except for the miracle fumble.

Agree. It’s not a Heupel thing, it’s a Tennessee thing. The program can’t build on prosperity.