So what's next?

[vols40]

So you don't think we were unprepared? Our gameplan was atrocious at best.

No I think the execution was bad. 8 pre snap penalties and a secondary that has had issues all year.

 

[volfan2024]

Hang in there . Offense shut down today in rain but we’ll be back and so will our defense.

 

[BallinVol]

Hang in there . Offense shut down today in rain but we’ll be back and so will our defense.

I'm here for the ride. This has been a fun season. Today stings though.

 

[temptn]

No one was even thinking about us being in the playoff conversation at the start of the season. It has been a great season.

 

[ETV]

We’re WAY ahead of schedule. If we win out, the season is still a massive success.

 

[ButchPlz]

Our fanbase overreacts and don’t realize a 7-5 team(tops) is going to go 11-1.

10-2 was what most people had as a dream season, remember.

We could still go 10-2, and that would suck- think about that change in mindset.

 

[tnburban]

11-1. In year two. Pretty damn good.

Right?!?!?

But yet if feels so bad right now...

 

[volbass]

Win out and have a new years day bowl. Still a miracle year. Hookers's Heisman chances have dwindled though.

 

[vols40]

Not good for the Negavols us scoring here

 

[JoeMiltonsAgent]

The next move is probably for the team to go back to Knoxville.

 

[TnVol!]

Let's Beat Missouri next week.

 

[I Love Lamp]

How far do we fall after this complete meltdown in all phases of the game, especially coaching? We are outmatched and the talent gap is wide, but we were absolutely unprepared.

I am hoping the coaching staff realizes that you still have to stick to whatever has been working all year. That first half was extremely off from a pace and playcalling standpoint.

 

[VolBricks]

next we whip Mizzou, USC and Vandy and be 11-1. Then GA/Bama play in the SECC. Ga beats Bama , then Bama has 2 losses. We make the playoff at 11-1 and get a top 10 recruiting class.

 

[vols40]

We were prepared. We just got beat by the beat team in the country. That’s it.

Great post.

 

[rusty11]

House money. We beat one of the best because everything went our way and we lost to another because we got ranked number 1 and they got up for us and then almost everything went wrong. We don't suck, we will recover and win out. I'm as disappointed as anybody else, but it is what it is.

 

[Boston Vol]

Not guaranteed by any means.

If Tennessee finishes 11-1, there at least going to the Suagr Bowl.

 

[I Love Lamp]

10-2 was what most people had as a dream season, remember.

We could still go 10-2, and that would suck- think about that change in mindset.

After we beat Bama, I was thinking Sugar Bowl would be amazing and I would be there. CFP is still in reach and that in itself is still mind blowing.

 

[TrueOrange]

How far do we fall after this complete meltdown in all phases of the game, especially coaching? We are outmatched and the talent gap is wide, but we were absolutely unprepared.

Probably no further than the 5-8 range. And if they win out the next 3 games, it’s a Sugar or Orange Bowl appearance (unless the SEC somehow just gets absolutely no teams in the playoff).

 

[vols40]

I am hoping the coaching staff realizes that you still have to stick to whatever has been working all year. That first half was extremely off from a pace and playcalling standpoint.

I don't disagree with you but from an execution standpoint the shooting ourselves in the foot has something to do with play calling

 

[Daniel_Lincolns_Foot]

Honestly think we fall to 5 and only get back in to top 4 with a loss from someone ahead of us.

 

[ButchPlz]

Honestly think we fall to 5 and only get back in to top 4 with a loss from someone ahead of us.

Georgia or Bama will necessarily have to lose.

 

[Daniel_Lincolns_Foot]

Georgia or Bama will necessarily have to lose.

True

 

[I Love Lamp]

I don't disagree with you but from an execution standpoint the shooting ourselves in the foot has something to do with play calling

We were definitely way off our game today. It did feel like we have become so reliant on the deep ball that we didn’t know what to do when it wasn’t there.

 

[TnVol!]

We are going to win out. Idiocy here amazes me.

 

[TrueOrange]

Not guaranteed by any means.

Sugar Bowl is contractually the highest ranked SEC team remaining after the CFP selections.

If Tennessee wins out, at 11-1, there’s not going to be anyone else in the conference ranked higher.

(Unless somehow, someone like 10-2 Ole Miss or LSU wins the SEC Championship Game, in which case, it’d be the Orange Bowl - who’s contractually obligated to take the highest remaining team among the SEC and Big Ten combined.)