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#102
#102
The defense had everything to play for and all the motivation in the world to stop USCe, but all they could muster up is one punt. Yet they looked heavy footed and weak against a team they were 22point favorites over and an offense who struggles to put up over 20 points
 
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#105
#105
Clad in Big Orange said:
I got called a loser for having that mentality prior to the game.
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I’ve said several times in the various cfb playoff scenario threads that the only thing our guys can control is how they prepare for and play their last couple of games. It’s hard to believe they prepared as adequately for this game as they should have given how poorly we performed.

We are fans so it’s fine to spend our time worrying about whatever we feel like, but if the team starts making assumptions about how easy their game will be and show up having not done their best to be ready, bad things are much more likely to happen.

Again, it is on the team to focus on the right thing, not us, but sometimes we forget these are kids with friends and family who tell them things and they do read what people are saying. It’s on the coaches to make sure they know what they should be focusing on, and until this game I felt Heupel had consistently had them prepared enough to at least be competitive, even in the games we lost last year.

Hopefully this is a fluke and we continue to see good habits consistently. This loss in no way negates the amazing progress made, but it shouldn’t have happened and it hurts. If we learn from this and keep doing good things we should be fine in the big picture.

On the other hand, if we let these things happen with any regularity we risk losing the positive momentum achieved. Once people start questioning if your plan is working or sound you are not far from losing the faith of your team, potential recruits, fans, administrators, and so on. If that happens your chances of getting the program to the level expected here plummet.
 
#107
#107
Woodlawn VOL said:
I don’t think he is ignoring defense we just ran out of gas and their quarterback had a big night. We have battled on D and made the most out of what we had. Without Banks tonight we just seemed a step behind. We are going to be better on D in the future. This year was a big step, we aren’t going to fade to the back of the pack. We will respond I got faith in this staff.
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Ostrich head meet sand.
 
#120
#120
Vol in Buckeye Land said:
This is probably the most overrated team in UT history. Played against a weak LSU and Alabama and we thought the dark days were over. Joke’s on us.
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Hendon Hooker's stats and our win/loss record are no joke. It has been a wonderful season. Tonight was embarrassing and disappointing, but this season will not be remembered as a joke.
 
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#121
#121
LadyinOrange said:
Hendon Hooker's stats and our win/loss record are no joke. It has been a wonderful season. Tonight was embarrassing and disappointing, but this season will not be remembered as a joke.
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For some older and wiser Vol fans it’s been a great year and it’s gonna get better with more accurate QB. Hendon is special and has an arm but he’s off a lot of times.

With talk of Nico and the future is bright, get the horses and Tennessee will return. It happened in year 2 it feels different than any other coaches. Fulmer used to drive me nuts and lose to someone Tennessee shouldnt lose to.. and that’s with the horses. Disappointed yes but not a program killer like some have said..
 
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#122
Volz4lif3 said:
For some older and wiser Vol fans it’s been a great year and it’s gonna get better with more accurate QB. Hendon is special and has an arm but he’s off a lot of times.

With talk of Nico and the future is bright, get the horses and Tennessee will return. It happened in year 2 it feels different than any other coaches. Fulmer used to drive me nuts and lose to someone Tennessee shouldnt lose to.. and that’s with the horses. Disappointed yes but not a program killer like some have said..
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Gonna take a lot more than a loss to South Carolina to kill our football program. Maybe a humbling loss is what this team needed. Maybe it will bring about much-needed change or it might just go down as another L in the record books, but it isn't the first time we have been embarrassed on the field and I'm pretty sure it won't be the last. Gotta have thick skin (and in some cases, a tough liver) to be a Tennessee football fan, I reckon.
 
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#123
#123
90 Vol said:
We’re in the hunt for the playoffs and this is what we do. This loss is on everyone on the coaching staff and every player on the roster. The team seemed disinterested in playing a football game today and this baffles me. Do we have locker room issues or something? I just can’t wrap my mind around this performance against a mediocre South Carolina team with so much on the line.
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I’m surprised as hell that no one is talking about how soft our receivers were last night. They were taken to the woodshed by the South Carolina DB’s. I mean they quit. I can’t stand watching quit in players that are on the verge of millions. How can they quit like that?
 
#124
#124
TartanTurff said:
Such a Tennessee thing to mail it in when the win is critical to bowl positioning, with a piss poor defense and an offense than cannot come from behind, Tennessee is not CFP material this season, Heupel and staff reminded us tonight of the American Athletic Conference skill sets they possess and how ill suited that preparation is for big ticket games on the road in the SEC, we think they can do better, but 10-2, 6-2 in the conference may be Heupel's ceiling, competitiveness in all games, in all phases of the game may be beyond his staff's capability
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Dude no offense can come back from behind when the defense is just letting passes go complete all night.

Huepel and the offense will be fine as long as he fixes the atrocious defensive staff not named Rodney Garner.
 
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#125
This is the worst fan base in the country. We are having an incredible season, well beyond any expectation of this bunch. In fact, the idiots thing for the firing of the coaching staff and kicking all the players off the team were predicting a losing record. I hope the entire coaching staff leaves and you idiots get what you deserve, decades more of obscurity.

I think I will take a break from this site for awhile because I am tired of the so called fans that sit in their parents basement and wait for something to happen so they can jump on their keyboards and spout their venom. This loss hurts very badly, but absolutely NO ONE thought we would even be in the playoff conversation, so so acting like we are ready. We played poorly and lost. Stop acting like we are 2-9 instead of 9-2. It must be horrible to live your life constantly looking for a reason to be unhappy.
 
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