The Official #1 Tennessee @ #3 Georgia Game Thread, 3:30 PM ET, CBS

[PhillyRealtor]

This team still makes the playoff

 

[C-south]

You have to give some credit to the loud Georgia crowd. Had the game been in Knoxville I think it could have been a different game.

Maybe. These guys should’ve been prepared.

 

[IN Jed]

Y’all help me understand.
UT beats Bama.
UGA beats UT
UGA beats Bama.

UT > Bama. What am I missing with the peow that want Bama to lose before the SECCG?

 

[Arrested Devolopment]

High self deprecation.

Lol, I hope you have a very good weekend.

 

[KeyVol14]

We were in 3rd and long all night. Offensive line was as big of a reason why we lost tonight more than anyone else. Multiple false starts and blown blocking assignments

 

[teeball]

Sure, but Kirby is not a mediocre coach.
Tenn beat Bama because Bama is currently undisciplined and not a good secondary... plus it was at home.
It's retarded that people are complaining that Tenn is getting outcoached. Tenn isn't pass blocking and secondary sucks.

Just to be clear, I did not say that Kirby wasn't a good coach. I responded to the post that 5's vs 4's (stars) were the difference. In this game, talent may have been the difference given comparable coaching but my point was directed to all the posts over the years that state that teams can't compete or win against teams with more "stars". To that, I say BS! Give my good coaching ANY DAY over "stars" that have mediocre coaching.

 

[Vawlranger88]

This team still makes the playoff

Haha best one all night

 

[GrizzlyVol]

The only thing that kills me is that many Vol fans talked crap and now we look stupid lol

I tried not to because I don't like crow

 

[Andrew8210]

TCU will loss two games
Clemson will lose a game
Alabama or Georgia will lose one game
Michigan or Ohio State will lose one game

But if Georgia loses 1 game and Bama wins out, then most likely Georgia and Bama would be in playoff. They're not putting 3 SEC teams in playoff.

 

[MRobVFL]

V

Too soon.

 

[Wezcoast]

And recruit O lineman like they are going out of style

This game proved the age old trench mantra for sure.

 

[Bluetic]

Go big orange anyway...great to be a vol!

 

[Caz]

It was fun to talk smack. Have t been able to do it for 15 years. It ain’t over yet. We are LSU and ND fans tonight

Yes..for sure!

 

[Andrew8210]

Haha best one all night

It's certainly possible but going to need some help.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

We need to go out and put a spanking on everyone else the rest of the season and probably need a little help but we can still make the playoffs but at the end of the day finishing strong and 11-1 is a solid year. A good bowl game

Yeah if you can call the Sugar Bowl a 'good bowl game'.

 

[BJSforVols]

Not back? Back to what? Other than ‘98 how many years do we have better than 11 wins? The D played fine against the number 2 offense.

Back to being competitive in games against national champion contender teams. Back to being a National Champion contender. It's not about number of wins. Don't take what I'm saying wrong though. We are way ahead of plan and headed in the right direction. Just not all the way back like we had started believing before this game.

 

[EZE]

Look at evaluated talent of starters for todays game. TN has a ways to go on talent not to mention quality of depth is better on GA side as well. How long will it be before TN catches up talent wise? At some point, scheme / player development has to close the gap as recruiting will take years to catch up.

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And we accomplished a lot with scheme and development already. But you aren’t going to be successful with that every week. It caught up to us today, and I’d put it on execution (false starts, missed throws,etc.) more than on scheme.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

We got our hats handed to us today by a program that has been built well for years. There's no shame in losing to them, especially at their home. It's a learning experience in the building process. I like how our team never bowed their heads and fought to the end. That's a good sign.

We can end this season 11-1 and still make the playoffs with help here and there. If so, we can make some more loud noise. However it ends, we will be recruiting on a very positive note. We need a few top five classes and we're where we want to be with this coach.

 

[Vawlranger88]

The way they played tonight I’d be worried about Missouri and USC Jr….. terrible play all the way around, terrible coaching and worse performance, winning out is not even close to guaranteed

 

[Freak]

Maybe it's just because we got outplayed, but it didn't seem like we had that same "nothing to lose" attitude that we've had all year.

 

[jhcrane14]

11-1 regular season!!!

 

[TecceT]

We were in 3rd and long all night. Offensive line was as big of a reason why we lost tonight more than anyone else. Multiple false starts and blown blocking assignments

I disagree. Hooker played horrible. He missed three walk in touchdowns because he over threw the receiver, he was inaccurate all day and refused to move out of the pocket. But... 11-1 is something no one thought would happen so this loss doesn't hurt near as much for me

 

[LittleVol]

Georgia coaches had their team ready and their players wanted it more. The Vols were probably a little star struck being newly minted #1. I don’t think Heupel and the Vol coaches had our players ready. The offensive penalties were ridiculous. The good news is that we still have a chance to finish the regular season 11-1 and make the playoffs or a really good bowl.

After 15 years of suck, the Vols are back!!!

Heupel had them ready to the best of his ability.

Weather didn't help, but give credit to
- Home Field Advantage
- Kirby with a damn good scheme filled really good players.

2 years now Kirby has had the talent advantage AND coaching advantage.
It's okay because Tennessee and Heupel are obviously improving.

 

[EZE]

Georgia coaches had their team ready and their players wanted it more. The Vols were probably a little star struck being newly minted #1. I don’t think Heupel and the Vol coaches had our players ready. The offensive penalties were ridiculous. The good news is that we still have a chance to finish the regular season 11-1 and make the playoffs or a really good bowl.

After 15 years of suck, the Vols are back!!!

Please stop with the “want it more” stuff. Our guys tried hard, they just didn’t play well. It happens. Especially on the road against a superior opponent.

 

[EZE]

I disagree. Hooker played horrible. He missed three walk in touchdowns because he over threw the receiver, he was inaccurate all day and refused to move out of the pocket. But... 11-1 is something no one thought would happen so this loss doesn't hurt near as much for me

It wasn’t a very good game by him. Very tentative the whole way