The Official #1 Tennessee @ #8 Florida Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN2

[Tshotdan]

GBO - want this one bad - break that 101-year-old record start 15-0

Lol

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Barnes not getting t’d up down dbl digits in 1st half when his best offensive player gets destroyed at the rim is BS - there was an opportunity to turn the game, the officiating and his team but he didn’t.

I’ll agree with this. But this is a total team let down. Barnes might have had the wrong plan going in, but there’s no doubt he adjusted. It’s up to the players to make it happen, and they just haven’t done it. No fire, no grit.

 

[tnvols72]

Refs do not respect Barnes. They know he is not going to get worked up

 

[adam.vol]

It takes a lot of audacity to mention officials in this game.

Not if you watched the entire game. We started off tied 0-0 and quickly got tackled out of the game before it was a huge lead.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Okpara and Chaz have to be more physical. FL post player (#9) has bullied TN all nt.

Felix has 8 points, 6 rebounds & 3 blocks…only guy doing much tonight.

Igor, Cade & Dubar though…

 

[Tshotdan]

With or without Cade Phillips tonight, Volunteers pull out a hard fought win.

Volunteers 78
Gators 73

Guess you’re wrong!

 

[Doctrippin]

Well, at least we can feel good about the fact our coach doesn't send d____ pics to undergrad co-eds. FL not so much

 

[KnoxtotheBoro20]

Igor just isn't a 3 point shooter. I've finally come to that conclusion

He is in his head. He shot 40% last year. He’s capable but just doesn’t believe in himself and it’s extremely obvious

 

[chuckiepoo]

 

[Doctrippin]

Guess you’re wrong!

Not now. You can't come back 20 pts in 10 minutes in an SEC game

 

[chuckb1448]

So him screaming would only make you feel better? You realize he just "sits" there when we win too right?

He's allowing this.... he has his reasons

 

[therealitytheory]

If we get can cut the lead to 20 at the 5:00 mark, anything can happen.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Well, at least we can feel good about the fact our coach doesn't send d____ pics to undergrad co-eds. FL not so much

Did they ever do anything about that or is the investigation still “ongoing”?

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Refs do not respect Barnes. They know he is not going to get worked up

No, wrong.

 

[VOLinAL]

Shooting 16% with 4% from three. If you told me we would shoot a lower percentage than current mortgage rates I’d laugh at you.

 

[whobethis16]

This is a horrible comparison lol QB has offensive line to deal with too. This is the fact we can't hit anything. I mean anything. They are wide open. This hasn't happened all season. We are 14-0 lol

So again, lack of ability to finish? And it's not that bad of a comparison: both are "wide open" and you're calling it great offense. If a receiver is wide open and the QB misses every time, it's not a good offense just because the receiver was open.

 

[knoxvol52]

Guess you’re wrong!

Yes can't nothing past you today...

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Not if you watched the entire game. We started off tied 0-0 and quickly got tackled out of the game before it was a huge lead.

For the most part they've called it evenly. They've just allowed it to be very physical. Usually that favors us

 

[tnvols72]

I just wish we had shooters on the team at the same time. We had Knecht and no other shooter to depend on and we have Chaz and no other shooters

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Dude, Vols are like 1-30 from 3. Does a foul or two offset that? No. Don’t embarrass yourself anymore.

Dude. Bad officiating turns off nights into disasters. I take it that you don’t watch much basketball or understand it.

 

[Tenacjim]

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Road games in the SEC. They ain’t easy!

 

[TrapVol]

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Just more proof how hard it is to not only win on the road, but play well.

 

[volsarelife1]

The losing doesn't bother me. It's the lack of effort outside of Okpara, not trying something different that isn't working. That's the bigger issue

 

[patrick]

I’ll agree with this. But this is a total team let down. Barnes might have had the wrong plan going in, but there’s no doubt he adjusted. It’s up to the players to make it happen, and they just haven’t done it. No fire, no grit.

Thing about a technical foul on a coach is it lights the fire under his team or it doesn’t.

Either way at least you know. It’s not like Barnes would ever risk getting tossed from the game - and I don’t mean that last comment as a dug against Barnes - just that a technical foul early wasn’t going to hurt.

 

[dillyo51]

Gainey is pathetic

Illinois says hello.