The Official #17/15 Tennessee vs. #11 Alabama Thread, 3:30 PM ET, CBS

[VolsFan-TX]

Heupel is an offensive guru

You have to have a QB to be successful with his offense

 

[vol24/7/365]

Very hard to win against a team on the road and the refs. One penalty against bama for 5 yards is criminal.

Refs sucked but play calling beat us

 

[PA Vol]

Saban really made those halftime adjustments.. *calls refs*

Literally nothin about this seems fair

 

[Other_Guy]

We are missing Bru out there. The receivers are weak, plus they just can't get separation.

WRs were great. DBs could do whatever they wanted because of the refs. Bru would've had 1 catch in the 2nd half with the trash playcalling.

 

[Volrocketman]

I’m sorry but if you don’t see the distinct advantage Bama had from the officials today, I don’t know what to say to you. Some of our coaching decisions were questionable, but some of that may be a result of realizing you’re going to screwed one way or the other. How does a team that averages 7-8 penalties a game suddenly play an entire game without a single meaningful penalty called on them?

 

[Putbacks]

That ref was wiped out by his own Alabama teammate!

 

[MurphyVol]

I said it before and will say it again, you aren’t going to beat any team of import with Milton at QB.

And Heupel has a lot to learn about wining on the road. He needs to start earning that 9 million dollar pay check.

Just sad because Vols could have run away with it.

Oh and I will add that it’s long past time for Geupel to get a 15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct on all the no call penalties.

He is getting owned on that - the only way to get a call is to take a penalty.

Heupel got taken behind the woodshed and taught a lesson.

I've had a nagging feeling since the UF game that we may have a slightly better Butch Jones 2.0 on our hands. Some similarities with having the wrong QB playing and getting bailed out by an injury. Also not having a QB ready to go after you lose your accidental superstar. They both run their "scheme" no matter the situation.. all runs are slow developing dives up the gut with little threat of a QB keeper - I always referred to Butch's offense as the "pretend zone read"

 

[GreveHaller]

Joe Milton.

No words

 

[tennessee1974]

This one falls on coaching.

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

Alabama had 1 penalty.

*called*

 

[Cartervol]

1 penalty all game..

 

[BSAvol]

We have see corruption in its totality. UT easily could have handled UA. It could not handle UA, the referees, the SEC, The NCAA, Vegas and as bad as I hate to observe, Danny White and CJH. The 4th down call to flaunt Sampson up the middle makes me doubt our own folks.

Time to bench Milton and pray we will get a Level playing field in the future.

 

[T-for-Tennessee]

No reason not to play for the future, nothing to win now. Let's see what Nico can do.

 

[nomads-11]

The oline will be worse next year.

Unfortunately so far I can't disagree. But I don't get why. The ID is offense, you say you're a running team, if so the #1 priority is OL. And by quality OL I mean effective running against Fla, AL and Ga. I could care less about the SFA's and UCONN's of the world.

 

[Vols till I fall]

What a damn shame

Tennessee looked so promising in the first half and then just completely crapped the bed in the 2nd.

Sixth year senior, orange bowl Joe finally emerged for two quarters, but then, put on his classic houdini act. He out did his usual self by fumbling the ball for an Alabama TD and then throwing the ball away on 4th and 10 late in the game. Why are we driving a 6 year old Nissan Maxima when we have a 8 million dollar Lamborghini in the garage?

No clue who was calling the plays, but wow. Going shotgun multiple times on 4th down, instead of going up the middle with a 6'5 bowling ball is 4d mental Gymnastics chess to a new level I didn't think existed.

Refs should be held accountable for ruining this game, no explanation needed

 

[Gandalf]

Lol Milton doesn’t even toss it up on the final throw. He has no idea where he is.

 

[BADGER_VOL]

That’s about as low of an IQ final series possible considering the circumstances

 

[Dergibvol]

Game all changed with the fair catch at the 3

 

[volnutlolol]

Most penalized team in the SEC only had 1 penalty today.

Couldn’t have fooled me.

twerent for the refs we'd be champs

 

[CPVOL]

Struggle against a ASUN team. You lose to a chitty Florida team then implode against an average Bama team.
Heupel hasn’t impressed this season

 

[Cartervol]

Don’t question Joe’s football IQ. His inner thug is evolving on every run.

I better not his nut huggers will be right in here.

 

[Flipdaddy]

This is on Heupel’s play calling in the second half.

 

[CMcEver]

Miltonn and Squirrel were literally the only players we had on offense today.

 

[ButchPlz]

That ref was wiped out by his own Alabama teammate!

If I wish for an official to get a career ending injury am I bad?

 

[EastTNVol6240]

My statement is still true…. Not sure what you’re trying to accomplish here.

Yeah you really thought you did something there. Like I said, you don’t go into Tuscaloosa and win 3 points at a time.