The Official #17 Tennessee vs. UConn Game Thread, 12:00 PM ET, SEC Network

[VolDave53]

All of these penalties on our team. That has got to stop.

Hang the refs. Total BS going on out there.

 

[Sea Ray]

I guess that's it for Nico time today

 

[ashleyyy]

eh

 

[kiddiedoc]

Despite only possessing the ball for 13 minutes .... we have over 500 yards.

Sadly, that's actually our penalty yards for holding.

 

[ButchPlz]

Nobody is questioning about how much better he will be, but he’s not there yet and his own family wanted him in a situation where he could grow into the role of a leader.

It's not that hard. I don't get why people are so eager to rush a young guy into a situation where failure is way more likely than the alternative when it isn't necessary. Short term vs long term view. I'll take the longer term.

 

[VolDave53]

Oh God not this guy. Play Nico some more

I think he will do well, might even light up the scoreboard.

 

[BigALWiLson]

If he started all year we can make an argument the offense is way more productive

No you really can't. If you don't actually go to games and watch them warm up then you have no idea. I have sat in the stadium a few times this year and watched Nico warm up. He has had trouble connecting on warm up routes and he had a wrist thing early this year. He was not ready and still needs to learn. The scrables today would have resulted in sacks in the SEC with exception of the one up the middle.

 

[volmanNC]

No, Nico needs more reps!!

 

[ibvolman]

New QB? Why?

 

[The Tall Gguy]

Gaston Moore?

 

[TheVolsFrog]

Nobody is questioning about how much better he will be, but he’s not there yet and his own family wanted him in a situation where he could grow into the role of a leader.

Same thing the Mannings were wanting for Arch at TX

 

[ibvolman]

If Nico is the future, give him more reps

 

[irish1485]

Oh God not this guy. Play Nico some more

GM may be our backup next year.. need to get him reps too

 

[chatt.vol]

The disparity of holding calls against TN vs opponents for the season would be interesting to know.

Opponents 9 UT 47

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Nico is Hendo/Dobbs but with a higher ceiling , I Like It!

I was thinking a mixture of Bryce Young and Peyton but I’m probably getting ahead of myself.

 

[AustinMem]

Before those of you...and you know who you are...use this game to talk about how great Banks and Martinez are...

UConn came into this game 1-7. Their one win is against a 4-4 Rice team.

Rice. Not UGA, Bama, UF, or even USCe. Rice.

Great win by the Vols today. Great job by the defense. 21 points by the D. Awesome.

Against a 1-7 UConn team. It is what it is.

Go Vols.

Agreed, but there has also been progress from the team that looked rough against Austin Peay

 

[Wezcoast]

No, Nico needs more reps!!

Probably doesn't feel it's worth the risk of him getting hurt.

 

[Score50]

Why. Still got 85000 fans in the seat to see Nico. That’s just wrong.

 

[RavinDave]

Despite only possessing the ball for 13 minutes .... we have over 500 yards.

Might be a record rate for yards per minute

 

[Volfan574]

Let Shuler play, you know his pops is watching.

 

[TheVolsFrog]

New QB? Why?

Get some game reps plus no need to get a cheap shot placed on Nico in this blow out.

 

[chambers1517]

Its not the first time he has played.

His playing time is still miniscule.

 

[teeball]

Oh God not this guy. Play Nico some more

Gaston will do fine.

 

[I4Vols]

Simmons is defying laws of physics

I think I felt the earth shake

 

[joevols89]

I swear Heupel put in Moore just to mess with us. Only 2 series?