The Official #4 Tennessee @ Arkansas Game Thread, 7:30 PM ET, ABC

[vol94]

Man I feel like Nico choked the end of that game so hard. Feel really bad for him to end the game like that.

Maybe he will learn the importance of staying focused and rest instead of being out @ 3:30 four hours before practice and classes.

 

[walkenvol]

These 2 SEC games and all of last season just remind me what a special season Hooker had for us! Was expecting Nico to be a taller Bryce Young but he’s certainly not there yet.

 

[LibertyVol]

7-5 is the floor. 9-3 is the ceiling now.

lol. This bunch is not going 9-3. 8-4 and the toilet bowl looks good right now. Maybe they will get lucky and draw Iowa in the sh** eater bowl.

 

[RockyTop140]

I hope the hell you aren't talking about Heupel. If so, you are the biggest moron to post yet! I have never seen more idiots.

How many road losses are you willing to accept against far worse teams. Genuinely curious. I wouldn’t call to fire him? But if we lose to Florida next week the fire heupel crowd will get much louder. And I would understand

 

[allstar34bd]

Only thing I can say for Nico vs Milton is that Nico is a red shirt freshman, Milton was an upperclassman.

Milton was like 35 years old also.

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

This is an understatement

 

[Deathandtaxes]

This one is on the poor play calling and on Nico but also don’t forget the big jump Hendon made in year two compared to year one. I just wish we had this defense next year when Nico starts mastering this offense.

 

[BreatheUT]

Volnation-be honest. What stud top 10 wr would want to come play for THIS offense. Not saying it can't and won't morph into a more dangerous threat but you absolutely get nothing thrown to you where you can show playmaker ability in this iteration of this offense

Admittedly the passing game looks horrible. Alarmingly bad.

Arkansas passing game looked better than the Vols.

 

[Jravol78]

And who GAF if Arkansas is playing Rocky Top. People get bent out of shape over the stupidest chit . Arkansas won and can play whatever in the hell makes them feel good .

 

[BeardedVol]

How come every time a team loses to Arkansas, it's because they suck? It's never because Arkansas played a good game? Well, Arkansas played a good game, and they are better than I gave them credit for. As I mentioned, they should probably be 6-0, but I still thought Tennessee would win easy.

Arkansas had 220+ yards of offense and had the ball for 20+ minutes in the first half and only managed 3 points.

Don't kid yourself, they are not a good team.

 

[vol_smoothie]

Okay tell me how great Nico is now ... pulled a Joe Milton. Ran out of bounds instead of throwing the fricken ball. This kid is not the future. Can we get some of our money back.

Either he is as clueless as Joe or had the 1st down and got out of bounds thinking he had a second left on the clock.
But Mr. Composure was rattled, he fumbled the previous snap right into Sampson's hands.

 

[PerryCountyVol]

We lose 3 of those 4. Absolutely

Question is if that's the case, how hot is the hot seat

 

[volbound1700]

Arkansas better than their record. Saban said so and he knows more about football than anybody on here.
Look at their record and how close they were to being 5-0.
I’m not sure what’s going on with the offense, but it appears the OU game exposed some things like tendencies, and Heupel needs to change some things up.
Nico looked awful. I would’ve thought he would be more poised after the OU game. I hope he can get his head right, because this season is not getting easier. Still got a few games out there that the Vols could lose.
Defense is carrying this team, which is a bright spot, but the lack of production on offense is putting too much pressure on them. Especially playing a team that runs the style that Arkansas does.
Good news is that we aren’t the only fan base with a Top 10 team that lost. At least we aren’t Bama
Gotta flush this and get back on the right side next week when Florida comes to Knoxville. Still can make playoffs and much to play for. It’s not like in years past, where a loss would knock you out of the picture.
Praying that Squirrel and our other players are okay.
GB

 

[JFreak]

QB can’t run out of bounds on the last play of the game. That was horrible.

Reminds me of Alvin Kamara against Vanderbilt a few years ago

 

[1world1love]

I hate to break it to you but the game is over. You must be watching a recording that's in the 3rd quarter.

Yeah, thanks. Insightful commentary.

 

[tnvols72]

Well I bet Nico learns a lot from this.

We got to clean up these drive killing penalties!

Heup brought them from UCF with him. All his teams are a penalty waiting to happen.

 

[Vols919]

Volnation-be honest. What stud top 10 wr would want to come play for THIS offense. Not saying it can't and won't morph into a more dangerous threat but you absolutely get nothing thrown to you where you can show playmaker ability in this iteration of this offense

The $8,000,000 QB is a fraud and the "elite offensive mind" coaching him is a scared gimmick man that lost his niche.

You can kiss all those star offensive linemen and wide receivers gooooooooooooooodbye. Clemson and Georgia will gladly take them back.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

I like Florida's chances next week

Bet the house on Florida if you’re a gambler. They will win by 10+.

 

[84Volfan]

Yep, outcoached but we were also out played and out smarted. Ross would never play another game for me after the running into the punter play. Absolutely the dumbest play I have seen in 74 years of watching the Vols.

We were exposed today for what we are, a slightly better than average team who still hasn't played anybody. NC State lost to Wake today and OU was lucky to beat Auburn who is one of the 4 worst teams in the conference. We are what we are.

Will lose to UGA and Alabama and be lucky to split Florida and Kentucky.

Was the most influential play of the game

 

[arkyvol]

The Vols spent two weeks hearing how great they were. They’ll spend next week hearing how they are frauds (both are wrong).

 

[hUTch2002]

Those games against Florida, Vandy, uGA, and the Gumps are looking like losses right about now.

Might need to change your handle.

 

[Jimmyandjoes]

Nobody is open. Ever

That's not true.. Watch some breakdowns, there are guys open but he must hit them earlier. He's holding on to the ball too long and staring down receivers

 

[OrangeTsar]

Back to 8-4, nothing special on Heupel's team this year, Nico is still very young and regressing against better competition, kiss the playoffs goodbye, settle in for the Music City Bowl, this team has some kinds of internal problem not sure what has happened

Just leave the board, please

 

[RockyTop140]

This one is on the poor play calling and on Nico but also don’t forget the big jump Hendon made in year two compared to year one. I just wish we had this defense next year when Nico starts mastering this offense.

We had the number 7 offense in the country in year one under hooker.

 

[utvolpj]

The first sign a team has lost is when their fans start getting mad at the refs for not helping them win by calling penalties on the other team.

There were some pretty blatant ones missed.