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

[OrangeTsar]

That was not a draw. Nico didn’t catch the snap and Sampson happened to catch it and took off with it.

Smart play by Sampson IMO.

 

[Orange-U-Glad]

No sense of urgency. I think they should have gone for it on that 4th down.

 

[Dannyman]

Nico is not yet ready for prime time. Struggling with decision making/improvising. Game was lost with inability to adjust and sustain a drive.

 

[Tennessee Jedd]

Offense sucked tonight. No doubt about it. Is it the O line? I don't have any answers. I hope the coach does, because that game should have been a W.

 

[SmashMouth]

You guys are absolutely freaking stupid. Nico will be fine. With any freshman there are going to be growing moments no matter what they are paid. We had a chance as a team to win this game well before the last play. Stupid mistakes, play calling, penalties you name it. They still have everything to play for. But they have to get better and humble themselves and go to work. To be completely honest I believe this was the worst game plan Heupel has had as a coach here. The Defense did enough but in a close game discipline will get you beat. That is exactly what happened tonight. The OL sucked, Nico got rattled, couple that with the watered down play calls run run pass, welp there you have it. Arkansas played cleaner. Congrats and on to the next game

yeah, thanks for the comment Razorback, you aint no Vol. take your shinny parts and stick it up your ass. Tennessee just pulled their pants down and got spanked , bare ass in front of the world. You want to RahRah that? turn a negative into a positive? you lost your mind....this team aint got any alphas

 

[patrick]

I’d agree all except the part about Elarbee.

Elarbee hasn’t developed anyone.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

The fact that Florida is a hot dumpster fire, we are playing at home, and our defenses is one of the best in the country. Yall seriously need to back off the ledge lmao….

You really need to take your Orange glasses off. I am not on a ledge. Just calling it like I see it. When has playing at home ever mattered against UF? The blueprint to shut us down is out there. UF has the athletes to shut us down.

 

[Orange-Blooded]

I put $120 on the Vols to win outright. Lesson learned Also they’re playing rocky top in their stadium? That’s disrespectful AF and I’d be FUMING. Onto the next one I guess.

well maybe they should have won the game then it wouldn't matter

 

[OptimisticFan]

And Heard sucks.

He was getting waxed the whole first half.

 

[Pennheel]

Go to church tomorrow, ladies and gents. Nico is not our savior. It’s just football.

Exactly While frustrating, at the end of the day,it's just a game. I plan on going to church. Besides,there's many games ahead. Don't throw in the towel yet.

 

[207 others]

Our Season Is Over

Face it now or later

 

[BreatheUT]

The receivers can't get separation. You look downfield, no one is open. No idea why.

Puzzling to say the least.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Lmao. Cal beating Miami by 11. Everyone is losing today.

And the 12 team format means everyone gets a Mulligan

 

[Orangeslide]

It’s a simple matter of hype. The media lays out a narrative in the Vols favor, everyone is happy week after week until it comes to an end…and then the blaming begins. Very cyclical for all sports teams.

Great post!

 

[Vol4lif3]

Why don’t we run first play if we don’t get far then do short passes to set up the run it’s not hard heck I knew which plays they was going to do and I don’t even play it’s embarrassing

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

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

Not nearly as many penalties when we had Hooker slinging the ball

 

[FFvolfan]

Take the word fan off your handle. You are the type of person that doesn't deserve to wear orange.

You can STFU. This was a pathetic showing and anyone that isn’t pissed off isn’t a true fan.

 

[vol_smoothie]

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

Yes, I'm afraid Heupel's teams will never be super-disciplined. He would have had that fixed by his 4th year.
Even Clown Butch had a disciplined team regarding lack of penalties in his first season.

 

[utVolFanInVA]

An actual post from someone that is a true fan. This team did not play well tonight, but the fools that are acting like we are 0-5 rather than 4-1 are completely off their rocker. The first time this year that they have looked rattled in a hostile environment. Let's see if they learn from what they feel right now and what they see in the film room this week.

Not likely, as the film looks pretty similar to the OK game. We had two weeks to study it and yet we laid a big fat egg in Fayetteville tonight.

 

[BigALWiLson]

Nico wasn't the total problem. Josh has turned into a p**** with his play calling. Started last week. Any chance at the playoffs just ended. We got EXPOSED

Long season. Not sure everything is gone and anyone thinking 12-0 was a total moron. Let's see how it plays out. Freshman QB'S will make some bad decisions. This game was a team and staff total loss.

 

[Volnbeers]

Hopefully we can bring in a real coach the next time around

 

[tnvols72]

He also overthrew the TE which would have been a HUGE catch (would not have been a TD likely but we would have had it at the 3 yard line with 17 seconds left).

He threw a 90 mph pass there

 

[allstar34bd]

Heup was so conservative that he’s voting for Trump.

Atleast he won something then

 

[C-south]

I’m not sure if you can coach that.

I believe we called a timeout. The last thing said should have been make sure you get a ball to the end zone.

 

[Pride85]

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

And we will continue on the path we have been on for over 2 decades. Why don't you look at the records for the last dozen or more head coaches for Tennessee. You will see that only Phillip Fulmer and shockingly Bill Battle have better records in their first 4 years. Do you know the common denominator with those two? Both started with loaded teams from the previous head coach. CJH definitely did not have that luck. You would have definitely fired Johnny Majors before he got going. He had a losing record his first four years following Bill Battle.