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

[rocketskates]

Once Green was out of the game Heupel was content playing keep away and it came back to bite him hard. Hopefully he learned a lesson.

 

[first time caller]

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

He needs to throw the damn ball. Maybe get a PI call . Ehh, who am I kidding.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Are you really going to complain about fans being upset after this shitshow? It was pathetic. Offensively we were a joke

Yes. It’s one loss.

 

[JMSqb11]

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.

Lol. We will hang 35+ points on Florida. $50 to your charity of choice if not.

 

[Brandon88]

every game

 

[SmokeyLives]

Do we have to get off the Dr. Pepper hype train now?

 

[Mccage]

Wouldn’t all on Nico or the coaches. The 15 yd penalty on the punt was a killer! Both lines got whipped. The receivers didn’t do much getting separation. The false starts, they just played like s***! Feels like it now but the season ain’t over!

 

[mudhen]

The kid had a bad game. They all do. Even Peyton the great. The key is how he plays in the next one

Gimme a break, he looked like a deer in the headlights all night long. There were broken plays where he could have easily picked up 7 or 8 yards on a run, but he wouldn't commit. This is the big dog's club, fish or cut bait.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

I was talking s*** about USCjr’s garbage qb earlier today about holding the ball and being scared to throw. I think Nico is worse. He has the throwing yips or something. Sometimes you just have to make tough throws or give guys a chance to make a play. He’s a huge disappointment to say the least.

I don’t know what the deal is, but something is in his head. Watch him stare down receivers and dance the entire time. It’s almost like he’s afraid to go to the second or third options, and when the first option isn’t there, he takes off or takes a sack.

I think he will get there. The talent is undeniable. But I feel like he’s in his head and the playbook has mysteriously disappeared into this vanilla ice cream cone iteration that we see today.

 

[DaddyChad]

Our Season Is Over

Face it now or later

Nah, it’s not.

It probably will be soon though.

 

[FFvolfan]

I hope you don't post another post the whole season. We don't deserve it.

You STFU. I’ll post when and where I want.

 

[207 others]

Fulmer replaced golesh and losing golesh was the end of the sunshine

 

[LibertyVol]

Nico, will be a good qb. Just not there yet.

He will be good for someone else after he transfers out.

 

[Wezcoast]

Well, he did the same vs OU and got away with it.

You learn stuff about your coach as you get more years with them. Heupel is great when his offense is clicking and that's why we could run it up on lesser talent.

When the talent is equal or nearly equal or greater, Heupel doesn't seem to have anything but a very poor ball control offensive strategy when he gets a lead on a good team.

This isn't a personnel problem. This is a coaching philosophy problem.

I said after the Oklahoma game that even if Heupel loses us a game with dumb decisions, I'm sold on him , and that hasn't changed. This loss was as much if not more on him than anyone else , because he choked. The pressure of being highly ranked and having suspect play at qb and Oline got to him and he coached scared and prayed things would just work out I guess. It got him beat , so now I'm interested to see if he changes his tendencies, knowing that fate is not gonna bail him out. If he's smart , he'll shake off that fear of losing **** and coach to win . I still have faith in this team and staff , but they know what they have now and can't go into turtle mode hoping for breaks to go their way.

 

[OptimisticFan]

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

You shouldn’t need to tell your QB to throw the damn ball on the last play of the game.

 

[volbound1700]

He threw a 90 mph pass there

It was high. Honestly, that was the game. Had that connected (and Hooker would have connected it), we would have won.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Are you really going to complain about fans being upset after this shitshow? It was pathetic. Offensively we were a joke

Would you like to fire the coach over it?

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

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

Yep

 

[NEWDAYVOL]

Like I said in the Kent State thread....Onside Kicking up 30 in the FIRST QUARTER (against a team who lost 13 straight games against D-I competition) will usually come back and bite you. And it did.

Hate me if you want. And of course there is way more to it than that...but football karma is a funny thing. Literally the moment we did that I knew an inexcusable (South Carolina/Arkansas type) loss was coming this year. And here we are.

With that said...we still have an excellent shot at the playoff...if we can get it together and take care of business from here out.

 

[BreatheUT]

How do we not feel despondent after this? I really want to know. I’ve seen people say at least we saw Bama lose too but they lost a shootout, our rocket powered offense looked anemic and ineffective. I have nothing positive from today and I’m pretty sure we’re in for more pain this season. I just don’t see anything but the cliff and I can’t back away.

Who could've predicted the offense looks like straight trash? We appear to have some big problems.

 

[Pride85]

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

I guess you didn't notice that that had not been a problem up until now. You fools are really amazing.

 

[wesley21]

If we could have afforded to drop one it should have been to bama or Georgia. Not Arkansas

 

[tnmarktx]

Elarbee hasn’t developed anyone.

From where they started, they’ve done ok. Look at Mays and Spragins.

 

[tnvols72]

More like Milton.

But TN oline is trash.

Friends (Elarbee) will get you fired.

Just a pile of steaming horse excrement.

If he rides with Elarbe and Willie after this year then Heup is begging to be fired

 

[Pride85]

lol. They are not very good. Hope I am wrong.

You are.