The Official #4 Tennessee vs #1 Arkansas Weekend Game Thread (Game 1 Friday @ 6:30 PM) (Game 2 Saturday @ 12 PM) (Game 3 Sunday @ 1 PM)

[VolGee4]

whoa! A few words between the coaches.
We’re better than that, give Arkansas their due, say a few words and get ready for the next one.
GBO!!

Nothing wrong with a rivalry although that surprises me, considering Vitello’s history with them.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

whoa! A few words between the coaches.
We’re better than that, give Arkansas their due, say a few words and get ready for the next one.
GBO!!

Tony needs to go out & find another pitcher like Kopps.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Florida's loss is big for us today. Let's focus on SC. Sweep them and who knows what happens.

 

[VolGee4]

I think the same can be said about Friday. Our bullpen is our biggest weakness IMO

Errors and no clutch hitting. The bullpen didn’t lose Friday. Hunley pitcher 4.2 with no earned runs and one hit. Dallas gave up 5.

 

[SGMVols]

I agree with that 100%. Fastballs down the middle you have to eat when it’s 88-90mph at this level.

Dude is the best pitcher in college baseball by almost every statistic and some people here act like he’s a bum who we should tattoo for 7 runs when he comes in.

 

[TN_gal]

I'm very proud of this team! Nothing to hang our heads about.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Tony needs to go out & find another pitcher like Kopps.

So does everyone else. Give the guy his due.

 

[UTK]

It's alright. We showed well. Just not on Arky's level yet

I know very little about baseball and they beat us by one run each time and we beat them by one run. Doesn't get much more dead even than that does it ?

 

[6-4-3]

crap. Somebody tell me again how good the bullpen is

I think they are pretty good overall. Top half of the conference in most categories I believe. I will check again. Honestly, this team would not be where it is without the pen. Several of the pen guys actually have better numbers than the starters, in more intense situations. Could we be better? Sure. But it hasn’t killed us. I mean, we are ranked in the top 5 after all.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

How you figure. All 3 games was decided 3 runs total.

Pitching in the pen mainly. Just don't have the arms they do.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Three great baseball games.

The Vols showed they can go toe to toe with the best.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Anybody got a video of what actually happened with the coaches?

 

[Switch 625]

What was that about?

I think it might have been the Arkansas players talking trash and TV said something to their coach, but that’s just a guess.

 

[orangemadam]

I’m not scared to say if they don’t have Kopps we would have swept them.

If we don't have Ferguson, they sweep us.

 

[southgatevol]

Pitching in the pen mainly. Just don't have the arms they do.

If I am not mistaken a wild pitch Friday put the winning run in scoring position and the go ahead run today. Vols are a very good team. All games could have went either way this weekend.

 

[tnvols72]

Tn has a really really good baseball team and this team is going to go a long ways in the tournament

 

[SGMVols]

It's alright. We showed well. Just not on Arky's level yet

I don’t know if UT is capable of getting all the way to their level, but for Vitello to get this close to them in just 4 years after inheriting what was an SEC doormat for a decade is incredible.

 

[tnvols72]

I think the same can be said about Friday. Our bullpen is our biggest weakness IMO

It is

 

[Halph66]

If we don't have Ferguson, they sweep us.

But we do, and they didn’t.
Baseball is a team sport.

 

[TX2TN]

Great series. Each game coulda easily gone either way.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

I don’t know if UT is capable of getting all the way to their level, but for Vitello to get this close to them in just 4 years after inheriting what was an SEC doormat for a decade is incredible.

Can you recall if Fulmer was the AD that hired Tony?

 

[Halph66]

Can you recall if Fulmer was the AD that hired Tony?

No. The suit prior to Fulmer.

 

[tnvols72]

It's alright. We showed well. Just not on Arky's level yet

I am not going to say Tn is not. Tenn is a bullpen away from being the best team in the SEC. Just 1 or 2 closers away from being elite. Ark did not come in here and beat Tn by 3,4,5,6 runs. it was one run games.

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

All I know is we need to back the Bricks truck up to TV’s house and make LNS the envy of the SEC rather than some random corner next to frat park

 

[txbo]

If we don't have Ferguson, they sweep us.

We had 2 on with nobody out when he walked it off.