The Official #5 Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[PhillyRealtor]

Just got a pile of Tennessee stuff in the mail from fanatics today. It’s all getting mailed back Monday morning

 

[I4Vols]

Man, SEC Shorts is going to be brutal on Monday.

Keep your sense of humor
Probably involve an all orange helmet and defense

 

[MADISONGAVOL]

I’m 66. I feel your pain

44 this is worse gsme I've seen. Even through sunseri.... I'm intrigued for all post game cliches heupel will spew

 

[Big Orange in Bama]

Rattler is not that good. Our bad secondary made him look like a hiesman candidate.

He was that good tonight, and that’s alol that matters to us….

 

[87&91ALUM]

Goodnight…on to basketball

 

[Jxn Vol]

If Milton is the QB next year we may should consider erecting some safety nets to protect the fans like they do at baseball stadiums.

 

[TheFlash1971]

South Carolina is such a trash school.

 

[volinbham]

He was that good tonight

yeah - he as dialed in like crazy. some of his passes were nuts

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

The SEC is making bank with "charging the field" fines this year!

 

[Carl Pickens]

Why is #5 still on the field????

He’s 10-12 yards off his assignment every single play.

And then running his mouth after being made a a little girl over and over

 

[johngunn44]

why did we not try to kick the ball in the end zone on our kickoffs.? we gave them decent field position multiple times. also we kicked it out of bounds twice.

 

[BradstarVols]

Just got a pile of Tennessee stuff in the mail from fanatics today. It’s all getting mailed back Monday morning

 

[Memvol44]

Can we recruit a kicker off the soccer team. Male or female. Jeez

Kicking game was the least of our problems.

 

[vol94]

I am legitimately concerned about next week now. This feels very 2016ish.

I was gonna say 1992. Lost to Bama then Arkansas at home then at USC jr. Choke job City.

2023- FL, Bama and KY - road
GA and A&M- home.
8-4 or 9-3 best case. Milton isn’t the man imo and defense won’t be much better.

 

[CJBlaze]

Weak. Don't belong in the playoffs jmo. I'm true orange but NO excuse for that performance on defense.

 

[615vols]

Has Tillman actually tried to catch a pass tonight?

Do you not remember the extremely difficult td pass he caught on 4th down?

 

[utVolFanInVA]

2022 SC Cocks:
@ #16 AR, scored 30 (Lost 44-30)
vs #1 GA, scored 7 (Lost 48-7)
@ #13 KY, scored 24 (Won 24-14)
vs TX A&M, scored 30 (Won 30-24)
vs MO, scored 10 (Lost 23-10)
@ Van, scored 38 (Won 38-27)
@ FL, scored 6 (Lost 38-6)

vs #5 TN scored 63 !!!!!!!!!!!

2021: TN D ranked #98 in yds/game at 421.7
2021: TN D ranked #90 in pts/game at 29.1

2022: TN D ranked #85 in yds/game at 392.5 through 10 games (w/ SC it goes up to 411.6 for a rank of #99)
2022: TN D ranked #38 in pts/game at 21.9 through 10 games (w/ SC it goes up to 25.6 for a rank of #62)

Doesn't somebody have to be held accountable for this debacle? What does it take to prove a coach is not right for the job? Stats don't lie. Minimum to no improvement. There needs to be changes on D coaching staff or TN will never reach goals of championships.

 

[Putbacks]

The dream ends….

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[nomads-11]

Yeah-that’s what I’m getting at. I think this time we’ve got Kirby and they’ve got Butch. It’s beyond embarrassment and comprehension but we’ve got a good coach. I don’t trust our cursed program to permit any sort of success.

Beamer has more questions than answers. Watch...if he stinks the field up next week at Clemson...quite possible....he's a NIGHTMARE of a coach. Just like Jones was, just enough to keep you watching. You gotta play all SEC games with seriousness, we didn't, got beat, that's why it's the SEC. This program is another Kentucky in the making. Lip service. But they won...kudos...they wanted it. As a TN fan we've won a lot of these games too....but never could sustain it. Because the HC is in over his head. We've already lived this nightmare.

 

[Stephen Gray]

You mean the same Kentucky team that just got skull drug by Vandy? THAT Kentucky team? Yea, they've been trash since...forever. Us beating a dead horse doesn't prove anything.

It’s not that we beat them. It’s that all season long we’ve seen improvements almost every game. Don’t you remember the Dooley/Jones/Pruitt teams that hardly ever could beat anyone ranked and gave away games they should win not once in a season, but at least a few times every year?

We took a step back in how we executed tonight, but if you think this is more of the same and we are “a fraud” or “low tier” and our achievements the last two years have been smoke and mirrors then you are blind.

 

[Dergibvol]

What does that even mean??

Christmas Story reference. In the movie the dad wins a major award. Feel like whatever bowl they end up in its going to be a swift kick in the nether regions

 

[tennessee1974]

They should leave Banks at the hotel like USC left Kiffin at the airport! This is worse than numerous other things that could have happened.

 

[Memphisvol87]

I don't mind losing to a better team, when our team is prepared by the staff, looks competent, and plays to the best of their ability.

That's not what happened tonight.

This is probably how Georgia felt the year we dobb nailed booted them. Butch was clearly a douche and terrible coach. Beamer is a clown. We lost to a really bad football team

 

[VFL28]

Mega offense? Defense so bad we couldn't even stay balanced and run ball

Traditionally this season we've had some offense. Not tonight. My bad. We're more like Ben Simmons. No defense, airballed free throws, and brick shots.

 

[kptvol1]

Music City? Ending the season with 3 losses in the last 4 games sinks is pretty far.