The Official #6 Tennessee @ #15 Oklahoma Game Thread, 7:30 PM ET, ABC

[McDad]

I'm a realist. I'm glad we won, but that wasn't a good look for our offense.

Good look on the scoreboard.

All. That. Matters.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

I thought we played very conservative tonight. Their defense was very good and their backup QB played a great game. I just don't feel like we played to make a statement offensively, probably by design but a W is a win. With Heard out also, it probably dictated what we could do.

The Vols made a statement. TN can win with defense, offense and the kicking game on the road in the conference.

 

[DC_Vol]

By We are f^^king for real and @Freak i will be more than happy accept any ban for our site

G
B
O

Sleep it off buddy

 

[Daniel_Lincolns_Foot]

Good teams win the ugly ones.

Some things to improve on. Some mental errors to clean up. A well-earned week off to do so.

It’s so refreshing to see a well rounded defense that doesn’t need to be bailed out by the offense by putting up 63 points.

 

[FranklinVFL]

I'm a realist. I'm glad we won, but that wasn't a good look for our offense.

Really??? We won on the road in the SEC vs. a real top 15 team. Screw style points. WE WIN!!!

 

[swampfoxfan]

Hope you Heupel lovers like him keeping it close to not make anyone mad in Oklahoma. Frig him.

I think Heup lacks confidence in the oline. Switched it up to cover that.

Don't see it that way at all, Heupel had a great game plan. Score proves that

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

I just don’t get why people are mad about a 10 point road win against a ranked conference opponent. Beat the spread too. Nuts.

 

[therealitytheory]

I'm a realist. I'm glad we won, but that wasn't a good look for our offense.

Oh FO. Clutch your pearls and go to bed.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

We lost the second half, gonna leave bad taste for two weeks. Yes, I know we were trying to run the clock, that doesn’t change the point.

you want butch back? Our fans complain about every stupid thing.

 

[will-you-shut-up-man]

Does the goalpost move again now?

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Thank goodness for the bye week to get healthy and to focus on how to stop Arkansas running QB

I am not worried about this defense at all.

 

[DC_Vol]

I just don’t get why people are mad about a 10 point road win against a ranked conference opponent. Beat the spread too. Nuts.

Sorry it didn’t look like a Madden video game.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

We beat a top 15 team on the ROAD in the SEC and we have people in here complaining our offense looked bad and Josh went too conservative.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Heupel called off the dogs early, and you can’t convince me otherwise.

1000%

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Good teams win the ugly ones.

Some things to improve on. Some mental errors to clean up. A well-earned week off to do so.

It’s so refreshing to see a well rounded defense that doesn’t need to be bailed out by the offense by putting up 63 points.

Exactly. Arkansas 1997.

 

[VAVol85]

Now that's how you choke a team out. The defense played lights out. Smart of CJH to throttle back. No way they could score enough on us if we don't turn it over

This was the calculation. No way they were going to beat us without us helping them. Plus having both starting tackles out for most of the game made everything a challenge.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Hope you Heupel lovers like him keeping it close to not make anyone mad in Oklahoma. Frig him.

Did I miss something? We won right?

Sign the man to a lifelong contract as long as I’m concerned.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Yeah I felt like CJH called off the dogs and played a burn the clock game. If we were more aggressive, it could have been 40-9. But make no mistake that is one of the top 5 defenses in the SEC.

 

[VAVol85]

Good look on the scoreboard.

All. That. Matters.

Exactly. No such thing as an ugly road win against a ranked opponent.

 

[sami]

If we call plays that conservative against Bama/uga, we will get boat raced, no matter how good our defense is.

I get it that we won, but it's discouraging as a fan to see them get very conservative in a big time game. It doesn't bode well for the future games.

Nothing like looking at things in a vacuum, right? The OL was banged up and the defense was suffocating them - Josh made the decision to bleed the clock and ride the defense home, which was the right call tonight. If Carter doesn't commit the silly face mask penalty on 4th down, the game is over at 22-9.

They won in about as hostile an environment as you'll play in CFB against a really good defense. Nico, in his 4th start and first real road test, was poised and in control of the offense all night, and the defense was lights out until garbage time. This was a fantastic team win, and it is sure as hell not something that won't bode well as we move forward.

 

[VolBalls33]

If anyone complains about winning at Oklahoma needs to either down 3 shots back to back to back and pass out or remember 1st win since 2006 since beating a top 15 team on the road!! What a great win for the Vols and Heupel to have that win and give Oklahoma their very first SEC loss. GBO!!

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Sorry it didn’t look like a Madden video game.

It’s the football geniuses that ran their mouths all week about how it would be a blowout. Bless their hearts, ignorance is a tough thing to overcome.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Hope you Heupel lovers like him keeping it close to not make anyone mad in Oklahoma. Frig him.

You are 100% a troll. Hope you finally get banned?

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

 

[PalmettoStateVol]

The line was 6.5. We won by TEN.

WTF is wrong with you people?

Exactly OP! Too many in here with completely unrealistic expectations. We just went into Norman, OK and knocked off a team that has a .921 winning % at home since 1999. Our RS Freshman QB handled business against a really good OU defense! Our defense walked into a hostile stadium and completely took the crowd out of the game! CJH called exactly what he needed to in order to get back to Knoxville with a W.