The Official #7 Tennessee @ #12 Georgia Game Thread, 7:30 PM ET, ABC

[Sarms58]

Georgia hasn't lost in like three years at home. They decimated Texas. They're the best team in the country.

They are definitely one of the best teams in the country…I guarantee you no one would want to face Georgia in the first round of the playoffs…

 

[hardyemt_p]

Is what I expected, doesn't change the fact he is a douchebag.

Smiley douche bag at that. I bet he plays with Kirby's balls

 

[Dergibvol]

Can't wait for Heupel presser. We just had too many mistakes. Gotta clean it up. Thought we had some plays with mismatches and just didn't execute. That starts with me. Blah blah blah

 

[Orangeslide]

This game was really never in doubt from the 2nd quarter on. The key to the game was to make Beck uncomfortable. We failed really miserably. Bobo schemed us good using the TE. Way too many penalties. To take the next step, Josh has got to get that cleaned up. The 12 team playoff seems to be wide open. No clear cut team that leads the way. Will be interesting, we may get left out of the party. Go Vols! Beat UTEP!

 

[utVolFanInVA]

He didn't do anything wrong tonight....Kirby just has our number.

No he didn't, he also did not do anything to change the course of the game either. As someone who touches the ball on every offensive possession, team will only be as good as QB plays.

 

[BeardedVol]

Maybe Banks could study this game on how to bring pressure on a quarterback and blitz

It was truly an amazingly poorly called game by Banks.

You'd think he was watching a different game than the one that was happening on the field.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Tennessee will not make playoffs, this loss bumps them out

 

[CPVOL]

2 Tight Ends. That’s all we needed to cover tonight and we let them run wide open all dang game

 

[Ritzwatch]

My goodness there is some hard coping in this thread.

It would make a helluva “post game thread” edition, if we wanted to do it to ourselves this time.

Some of these folks aren’t handling this loss too well.

 

[vol94]

Nico had 65- 70 yards in 2nd half.

Defense blew but offense didn’t get past the GA 35 yard line.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

I don’t drink. I also don’t believe in participation trophies. Do you want to just get given a spot in the playoffs to get your ass beat by BYU?

BYU wouldn’t beat TN. Just stop.

 

[KeyVol14]

I don’t drink. I also don’t believe in participation trophies. Do you want to just get given a spot in the playoffs to get your ass beat by BYU?

We would destroy BYU ..why can't people realize the SEC is loaded and UGA has another gear when they want to

 

[farmdogvol]

No we’re not. Quit with this ****, tell me one reason why ole miss and Alabama should get In over us. Not to mention if other teams drop a game .

Head to head don't mean a thing when it's Bama. You know Bama is jumping UT Tuesday. That last TD makes it look like a blow out, that is all the committee will see. UT will drop big time. UF beat LSU that might help a little bit.

 

[adam.vol]

How to erase a missed handoff fumble: overturn a fumble with an incomplete pass call. Two scores with no logic.

Why do any of us support this garbage? College football is trying to be as phony as the NFL.

 

[Chad F]

Tennessee big game chrcklist:

1. Make the opposing team’s previously struggling QB suddenly look great.

2. Have a previously thought to be elite aspect of our team suddenly become very average and get chumped (this year, our defense . . . in 2022 it was our offense).

3. Commit lots of penalties at big moments.

4. Lose to a bad team estluer in the year to make everything ride on this game . . . And then choke again to prove you aren’t ready for the big time.

That about covers it. Meh. No real surprises here. Oh well . . .This was another season of wasted opportunities. A favorable schedule. Florida is down (and yeah, we still struggled to win)). And everything to play for in a big moment.

Tennessee just isn’t ready for the big time. We probably won’t be next year either. The defense will step back - and does anyone think the O-Line is going to be better? Nico has flashes, but he hasn’t put it together yet.

Just very frustrated, guys. Sorry about that. This yearly re-run of the same movie sucks.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

This game was really never in doubt from the 2nd quarter on. The key to the game was to make Beck uncomfortable. We failed really miserably. Bobo schemed us good using the TE. Way too many penalties. To take the next step, Josh has got to get that cleaned up. The 12 team playoff seems to be wide open. No clear cut team that leads the way. Will be interesting, we may get left out of the party. Go Vols! Beat UTEP!

TN won't make it

 

[deezvols]

Get ready mods, here comes the influx of bad threads.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Where was the playcalling from the first quarter the rest of the game? We made UGA pay with using our TE’s and mixing in runs. Sampson was his usual self, Lewis looked really good until he just disappeared. We stopped doing anything with our WR’s like we did in the first and just went back to the same anemic and mind boggling offense that doesn’t seem like it could be possible under Heupel.

And the defense. Don’t know what Banks was doing, but it was a departure from what we’ve seen the rest of the year. UGA is good, but not that good. We had a punchers chance and came in and crapped the bed.

 

[TartanTurff]

White Danny can scrap that first round playoff game seating chart in Neyland, get the big orange spin machine excited for the Las Vegas Bowl (Vanderbilt will go to the Liberty Bowl)(played in the Citrus Bowl last year)

Georgia, Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss will represent the conference well in the playoffs,

Wins over Oklahoma, Miss State, Kentucky, Florida and hopefully Vanderbilt just don't get it at this level, in retrospect, aside from Georgia and Alabama, we played a fairly soft SEC schedule and an even softer non conference schedule.

Hopefully, Heupel and White Danny see the glaring gaps in the program which, if not addressed, will result in a 10-2 record most years at best, moving to the next level in the SEC, will require SEC caliber coordinators and position coaches, talent is good, but not developing and improving, nor is the team improving throughout the year,

 

[BradstarVols]

I don’t drink. I also don’t believe in participation trophies. Do you want to just get given a spot in the playoffs to get your ass beat by BYU?

lol Tennessee would roll BYU. Their lines would get mauled. They just have the luxury of a weak schedule.

 

[VOLinAL]

Nah. We stopped numerous drives that were continued bc of phantom calls. Later on they would score. We don’t get those same calls. Numerous holds not called. Fumbles. Numerous PIs. Point is they controlled the game. We did enough, but the refs gave them their points by extending their drives

Completely disagree. They may have missed calls but not why we lost.

 

[charleyhorse]

Our linebackers are very slow

Clueless

 

[BradstarVols]

Where was the playcalling from the first quarter the rest of the game? We made UGA pay with using our TE’s and mixing in runs. Sampson was his usual self, Lewis looked really good until he just disappeared. We stopped doing anything with our WR’s like we did in the first and just went back to the same anemic and mind boggling offense that doesn’t seem like it could be possible under Heupel.

And the defense. Don’t know what Banks was doing, but it was a departure from what we’ve seen the rest of the year. UGA is good, but not that good. We had a punchers chance and came in and crapped the bed.

My exact questions regarding the offense. And where did the tempo go that was used all first quarter?

 

[tnvols72]

well hope we get in at 10--2

If they do they will be one and done

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Chris Fowler can finally remove the kneepads.

Nah, he’s putting his helmet on now and ready for a long night to express his love in Athens.