The Official #7 Tennessee vs. Mississippi State Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN (hopefully it stays)

[farmdogvol]

Lewis is a big back, but he us stull jist a freshman who, for now, struggles to get yardage. If we are going to punish Sampson for fumbling, go with Deseabln Bishop who has played well this year.

Bishop is out.

 

[SmashMouth]

Halzle is in way over his head. Yeah, we can score 50 UTEP, SEC play....dude is drowning. Literally watching Heupel let a grown man drown in stupidity.

 

[volpreacher]

Exactly. 3 straight games with a fumble will cost you a career in the NFL as a RB. Absolutely unacceptable.

Oh yea it “really” hurt Arian Foster . Lol

 

[GhostVol]

All that happened was a chance for TN to get 90 yards of offense when they score

Missy St chirping is really under my skin

 

[OrangeTsar]

Lewis is a big back, but he us stull jist a freshman who, for now, struggles to get yardage. If we are going to punish Sampson for fumbling, go with Deseabln Bishop who has played well this year.

Bishop is out this week isn’t he?

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Just wondering why they wouldn’t let him try a field goal last drive? Just a question. All good.

It's a respect issue. Heupel doesn't (didn't?) respect the MS State defense. Analytics say we make it.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

 

[joevol33]

time for 7

It's coming, I'm putting a dip in, we always score

 

[Vol8188]

If we called Arian "FUMBLING FOSTER" what will we call Dylan if this keeps up? "Dropping Dylan" "Dumping Dylan"

Your nickname in the bedroom is probably shallow springs vol

 

[Big Orange Rock]

A big reason we struggle to score early is because Sampson coughs the ball up then gets put in the dog house till the second half. We go as he goes. He has really hurt us even beyond the fumble by getting temporarily benched so much.

 

[tnvols72]

I bet we try and fool them this drive and throw the sideline screen. The defense deserves better than what they get out of this offense and I blame the play calling

 

[RockyTop140]

I just want to blow them out. We should be up 21-0 going for 28. Just finish.

MS state has tried to make this one easy for us. Soon their players will start to get excited

 

[BJWeeks]

Yea Sampson fumbled but maybe so something besides run every play. We need to work on fixing passing game

 

[YankeeVol]

 

[207 others]

Because he can’t be trusted to not fumble…pretty simple

I'd trust him to get 2 yards personally

 

[Volanta]

What Sampson gives us offensively far outweighs his fumbles. Show confidence and put him back in to score! Benching him might screw with his head. We should be up 14-0.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Funny thing about Foster. IIRC, he had the lowest (or one of) the lowest fumble percentages. They were just at the worst time.

Yes for sure. The one that really made me fume was against Penn State he just looked back and watched them house it. I get if you think you can't catch them but not even try? Bump that.

 

[Volsfannn]

You're not a cranky fan. Just an old sounding one. It's okay for them to celebrate.

Celebrate yes. But that was very excessive against a terrible team.

 

[alavolfan]

Three games, three fumbles..
Tough love is probably on order

And inside the 20 every time.

 

[Big Orange Rock]

Lewis is a big back, but he is stull jist a freshman who, for now, struggles to get yardage. If we are going to punish Sampson for fumbling, go with Deseabln Bishop who has played well this year.

Bishop I am pretty sure is out for this game.

 

[OrangeTsar]

I'm more concerned with Heupel calling plays this next drive

With our running game, those weren’t bad calls. Just didn’t execute on the blocks

 

[chattaboogie]

If we called Arian "FUMBLING FOSTER" what will we call Dylan if this keeps up? "Dropping Dylan" "Dumping Dylan"

Slippery hands Samson

 

[Bollweevil]

Does the NFL draft running backs that fumble ?

 

[GhostVol]

How open was that guy

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Against an abysmal Mississippi State team? That stuffed UT on the goal line? When UT is set up perfectly after UGA lost. They should just take care of business tonight. Celebrate when beat UGA.

Celebrate ANYTIME. What's it hurt to celebrate good plays? Who is hurt?

Loosen up. It's a game no matter who you're playing.

 

[Volanta]

He had just fumbled in the same part of the field, man. A RBs first job is to take care of the football. It’s pretty obvious that CJH agrees with me.

I don’t care if coach agrees with you. You’re both wrong lol