The Official #8 Tennessee vs. Florida Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[AthensVol2007]

White has said CJH is the only coach that was offered the job. Are you saying he is lying?

All AD’s say that. Find me the AD who admitted they settled for their 4th choice.

 

[Dudleys87]

let's face it. This team is not good. We shouldn't be thinking about a playoff team anyway. We need to be hoping for a bowl game.

They absolutely can be. When you coast in a game and don’t run an offense you risk what you’re seeing happening. This is just a continuous hangover.

 

[chuckb1448]

I'm totally confused at our lack of ability to be productive on O

 

[vavolfan6]

Arch didn't need time.

Arch isn't a starting QB. He isn't the main guy. It's less pressure being the beloved backup QB. He is also a redshirt freshman. And he hasn't played anyone except Miss St at home. I'm sure he has a better OLine too.

 

[sonofUT62]

So you think game experience would help decision making? Joe was in his 6th year of college last year and still made similar decisions to Nico.

It typically does. Milton is a frustrating outlier who will never get it.

 

[Behr]

This is why you don’t give 18 year olds millions without them ever have taken a college snap

 

[ETV]

Y’all have already seen Heupel isn’t benching his quarterback last year.

Yeah. Not going to happen.

 

[Voljayton]

I just hope Heup isn't kissing Nico's butt tellin him everything will be alright all the time. The time for coddling is over.

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

He can't even use his biggest weapon, mobility, because the OL holds every time he flushed. this is just hard to watch. We need some WR routes underneath not just screens. It seems every play it's home run ball or straight up the middle.

You mean mid WR screens on 2nd and long are a bad idea?

 

[Redheads]

While the two holding penalties were by the letter of the law correct we see every week our guys getting raped and it is never called. I don’t understand. Not blaming the refs but those calls were very big. Seems they always call them on us right when we are getting something going.

We get so many holding penalties because we throw everything from the pocket. No roll outs or bootlegs. Nico gets scared and won’t throw it away so he runs outside and our tackles are locked up and it’s always a hold. I feel sorry for them.

 

[bigorange1954]

They lost it!!! It’s our ball. Good stop D!!!

...don't think this qb is capable of winning 6 games...he needs to go back to junior high and learn the basics...!

 

[Cartervol]

You got to pull this QB if he struggles in this next quarter or this whole thing is on Heupel.

 

[OH-Vol]

Does Gaston Moore start the 2nd Half? We have no chance with Nico

 

[chuckb1448]

And they get the ball when we come back

 

[I40VOL]

Nico getting flustered, not making progressions, forcing throws and being sloppy with the ball. He's in a slump for sure but it has a lot to do with the consistency of our Oline.

I’ll say it again, teams with a pulse have figured out how to stop this offense and if we keep running the same stuff they study on film and do nothing different we will see this until we get to utep. DC at Arkansas knew exactly what we were running

 

[TAF]

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

….yet…

We will see. I think his offensive line coach is toast though.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

Which one ? Serious question Arch playing sh1t teams ? He has a much better OL I would argue they have much better talent at WR as well. I will say Nimrod needs to play as he gets seperation. We need the OL to give a damn and let Nico settle in. The kid has a TON of pressure from this fan base but even being paid whatever his real NIL is .... The coaches need to put him in better positions to succeed. Nico needs to make better decisions with the football everything doesn't have to be 20 yards down field. The deep ball will come with confidence and he has lost some dating back to Oklahoma when his didn’t allow him to play the game. Just my opinion and maybe some of this is why. There will be mistakes with a young QB no matter who you put in. This OL is bad, let's hope they get it together and show something.

This is trash. Time for Nico to get some responsibility. Online is awful. But even when Nico has time he’s looked like garbage. Overthrows, ints, fumbles. He gets some of the blame to.

 

[Big Orange Rock]

If we can't figure out this style of defense this half,

27 is held almost every time he rushes. Sometimes tackled. Never called

Exactly….. make it make sense. It is truly mind numbing the difference I. The calls in us vs the opponents.

 

[Orange931]

I just hope Heup isn't kissing Nico's butt tellin him everything will be alright all the time. The time for coddling is over.

He coddled Milton last year

 

[orangerush]

I can barely contain myself on what Heup will do with another four years.

 

[Vol8188]

We look bad. Florida should be up 17

By that same token you can say we should be up 14-3 (fumble in red zone and missed two open TDs on the same drive)

 

[OldandStillaVol]

Heupel isn’t going to bench Nico. We can only hope they ask him to run more, protect the football and hit the check down man. If he can’t do that, then we are just totally screwed until he gets his head together. He’s lost in a fog now.

 

[rocketskates]

let's face it. This team is not good. We shouldn't be thinking about a playoff team anyway. We need to be hoping for a bowl game.

Miss state and UTEP will get the bowl game. But it would still be a very disappointing season to wind up in the famous Idaho potato bowl

 

[Allvols98]

Thinking if the vanilla play calling is to make it easier for Nico. Which is doing the opposite.