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

[volinbham]

He looked better than Nico.

no

 

[jdogvol]

Bama’s gonna kick our asses next week.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Nico not showing much as a pocket passer. Think roll out run or pass is his best option right now.

1. Nico needs to quit staring down primary receiver.
2. Need to run him more just to shake the jitters of the game.
3. Need to get accuracy back, I think it has to do with the jitters.
4. OL need to do much better. They were better than Arky game but still too many pass blocking whiffs and too many penalties.

 

[All Vol!]

Florida always plays their best game of the year against us. They always have top notch athletes. I will take the W and be thankful.
But yeah, this OL has to get better and they need to do it quickly

They are ranked 97th in total defense.

 

[DrTNT]

Bama’s gonna kick our asses next week.

Based on their dominant performance against South Carolina today???

 

[djwes]

Bama’s gonna kick our asses next week.

Not sure they looked bad at home vs SCJr. It will be a battle of whose worse

 

[Zues1]

I drank enough whiskey to float a battleship around

 

[Hbg]

I'm going to say it, Nimrod may be our best receiver on the field until MM gets some snaps. His route running is the real deal.

Did you watch the game??? Brazzel was the best receiver tonight

 

[volinbham]

Bama’s gonna kick our asses next week.

I think the OT TD focus instead of FG focus could be a catalyst

 

[GhostVol]

Bama’s gonna kick our asses next week.

Yep

 

[GrizzlyVol]

Nico’s 7th collegiate start, and he beat Florida. I’ll take it.

He didn't beat anybody...Defense won the game,he can't hit the broad side of a barn

 

[VOL RN]

We’ll get bulldozed next week. Our OL doesn’t stand a chance unfortunately.

 

[ftsandersvol]

there.

Not trying to take anything away from the defense, but QBs are measured by wins. Right now he is 1-0 versus Florida, while Peyton was 0-4. They don’t ask you how, they ask you how many.

 

[patrick]

Ur a moron. It’s the sec you fkin dipshit , you get the wins no matter what.. how many times we beat Florida in the past 20’seasons?? 3 times and hueps been 2 of em. And bama and lsu. Wake tf uup realize huep has the program trending upwards you negavol.

You must have lost all of your marbles if you think Heupel’s offense is trending upwards. Lol. Heupel’s offense is horrible - Oline is porous, receivers not getting open consistently, QB is lost, play calling is uninspired - at least the running backs keep running hard and picking up yardage.

Heupel lost to Arky whose coach is getting fired and almost lost to sunbelt Billy who is also going to get fired.

Heupel and the Vols are lucky to escape with a win.

Ultimately a W is a W but this was a horrible offensive display. Glad to get the W.

 

[Flipdaddy]

locker room issues?

Hopefully not, doesn’t seem like it

 

[I40VOL]

I'm going to say it, Nimrod may be our best receiver on the field until MM gets some snaps. His route running is the real deal.

Is Matthews strictly slot? I mean if we weren’t going to throw to Bru, at least get matthews some touches

 

[utchatt]

I know this wasn't a great Florida team and we should've handled them easily but does anyone else remember the 90's when these type of slug fests with Florida was typical? We always get their best, year after year. Despite all of our issues we somehow came out with the W. Hopefully we will take what little offensive spark we saw at the end there with us to next week. Our defense will keep us in games, we just need the O to step up.

Yeah but the worst Florida 90’s went 9-4. The 2025 team will win 5-6 games at most.

 

[Volfan2012]

I'll take it, especially against Florida.

As for the Gators, they're 3-3 and still have Texas, GA, LSU, Ole Miss and KY. They'll be lucky to go 6-6.

Looks like no better than 4 and 7 to me. They lose to Texas, Ga, Ole Miss and probably one or both of Ky and LSU

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

 

[loggervol]

F Floriduh and those damn fefs

 

[BigALWiLson]

So you are a Nico defender. You don’t mention how bad he played. Ever thought that the play calling is based on Nico not being very good.

It's more so it doesn't matter who the QB is when the run is ate up and Comstant pressure on a QB. The play calling is pretty bad but that said the Tackles are so terrible. Campbell is not healthy and he is better on the left side.

 

[claimjumper steve]

Wow! we're bowl eligible!

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Not sure they looked bad at home vs SCJr. It will be a battle of whose worse

I believe there will be some rumblings down there this week with their performance the past 2 weeks. Hopefully will be a distraction and they’ll come in here and crap the bed

 

[Dudleys87]

He has a problem catching the ball.

Maybe that’s true but surely an offensive genius can find a way to use him…?

 

[VOL RN]

Anchor tf down everyone.