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

[Memvol44]

Rough coaching tonight and Nico actually looks like a freshman. He's just not there yet.

Sophomore

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

+ 10 for use of cuck

Glad you two have each other.

 

[Hank Bukowski]

Defense and Sampson. Without them we haven't a prayer.

Fix some QB and offensive line issues and we still have a shot.

I don’t see our OL suddenly getting fixed or better. Biggest weakness we have, as I see it. Receiver room might be second-biggest weakness.

 

[chattaboogie]

I almost feel bad for UF given how incompetent we were and they said "hold my beer"

That’s what I would say

How bout I say this. The fact we won hasn’t even made me that happy after the way it shook out. I’m just as upset/disheartened by our performance as I would be if we’d lost in OT. I once again got my hopes up for a team and they just aren’t it.

 

[Panthro]

Yes…might as well…hahahaha…I get tired of living in a world with bad Vol football

Fair enough.

 

[VolForLife83]

This is actually a good take on the game. It was horribly called, played and officiated game but the team learned how to persevere and fight for the win.

I didn't, I was so pissed off after Fla scored I typed some things i shouldnt have and I know better than to type when mad. But hey, we won. That's all that matters

I hear ya man. We all had a right to be upset tonight

 

[tnmarktx]

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.

He has a problem catching the ball.

 

[mudhen]

We won? Sweet mother of the Lord, my superstition held true. I don't watch, we win. I can't wait to see the replay!

 

[volfan1631]

Offense seems like it a struggle to find any kind of rhythm. We win sloppy but at least we win

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

I will admit… I almost lost it there.. but this team proves they can win in the sec in a slug fight again. Love it man

 

[Volfan2012]

Wonder how many post there will be by Florida fans to fire Napier. I am so glad he chickened out on the two attempt.

 

[DrTNT]

Yeah, but that’s why we have to enjoy the end result even though it was a bumpy ass ride getting there!

On another note though it’s the 2nd win over Florida in the last 3 years…

 

[djohnnyg]

Illinois almost lost to Purdue. Crazy day.

 

[GhostVol]

Cry harder

Intestinal worms are a thing....

Hate that you have 'em as a human. You must be ingesting scary things

There is help for you.... I can help you not have worms.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

there.

thar.

 

[PerryCountyVol]

The offense requires quick decisions. It’s not meant for a qb that needs 4-5 seconds to read the defense or wait for a slow developing play. Hooker was able to execute it perfectly because he could read a defense. Milton and Nico? Not so much. Hooker could also throw a good accurate deep ball. Milton and Nico? Not so much. Dylan Sampson seems to be the only person on offense pulling his weight and we’re lucky to have him. This Oline needs to do something, ANYTHING, different and Nico needs to learn to read and move up in the pocket instead of pulling it down.

I believe we are fine but nico is just inexperienced and instead of sitting the 2nd half of the 1st 3 games he should have been playing to get extra reps. The last 2 games has showed his inexperience

 

[TrapVol]

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

Crazy to think after all the hype… if that’s the case, he’s basically Jonathan Crompton, part deux.

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

I smoked a whole pack of cigs lol

 

[SlipKidVol]

Win or lose, we are pretenders, no way around it.

Stay in your basement

 

[OrangeUTopia]

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.

 

[VolGirl81]

We will go as far as our defense and Sampson can take us. Period.

Truer words were never spoken

 

[EastTNVol6240]

For those complaining about Nico...it could be worse. We could have DJ Lagway!!

He looked better than Nico.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

I don’t see our OL suddenly getting fixed or better. Biggest weakness we have, as I see it. Receiver room might be second-biggest weakness.

I’m not so sure receiver is a weakness on any other team. Put Brazell on any other team and he’s a world beater. Same with Matthews. Criminal that they aren’t targeting Brazell more - several times he had his man beat and they ignored him.

 

[JohnWardForever]

I hope the vols get fired up next week in practice. We have to beat bama after Vandy did.

Milroe is a whole nother animal. Nico better get his head right.

 

[Volfan2012]

Best defense we've had in years. To bad Hendon couldn't play with a defense like this.