The Official #9 Tennessee @ #8 Ohio State Game Thread, 8:00 PM ET, ABC/ESPN

[mpfvol]

Well the Vols SMU Clemson Indiana didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. Oh well least they made it to the playoffs to get troused

 

[orange_glory]

Then they’ll all eventually get fired together.

He got White in his back pocket

 

[mccrackb]

Nico hasn’t thrown a ball that good in a year and a half.

 

[joevols89]

Have we even gotten to the QB since the dumb personal foul?

 

[Mid Tenn Vol]

Martinez and banks need to go tonight or it will be CJH undoing. This chicken **** defense playing soft ain’t gonna cut it. Do we know how to blitz ?

 

[orangerush]

our defense is marshmallow and our offense is not explosive

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Some coaches need sent down the road. Proofs in the pudding..

Indeed.

 

[volbound1700]

The gap is larger than we thought

We can't close it. Players don't want to come to Knoxville anymore. We can get a few here and there like Nico or David Sanders but just not enough.


This sh*t right here is not getting it done and I think our NIL and Heupel are probably doing the best they can. 15-20 years of mediocrity will do this to your program as well as living in a useless state for High School Football talent.

 

[vol_smoothie]

His Fulmer-like stubbornness and loyalty will be his downfall.

That has crossed my mind as well.

 

[barney]

This defense is terrible in zone coverage. They are never in the right spot. Same problem in the Georgia game.

 

[BreatheUT]

My word I wish we could get a DB coach that teaches turning around and finding the ball

The db was trying to catch up. You turn around when you're glued to your man.

 

[Through_The_T]

Outclassed and out-coached. Disappointing.

 

[Cartervol]

Hype is a great recruiter and great at evaluating talent?

Might be just good and not elite. Starting to look that way.

 

[cdb88]

Always next year what a waste this team is.

 

[87Vol]

Such a dumb post. Show your ignorance of football-keep posting

Banks is garbage. He’s getting his lunch money taken by Chip Kelly tonight

 

[The Original Fade]

Getting cooked

Outplayed, outcoached, and just wanted it more.

Pretty good season, very few complaints. Made the playoffs which is not easy to do with an SEC schedule. There are issues to fix and I hope we use the portal for OL and DB

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Listen to me…..Tim Banks is a fraud.

Absolutely.

 

[utchatt]

No one blaming the refs for that last touchdown? Weird…

 

[MurphyVol]

No changes at half, nothing new there

Hard to adjust around years of top 5 recruiting classes. It is what it is, recruiting top 3 classes vs fringe top 10 classes...this is what that gap looks like.

 

[Vawlk Tuah]

One team has a 20 million dollar roster, one doesn't. When the 20 million dollar roster is firing on all cylinders not much you can do. Tennessee can't score 30 unless they pull out a magic playbook that nobody has seen and we shove a rocket up Bru's ass to get behind the secondary. It sucks but it is what it is.

 

[Volhoops]

They have Chip Kelley running their offense in the booth and we have a nobody never was running ours. That is the difference that will keep as a scrub team while Heupel is here. He thinks it's better to have friends than coaches that can do the job.

 

[volfan1631]

Wish we had a qb that could thr

Our recruiting has to get a lot better.

We need a 20 million $$ payroll

 

[Chad F]

So . . . no adjustments? Or just ineffective adjustments? Meh. Same result either way.

Ohio State is good. And we aren’t nearly as good as many of us thought. In fact, tonight we aren’t even decent.

 

[90 Vol]

Lol. That's about as good of coverage you are going to get on Smith. Took a perfect throw.

It was a perfect throw. Those are easier to make when the QB has time to get a pedicure before throwing.

 

[LLcoolDave]

my offseason wants:

Hire a competent DB coach
Add at least 3 new pages to our 1 page playbook