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

[BiggsVolFan]

No! JH did not have this team ready and has called a horrible game on both sides! He is not an elite coach. Golesh was why our offense was so good. Not him. He’s no better than Butch jones.

You can't compare Josh to Butch Jones ... Come on ..

 

[Arrested Devolopment]

I've found that a sense of humor, and liquor, helps in these dark moments. Go Vols.

 

[Vtonerider]

Yeah. F*** all the fans who supported their team and went out on a limb and defended their team when OSU fans and others were talking s*** about them.

Yes....that's who i was talking about....

 

[RAVOL]

Truth is…. This staff has probably gotten as much as they could out of this group. The Oline has zero depth and is average…. The receivers cannot get open and the depth at LB is lacking as well.

This staff has gotten the most. Hard to lose your best offensive players with our depth. Oh well we have to continue to work on roster

 

[Orange931]

Gotta go for it

 

[mpfvol]

Well, if we’ve got any tricks in the bag, now would be a real good time to use them.

Been zero tricks in 4 years

 

[508mikey]

He's not firing anyone. Heupel suffers from "smartest man in the room syndrome", and it usually takes getting fired for a coach to cure themselves of it.

That what happened at Oklahoma ?

 

[BreatheUT]

Bright side is Nico put together a decent first year as starter. Lot of good to build on going into the offseason.

Moral victory post during a college playoff game where you are outclassed and getting embarrassed.

 

[stolitonic]

Next year is going to be a similar effort. Hopefully the SEC continues towards mediocrity.

Next year will be much tougher

I don't look forward to having to go to the Swamp next year.

We will most likely lose to the big 3 next year decidedly. Oklahoma is going to be much improved.

We are looking at a 4-5 loss season next year.

Not that it really matters. The playoffs committee is going to remember this stinker for quite a while.

 

[A-RodWiLks]

Honestly surprised Heupel didn't punt

 

[87&91ALUM]

I saw this coming. On to basketball and baseball. We took the bait..set up...and now this.

 

[BADGER_VOL]

Truth is…. This staff has probably gotten as much as they could out of this group. The Oline has zero depth and is average…. The receivers cannot get open and the depth at LB is lacking as well.

I’d agree.

 

[zaqhhh]

Be nice if our team gave Nico any help

 

[orange_glory]

Pull your pants up!

Nah, I don't wanna

 

[chad954ut]

Where did this shuttle pass **** come from

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Look at them on defense. Look how much more athletic they are than us. We must reevaluate our strength and conditioning program.

 

[Allvols98]

This Offense isnt creatove enough to beat defenses that have talent and a pulse.

Not without elite talent.

 

[Vols1498]

I’ll start I’m to depressed to get up and pour something

 

[TartanTurff]

Failures tonight have been glaring omissions all season, collapse of the defense is a by product of Banks having nothing for Chip Kelley or Bobby Petrino back in October, beat bad Florida and Alabama teams in Knoxville, team did not improve as the season progresses, got embarrassed and exposed in a big way tonight, will be interesting to see how Heupel responds to a butt kicking on national TV

 

[GAVol]

Am I wrong? Was this a well coached game? Do you see anything creative?

The Butch Jones blast pretty much ended the discussion for me.

 

[Other_Guy]

Cry

Lol I was just happy to be there. You're the delusional one who thinks this team is better than they showed. They're a slightly better version than Indiana.

 

[utvolpj]

Who said I thought it did? I'm not on the team. I'm a part of the fanbase. So I get to deal with repercussions of us looking like fools thinking Tenn was really good.

What repercussions? Are you so insecure that a loss affects your well being so much?

 

[0059862]

Truth is…. This staff has probably gotten as much as they could out of this group. The Oline has zero depth and is average…. The receivers cannot get open and the depth at LB is lacking as well.

I've wondered about the getting open part all season. Is it the receivers or the QB not being able to read the field and the defense? Iamaleava appears lost a lot

 

[TheFlash1971]

They are playing.

Like I said what the heck were they doing the last 2 weeks . They had to have known they were out matched come up with a plan, but they didn’t

 

[Bloodrunsorange27]

CJH needs to go period. He can't develop O linemen, can't coach well just loses every tough road game. Cut our losses and get a real coach that can run a real big boy collegiate offense and stop this BS. All OSU had to dio was turn on th Georgia game tape. The yare doing the exact same thing on both sides of the ball and this guy still has no idea what to do.

I agree completely. He seems to be regressing. He’ll get a couple more years but he will need to make coaching changes now IMO. OL is horrible. Playcalling is horrible but that’s on Heupel.