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

[MiddleVol76]

I can admit, did not see our Dline getting manhandled as one of the storylines.

 

[BreatheUT]

I'd like to apologize for hyping up this team all year. This was an embarrassing performance on national TV. We got made to look like a third rate program by Ohio State. I tried to argue all year against our 17th rank in the talent composite. I was wrong. Ohio State made us look like how Georgia or Alabama treat the South Carolinas and Missouris of the world.

If we're ever gonna win on a stage like this we need to recruit better. Huepel better get to it on the recruiting trail and the transfer portal. This type of gap in talent between us and the elites is unacceptable. Nico was the only guy who looked like he belonged on the field with the Ohio State players. And guess what he's one of the few elite five star talents on our team. We need a team filled with Nicos if we're gonna be competitive with teams like Ohio State going forward.

I don't even if to read past the 3rd sentence to admit this post is right on target.

Totally embarrassed like we don't belong on the field. This performance was pathetic.

 

[C-south]

Can't we be happy with being a consistent 10 win program before we worry about firing a guy for not winning a playoff game?

Like Fulmer?

 

[Caz]

Well #4 Kentucky Basketball got blown out by unranked Ohio State earlier today just must be OSUs day.

Barnes is at least competitive when he does bow out in the tournament. There is no comparison between the two from what I’ve seen here tonight on a national stage

 

[Cartervol]

Soft as ****..

 

[A-RodWiLks]

Heupel is soft

 

[Coy53175]

I am drinking heavily

My Liver is losing bad too

 

[Frozevol]

Man defense.. show some strength

 

[joevols89]

So embarrassing.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Well up next Rick Barnes tanking the basketball team when it matter most it's coming!

Good grief man

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

This is what happens when you face a team who has the best roster money can buy.

 

[TheFlash1971]

Our secondary has been humbled today. Our OT have sucked per usual.

Everyone with no emotional involvement in this game all said we wouldn’t hang with this team’s WR play. Banks and this staff knew it too which is why I think they tried to protect them by rushing 4 and dropping 7 (don’t agree with it but they knew the mismatch with our secondary).

Facts are, our team is out matched everywhere on the field and there’s little you can do to mask that. Nico has no WR who get consistent separation, and when they do get separation, Nico is running for his life. Our OT have been abused in pass protection, again…On defense, our LBs and DBs are horrible in coverage. UGA exploited our DBs and LBs, and OSU is putting it on display.

Big big big big sooooobig a talent gap.

 

[87&91ALUM]

Ugly

 

[VOLifornia]

Now that’s embarrassing!

 

[Vols919]

11 more minutes of this, my God

 

[KeyVol14]

Thanks Huepel. Great showing after 3 weeks off....

 

[PerryCountyVol]

yep, this sucks. Gonna stop wearing my UT stuff. Gonna get an ear full tomorrow and Monday at work. ****ing a

Yeah definitely going to suck for us all

 

[SlipKidVol]

We are soft

 

[posivol]

well fellas.....till next year.....GBO

 

[BJWeeks]

Players quit

 

[BigOrangeD]

Anybody still watching this mess?

 

[BallinVol]

Sliced through like some butter

 

[adam.vol]

Did we give up or never show up?

 

[Volhoops]

yes by all means your rivals are hoping like hell you chase off Josh Heupel. Tennessee has the 39th best winning percentage in college football since 2000.

You’ve had a litany of bad coach after bad coach after bad coach and now you should runoff the guy that got you in the playoffs Smart thinking.

But hey, you do you the rest of the conference will thank you

Josh is our Kiffin. He will win some games but never get you to the championship game. If you are happy getting drilled in the post season then yes let's keep Heupel.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

That was piss poor. Just piss poor defense.