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

[carolinaviking]

They got their second-stringers in there and are still dominating. I suppose they're fresh...

 

[TheFlash1971]

Even my grandmother said she watched this game back in Hartsville with a blanket on her head.

Hope she was sipping some whiskey

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

We've got thee absolute most bipolar emotional fanbase in the country. We lost. The sun will rise tomorrow. I wl kiss my wife and hug my kids. I am a proud VOL. I support the coach and team.

 

[Frozevol]

Yeah we think we’re good in basketball too until we play team like UCONN in the sweet 16 and get out coached and drubbed

Or Purdue

 

[Volswin98]

We fans showed up- the team could have done the same thing

 

[kcvols1]

Georgia State immediately comes to mind

Wyoming

 

[DD4ME]

We allowed 468 yards

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

How many players enter the portal after tonight

If they do, I hope their lockers are cleaned out and all their stuff is thrown out in the street.
No place for quitters and it’s one of the reasons college football is going down the tubes

 

[JMSqb11]

This reminds me of Dabo getting blown out against West Virginia which resulted in Dabo firing Kevin Steele and hiring Venables.

Heupel needs to get serious about his staff. Not saying can Banks but there are some serious discussions that need to be had

 

[DD4ME]

Hope she was sipping some whiskey

She doesn't drink.

 

[BreatheUT]

He is average.

Yet we were doing jigs when we landed him. It shows you where recruiting is.

 

[omghulkhands]

Is there a more embarrassing showing in your memory than this?

Nebraska

 

[nomads-11]

Not going to happen because Elarbee is unqualified but he is Heupel’s boy.

We'll be right back in this situation next year if they don't fix it. It's weird....you're known as an offensive coach and your worst position group is your OL? That's insane.

 

[DD4ME]

Thanks fam for being so loyal. Wish we had a better time.

 

[just bob]

My favorite, in retrospect, is hearing Heupel say before the game they weren’t going to do anything different. Well, that sure was prophetic.

His little smirk at the end. Apparently that threw the opposition off...

 

[adam.vol]

It really is inane because the Vols don’t have a realistic chance of coming back so it seems attempting to pad the stats.

Probably there to protect Nico since Nico can’t see a strong side pass rusher.

 

[CPVOL]

My favorite part about this whole thing is that there was zero adjustments, zero additions, zero anything positive at all to the offense with three weeks off. Amazing.

Yes, being unmanned I get. But as far as just simple want to play….we didn’t even have that. This team had no interest in playing.

 

[orangerush]

i would try to upgrade every coaching position

 

[MADISONGAVOL]

We lucked into the playoffs, simple as that. Combine injuries, early portal transfers, a historically bad performance by the secondary and you end up with this.

No sir, those is out coached more than anything. Just like iga heupel is not ready for big stage. He is not ready to beat teams with elite coaching and talent. This is as embarrassing as Dooley and Jones days. That's a fact and maybe worse

 

[djohnnyg]

Nico can run...but he can't friggin throw.

 

[Frozevol]

Very kind of you.

We lost 3 games this season and all 3 came after a bye week/ time off. I’m heartbroken, but we overachieved our #15 preseason ranking.. You just have to worry about players and coaches quitting/ moving on when things end like this.

We will be around 15 at the end, so no, we did not overachieve.

 

[SugarVols]

This reminds me of Dabo getting blown out against West Virginia which resulted in Dabo firing Kevin Steele and hiring Venables.

Heupel needs to get serious about his staff. Not saying can Banks but there are some serious discussions that need to be had

Good comparison. But our coach won’t let his buddies go

 

[Orangecrush#27]

Ok - 98 Nebraska?

Going back 26 years to find one says how disappointing this game was.

 

[FortSanders]

Nico showed a hell of a lot of toughness. Wonder what his family is thinking.

That doesn't mean his is a good QB.

 

[volbound1700]

I guess we won't have to plant our flag in the center of their field ... SINCE OUR FACES are already planted there ... GOOD GRIEF what a debacle.

Why did we get involved in that anyways? That was a Michigan vs Ohio State thing. I wish our fans would just show up and cheer. Not trash talk.