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

[SlipKidVol]

Everything about this game is ****.

 

[GAV4L]

Yep or else just except 3-6th best team in conference every year. We’re getting absolutely embarrassed. If I hear CH say we didn’t play well I’ll puke. No you got out coached in every facet of the game. Against elite defenses this offense is trash unless you have 3-4 elite recievers which we don’t.

Defense was outcoached but also out classed

Ohio State has elite talent and it showed tonight in prime time

 

[vavolfan6]

Nico with some fight despite being off on some of his throws.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Touchdown, TENNESSEE!!!!

 

[Orangecrush#27]

I said the same thing. His friends will end up getting him fired and if he is not willing to make changes then he deserves to be fired

Agreed. If we don’t do something by the end of Nico’s term here. I’m seriously thinking he’s hit his ceiling.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

I’m referring to the portal and quitting with adversity. Those teams had their time too.

Dillion Gabriel actually had a pretty good thing going in Oklahoma but he has a REALLY good thing going in Oregon.

That's how the business works. Coaches move for better jobs and players move for better jobs.

 

[cherokeeeVOL]

Nobody is saying.
He has played some.

I’m a little shocked that he only had 6 yards…

 

[volgr]

Was Sampson sick?

Vaginitis apparently.

 

[Spawn]

I said it earlier. We need better OL, CB,WR and coaching.

Happy we won 10 games but this won't last

 

[I4Vols]

damn brazzell

There are a lot of candidates for Not Player of The Game and his drop epitomizes the effort tonight, nit this year, but this night

 

[volrush77]

Was Sampson sick?

Hamstring

 

[orangerush]

Killer instinct is lacking and it starts with the coaching.

 

[BallinVol]

Plant the flag anyways

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Hepuel did say and I quote, we are who we are all 3 phases, offense , defense, special teams .....to the do you have any new wrinkles. We'll they had plenty ty and we had none. They got their asses out coached.... and players flat our got out played. Embarrassing all the way around but heupel called it pre game

Yep. As I said, prophetic.

Just embarrassing. This team is much better than what they showed tonight. Enough to win? Debatable. But this rests solely on the coaching staff. I don’t know what they did for 3 weeks aside from practice the same 4 plays on offense and I guess play Xbox on defense.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Lagway is not very good

He sucked against Tulane.

UGA would've won with or without lagway

Oh ok. My bad then.

 

[Orange931]

Heupel will onside kick lol

 

[stolitonic]

Ohio State could win it all, and I think they will, but still we should not get beat this bad, even if they do win it all. We just got to somehow learn to play better on the road, and we must be able to throw slants and more to the middle of the field.

I'm not even sure Ohio State beats Oregon on NYD.

We just did not belong in these playoffs.

 

[SlipKidVol]

We need to start coming out playing hard

 

[Cartervol]

It will be his own demise if he doesn’t make changes. This coaching staff has peaked. People need to be fired tonight

I'd leave Banks and Martinez there..

 

[MemphisVolFan1978]

End of the season for us and a dismal showing it was.
We've got about 275 days to ponder this loss and begin hoping for another chance to knock on the door. See y'all next year.

I know the playoff committee isn’t supposed to consider the previous season when making the final rankings, but it’s hard for me to believe that this won’t be in their minds if we are on the edge of making it.

 

[207 others]

Touchdown, TENNESSEE!!!!

HELL YEAH!!!!

 

[volfan1631]

How many times did we attempt to throw downfield or the middle of the field all night tonight?

i don't know, how many

 

[volbound1700]

Hooker, Hyatt, and Tillman weren't just your average guys and with elite talent you can run the fastest tempo imaginable and get the best separation and make the good reads consistently.

When you don't have guys like that, you can't use the same playbook and expect those kinds of results.

He isn't running that play book anymore and I think that is some of the problem. I would rather see him try it with the players and fail than this conservative BS that hasn't worked all year.

 

[DC_Vol]

We actually haven’t been here before. This was the first 12 game playoff we’ve been to. This was the first time going to the shoe.

LOL. What was I thinking??? You’re right. I just tried to remember the last time we were in a playoff game in Columbus with a quarterback named Nico. On a December 21st. It’s never happened before!!!

So the answer is I can’t think of a time we’ve been embarrassed EXACTLY LIKE THIS.

You’re a waste of time

 

[TrueOrange]

The heck are they chanting?

Edit: It sounds like it was either “AJ Hawk” or “Take it off.”