The Official Tennessee @ #8 Alabama Game Thread, 3:30pm ET, CBS

[utvolpj]

See PJ there are 4 quarters to football and the team with the most points after 4 quarters wins.

Are you with me so far?

Now here is where it might get tough....

When there are roughly only 2 Minutes left in a half and it's tied...that means roughly 120 seconds or of you hold all the fingers on your hands up 12 times...and you have 3 time outs left....you don't run the ball 3 straight times.

You try to score.

The only reason we got in FG range is because Hurd broke about 5 tackles.

It is called playing scared and why we have lost a lot more games this year than we should have.

Does this help you understand any better?

All your post shows us you have zero clue what is going on. Are you people serious right now?

It's not scared, it's just smart given the opponent

 

[Kurtastrophe]

See PJ there are 4 quarters to football and the team with the most points after 4 quarters wins.

Are you with me so far?

Now here is where it might get tough....

When there are roughly only 2 Minutes left in a half and it's tied...that means roughly 120 seconds or of you hold all the fingers on your hands up 12 times...and you have 3 time outs left....you don't run the ball 3 straight times.

You try to score.

The only reason we got in FG range is because Hurd broke about 5 tackles.

It is called playing scared and why we have lost a lot more games this year than we should have.

Does this help you understand any better?

 

[gr82batnvol]

I'm sorry but We should be up 10 points right now and I'm putting directly on Dobbs. His reads are sluggish. He is over analyzing everything. He is a very tough leader, but a rocket scientist. I can only hope it's enough.

We wouldn't be in the game without him though.

 

[vol445]

Is it just me or does this game have a fast but slow place. I don't see either guys being winded

 

[limsol45]

I think Butch played it great. If we are getting the ball after the half, it might of been different mindset. Saban not calling TO's shows he knows he lucky to escape the half not being down 3 to 6 points. You don't want to give bama a chance to get a FG themselves.

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

Guys, Alabama typically does most of its damage in the first quarter, and we weathered that. We just need to hang in there. Get two or three stops in the third quarter, and we'll be in a reasonable position to pull an upset.

they win or lose games in the fourth.

 

[saxvol]

WOW you must be a fan and not a coach!!!! No coach in America with a brain would have done anything different than Butch Jones did in that situation. He has made some bone head decisions in earlier games no doubt. But that was a good decision to run the clock out. Hurd made a great play to give us chance for a field goal or td. But Coach Jones played it right!

Les Miles?

 

[connor]

Win or lose we'll still be bowl eligible with 8 or 9 wins so I'm satisfied with whatever the results in this game are.

 

[44DivePlay]

Black and white morality strikes again. There's a happy medium between ultra passivity and hyperaggression. Arguments should have a basis in fact; it's counterproductive to argue merely because you're upset and want to find a scapegoat.

I think most of us are saying if you watch his conversations with refs over the course of the season 75% of them are just letting them know he is there then nods his head or shakes it. Not hyper aggressive.

He is more aggressive today. Some with cause given some of what is going on but he is fighting for our team and usually meets the happy medium to me.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I'm sorry but We should be up 10 points right now and I'm putting directly on Dobbs. His reads are sluggish. He is over analyzing everything. He is a very tough leader, but a rocket scientist. I can only hope it's enough.

He does seem to wait too long to make the throw. On the first drive he had a wr breaking open in the corner but held it too long and took the sack instead.

 

[westsidefan]

Yeah throw it long every time like its Tecmo Bowl

as opposed to running straight into the pile 24 times.

 

[ckilla27]

If we stop them there first drive or score the 1st points of the 2nd half I will feel really good about our chances

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

We wouldn't be in the game without him though.

yeah, that;s true...I see it. he made a play out of nothing a couple of times. I would like to see what an instinctual QB that is a pure passer could do.

 

[GoVolunteers]

See PJ there are 4 quarters to football and the team with the most points after 4 quarters wins.

Are you with me so far?

Now here is where it might get tough....

When there are roughly only 2 Minutes left in a half and it's tied...that means roughly 120 seconds or of you hold all the fingers on your hands up 12 times...and you have 3 time outs left....you don't run the ball 3 straight times.

You try to score.

The only reason we got in FG range is because Hurd broke about 5 tackles.

It is called playing scared and why we have lost a lot more games this year than we should have.

Does this help you understand any better?

I do hope you realize every coach out there would have called the same thing Butch did there.

 

[saxvol]

Just let Dobbs be Dobbs and we got this.

 

[LocoVol]

If we dont make it Alabama gets the ball back with timeouts in their pocket. If we get a big play then we might get a chance for points. Coach Jones did the right thing. imho.

Tons of coaches run two minute drills!

When you in a game you are not supposed to win and outmatched on depth and talent you go for every opportunity you get. This is why we don't beat top 25 and teams that are better than us!

 

[NEO]

All your post shows us you have zero clue what is going on. Are you people serious right now?

Is not scared, it's just smart given the opponent

I'm sorry....


What team are you a paid coach for?

Last time I checked you're opinion is worth about as much as ours.

 

[UT-Rex]

Guys, Alabama typically does most of its damage in the first quarter, and we weathered that. We just need to hang in there. Get two or three stops in the third quarter, and we'll be in a reasonable position to pull an upset.

I like this reminder.

 

[Sandman 423]

yeah, that;s true...I see it. he made a play out of nothing a couple of times. I would like to see what an instinctual QB that is a pure passer could do.

Ummm..... Worley:thud:

 

[Flipdaddy]

I think butch finally made the right call. That being said he can't go conservative in the second half

 

[utvolpj]

I do hope you realize every coach out there would have called the same thing Butch did there.

I can assure you he does not

 

[knoxchief]

I bet he could whip your behnd

He'd have to "whip" your azz....No way could he kick it!

 

[508mikey]

they win or lose games in the fourth.

True the last 2 games they busted out bigtime in the 4th

 

[dbr25]

See PJ there are 4 quarters to football and the team with the most points after 4 quarters wins.

Are you with me so far?

Now here is where it might get tough....

When there are roughly only 2 Minutes left in a half and it's tied...that means roughly 120 seconds or of you hold all the fingers on your hands up 12 times...and you have 3 time outs left....you don't run the ball 3 straight times.

You try to score.

The only reason we got in FG range is because Hurd broke about 5 tackles.

It is called playing scared and why we have lost a lot more games this year than we should have.

Does this help you understand any better?

No, see what you do on the road in that situation is go to the locker room tied rather than risk a turnover. If you have watched football much at all you should know this. The safe play call turned into a big play by Hurd then changes the game plan to try and go up before the half. Its really simple. Not that hard to understand

 

[Volnbeers]

CBS is insufferable