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OrangeTsar said:
I will take 10 as a floor with better than that some seasons.
You do realize that if he had his 2022 offense and his 2024 defense; he probably has a Natty right now.
The loss of Pili hampered us more than more people realize the last third of the year. So many of those big plays by OSU last night get broken up if he is playing in that spot.
The only thing Heupel needs to take the next step is talent in depth in both sides of the ball.
So if you could pick up the phone and checkbook and get us a new coach tomorrow, who is your first call?
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If if if if. Buddy, this offense is so far away from 2022. 2022 looks like the anomaly and 2023 and 2024 look like the rule. This is bad boring offense and Heupel doesnt look like he has a clue how to fix it.
 
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volgr said:
Worst draw? Against a team that was held under 10 pts by a 5 loss Michigan team just a few weeks ago and lost to them??

Guys, come on. Quit making dumb excuses to cover for this coaching staff.
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It's really hard to believe that some of you actually watch this sport. Maybe look between the lines occasionally and see something but the obvious. OSU looked awful against Michigan, therefore ....... Simple minds.
 
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Bigorangefaninga said:
Umm, you do know that ND, Oregon, Texas, OSU and ASU all have portal QB’s leading them? Only ones in the final 8 that aren’t portal QB’s are UGA, Ped State and Boise.

either way it boils down to coaching, everything that you said! Have we spent as much OSU did on our roster? No, but we have spent as much as about anyone else out there on this roster(I have heard around 16 million). So they spent 22 and yet every single player on their roster is better than ours per you and everyone else I have heard. So we have had bad player evaluations it seems to be paying that much but yet be that far behind! Seems the ROI isn’t doing very well.
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ND, Texas major strengths are their defense. ND isn’t winning on Leonard’s arm. Ewers makes enough mistakes every game to beat his team without the nations best defense. Howard & Gabriel are good game managers with elite WR talent outside. Admittedly I haven’t seen enough of ASU but the RB was the difference vs Iowa State

OSU has a team of 4 or 5 recruiting classes inside the top 3-4 during a 10 year run of championship contending. Tennessee has no class on its current roster in the top 10 after 15 solid years of mediocrity. Expecting Tennessee to suddenly move into that neighborhood is naive
 
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sami said:
It's really hard to believe that some of you actually watch this sport. Maybe look between the lines occasionally and see something but the obvious. OSU looked awful against Michigan, therefore ....... Simple minds.
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I watched OSU all year and they didn't put up 40 something points against the good big ten teams.
 
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sami said:
It's really hard to believe that some of you actually watch this sport. Maybe look between the lines occasionally and see something but the obvious. OSU looked awful against Michigan, therefore ....... Simple minds.
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Yep, OSU was so good their fans gave up on them and the National media had TN as their trendy first round upset pick.

Again, you guys will make excuses until the cows come home. Our D got humiliated against a team that could only muster 10 vs a 5 loss Michigan team. We couldnt get pressure, we couldnt cover, we sucked.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
Take a deep look at our 10 wins. We were extremely fortunate this season. OU was bad, NC state was bad, Florida wasn’t rolling when we played. We beat a good Bama team and got out scored 31-7 in the second half against UGA. I understand we are in a much better position than we have been in a long time. But tonight was simply embarrassing. Ohio state may have more talent, but not that much more.
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OSU certainly has that much more talent. Add our injuries and it was a long shot to keep the game close. Your 'fire the coach' solution is very myopic.
 
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Gandalf said:
Just saw that Nico is first Freshman QB in UT HISTORY to win 10 games. Maybe there is something to that, rather than firing the coach who got us here.

I am as upset as anyone but Im going to breath and get some perspective.
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You're going to "breath"? Seriously?
Is that better that "breathe"?
 
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loservol said:
Ohio State beat TN last night like they beat a Marshall or Akron team. This was an epic embarrassment that the fans and team is going to have to live with for the rest of our lives.
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Given your oh-so-fitting screen name, I'm absolutely sure you will, but I moved on as of last night. While the team will feel the loss, the ones that aren't "loser Vols" will move on and learn from the loss.
 
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volgr said:
Yep, OSU was so good their fans gave up on them and the National media had TN as their trendy first round upset pick.

Again, you guys will make excuses until the cows come home. Our D got humiliated against a team that could only muster 10 vs a 5 loss Michigan team. We couldnt get pressure, we couldnt cover, we sucked.
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No excuses at all - we got beat by a better team playing at the top of their game.

Seems like you took the national media a bit too seriously and lost some money last night. Butthurt can be a tough thing, but you'll get past it.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
Look, I’m not disrespecting heupel at all for the job he’s done in the position we were in. But we are too prestigious a program to not be looking to improve when we can. We are in a position now where we can convince a proven head coach to take the job. Heupel has been paid well and been given every resource. And we just got embarrassed so badly that we should be questioning our coach. If I’m Danny White, I start putting out some feelers now. It’s been 2 years since our offense has been worth a ****. Flame away, I just think we could convince a good HC to take this job.
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I disagree about Heupel's ability to be the head coach. However, if he doesn't examine the root causes of these catastrophic failures and realize a number of his assistant coaches are really bad at their jobs, it will cost him his.
 
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sami said:
No excuses at all - we got beat by a better team playing at the top of their game.

Seems like you took the national media a bit too seriously and lost some money last night. Butthurt can be a tough thing, but you'll get past it.
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Lol, I lost no money. Anyone betting on TN on the road needs their head examined.
 
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sami said:
Given your oh-so-fitting screen name, I'm absolutely sure you will, but I moved on as of last night. While the team will feel the loss, the ones that aren't "loser Vols" will move on and learn from the loss.
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Thanks to Heupel and the team, we are now all loservols.
 
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RockyTop140 said:
Look, I’m not disrespecting heupel at all for the job he’s done in the position we were in. But we are too prestigious a program to not be looking to improve when we can. We are in a position now where we can convince a proven head coach to take the job. Heupel has been paid well and been given every resource. And we just got embarrassed so badly that we should be questioning our coach. If I’m Danny White, I start putting out some feelers now. It’s been 2 years since our offense has been worth a ****. Flame away, I just think we could convince a good HC to take this job.
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You sir (or madam) are either drunk or low IQ.
 
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