We're 7-1 despite having played only 1 complete game all year...

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

If you just look at our games against Power Four competition, we've really only played our A game against one team (NC State). Against every other opponent it's either been our C game or worse. Even our biggest win of the season against Alabama shouldn't have been as close as it was if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot.

Now there are two ways to read this situation. Either we're a flawed team that has been winning despite it's flaws OR we're a super talented team that has underperformed. I believe it's the latter. And not just for wishful thinking. If we were a flawed team we would be struggling offensively with the same things every week. But that's not been the case. Every week it's been a different position group messing up. One week it's Nico struggling with accuracy. Next week it's the receivers dropping easy passes. Another week it's the o-line struggling with pass protection. Then it's our field goal kicker missing easy kicks. It's seems like a different problem each week. This is actually a good sign. It means our offensive struggles are not the result of a deeper structural flaw that can only be addressed in the off-season. We're actually solving our issues from the week before. It's just that new problems arise randomly.

At some point we're gonna stop shooting ourselves in the foot and play a complete game up to our potential. When we do that watch out. Cause it means we can beat anyone. I wouldn't be surprised if we have our best offensive performance since the start of SEC play over the next two weeks.

 

[bpalmer28]

NATTY

 

[AdoptedVOL]

Possibility #3: Living on borrowed time

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

IF this team makes it to the playoff, they can be a contender. Too many things are a whisker away from the offense really clicking for it not to happen at some point if we’re looking at 14 or more games. Gotta make it there first, though, whether it’s winning out or going 3-1 and having some things go our way in other games.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Kiss of death from everyone's favorite sunshine pumper, D4H

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Possibility #3: Living on borrowed time

How so? It's not like we've had a bunch of last second miracle comebacks. We played poorly in the first halves of games offensively only to correct it in the second half with good performances. Even in the Florida game that went into OT we controlled the game in the 4th quarter with Florida needing a miraculous last minute drive to tie it up.

We're a team that has been our own worst enemy rather than a team who is about to be exposed.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

If you just look at our games against Power Four competition, we've really only played our A game against one team (NC State). Against every other opponent it's either been our C game or worse. Even our biggest win of the season against Alabama shouldn't have been as close as it was if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot.

Now there are two ways to read this situation. Either we're a flawed team that has been winning despite it's flaws OR we're a super talented team that has underperformed. I believe it's the latter. And not just for wishful thinking. If we were a flawed team we would be struggling offensively with the same things every week. But that's not been the case. Every week it's been a different position group messing up. One week it's Nico struggling with accuracy. Next week it's the receivers dropping easy passes. Another week it's the o-line struggling with pass protection. Then it's our field goal kicker missing easy kicks. It's seems like a different problem each week. This is actually a good sign. It means our offensive struggles are not the result of a deeper structural flaw that can only be addressed in the off-season. We're actually solving our issues from the week before. It's just that new problems arise randomly.

At some point we're gonna stop shooting ourselves in the foot and play a complete game up to our potential. When we do that watch out. Cause it means we can beat anyone. I wouldn't be surprised if we have our best offensive performance since the start of SEC play over the next two weeks.

lol. Wow what a stretch to say our offense should look great against MSU. They are literally the worst defensive team in the SEC. And against UGA? lol. Our offense will like like it has every year we have played them, pedestrian. Our WRs are mediocre at best. Nico is average. Our offensive play calling is borderline terrible.

We are a flawed team. Our first half offensive woes proves that. You said Arkansas would be an easy win and that we easily win out. We barely beat a depleted UK team who is literally the worst offensive team in the SEC. Hopefully our defense is getting worn out. They are basically the only reason we have the wins we do.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Kiss of death from everyone's favorite sunshine pumper, D4H

I was literally the only person not panicking after the loss to Arkansas. I predicted we would beat Florida and Alabama while the rest of yall predicted we wouldn't because how could we beat Alabama after losing to Arkansas. Not really a kiss of death if you ask me. More like I'm our good luck charm this season because everything I predicted is coming true.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

How so? It's not like we've had a bunch of last second miracle comebacks. We played poorly in the first halves of games offensively only to correct it in the second half with good performances. Even in the Florida game that went into OT we controlled the game in the 4th quarter with Florida needing a miraculous last minute drive to tie it up.

We're a team that has been our own worst enemy rather than a team who is about to be exposed.

Yet again you show how little you actually know about the game. UF is a bad football team and we barely beat them in OT. Had Mertz not gotten hurt, we probably lose to them yet again. You cannot keep being a second half team only. When you play good teams, that gets you beat.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

lol. Wow what a stretch to say our offense should look great against MSU. They are literally the worst defensive team in the SEC. And against UGA? lol. Our offense will like like it has every year we have played them, pedestrian. Our WRs are mediocre at best. Nico is average. Our offensive play calling is borderline terrible.

We are a flawed team. Our first half offensive woes proves that. You said Arkansas would be an easy win and that we easily win out. We barely beat a depleted UK team who is literally the worst offensive team in the SEC. Hopefully our defense is getting worn out. They are basically the only reason we have the wins we do.

Cool. Now after we beat Georgia by scoring 30+ points will you apologize and stop talking.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Yet again you show how little you actually know about the game. UF is a bad football team and we barely beat them in OT. Had Mertz not gotten hurt, we probably lose to them yet again. You cannot keep being a second half team only. When you play good teams, that gets you beat.

Well that bad football team was tied in the 4th quarter yesterday with the #2 team in the country with a 3rd string redshirt freshman walk-on QB playing most of the game. I could say that same thing about if Lagway plays the whole game yesterday.

Guess nobody in the country is good if #2 Georgia has the same performances against Florida and Kentucky that we have had.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

Yet again you show how little you actually know about the game. UF is a bad football team and we barely beat them in OT. Had Mertz not gotten hurt, we probably lose to them yet again. You cannot keep being a second half team only. When you play good teams, that gets you beat.

Lagway is literally better than Mertz

 

[207 others]

Love u d4h

 

[amaralfan1]

Tennessee is playing like Secretariat. Georgia will be the Belmont stakes and we are going to make Kirby look like Sham.

Optimistic... Sure. But I've never seen the Vols win games like they have been. This just feels like it's shaping up to be something special.

 

[kptvol1]

D4H vs. BOT should be a fight night PPV. I imagine D as a skinny white feller and Bot being a big old black dude. D throws punches like crazy and Bot just stands there blocking them. D gets tired and Bot starts laughing and D musters up another bout of mosquito bites. In the end, they both won because Sampson holds a trophy…

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Tennessee is playing like Secretariat. Georgia will be the Belmont stakes and we are going to make Kirby look like Sham.

Optimistic... Sure. But I've never seen the Vols win games like they have been. This just feels like it's shaping up to be something special.

I know what you mean. It's as if we're saving our best for last. In many ways this team reminds me of 2014 Ohio State. That was a team that didn't really start looking like a dominant national championship caliber team until the end. And once they found a groove they became unstoppable.

I've got a feeling we're about to find our groove these last few weeks of the season and ride it to the end like Ohio State in 2014.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

lol. Wow what a stretch to say our offense should look great against MSU. They are literally the worst defensive team in the SEC. And against UGA? lol. Our offense will like like it has every year we have played them, pedestrian. Our WRs are mediocre at best. Nico is average. Our offensive play calling is borderline terrible.

We are a flawed team. Our first half offensive woes proves that. You said Arkansas would be an easy win and that we easily win out. We barely beat a depleted UK team who is literally the worst offensive team in the SEC. Hopefully our defense is getting worn out. They are basically the only reason we have the wins we do.

Play calling is fine

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Yet again you show how little you actually know about the game. UF is a bad football team and we barely beat them in OT. Had Mertz not gotten hurt, we probably lose to them yet again. You cannot keep being a second half team only. When you play good teams, that gets you beat.

And you know know about the game?

If, if, if

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Possibility #3: Living on borrowed time

The BVS in me says this is the most likely outcome.

 

[OllVol]

lol. Wow what a stretch to say our offense should look great against MSU. They are literally the worst defensive team in the SEC. And against UGA? lol. Our offense will like like it has every year we have played them, pedestrian. Our WRs are mediocre at best. Nico is average. Our offensive play calling is borderline terrible.

We are a flawed team. Our first half offensive woes proves that. You said Arkansas would be an easy win and that we easily win out. We barely beat a depleted UK team who is literally the worst offensive team in the SEC. Hopefully our defense is getting worn out. They are basically the only reason we have the wins we do.

Big Orange Troll strikes again. Just go root for Vandy you puke.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

This is a National Championshio contending team. The Defense is elite. The running game is elite. The pass game is the lone unit that needs to get going. If Nico continues to plays like he did in the Kentucky game, we have a shot to win out. The receivers have to turn the corner.

 

[Swiftybaby]

lol. Wow what a stretch to say our offense should look great against MSU. They are literally the worst defensive team in the SEC. And against UGA? lol. Our offense will like like it has every year we have played them, pedestrian. Our WRs are mediocre at best. Nico is average. Our offensive play calling is borderline terrible.

We are a flawed team. Our first half offensive woes proves that. You said Arkansas would be an easy win and that we easily win out. We barely beat a depleted UK team who is literally the worst offensive team in the SEC. Hopefully our defense is getting worn out. They are basically the only reason we have the wins we do.

 

[volmanNC]

If you just look at our games against Power Four competition, we've really only played our A game against one team (NC State). Against every other opponent it's either been our C game or worse. Even our biggest win of the season against Alabama shouldn't have been as close as it was if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot.

Now there are two ways to read this situation. Either we're a flawed team that has been winning despite it's flaws OR we're a super talented team that has underperformed. I believe it's the latter. And not just for wishful thinking. If we were a flawed team we would be struggling offensively with the same things every week. But that's not been the case. Every week it's been a different position group messing up. One week it's Nico struggling with accuracy. Next week it's the receivers dropping easy passes. Another week it's the o-line struggling with pass protection. Then it's our field goal kicker missing easy kicks. It's seems like a different problem each week. This is actually a good sign. It means our offensive struggles are not the result of a deeper structural flaw that can only be addressed in the off-season. We're actually solving our issues from the week before. It's just that new problems arise randomly.

At some point we're gonna stop shooting ourselves in the foot and play a complete game up to our potential. When we do that watch out. Cause it means we can beat anyone. I wouldn't be surprised if we have our best offensive performance since the start of SEC play over the next two weeks.

Even against NCSU we played poorly on offense until the interception in the first half.

 

[The_topis_Rocky89]

lol. Wow what a stretch to say our offense should look great against MSU. They are literally the worst defensive team in the SEC. And against UGA? lol. Our offense will like like it has every year we have played them, pedestrian. Our WRs are mediocre at best. Nico is average. Our offensive play calling is borderline terrible.

We are a flawed team. Our first half offensive woes proves that. You said Arkansas would be an easy win and that we easily win out. We barely beat a depleted UK team who is literally the worst offensive team in the SEC. Hopefully our defense is getting worn out. They are basically the only reason we have the wins we do.

You mean the same UK that UGA beat by 1

 

[Lekvolrrah]

lol. Wow what a stretch to say our offense should look great against MSU. They are literally the worst defensive team in the SEC. And against UGA? lol. Our offense will like like it has every year we have played them, pedestrian. Our WRs are mediocre at best. Nico is average. Our offensive play calling is borderline terrible.

We are a flawed team. Our first half offensive woes proves that. You said Arkansas would be an easy win and that we easily win out. We barely beat a depleted UK team who is literally the worst offensive team in the SEC. Hopefully our defense is getting worn out. They are basically the only reason we have the wins we do.

Dang