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Wow! What a start!

Mayo in the house!

AWESOME DRIVE! Not a bad play in the bunch. KEEP IT UP!

I love Jerod Mayo.

Also, thanks a ton for starting the thread Droner! Getting BBQ took longer than planned.

That went pretty well.

 :thumbup:

Well that was less than optimal
Tackling needs to improve
They caught us in zone on the deep ball

DK in the house!

Great job hands catching and keeping his feet

I love how Joey throws the long ball

Good coverage on the slot
The umpire left too soon IMO, on the 11 men

Live by the blitz,, sometimes you die by the blitz

Why call that D  :banghead:

Respect to UGA for not flopping everywhere

Is Mathews hurt?
Smith was in for most of that series

Marhews came in for one play and then back out

He was in for 2nd down but had to come out for 3rd down because the UGA player ripped his helmet off.

What did 8 do
On the sideline e couldn't see

They saluted a 100 year old seaman 1st class, who also played for Gen Neyland
As the Volunteer of the game!

Extremely cool

Matthews in the injury tent after that (clean) shot

Pushed him about 5 yards out of bounds.

McMaury was legit
That one wasn't they were North chicken fighting

Mathews catch g passes behind the bench

Very good news

Ethan Davis may be out...or not.

Our LBs need to tackle more consistently. They're coming up, but missing too often.

Spilling overran badly o. The previous drive

Held them to a FG.

It could have been worse.

But we still do not match up well with their lines.

bobo over thought 2nd down
They were gashing us and he divides to pass

The defender was draped all over the receive, no call

Nice half. One more please.

Crazy after the start we had the halftime stats are about straight up even

Now can we adjust to their adjustments.

Here's my serious question....who do you trust to make the better halftime adjustments? Already after the first three drives they have stopped us for the most part. Hope this isn't the same movie we've seen the last few years.

Time of possession: UGA 17:37  UT 12:23

That needs to change somewhat. Unless we just score every possession, I'm afraid that they'll wear us out.

They said on TV they imagine the Vols fans are a little more uneasy right now than UGa fans are. I would agree.

Our defense is gassed.

if they are gassed on the first drive of the 2nd half they our conditioning program sucks
Taking advantages of our tendencies and poor LB play

we played our 1st team LBs that entire drive

Joey got some 1v1 instruction from Heup when he went to the sideline

We're in trouble.

Did that go off Mathews?

Receiver fell down.

We played better that series
Even if I saw Farouk knocked backwards by the runner

We still have a chance.

But the offense has to move it this possession.

Good stand though

YES!

When Joy threw that ball Brezzell was 5 yards SHORT on the corner

It bounced off the corner

Leading at the end of all 3 quarters this far

Incredible concentration by Brazzell

Defense is going to be the difference. They cant score again. Our D needs to give our offense some help.

One thing g we have changed is we were playing Redmond as the field corner
Now he is the boundary corner

and he got beat

I don't see our D carrying us this year like they did last year.

down 2 corners and 2 DTs

We hadn't been getting g any pressure but Herring was in his face on 3rd down

If we are going to trade scores let us have TD's and the pups FG's.

Need the offense to go on a sustained drive

YES! Again!

well, we scored👍

Like I said, trade TD's for FG's all day!

I know. Next man up. Replacements ain't doing awful.

We need to run on these guys for a 12 play drive

That's the turnover we needed. I was using all of my mystical powers to conjure it up.  :laugh:

Joesphs with the strip sack
Eason with the recovery

I told you the D wasn't going to carry us this year...lol. I'm wrong again..Thank goodness!

Not happy with playing for the FG there but we are up 8

Keep the pedal to the medal. Don't play not to lose.

BULLshizzle

They hurt us on the blitz again

Sorry, had to pick up my phone from the lower deck

All we needed was a stop. Damn.

WTF

We're jinxed against Georgia.  :frown:

A penalty and then a miss. Pitiful

Now would be a good time to note I am genuinely in favor of bringing back ties.

That is so typical of our luck against Georgia.

All you have to do is make a field goal.  :frown:  :banghead:

Got beat off the edge run again.

I'm still proud of these guys. We are a good team. I think we should be favored to win the rest

False start... seriously?  A false start.

All he had to do was stand there. We weren't trying to run for yardage. We were just trying to run clock.

All he had to do was stand there. And all we had to do was make a short freaking field goal.  :banghead:

Very disappointing, but this team is for real

We are not out of anything yet

I don't think the penalty affected Gilbert. He was just shook. You could see it in his face on the sideline before the penalty even happened. The moment was too big for him. :banghead:

Non zero chance we'll see those guys again this year. Hopefully we'll be healthy by then.

I'm glad the tiglets lost today.

I don't think I could take a double dose of that kind of disappointment.

Today still sucks.

My only complaint: Next to last drive Tennessee was in FG range after second down. I think you have to have faith and give Joey a chance to move the chains on that third down. I didn't think they were aggressive enough there.

Last year, this staff took a QB that couldn't run this offense and won 10 games and made the CFP. I just think that they could have been more aggressive on 3rd down when we kicked the FG to go up 8. Could have/should have won this game.

Sucks to lose but today was a step forward.   We actually answered when they took control in the 2nd half.

And we have a quarterback!   :dude:

Gonna be a great season.

Yeah. When they took the lead right after halftime, I was thinking we wouldn't score again until garbage time, if at all. We've all seen that movie before.

Joey played his guts out. Still think he's going to have a special season.

Two likes here.

Sorry...Year 5 and no moral victories for me. If there was a year to end the streak this was it. Very average QB by UGA standards comes into Neyland and puts up 44. The window closes again. And if Banks is a championship DC I'm a Chinese fry cook. Remember I said that.

DTs out.  CBs out... come on

We the only team that has players out? Year 5....no excuses. A very average QB came into Neyland and put up 44 in his first road game. Excuses are for losers....winner don't have to make them.

Bullshizzle. We picked up our starting QB a few months ago, you're being freaking ridiculous

UGA was favored by 3.5, and we dang near covered that......but you want to complain about it?  Maybe you should move to Vegas and make a shizzle ton of money posting odds

Who won? Best chance in years to end the streak...The window now closes again. Typical excuses from beat down UT fans. It never ends.

If you were the coach you thought you were you could've been a college coach, yet you remained a HS coach. Typical arm chair coach, and tough to hear  I'm sure, but accurate.

I coached in college too. Nice try. Now come back with some more excuses.

More excuse for losing from a UT fan. Keep them coming.

Ok, but it wasn't at an SEC school.

Go to your Rusty Bucket Community College's website and complain about their performance, because your schtick is quite old. UGA is just a few years removed from dominating college football and being back-to-back national champions, and they damn sure have a MUCH high recruit rating than we do, so quit complaining about almost beating them. It's 100% bush league

Damn...you keep digging your hole deeper. I was on Ken Coopers staff at Ole Miss in the mid 70s. Where have you coached? Does almost winning go in the record books? More excuses....Almost winning. That's a good one.

Not quite the statement you thought you were going to make. Maybe you can displace CJH and right the sinking ship?

Or, I don't know, how about you realize that the game has completely changed and just enjoy the game? You do understand that was 50 fizzleing years ago, right?

What's 50 years ago have to do with losing today? Football is fundamentals no matter what decade. Again...where did you coach?

I disagree the window closes again.  We are knocking on the door!  I think it's remarkable that Aguilar is running this offense as well as he is.  

Both can be true...  losing this game stings and is terrible AND we played really well and we're in a position to win which gives me hope for the season.  We can play with anyone, especially when we get our defensive starters back.

But everyone is entitled to handle this the way they prefer.  For me personally, the hurt is real but so is the hope.

I don't coach, I'm just a fan that enjoys watching UT play, but I can say that I retired not even 6 years ago yet I will not criticize my successors because my old profession has changed so much that I wouldn't recognize it today.

CJH has done amazing job turning this program around, and continously bitching about shortcomings just steals from what he's accomplished. You really should stop and just enjoy what he's giving you

This.

You wont see UGA any weaker than they were today as long as Kirby is there. If you like maybe winning once out of every 10 years that's your business. Not mine.

I think the transfer portal is gonna spread out the talent somewhat.  UGA can't hoard all the 5 stars they once did.  I think it's why the SEC could be wild this year.  Talent is kinda more spread out, no?

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I know, I was mainly referring to how UGA could stack 5 stars deep in their roster before.  Those guys can now transfer to other schools and start.  A bit more parity, maybe.

100%

Banks...one of the highest paid DC in the country now has the 105th ranked defense in the country. Vol fans should be proud.

All I got to say is this is on Hueple. Playing not to lose again. Plus the TD on 4th and 6 was a killer.  We should have won this game. UGa plays Bama in a couple of weeks. We are in okay shape. There will be no easy (SEC) games for us,  as usual.

Where was it ranked last year, WITHOUT the key injuries?

Droner said it best, after all of Saturdays games results our schedule just got harder.

Like the sun rising in the east, and setting in the west, many things can be predicted without risk....people complaining is one of those things

1 out of 5 years with a decent defense.....Bless our hearts. And the DL which Banks doesn't coach was the biggest reason for last years defense.

Are we the only school that has injuries, Pirate? And in year 5 who's responsible for being thin with a few injuries with the portal out there? If there hadn't been so many damn Indians Custer would have retired with a Generals pension. Not good excuses.

Our program is advancing. This was widely expected to be a rebuilding year. So far it isn't. It may well be when all is done.

Having said that, Kirby struggled to beat Saban. I seem to recall a blown coverage one year, a stupid fake punt another.

One could say playing one of the top programs the last few years close and losing is part of the growing pains.

If we are undefeated the rest of the way and so is uga, that may change perspectives.

I guess we will see, but I thought we'd be 8-4/9-3. As much as I dislike our D at the moment, I appreciate the offense.

There is a lot of football left.

I wasn't happy with the outcome, but damn we beat the pups everywhere but the scoreboard. BTW.. how did that team only score 28 against Austin Peay? That's what should be worrying our DC.

Bama Perry

Heup should have tried with 7 seconds left. More games are lost at that decision...

OTOH we had just lost yards on a penalty
Also, there was a risk of a fumble
He chose the best option IMO

He means try the FG on the play we got the penalty on. I don't disagree, but I think odds of some idjut jumping offsides typically are small.  :pin: