I think what turned the game was Teague getting beat for about the 4th time and letting a freshmen make a long ball catch.  That's what changed the game.

If Simms is the backup, we need a running game.  Against lsu??? I hope Bray is OK.  Nothing bad about Simms, he did a good job tonight.  He gave us a chance.  But if he's starting against lsu then we have real problems.

The DL really did a pretty good job against the run.  If all the holding in the first half were called, jawga never scores a point.  I don't know why they suddenly started calling it in the 4th but it was there all night long.  I think if we had the lead just once then we win this game.  Oh well.  Strap it up next week boys.

Lets keep our fingers crossed that he is healthy.

I think it was 39 yards with no return from his own endzone.  That's not to bad.

Do you think he has yet seen Neal's orange covered hand wrapped around the ball on that "fumble"?

His hit on Crowell was almost magic.  He knocked the crap out of him short of a first down.

Kick coverage is good.  The kicker is bad.  Coaching can't fix a weak leg.  Palardy is a bust.  Darr actually had some nice kicks and shows some promise but we need to get someone who can kick FSs and extra points.

At least when he tackles its with bad intention and not a wiff.

I thought I was listening to the bulldog network for most of the game.

You finally see it like I have been seeing it for a long time.  We have 0 depth and very little on the starting front.  Injuries are something we cannot overcome because we have no one to step up.  I still think we win won we shouldn't this year and get to seven wins....but I am the optimist.

That's what I've been saying.

No!  Our super kicker kicked the ball into the LOS.

Don't tell me that it was because of the "type of ball" that we use.

I think if we can drive it in and score that the dawgs might go into a funk.  They clearly came out thinking they were going to knock us off the ball and walk out with an easy win.  That hasn't been the case.  I think the LOS is being won by us right now.

You could clearly see the orange gloved hand over the ball.  Who is this ditz flapping his gums all the time?

From the calls it sure looks like it.  That leg whip on AJ in the first quarter was so obvious.  Several holding calls not call on the georga line.  The PI call on James was crap.  Still with everything they are calling against us we still look like the better team.  Just need to hold onto the ball.

Yes!  I  think we will.  Not because we actually deserve it yet, but because it will make for higher ratings in the next game with LSU.

Networks will do all they can to promote that game.  It means $$$.

Somehow I think he will be playing on Saturday.  Look for the suspensions to be against the weaker teams in the SEC.  That's just how it always seem to work out for us against our competition whether it be auburn, bama, gators or lsu.  I can still remember back when Pat Dye use to bail his star QB out of jail on Friday night before we would play them.  I think it his name was Burger or something like that.

I might add that I haven't seen any signs of 'QUIT' in the Vols this year.

As much as I have poo pooed people for predicting 8 - 9 wins this year I have to say that I think we will make the game much closer than most here think.  Our team is young and improving with every game.  We WILL show up and play bama tough.  We may even be a much tougher game for bama than Florida is right now.  Now I think our game next week will require us to play our A++ game to win against the dawgs and I don't think for a minute that that game is a gimme.  But don't think that we are going to roll over for bama.  We will fight.

I was at a cookout that was loaded with VT fans.  You could say that VT was exposed as a mediocre team.  Early in the game they were comparing the tech QB to Cam Newton and other hot QBs like Bray.  Needless to say, he's not in the same league with any of them.  He can't throw very well and his reported 40 time is pure fiction at best.  Tech always plays a super weak schedule and they have not been impressive against anybody this year.  I was amazed that they were ranked #11.  I didn't rub it in on anybody, but it was fun to watch.

Maybe we can use this in recruiting.  He looks like a madman on the sidelines right now.  Almost out of control.  I'm liking it. 

I've been watching the bama gotor game and one thing that is obvious.  Richardson is making runs that would be stopped for losses if it were any back on our team.  He gets 5 - 10 yards where our guys would of been stopped (and were) for 5 yard losses.  We really need to find a back like that.  A good back needs at least one of 3 components.  Speed, power,and vision.  I haven't seen anybody on our team that ranks above average in any of those categories. 

Terrific!!!  This guy sounds like he has great potential.  I do hope we can get back to the days when we had 300 lb DTs that run a sub 5 40s.  I remember one coaches lament many years ago about how can you play a team that has DT's that run faster than your running backs.  Hopefully we will soon be back at that level.

I'm am very please with the defense so far this season.  Even with the loss of JJ and the inexperience a LB the D has fought hard in every game.  I expect them to get better as the season progresses because they are on a very steep learning curve.  The only dark cloud is that the opposition is about to take a major step up.  These young guys held the gators on the goal line once and almost did it twice.  That is OUTSTANDING!  We are out sized across the front but we do battle. 

The holes on this team are being plugged one by one.  It's exciting to watch.  Pretty soon we will be making some real noise.