The Official #5 Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Mccage]

They going to score 60

 

[Carl Pickens]

What are they doing to our defense

Anything they want…. Pummeling, shredding, steam rolling, embarrassing, dismantling, destroying ….. corn holing

 

[Persian Vol]

Giving up 28 points to this dreadful South Carolina is absolutely inexcusable. South Carolina coaches came prepared and our coaches didn’t have us ready for this game and it’s a damn shame.

 

[VFL28]

Missing: Entire UT secondary. Call Tim Banks if found.

 

[jaguinn5]

Sal Sunseri disagrees

People forget so quick, but this is exactly what his d looked like.

 

[Madscientistvol]

Unreal. South Carolina's offense is not that good. The defense is going to cost us a shot at the playoffs. Sickening.

This D is about to put a very ugly blemish on a very special season.

 

[BP4Prez]

I’ve been in Banks corner and said he doesn’t have the players but this is just indefensible.

 

[I Love Lamp]

No aggression

Absolutely ridiculous. Hadden literally just stood there and let a freakin QB catch a ball in front of him rather than attack the ball.

 

[Voltrapnbama]

Sal Sunseri disagrees

I’m not sure he even gave up 4 straight TDs against an offense like USCjr

 

[usagary]

Offense has to keep us in this because the D didn’t make the trip.

 

[Sarms58]

We need to score and then just kick onside kicks…

 

[Switch 625]

It was nice thinking we were somebody while it lasted.

 

[C-south]

Even the trick play that nobody was fooled on there was 6 dudes just standing around in the middle of the field.

 

[peachtreecornersVOL81]

This is the worst it has ever looked in my lifetime and I’m old

They were this bad last year but the offense thankfully bailed them out. Offense is a little shaky so far tonight. This is not a playoff team. But it’s been a great year.

 

[BigOrange88]

This D....wooooo weeeeeee...smelly smelly ... can smell it all the way over here in Mtown...and not in a good way!!

 

[MeanOrange]

I may get roasted but here it goes. Fans who are getting upset or making statements that the team is paying line trash etc, are NOT bad fans. Every fan base does this in every sport for every team.

Fans are fanatics. Fans get emotional. As a fan, I am more emotional than I was as a player. A fan cannot impact the game. It is hard to sit back and watch one’s team get outplayed.

There is so much on the line and it’s difficult to get to this point, a chance to the playoffs. To make it worse, USC Jr is about to score again to make it 28-14. Wow!

I don’t know if TN will win but rt now, our defense nor defensive coaches have an answer and it’s very concerning. Giving up 28 points in one half is absurd. And we still have 9 min in the half.
4 possessions=4 touchdowns for Jr.



Go Vols

See the stats on USC's last 2 games. Horrible and we are making them look like Georgia.

 

[Stephen Gray]

This is the worst Tennessee's D has looked all year.

They looked a little better each week until now. This is definitely as bad as they have looked since Florida, and like you say, maybe even worse than that game. I do think they have it in them to play a lot better than they have so far tonight. Hopefully that’s true and they figure it out sooner rather than later.

 

[Frank Duncan]

#8 is more concerned with engaging with someone than trying to stop the runner.

 

[Orange931]

Banks is the field general on D, missing him badly

 

[turbovol]

Rattler goes for 400 on these DBs

400? He's probably got close to 300 already and the 2nd quarter has a long way to go.

 

[utvols20]

Vegas is going to make a killing on this game.

Oddly enough I’m in Vegas now for the Adele concert. Surely seeing her will be better than this sh-t.

 

[CJBlaze]

Our defense sucks. It is what it is. Why you think Heupel is recruiting defense heavy

 

[BleedOrange81]

They average 26 points a game folks. We are 5 into the 2nd and they got that.

 

[BJWeeks]

Getting beat by the worst team in the SEC. Congrats defense for blowing playoff chances

 

[Vol_guy]

4 posessions 4 touchdowns....

WHERE IS THE DEFENSE?????