The Final Score is Different Without the Weather Delay

[VolsLady-in-FL]

We had one actual drive in the first half, we sisnt wear anyone out except our defense.

You do know what time of possession is right? Did you pay attention? First half we had the ball like 21 minutes to their (almost) 9 minutes. Tell me that doesn't wear a defense out. Getting over an hour break was big for their D.

Not saying that's why we lost but it helped them a lot.

 

[JohnWardForever]

I'm not saying we would've won, but it feels like our offense had momentum and Grier had missed some throws.

I think we would've put up atleast another TD and WV wouldn't have gotten their last one. (Less time of possession for WV)

Overall though WV looked good. I think their offense is gonna be top 5 in the country.

WV Coach Holgerson has admitted that it helped them !! Their defense was Worn down and Tennessee was the better conditioned team. I guess some will argue with Holgerson's assessment too. But with no delay for them to rest, Tenn scores at least 3 times in the second half. Not that we woulda won, but been closer to winning.

 

[white65]

WV said they were watching other games but I think you're confusing the hot dog part with the announcers.

Announcers ate hotdogs but they said WV ate something (Dana wouldn't say what it was)

 

[JohnWardForever]

You do know what time of possession is right? Did you pay attention? First half we had the ball like 21 minutes to their (almost) 9 minutes. Tell me that doesn't wear a defense out. Getting over an hour break was big for their D.

Not saying that's why we lost but it helped them a lot.

Glad to know someone else was watching the same game as I was. That rest period for their D was huge. Their HC admitted that too.

 

[volfannbama]

IF you noticed; I said Tenn should have had the lead at the half. I didn't feel it necessary to go in to the why's and why nots. I figured most everyone on here saw that Helton screwed that drive up with two handoffs in the backfield (looked like the exact same plays ) instead of letting JG throw it on one of them. So if we go in with the lead WV scores on the first possession of the 2nd, their defense is Still Tired and we score again. That Hour long rest Helped their defense. To deny that is Ludacris. Or asinine. Whichever you like.

Tennessee should have had the lead at the jalf, cause they didnt score enough points.

Or defense rested during the hour break, just like theirs.

WV whipped out tail after the break, just like they did before the break. We came out of the gate unprepared, they did not.

Simply but, they are good and we are not.

 

[VolsLady-in-FL]

So what's our defense's excuse then? They had a long delay to rest up and were shredded.

Three true freshmen, lack of talent/underdeveloped talent from the Butch era, oir D out matched by a great offense on their first game, a new coaching staff, a new style if defense.

We had momentum. Their D was tired as we had a huge time of possession going into halftime and momentum was the thing Tenn really needed to have a chance at an upset. The hour long break broke that up quite a bit.

Not an excuse. We were out matched anyways. But it *did* have an effect.

 

[SmokyRiverDog]

Keep telling yourself this.

 

[McDad]

I'm not saying we would've won, but it feels like our offense had momentum and Grier had missed some throws.

I think we would've put up atleast another TD and WV wouldn't have gotten their last one. (Less time of possession for WV)

Overall though WV looked good. I think their offense is gonna be top 5 in the country.

Our defense could not stop them. They had the lead. Maybe we swapped scores in second half with no rain delay. And possibly we convert the one turnover but that's a heckuva stretch.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I'm not saying we would've won, but it feels like our offense had momentum and Grier had missed some throws.

I think we would've put up atleast another TD and WV wouldn't have gotten their last one. (Less time of possession for WV)

Overall though WV looked good. I think their offense is gonna be top 5 in the country.

Possibly.... the O had momentum and their D had been on the field 21:00 in the first half.... I think.... it was a lot. The goofy third down call was a turning point as well.
In reality though..... the Vols aren't who we hoped they'd be.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

I'm not saying we would've won, but it feels like our offense had momentum and Grier had missed some throws.

I think we would've put up atleast another TD and WV wouldn't have gotten their last one. (Less time of possession for WV)

Overall though WV looked good. I think their offense is gonna be top 5 in the country.

Not an excuse at all. West Virginia had the same delay.

 

[MaTaLa]

My sources say negative to that

 

[vol-un-tear]

They were in the same weather delay

But Nessler loved that they ate food and we got coached during the delay. He wore that out!

 

[FranklinVFL]

Does it really matter?

If we scored a TD on our last possession of the 1st half instead of allowing a FG, it would have been a different game.
If we would have scored a TD on 4th and goal the second time we had it, it would have been a different game.
If WVA had caught the two different TD passes in the first half that they dropped and got TDs instead of FG, it would have been a different game.
If we had a D-line, it would have been a different game.
If our OL had started stronger, it would have been a different game.

Bottom line is if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we would all have a merry Christmas.

It is what it is. We were outplayed and outmanned for this game.

 

[EZE]

The delusion is strong with OP and his ilk.

 

[VolEngineer]

The delay did help WVU, in two ways. For one, it allowed their defense to rest as they were gassed by the end of the half because of our long drive and we were starting to control the line. For two, it gave their offense more time to plan. The offense can make more plays and more adjustments in a delay than a defense can because really the offenses philosophy directs the game. The defense must prepare or adjust to stop the offense. I think they reworked their gameplan, worked on some different plays, and rested. We were probably adjusting and game planning on what we had already seen and were going to continue doing what had worked. When they came out and were more aggressive, they scored twice before we could blink and took every bit of the momentum out of our team. Those were big12 refs, and i really think they did it on purpose.

 

[OnlyGodForgives]

WV said they were watching other games but I think you're confusing the hot dog part with the announcers.

They clearly said WV was eating because they had had an issue during a delay last year or something. Also, did everybody see how many seniors TN played? They are all gone after this year, so it won't be cornbread's fault when they struggle to win 5 games again next year. And that's totally ok.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Three true freshmen, lack of talent/underdeveloped talent from the Butch era, oir D out matched by a great offense on their first game, a new coaching staff, a new style if defense.

We had momentum. Their D was tired as we had a huge time of possession going into halftime and momentum was the thing Tenn really needed to have a chance at an upset. The hour long break broke that up quite a bit.

Not an excuse. We were out matched anyways. But it *did* have an effect.

Their D was so tired they stopped us our last possession before the half.

And no, we didn't have the momentum. We gave it right back to to him by letting them drive down and get 3 points before the half. Everyone saying we had a momentum are apparently ignoring or forgetting this.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

WV Coach Holgerson has admitted that it helped them !! Their defense was Worn down and Tennessee was the better conditioned team. I guess some will argue with Holgerson's assessment too. But with no delay for them to rest, Tenn scores at least 3 times in the second half. Not that we woulda won, but been closer to winning.

That's the cool thing about assertions from an alternate reality; you can just make them and since you know there is no possible way you can prove them, you just keep saying them and act like they are facts. But they aren't, no matter how many times you repeat them.

 

[VolsLady-in-FL]

Their D was so tired they stopped us our last possession before the half.

And no, we didn't have the momentum. We gave it right back to to him by letting them drive down and get 3 points before the half. Everyone saying we had a momentum are apparently ignoring or forgetting this.

We denied them a TD and forced them to kick a field goal right before the half. That's us stopping a high caliber set of WRs and their Heisman candidate QB. Preventing the TD right then was a big deal going into the half.

As for their D, they were tired. Rewatch and just focus on number 40. He was great at the start but you will see him extremely worn out in the 2nd quarter. And that's just one example. You'll see the other players tired too. 21 minutes to 9 minutes time of possession does matter, no matter what anyone says.

Our offense just couldn't capitalize on their tired D.

 

[jbr82]

The point is..... WV all kicked back eating and watching football games and we were getting coached up during delay. You would have thought it was the opposite for both teams during that time. All that coaching and it wasn’t even competitive in 2nd half.

 

[Eddie Vol Halen]

I think we can absolutely say this is the first football loss that can be attributed directly to Global Heating. We wore down their defense in the first half, we had the momentum even with their late field goal. The lightning delay helped WV immensely.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

We denied them a TD and forced them to kick a field goal right before the half. That's us stopping a high caliber set of WRs and their Heisman candidate QB. Preventing the TD right then was a big deal going into the half.

As for their D, they were tired. Rewatch and just focus on number 40. He was great at the start but you will see him extremely worn out in the 2nd quarter. And that's just one example. You'll see the other players tired too. 21 minutes to 9 minutes time of possession does matter, no matter what anyone says.

Our offense just couldn't capitalize on their tired D.

Because they ran out of time. I can if and but too, if they had 30 more seconds, they score a TD. See how easy that is to just make stuff up?

It's like 2010 all over again.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I think we can absolutely say this is the first football loss that can be attributed directly to Global Heating. We wore down their defense in the first half, we had the momentum even with their late field goal. The lightning delay helped WV immensely.

Oh no, that happened in 2010. We totally beat Oregon if there was no delay because Dooley was wearing them Ducks out!

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

All that only matters to the bettors.

 

[VolsLady-in-FL]

The lightning delay is an incredibly stupid rule anyways. People are more likely to get ran over in a parking lot or in a car crash on the way to the game than struck by lightning. C'mon.

If this is the case it should be mandatory that all stadiums upgrade to closed-roof stadiums within 2 years. God forbid it rains or snows. Someone might freeze to death in the stadium if we let a team play during snow, ya know.

The only reason for this rule is profit. I can only imagine how much people spent on beer and hotdogs etc during over an hour intermission.

In fact, to protect fans safety they might as well not let anyone drink beer (might get a DUI after the game or die of liver damage suddenly), eat a hotdog (might have a heart attack from that extra boost of cholesterol), or eat popcorn (might choke accidentally).