The Official Tennessee vs. Florida Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[firestorm]

The circus show concerns me but what concerns me the most is the body language and energy of this team is like a team that has not bought into the new coach.

It's like they have no damn energy like they're the Ghosts of Christmas Past.
Persons that are high have better body language.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Right there with Michigan.

Michigan beat a P5 team 56-10 today.

 

[MAUSERWERKE]

At what point will Neyland start to empty?

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

This is where we are.

 

[Remy]

It's flat out incredible that this can happen at a place that cares about football.

I can live with getting beat due to the breaks of the game, a bad bounce, or even a bad call every now and again, they happen. But when you put a bad product on the field, one that beats itself, that is criminal to me.

 

[volfanhill]

All the people on here who are bitching about Pruitt are the same ones who where bashing Butch last season. Pruitt inherited a dumpster fire. At least the man has some balls and goes for it on fourth down. How many times did you a**holes complain about the Butch not going for it? Anyone who thought this was going to be a turnaround year is flat out stupid. It is painfully obvious that Butch didn’t recruit the top talent and he sure as hell didn’t know how to develop it. This is a long term process whether you like it or not. I believe Pruitt can do this. He just has to get the lingering funk from Butch off of the team and that is going to take some time.

Where is the improvement? Where is the development? We are playing a terrible team and getting curb stomped . And playing to win every now and then, even though I never complained about Butch not going for it, is way different then playing scared. He is coaching scared.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

The energy hasn’t been good.

The energy hasn’t been good in any of the first halves all season. I don’t understand how they can come out and be so lifeless to start games.

 

[midtnvol2]

I'm at the game. I was also at the 2016 game. The feeling isn't the same. The players just look like "whatever man', I don't blame them because they're just giving this game away. I'm not saying we won't come back but we don't have Dobbs ability to make plays with his legs. The only good thing is that this Florida team is a lot worse than 2 years ago.

We'll see. Keep the faith.

I thought Botch Jones was a 5-6 year mistake, I was wrong, from the day he was hired he was easily a 8-10 year mistake. His don't give a crap mentality is all over this team along with a severe lack of talent. Don't look for a winning season for at least 4-5 years.

 

[Frozevol]

A new team after halftime.. Pruitt is gonna let them have it...

Blue font ... I hope

 

[gandycv]

Everyone would have called the on side kick a brilliant play if vols would have recovered it

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Shrout in the second half, maybe a drive or 2?

Not unless our other qbs are broken. Which may be happen.

 

[Vol737]

We need a good steroid program.

 

[Freak]

At what point will Neyland start to empty?

I’m sure many have already left.

 

[Bauce]

Let's go down and score

 

[knoxchief]

Can we get the Gruden thread up and running!

 

[BigOrangeD]

Wrong there Devil Dog. JG just doesn’t have the football IQ to make quick decisions. He’s going to get his ass kicked every game til he realizes how to read defenses and throw the ball quicker. Personally, I hope Chryst plays the rest of the way. I just don’t see JG getting it done.

Yep, he has no clue how to see a blitz coming.

 

[JohnD13]

Just love living in Florida when we play like this...just can't wait to see the Gators I work with.

Thanks Vols

 

[hUTch2002]

I'm at the game. I was also at the 2016 game. The feeling isn't the same. The players just look like "whatever man', I don't blame them because they're just giving this game away. I'm not saying we won't come back but we don't have Dobbs ability to make plays with his legs. The only good thing is that this Florida team is a lot worse than 2 years ago.

We'll see. Keep the faith.

I have faith. Oops. Just fumbled it and Florida recovered.

 

[17Vols]

comeback time!!!!!!!!

 

[SLICKYINC]

No way I'd expose him behind that o-line.

I think some of it is holding the ball to long. JG doesn’t seem to have an internal clock, imo. But I agree that oline is sucking too.

 

[firestorm]

I don’t think the onside kick was desparation. Just trying to catch fla off guard. I think we should have thrown it long instead of taking a knee.

Either way it's a unintelligent bush league embarrassment.
if this were Oregon or a similar style team ok I could understand except it's not and giving the foe a short field is drinking snake venom.

 

[BIGAL27]

Wow. I got frustrated, walked out in the entrance and threw my water bottle against the wall and got ejected. My fault, shouldn't have gotten so angry. We suck and its frustrating. Oh well, I think it's over anyway.

Well at least you have a more emotion then that damn oline

 

[DougVol]

Play ball. Stop thinking about it.

 

[nomads-11]

The team is bad. I get it. But you gotta admit that the play calling has been horrid. Calling run after run with this O line is simply bad coaching. That’s not on the players. That’s on Helton.

I agree. Helton hasn't shown me he understands what he has and doesn't have in terms of play calling. Further he has not proven yet he can score over 20 points against SEC competition, and that WILL NOT do, at all.

All that said fix the OL and DL. Or resign, cause this doesn't work.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

Just love living in Florida when we play like this...just can't wait to see the Gators I work with.

Thanks Vols

same here I’m going to get roasted at work