The Official Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 7:30 PM ET, SEC Network

[rocketskates]

I’m pretty upset, but the sheer number of BS comments on here is amazing

I agree. “Callaway, Guarantano and Jennings should have to walk home from Columbia”. Lol so three of our best offensive players cost us this game???

 

[LMU-Law UT-Love]

I guess it's part of being a fan but I wish I didn't get as emotionally invested in our games. I love the vols, but sometimes they break my heart. The last ten years have been tough but I'm holding out hope that this year will the last of being abysmal. I hope I don't look back and feel foolish for being optimistic.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

Missouri and Kentucky both will push this team all over the field.

IDK, Mizzou is starting to learn how to lose and we get KY at a good time. I hope we have an early game against Charlotte so we can get down to business for KY.

 

[orange_glory]

Fixed your post sir

Thank you and you are correct.

 

[I4Vols]

Pruitt is here for 4-5 years. Thank goodness.

Everytime I look at him I see crimson... I sincerely hope that changes

 

[mdbvol]

I didn't like it, but dont think it was a big deal.

to me, that had no bearing on our bad play in the second half. getting gashed on defense, and some bad penalties hurt us as well. imo, we scored enough to win if we had a good game defensively. but too many big plays given up and missed assignments

If we don't try to score on every possession, we can lose to anyone!!! CJP this is not Alabama, you had the lead run some safe plays and see if you can get in FG range!!!!

 

[Orangeslice13]

Playing calling wasn’t the best too many short passes but that’s not the reason why we lost, we lost because of penalties and I hate to say it but the refs gave them 10 points

11

 

[rocketskates]

Safeties and corners took too many bad angles. LB's did ok. But they had to adjust, they were just running into lineman ass the first quarter.

I agree. Their run game was the key. Bentley was frustrated as hell but when they got their run game going it opened up the deep ball for him. EVERY game is won and lost on the line.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Some of you are the biggest whiners. Should’ve won the game...but the same ones here who used to bitch about kicking FGs with Butch are on Pruitt’s ass tonight. Those of you saying this is Butch 2.0 are clueless.

Look man. Going for it close to the red zone on the opponent's end of the field when you need TDs is refreshing. Trying to convert on 4th and long near midfield when you have a good punter and the opponent's QB just got squashed, and it's a tie game in the 4th quarter, is reckless at best and coaching malpractice at worst.

 

[nomads-11]

Regretably I didn't get to see much of this game, but I've seen quite a few in the near past. JG is a good college QB, just like at many other schools. He is not an exceptional CFB QB, questionable NFL QB unless with the right system/coach and a project at best. Unfortunately I will lean with other posters on this board, he doesn't read defenses well at all and, IMO, looses situational awareness too often for someone in a D1 program for this long. He'd be fine with a good OL and a good DL....like Bama. But hell, look at Bama at this point, how many starting QBs have they got in the NFL in the past 6-8 years? I'm going with 0. Were at the point where we have to have a QB carry us a bit right now, JG ain't it. And, not excusing the OL or DL, But they may have an excuse, their weekend play not being one of them.

 

[KingGenius]

I agree. Their run game was the key. Bentley was frustrated as hell but when they got their run game going it opened up the deep ball for him. EVERY game is won and lost on the line.

We lost that game cause the refs. We hit them hard and played an overall better game than they did.

 

[Volinnooga]

Very poor coaching decisions in this game

 

[The Original Fade]

He's right; how on earth can you support that pitiful defensive showing?

He said the defense should be ashamed to show their faces on campus come Monday, which is absurd and juvenile

 

[JMSqb11]

Everytime I look at him I see crimson... I sincerely hope that changes

Hard to decide his fate in year 1 like most are doing. I will reserve judgment until he has his players making up the majority of the two deep and roster.

 

[HuntlandVolinColo]

what big time WR recruit will want to come to Tn and see nothing but screens and knowing JG is going to be the QB. JJ iss your best WR and he sees the ball 2 ,3 times a game

Hopefully one that sees two 5 star OTs commit and two other 4 star OL commit for this next class.

 

[MikeVol44]

"need 25 or 50 more players".

And he would be correct! You can start with a new QB and 2 new LBs....I say START 33 next week and sit Kirkland for the rest of his UT career....

 

[C-south]

I'll be honest. I don't want to hear the whole "we need more players" stuff tonight. We don't have the players to compete with Bama or Georgia, but it wasn't lack of talent that cost us tonight.

Plus, how many times can players be told they suck before they just start believing it? He needs to be careful with that.

There’s plenty of blame to throw around for blowing this one and frankly it’s inexcusable.

 

[The Original Fade]

This is about a program that has been terrible for so long I can't remember when we were good.

Agree. What’s your solution?

 

[Garren04]

We should just play our younger d line and LB’s bc it cant get much worse

 

[orange_glory]

"need 25 or 50 more players".

and some new coaches

 

[TNJOKER]

I'm not sure it was the defensive play calls. Just the defensive play.

Idk what they said to them in the locker room but.. Damn. Complete failure in second half.

 

[rocketskates]

We lost that game cause the refs. We hit them hard and played an overall better game than they did.

The refs helped for sure. Pimpy call on Callaway, no review on the fumble, the PI on Buchanan, etc

 

[BearCat204]

Still run the ball instead of taking a knee

I still think it was called right in that situation.

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

Still run the ball instead of taking a knee

Taking a knee at that point is not understandable. We are getting the ball after half and a big play there would have definitely changed the game. Even a field goal would have been big.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

You’re close early not a Tennessee fan

WTF?