I watched the game at home, and I couldn’t fall asleep until after 4:00am I was so torn up over it. I couldn’t read all the post-mortum but it seems like a lot of y’all are acknowledging the effort.
They have to bench JG, right? I don’t care if he pouts. He cost us that game, no doubt about it. Watching on TV you can’t see those deep routes developing, but it’s odd how you can tell he’s throwing it late before you see the intended receiver. He just has an extra hitch where he’s thing too much or something. That first touchdown wouldn’t have been anywhere close to DWA if it got to the back of the end zone. And when he got to the sideline he was grinning and snickering because he knew he’d just made a terrible throw and for away with it. The interception was mind boggling.
I would think the coaches have to realize that the record this year is secondary to building the team and program that has a chance to rise from the ashes. And, to me, that means you’ve got to figure out which other QB is better and ride with them.
While I couldnt sleep last night (and maybe why I couldn’t sleep), I was thinking about the ramifications if we don’t rise from these ashes. Like, what do they do with the stadium if we get to a point where the upper bowl is consistently only 10-20% filled? In TBA, they can black out the upper part of the arena. What would they do at Neyland?
I’m so down, I’d quit if I could. But I know I can’t.
