The Official Tennessee vs. Purdue Music City Bowl Game Thread, 3:00 PM ET, ESPN

[orange_glory]

Three things: Hype wasn't perfect tonight
Hooker wasn't perfect tonight
Refs weren't perfect tonight
That's a bad combo

 

[Volfan1000]

Terrific game and Tillman and Hooker each had a player of the game type game.

2022 looks bright if we can get some defensive depth.

 

[casetopia]

Terrific game and Tillman and Hooker each had a player of the game type game.

2022 looks bright if we can get some defense.

Fify

 

[peerless98]

Nope. The call was accurate. Learn the rules.

Explain, using the rules, how forward progress was stopped when he was never down nor did his upper body stop moving toward the goal line.

 

[kxtop]

Unfricking believable. PURDUE. I shall hate them and the ACC forever. Ruin my New Years. Johnny Majors on you!! (Ffin #astards_)

No reason to hate Purdue…it’s the ACC officiating crew ahd in particular the guy making the terrible call!

 

[first time caller]

Dead ball foul can be called anytime. For that, for throwing a punch, etc

Meh...

 

[VolMack——————$]

Three things: Hype wasn't perfect tonight
Hooker wasn't perfect tonight
Refs weren't perfect tonight
That's a bad combo

Don’t forget the turf being a neutralizer. It killed our YAC !

 

[OG.V83]

Explain, using the rules, how forward progress was stopped when he was never down nor did his upper body stop moving toward the goal line.

They're basically saying that an imaginary whistle that nobody in Nashville heard, blew prior to the touchdown

 

[kxtop]

The fix is in!

Don’t think there is a “fix”, just piss poor officiating!

 

[CR-vol]

Not if your defense can’t get a stop

From the 1 yard line? And a TD still beats us? Hell no.

No, the play where Hooker got very lucky scampering down the sideline for 7 yards and a 1st down. Should have been kicking a field goal there. Forces Purdue to have to score a touchdown. So worst case we go into another overtime. Our defense being tired isn't an excuse. Everybody out there was tired.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Bad way to end the year. But life is good. On to bring in a terrific new year and look forward to next season.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Some of y’all are disgusting. And just shows just how much you will settle for and how unrealistic your expectations are. We finally have a coach with some balls. He went for it on two 4th downs in overtime because that’s what he thinks of the “Music City Bowl” Championship. I love the dude. And it’s gonna be a great offseason and can finally look forward to an upcoming College Football Season.

Should of kicked the FG in overtime. We may not have won but it certainly would have improved our chances.

 

[Vol8188]

No, the play where Hooker got very lucky scampering down the sideline for 7 yards and a 1st down. Should have been kicking a field goal there. Forces Purdue to have to score a touchdown. So worst case we go into another overtime. Our defense being tired isn't an excuse. Everybody out there was tired.

Did you have confidence in our defense to get a stop? That’s the obvious issue and why he went for it

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

No reason to hate Purdue…

Have you ever been to Lafayette, IN?


Dude.

 

[orange_glory]

Don’t forget the turf being a neutralizer. It killed our YAC !

Titans may want to rethink their field. That was embarrassing.

 

[Vol8188]

Should of kicked the FG in overtime. We may not have won but it certainly would have improved our chances.

We scored so I really can’t blame the play calling. But did you really think our d would get a stop

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

And the review booth got the rule wrong, and the announcers did not challenge them on it.

The whistle is the be all end all, else fumble recoveries in many situations wouldn't be reviewable, and any official could arbitrarily decide a play is over at any time whistle or not.

Exactly!

What the ref did was inaccurately rule him DOWN by contact and he did not blow his whistle to stop the play so the players continued to play through the whistle, rendering what that ref thought irrelevant!

 

[Eastknox865]

He made the right call. Refs robbed us a TD how can anyone argue this?

That's not the right call. You kick the fg and give your team a chance

 

[tbones0711]

Thank you! I hate we lost but that isht at the goal line was actual and ********. Great, gutsy, back yard football play calling and despite the outcome, it actually paid off. This wasn’t Pig Howard’s fumble, Jaylen Wright made the yard to gain with an extra little juice from his ballsy head coach who said, “**** it! Get the damn thing in there!” I love it. GBO! GCJH!

Hooray for you........and Happy New Year. UT isn't in good shape. Ballsey may have cost us the game but you be you. As for me CJH's 4th down decisions whereever they occur on the field aren't intelligent. In time you'll know.

 

[orange_glory]

Hate to lose when it's basically a home game.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

We scored so I really can’t blame the play calling. But did you really think our d would get a stop

We didn’t score, at least not convincing enough to make it official so your argument …….

Fails.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Explain, using the rules, how forward progress was stopped when he was never down nor did his upper body stop moving toward the goal line.

I mean it honestly could go both ways but what drives me nuts is, how many times have you seen a play where the ball carrier is laying on a defender, no body part down and makes the crazy big play or TD. No one blows a whistle, no one rules forward progress stopped. They watch the play unfold into some awesome spectacle of a play. Why can’t that happen to us? Why do we always get bitten by the early whistle or the insane, once in a lifetime call.
GBO!!

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

We scored so I really can’t blame the play calling. But did you really think our d would get a stop

Most of Purdue's touchdowns came on long ridiculous bonehead plays, so I think we should have kicked it.

We also should have run it again up the middle when Wright took it to the 3

Made no sense to pass there when we had been gashing them up the gut

And then we use our scat back...

And the refs decide that we aren't allowed a TD

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

No, the play where Hooker got very lucky scampering down the sideline for 7 yards and a 1st down. Should have been kicking a field goal there. Forces Purdue to have to score a touchdown. So worst case we go into another overtime. Our defense being tired isn't an excuse. Everybody out there was tired.

You're saying we should have kicked the FG when we converted on 4th down? Is that like the opposite of hindsight?? I don't trust kickers at this level. In the NFL, sure give them respect.

 

[VolMack——————$]

No reason to hate Purdue…it’s the ACC officiating crew ahd in particular the guy making the terrible call!

Purdue pulled out the faking hurt players all game after the first quarter! Then the fans booed our players who actually were hurt. So I have no problem with his statement.! Don’t forget the no call on Tillman being held.! Game over if he’s able to run under that ball. Db. Holding him impeded his timing.