The Official #5 Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[MurphyVol]

Can Keyton play D?

 

[UT Challenger]

Need to score on first possession of 2nd half. Rattler is making his Heisman video against our defense.

Most qb's do against our defense.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Stop what … are you serious , a below average QB and Offense is picking apart his defense

One bad half.. and you want to trash the staff. GTFO.

 

[SAPPER 5]

It will be the greatest meltdown/2nd half adjustments you've ever seen if so.

We gotta grow up sometime.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Or even a turnover or two. SC has been prone to them and Rattler hasn't played as perfect as the state sheet shows. Vol fans need to have some faith.

Not going to get any turnovers if we don’t get any pressure. Rattler got all the time in the world back there

 

[vols40]

If Banks isn’t fired tomorrow, I’m done with Heupel.

Bye.

 

[Arrested Devolopment]

The Vols are still gonna win.

That has been the pattern on "Statement Saturday".

 

[Other_Guy]

It's been apparent all season; TN is a defensive secondary from being dominant and Heupel is well aware of it. We'll see if Banks has a halftime adjustment in him. We need two stops this half.

What adjustments can be made? I feel at this point the team has to just want it more.

 

[ftsandersvol]

Play man-to-man and send the house on every play. Honestly, could we do any worse? We need to shake Rattler’s confidence. They have no run game.

 

[saxvol]

We kept ahead of Missouri though, the defense didn't play well at all in the first half, but the offense wasn't trying to dig us out of a hole.

We get a score out of the half, we wont be that much in a hole.

 

[UTwild82]

Sounds like Jesus heard their prayers. Hopefully he hears ours this half.

 

[OrangeDrip]

Why? Because his team is working the Vols over right now and our D can't get a stop?
Good grief.

Umm I would’ve knocked his teeth out before this game.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

While the O hasnt been as great as usual. The Defensive backfield might as well have stayed in the locker room. What is Rattler's completion rate? 90% tonight? It sure feels like it.

The way he looks tonight you would have thought it was Lincoln Riley on the sidelines for SC. Embarrassing.

 

[Augustus McRae]

I hope heupel, hooker, and every other offensive player chew the d's ass out at half!!

 

[patrick]

they playing lights out so far on offense..our dbs killing us

Who is playing lights out Sc? Lol. They have sucked all year 6-4 team. Defense has not stopped a single drive. Vols going to lose.

 

[mackievol]

Throw the helmets away at halftime

 

[volmoon]

Fix the defensive scheme at half and we win this game yet.

 

[1989Vol]

If the rain stops we're scoring fiddy on em...............

 

[turbovol]

That was an embarrassing first half....

 

[lilesrt]

If Tennessee gets 1 defensive stop, they win this game. Just 1.

We’re down by 11. How do you figure?

 

[stolitonic]

Nope. If we win, and Michigan gets blown out we’re in.

Win......whatever you're smoking pass some of it this way.

This team is not built for comebacks man. In any way. We don't have the D. Our game is run up a lead quick and cause the other team to get desperate and make offensive mistakes giving us turnovers

I mean it's great when. It works. We also see the two times this year when it has not worked. We're on the other side of the coin now. We got way down . We then started making offensive mistakes. Basically, SC smacked us with our own gameplan.

 

[UTvols#1]

Fire the D coordinator..Should've done it last year ..

 

[OrangeDrip]

Words = marked.

He’s losing minimum 2 teeth…book it.

 

[Bollweevil]

Soft. Why do we expect different. Is it because we changed coaches? Tennessee will always be middle of the road. 1998 was a fluke.

 

[Lekvolrrah]

I've never seen a team throughout my life get everybody's best game like the Vols have. Vols gotta earn this one.