What other message boards are saying (Alabama pre game)

[NO SIR EEE]

-We're gonna make UT's QB look like how Vols fans were hyping him up to be in the offseason rather than how he has looked in the last two weeks. Their offense's ability to spread you out and isolate coverage guys is not what we need with our lackluster play and general inexperience in the secondary.

-I absolutely fear that Tennessee corrects their lackluster play over the past couple of weeks and runs us out of Neyland. Hope I’m wrong.

-The offense will definitely have to win the game vs Tennesee. Milroe is going to have to stop being a bone head.

-Have yall seen Tennessee’s defensive line? LOL! We’re gonna get our **** pushed in.

-I’m not sure if some of you are drinking, Tennessee is as bad as Kentucky, we win by 3 plus scores.

-Tennessee is not better than Vanderbilt. We will be fine.

-Tennessee is a very suspect team. I mean look at their wins, they’ve been against 5 really bad teams and they’ve struggled. We should roll in this one.

-Deboer better have them ready or this season will be an absolute failure.

-We CANNOT, I REPEAT, CANNOT lose to Tennessee.

-This is the type of game where Tennessee looks like a national champion and puts the nail in our coffin.

-I’m not worried about Tennessee, they’re not a very good team.

-Tennessee has zero offense, they won’t be able to play catch up.

-I don’t think Tennessee’s defense is going to be able to contain Milroe on the perimeter. Career afternoon coming up! ROLL TIDE!

-To anyone fearing this game: What exactly has Tennessee done that gives you a thought that they even have a pulse to beat us?

-We haven’t looked anything near to what we looked like against UGA since that first half. I hope we get back to it. If we do, Tennessee fans will be praying by the end of the 1st quarter.

-Tennessee is overrated and we’re going to prove it.

-Tennessee has the worst offensive line in the country. All we have to do is get a push and we win big.

-LOL at anyone that thinks we’re going to get beat by this fraud that is Tennessee.

-Milroe rushes for 150, we win by 4 touchdowns, then we take over downtown Knoxville. My kind of night. RTR!!!

-That Nico kid isn’t even a D1 QB. We should feast.

 

[vols 30]

Lots of truth in their posts

 

[UTK]

Lots of truth in their posts

Lot of delusion too. They may win if our offense doesn’t figure something out but Milroe isn’t having a career day against our defense

 

[ERICtheBERRY]

I'll be honest I'm expecting either a close and gritty win or a blowout loss where we score like 10 points

 

[207 others]

If OL changes a total 180 and nico plays like against iowa we could win like 31 to 17

If not likely losing 28 to 10 or some ****

 

[Volbrando]

I can’t argue with a few of those to be honest

 

[njvols]

At Neyland, I expect a close game. This should be a Bru game. Got to figure out how to get short passes on first down and show more creativity in run game. And, just as important, JH needs Nico to run the ball a decent amount more.

 

[tennesseepride84]

Nico isn’t a D1 quarterback. Man my guy overthrew two wide open TDs, I pray he gets this thing figured out fast so we won’t have to keep reading stuff like this again.

 

[Remy]

Lot of delusion too. They may win if our offense doesn’t figure something out but Milroe isn’t having a career day against our defense

They don’t have a single solitary player that can block Pearce. Millroe we’ll be introducing you to Mr. Pearce.

 

[CNCVol88]

Very bi polar fanbase right now....just like us. I'm not able to make a prediction on this game. It could go either way. Saying we are worse than vandy though is pure cope.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

There’s a world where Nico has a really good game, the crowd and defensive line get to Milroe, and we win going away.

There’s a world where our offense continues to struggle and we lose by 17+.

There’s a lot of possibilities in the middle. No idea what to expect because both these teams ostensibly have potential, but both have been extremely suspect the past two weeks.

 

[TNinSC]

Lots of truth in their posts

Agreed NC state and ou are awful. And Kent is the worst team in ncaa

 

[G8rh8r]

If Nico can get his head back in the game and Heupel can pull some innovative plays, I think we have a shot. This is not the Bama of old.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

I’ve got zero confidence right now. We were lucky last night. I’m very disappointed in our QB play. Even if we had a stellar OL I’m not sure he’d be a star right now

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

The ones saying we're gonna run them out of the building are right. This will be our best game of the season thus far. Blowout victory for our Vols.

 

[McDad]

I’ve got zero confidence right now. We were lucky last night. I’m very disappointed in our QB play. Even if we had a stellar OL I’m not sure he’d be a star right now

Why do you need confidence? Are you coming out of the tunnel Saturday?

 

[Orange931]

The ones saying we're gonna run them out of the building are right. This will be our best game of the season thus far. Blowout victory for our Vols.

I appreciate all the laughs, but the only way that happens is if Nico makes better decisions. We can win our remaining games by relying on the run game and playing great defense, but Nico has to do his part when something is there and when something isn’t there on passing situations.

 

[AustinMem]

Dline is going to have to hold their gaps and not sell out trying to rush, or Milroe could have a career day on the ground. His throwing is less of a concern, so keeping him in the pocket should be seen as a win.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

I appreciate all the laughs, but the only way that happens is if Nico makes better decisions. We can win our remaining games by relying on the run game and playing great defense, but Nico has to do his part when something is there and when something isn’t there on passing situations.

It's amazing how quickly yall have given up on Nico. He's a young player going through a slight slump. His talent hasn't depreciated. Just realize this is the worst he'll ever look.

Nico will play his best game thus far next Saturday as the offense explodes and runs Alabama out of the stadium.

 

[Orange931]

It's amazing how quickly yall have given up on Nico. He's a young player going through a slight slump. His talent hasn't depreciated. Just realize this is the worst he'll ever look.

Nico will play his best game thus far next Saturday as the offense explodes and runs Alabama out of the stadium.

I haven’t given up on him, but he’s making costly mistakes too often right now. Heupel needs to decide what kind of offense he wants to run and gameplan around it. The run game and defense is what’s gonna get this team to the playoff, it is what it is. We just need Nico to take care of the football, that’s it.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Their predictions are all OVER the place! From one extreme to the other.

Crazy thing is, they're all absolutely, logically, correct.

That is life today on the SEC Dopamine train.

 

[volbound1700]

There’s a world where Nico has a really good game, the crowd and defensive line get to Milroe, and we win going away.

There’s a world where our offense continues to struggle and we lose by 17+.

There’s a lot of possibilities in the middle. No idea what to expect because both these teams ostensibly have potential, but both have been extremely suspect the past two weeks.

Good post

 

[volbound1700]

I haven’t given up on him, but he’s making costly mistakes too often right now. Heupel needs to decide what kind of offense he wants to run and gameplan around it. The run game and defense is what’s gonna get this team to the playoff, it is what it is. We just need Nico to take care of the football, that’s it.

DJ Lagway is younger and looked better last night. We see other young QBs growing up faster or that have grown up faster. I have a feeling that Nico has attitude and skills to turn it around and win but it looks like it may not be this year and he is definitely not Bryce Young 2.0 that people have made him out to be.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Why do you need confidence? Are you coming out of the tunnel Saturday?

You have to ask?? Jeez. You must not have watched last night

 

[cardvolfan]

It's amazing how quickly yall have given up on Nico. He's a young player going through a slight slump. His talent hasn't depreciated. Just realize this is the worst he'll ever look.

Nico will play his best game thus far next Saturday as the offense explodes and runs Alabama out of the stadium.

Nico being anywhere close to what Hooker was in 2022 was just not going to happen this year. Most of us bought into some of this because we so wanted to believe. Nico is on that learning curve, and he will get better. Also hurt by the inability of the OLine to give him any space to operate. I think we all expected better.