The Official #11 Tennessee @ #6 Alabama Game Thread, 7:30 PM ET, ABC

[JMSqb11]

Everyone knew as soon as he checked out of it the run wasn’t coming.

The run wasn’t coming once we used our final timeout.

 

[TNVOLnTX]

Are you all not entertained?!?!?

Yall wanted to keep this bozo coach.

We already hit Heupel’s ceiling

Next man up!

You are the epitome of the reason we lived the past 25 years as a program. You get all in your feelings and call for coaches jobs every other year. Heupel was better than what we deserved we he got here. His only fault was getting success too quick in 22 and make our fans even more delusional. But sure, have it your way. Let's be irrelevant for another decade and get a couple more coaches.

 

[etsuvol13]

Why? Did Josh throw that awful pass? Wtf?

They called the stupid play. Everyone knew the TE would set loose. Hang back and just wait…dumb dumb dumb

 

[VolsFan-TX]

He threw it two yards behind him. You dudes are blind

It was still a stupid play call. I like to give the QB options.

 

[Vol737]

Can you onside kick on kickoff after the half? Asking for a friend

Sure.

 

[djwes]

It should’ve been pass interference on the first play anyway that was a **** no call.

The Alabama defensive back didn’t turn around and was hanging all over our guy, but they are not gonna get that call.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

This honestly feels like a Dooley coached game.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

I can go to bed now knowing exactly who's winning this game.

 

[UTBuff37]

You take the f***ing FG and go into the locker room down 1 possession

Then we would complain he didn’t have it in him to go for the 6. It’s a lose lose scenario. It’s not the play I would have called. That was absolute worst case scenario. 1 in a million

 

[Boca Vol]

You take the f***ing FG and go into the locker room down 1 possession

No you don’t. You go for a td!

 

[volinbama82]

I’m so damn sick of losing to Alabama. I’m sick of Bobby Hill coaching us. I’m sick of SEC officiating.

 

[HLD]

HEUPEL IS JUST PLAIN DUMB LOLOL

He’s not just dumb, he is a ****ing moron. If he would put as much effort into coaching as he does eating, we’d be undefeated.

 

[OrangeTsar]

No. We should’ve called the damn timeout after the 2nd down run. We elected to hurry up and run for the 3rd down. That severely limited our time and play calling options. HUGE clock blunder by Heupel again.

 

[Go47]

This honestly feels like a Dooley coached game.

Yes it does.

 

[Vol_guy]

Haven't won a real road game since 2022 against LSU.

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

JH is what he is. Hes just a decent coach. Nothing more, nothing less. His teams are the most undisciplined, unprepared teams, especially on the road. He's never gotten better at what he sucks at and is not willing to make staff changes. Those are the marks of good leaders. His teams rarely inprove as the season goes along either.

We will always be an 8-9 win team with him and flirt with playoffs every 3 or 4 years, but never compete for anyhting of significance. Just is what it is.

 

[peerless98]

So many of you griping about the call is plain silly. The call was fine and if Joey executed it correctly, we would be down 2 at the half. That pick 6 is 100% on Joey.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I seriously can’t believe that Heupel allowed that process to play out like that. Even after Bama called a timeout.

You know damn well the Bama coaches were telling them there’s no way they’re running the ball

 

[floridavol25]

It sucks when the hope you had coming into the game for surprise is crushed by halftime

 

[orange_glory]

No playoff this year

 

[Just a VolinTears]

Only 2 possessions

 

[G8rh8r]

This honestly feels like a Dooley coached game.

It’s not quite that bad

 

[OrangeBloodedFloridian]

If those are the 2 plays you want to run there, fine. Just flip the sequence so you can throw an incompletion then bang a timeout after the run, still leaving a play.
Play calling malpractice.

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

That's on Joey. Terrible pass. Game over

But the formation dictated the pass was going to Kitselman. It was two wrongs.

 

[orangerush]

We might get a late TD but this game is toast.