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

[FranklinVFL]

Quite Franklin, defense has done better than I was posting earlier. They have kept us in the game on their part.

Offense has allowed 9 points and that is a huge impact on the game.

 

[CobbWebb71]

No. We got inside the 5 yard line with 11 seconds left, first down and a timeout left.

Zero reason to kick a FG on any down earlier than 3rd down at minimum.

I disagree.
On the road, in an obvious passing situation, a QB that got his @$$ handed to him on a targeting no call, you take the 3, go to the half down 6, dial up some defense and try to take the lead.
Instead, we are now in a huge hole.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

Yet lead the receiver on target to the outside and totally indefensible. Poor pass. You never throw that pass behind unless you’re looking to gift wrap a pick 6 or you got offered a lot of money.

Agreed. Terrible call. Terrible execution. Nothing about it was good. Players are going to make big mistakes unfortunately. You can’t afford for your head coach to deliver bad mistakes on a silver platter during a huge road game.

Game over.

 

[Big Orange Captain]

And I'm gonna blast you when this is the last loss. Trust me

Ok lol

 

[87&91ALUM]

Florida beat Miss State. Vandy looked really good today. Kentucky winning.

 

[posivol]

BS, it's not a trick play where you are trying to fool the defense. It Joey made the throw correctly, the defender had no play.

he was late on the throw

 

[bpalmer28]

will there ever be a day in my lifetime where things like this don’t happen?

 

[sonofUT62]

He threw it two yards behind him. Not sure why nobody can call out a player when it's on the player. It's weird

Horrible throw. Horrible play calling to allow it to happen. Both can be true.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Kentucky winning….I can see us not winning another game.

I hate this forum when we play a superior team. Absolutely unbearable clowns

 

[JMSqb11]

Gurantano QB sneak fumble for 99 yards against Bama.

You mean the Gurantano tank job? Guy played like he had money on Bama that night.

 

[Switch 625]

All of this is on Heup, he cant get a team ready on the road and cant play on the road. He has problems

Honestly, he just strikes me as lazy.

 

[CAVPUT]

never. Sorry you don’t agree with my assessment. i have been right more than i’ve wrong. I predicted 8-4 or 9-3 at best on here in August and got blasted for it

My choice in the pick 'em thread was 7-5. Still think that's where we end up. Gimme 8 wins and I'd take it right now.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Kentucky winning….I can see us not winning another game.

Really? It good for you this an anonymous message board.You're employer wouldn't allow you much past the front door on Monday for that ignorance.

 

[Other_Guy]

So the Qb is blameless om a gift wrapped 98 yard pick 6. Got it.

No, but obvious plays usually don't end well and your QB has been hurting.

 

[etsuvol13]

Here’s the only way we win.. in overtime
1. Hold bama to at least a FG
7-26
2. TN TD
14-26
3. Force punt
4. TN TD w/ 2 point conversion
22-26
5. Bama FG
22-29
6. TN TD
29-29
7. We win in OT

This is as dumb as the play call…

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

Bad pass and bad play?

Probably. But to say it's all on Josh is idiotic

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

I disagree.
On the road, in an obvious passing situation, a QB that got his @$$ handed to him on a targeting no call, you take the 3, go to the half down 6, dial up some defense and try to take the lead.
Instead, we are now in a huge hole.

Yup.

 

[Redleg68]

Joey is not the same since that late hit on him where the bama player in my opinion hammered the his neck on purpose with a fore arm. This is also after they showed on TV that they were treating the back of his neck on the sidelines.

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Maybe TN can hire James Franklin

 

[FranklinVFL]

There’s always next year or the year after and so on.

We’ve been living on that saying for decades now. It has almost become our unofficial fight song.

 

[orange4ever]

What year was it, 95, Manning ran a bootleg from the 2 yd line for a TD against bama. And Manning was the slowest qb ever. We never tey anything like that

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

I’m just not sure how to believe in this game again. Sure anything can happen but the past is the best look into the future. We don’t play well and aren’t coached well.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

I hate to admit it. They are just the better team with more talent. Sucks. We gotta figure this out if we want to CONSISTENTLY play with the big boys

5 years running on this excuse. Win or don’t. Heup doesn’t.

 

[Vol Farmer]

will there ever be a day in my lifetime where things like this don’t happen?

No because we are Vol Fans

 

[CobbWebb71]

It was a bad pass behind the receiver. That's on the QB. The rest was just a Tennessee thing.

IF you don’t take the points there, you at least throw it to the back of the end zone.