Recent content by Chad F

Hate to say it, but we really need to win both. This season is 0-3 so far in the three most meaningful games. Two of those laid eggs came at home and were epic choke jobs. The road game at Bama was a no-show. Basically, we’ve bolstered our reputation of folding like a lawn chair when there’s...

No. We simply laid down (again) with a huge opportunity in front of us. Kinda our M.O. until this team decides to change that. They have it in them. Just too many unforced errors and the occasional “small heart” syndrome. Coach Heupel will get it done. Just not this year.

The VOLS should beat Florida, but man it is hard for me to obtain much optimism given our track record in Gainesville. Plus, we’ve not achieved a single big game win this year, even at home where we had previously been strong. It’ll be interesting to see how that one turns out. Win and it’s a...

I want to keep Coach Heupel for a long time. I also want him to stop pi$$ing away big opportunities on the field. Both can be true at once. I think Heupel is a good coach and leader for our program. The decision(s) regarding extensions, etc. are tough ones. I trust DW to navigate that minefield.

Still have two big ones left: ending the Swamp curse and (can’t believe I’m saying this) beating a ranked Vanderbilt team. So far, we’re 0-3 in the three meaningful opportunities this season. It’d be nice to turn that trend around, even if we’ve already pi$$ed away any chance at the playoffs...

As frustrating as the bumbles and shortfalls have been, looking back we may end up thinking that this is one of Heupel’s best coaching jobs. Taking in a brand new QB unexpectedly at the 11th hour, dealing with the loss of our 2 best CBs, breaking-in a nearly completely new O-line, and new RBs...

Joey’s awesome. Wish we could have had him for multiple years in this system. Our choke jobs this season are the result of the lingering contagion of loser mentality that was built beginning in the last years of the Fulmer era and throughout the Dooley, Jones, and Pruitt years. It’s going to...

That massive bumble by the offense at the end of regulation against Georgia that contributed to his big miss probably still lives rent-free in his head. He will have to shake it somehow. Winners worry only about what must be done and figure out ways to win. Losers worry about what can go wrong...

And this happens way too much at Tennessee. Allowing struggling coaches or QBs to have career performances against us has become something of a tradition. It pre-dates Huepel’s arrival. I’m hoping he somehow figures out how to change the culture sufficiently to snuff out the consistent pi$$ing...

Nah. Lots to criticize regarding the choke jobs that we’ve seen (x3) this season, but regretting letting Nico go isn’t one of them. We’d have the same record or worse with him. The difference is that we’d have 3+ conference kisses AND have an entitled, over-hyped NIL-sucking cancer on the...

Heupel is so much better as a leader and person than Butch Jones.. However, his teams have proven to be sloppy with a lot of unforced errors. They don’t win big games. And his teams are guaranteed to drop 1-2 games a year to teams that they should beat. Lots to fix. Hopefully, he can get it done.

For me, I’m more interested in how we respond the rest of the way. Losing to a good Alabama team on the road is not all that surprising . . . Although I am perplexed by our end of half game-management, dropped passes, and our inability to tackle. Are we going to stomp Kentucky as we SHOULD? Or...

This is not a playoff team. Probably. We pi$$ed away any margin for error we had when we choked in regulation against Georgia. Alabama is a good team. Losing on the road down there was tough but not necessarily unexpected. Assuming we can hold serve at home, we haven’t seen anything to make...

Pi$$ing away that golden opportunity against Georgia removes a lot of the margin for error. Gotta seize the opportunities when they are dangled right in front of us. Not sure how the rest of the season will go. The Vols can win every game in the schedule, but the game in the Swamp doesn’t bode...

Nice young man. Love his family. But he had his chance to be a Volunteer and went another direction. All that being said, it makes no sense for him to come to Knoxville. We are going to have a good QB room already, I think.