I really need this board to move past the GA State game

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

Yes, the loss is on the coaches. Yes, we are more talented than them and should not have lost. There is no excuse for it and it shouldn’t have happened. That being said, every thread I read on this board ends up with something about losing to GA State.

Mind-blowing fact: every time an underdog beats a better opponent, the team that was favored had better players. This is especially true when it’s a G5 underdog vs a P5 favorite.

Pruitt learned the hard way never to take an opponent lightly again. The way we played BYU the following week showed we are not a bad enough team to lose to a 2-win GA State, but it happened.

Can we be done now?

 

[Girth Brooks]

 

[MurphyVol]

Nope, you just reminded us

 

[zydane47]

Yes, the loss is on the coaches. Yes, we are more talented than them and should not have lost. There is no excuse for it and it shouldn’t have happened. That being said, every thread I read on this board ends up with something about losing to GA State.

Mind-blowing fact: every time an underdog beats a better opponent, the team that was favored had better players. This is especially true when it’s a G5 underdog vs a P5 favorite.

Pruitt learned the hard way never to take an opponent lightly again. The way we played BYU the following week showed we are not a bad enough team to lose to a 2-win GA State, but it happened.

Can we be done now?

No, a lot of the time those underdogs that win usually only win by 7 or less points.

This team got man handled by a vastly inferior team. That’s gonna take a while to just get over and move on.

 

[Booker512]

You Pruitts agent or something?

 

[m1al]

Yes, the loss is on the coaches. Yes, we are more talented than them and should not have lost. There is no excuse for it and it shouldn’t have happened. That being said, every thread I read on this board ends up with something about losing to GA State.

Mind-blowing fact: every time an underdog beats a better opponent, the team that was favored had better players. This is especially true when it’s a G5 underdog vs a P5 favorite.

Pruitt learned the hard way never to take an opponent lightly again. The way we played BYU the following week showed we are not a bad enough team to lose to a 2-win GA State, but it happened.

Can we be done now?

 

[TJSVOLS]

Yes, the loss is on the coaches. Yes, we are more talented than them and should not have lost. There is no excuse for it and it shouldn’t have happened. That being said, every thread I read on this board ends up with something about losing to GA State.

Mind-blowing fact: every time an underdog beats a better opponent, the team that was favored had better players. This is especially true when it’s a G5 underdog vs a P5 favorite.

Pruitt learned the hard way never to take an opponent lightly again. The way we played BYU the following week showed we are not a bad enough team to lose to a 2-win GA State, but it happened.

Can we be done now?

Those with some kind of an agenda and have completely made up their mind will never let it go.

 

[Hacksaw]

As long as we don't have to keep hearing that we just don't have the talent.

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

Good luck with that.

Some old timers remember the Vols losing to N Texas ST and a lot of folk still reference the Wyoming loss in 2008 to go along with the Memphis loss with Peyton in 1996.

Losses that bad dont come around often for a historically strong program like UT.

 

[Bleed-Orange]

Would you rather discuss the BYU meltdown, the UF beatdown, the poor qb play or the constant being out of position?

 

[JoAllan]

I want to move on too, but as a fan........I really need the team to do so first.

I can imagine things being better, but that don’t make it so.

Once this team with this coach improves, and starts to do more with less........much like BYU did,
much like GA ST did, much like Vandy does......I’ll have some positivity.

 

[joevol33]

This game will live on this boatd forever.

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Thanks for bringing it back up.
Hard to forget the absolute worst loss in program history.

 

[Chitlin&theDude]

Rather talk about FL? BYU? Mizzu? Vandy? Shall I continue?

 

[JoAllan]

Thanks for bringing it back up.
Hard to forget the absolute worst loss in program history.

Then backed up by another nightmare meltdown, then by pizz poor performance and motivation vs Florida.......then never mind the Vandy beat down.

But hey we see lots of improvement.....oh wait never mind.

 

[m1al]

Rather talk about FL? BYU? Mizzu? Vandy? Shall I continue?

They’re better barometers of where this team is at than GSU. Kind of like throwing out the hi and low scores on a class math test. NOBODY showed up for that game, coaches or players.

 

[Titan05]

 

[rltw1974]

The fans or members of this board won’t let it go because we are watching other teams in similar situations play competitively with lesser talent.... see Arkansas and UNC today. We haven’t played anyone competitively with more talent yet this year other than Chatt!

 

[Boston Vol]

Yes quit taking about the worst loss in program history that only happened 4 weeks ago. Time to move on! Let’s instead talk about the loss to a sh*tty BYU team or getting embarrassed on national TV by Florida, again.

 

[JoAllan]

The fans or members of this board won’t let it go because we are watching other teams in similar situations play competitively with lesser talent.... see Arkansas and UNC today. We haven’t played anyone competitively with more talent yet this year other than Chatt!

Agree

I’m just as tired of people trying to shove down our throats that Tennessee can’t be competitive or the “only” reason is because of a lack of talent. It’s pure bs and only excuses.....nothing more.

Tennessee has lost twice so far this year with more talent than the team that won......yet somehow “we” shouldn’t expect the same or even better. I would be ashamed to try and pass that crap off as fact......but lots of folks on here do it every day.

People.....please pump that sunshine all day if you want......but just give me some reasoning behind it when you do and not this lie.

 

[LadyinOrange]

I really need this board to send me a dollar per post, but I don't foresee that happening any time soon.

 

[DarkAvenger]

So the basketvols are predicted to make the dance again this year by Andy Katz and Vitello got a nice contract since we’re changing the subject.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

 

[BadgerVol!]

Sometimes in life something bad happens and it ties itself to you forever. You never love it down. As an individual, company, church, team, etc. unfortunately it’ll never go away...ever. It’ll diminish in time, and winning will make that happen faster, but no one will ever let it go.

It can be a very good life lesson for these boys and staff. They can learn a lot from it. I hope they do for life outside football.

 

[BlinghamptonVol]

Hey everybody! Remember when we beat UTChatt? That’s the only game we can talk about out of our last 6! The only game we can talk about since November 11, 2018!

 

[Booker512]

They’re better barometers of where this team is at than GSU. Kind of like throwing out the hi and low scores on a class math test. NOBODY showed up for that game, coaches or players.

Now pretend everyone taking a basic math test is getting paid RIDICULOUS amounts of money to pass the test.

You still throwing out the low scores? Or are you wondering why T.F. You’re even paying them?