Not Heupel's Fault!!

[Cartervol]

OU beat Tennessee the same way UT beat them last year, with a Dline that dictated the game play. Banks hasn't magically forgotten how to coach, he just doesn't have a dominant Dline and 2 lock down corners this year. Makes a huge difference.. This was just last year in reverse..

 

[WaywardVol]

Josh and Joey were not the reason Vols lost to Oklahoma.Joey was not given time to find an open receiver because he was getting killed every time,the reason for the interceptions and fumble!The reason we lost the game was the horrible play of the Offensive Line,they were truly horrible!

Heupel decided to monkey with the starting OLine, which had been a strength. Yes, it’s Heupel’s fault.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

The margins of error for most of the SEC is getting small. Go look at all the games won by one score or more this year even some undefeated teams or one loss teams have won by one score or one referee gift.

Agreed . UGA could/should be a 3 loss team. Ole Miss should or could have more losses. Texas lost to Ohio State by a couple of feet. It’s only going to get more difficult as we get into this 9 game conference schedule and I think it’s going to resemble a lot of what the NFL has looked like at times. It’s gonna be weird to recalibrate our thinking into what a good season will be and what’s good enough to make the CFP going forward. I don’t want anyone to confuse what I’m saying that I think losing is ok or acceptable, but I think it’s going to be pretty unreasonable not to expect having a couple of losses each year. I say that not just for Tennessee, but for everyone in the SEC. The weekly grind of the conference is different than every other one, by a large margin.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Agreed . UGA could/should be a 3 loss team. Ole Miss should or could have more losses. Texas lost to Ohio State by a couple of feet. It’s only going to get more difficult as we get into this 9 game conference schedule and I think it’s going to resemble a lot of what the NFL has looked like at times. It’s gonna be weird to recalibrate our thinking into what a good season will be and what’s good enough to make the CFP going forward. I don’t want anyone to confuse what I’m saying that I think losing is ok or acceptable, but I think it’s going to be pretty unreasonable not to expect having a couple of losses each year. I say that not just for Tennessee, but for everyone in the SEC. The weekly grind of the conference is different than every other one, by a large margin.

Don’t forget old undefeated Texas AM Only got by Arkansas by a FG but no one gave ole Tennessee grace for only squeaking by…..

Fans have no perspective these days. It’s hard and $ankey sold the teams out next year for money while ND and every 1 & 2 loss Little10 team will get into playoffs without every playing anyone with a pulse.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Don’t forget old undefeated Texas AM Only got by Arkansas by a FG but no one gave ole Tennessee grace for only squeaking by…..

Fans have no perspective these days. It’s hard and $ankey sold the teams out next year for money while ND and every 1 & 2 loss Little10 team will get into playoffs without every playing anyone with a pulse.

Sankey needs to start pressing Pettiti on making the B1G play a 10th Power 4 game. If we’re going to have this NFL Lite kind of CFP going on there needs to scheduling symmetry. Don’t get me started on ND. They have 2 respectable losses, but the fact that they now can get a bye in the CFP bc of the seeding change is ridiculous. They need to be forced to join a conference and get it over with . I think they’re a good football team, but I’d be interested to how they would do when they weren’t playing the bottom of the SEC, ACC and Big 10 every week like they are this year .

 

[LWSVOL]

If we can keep and develop a lot of guys and get them to be good upperclassmen players, while sprinkling in some good players of need in the portal I think we can be a very good team going forward. The formula for success of the last 2 national champs has been exactly that.

I would agree... might mean a little worse record in 26 as we will be even younger than this year.. I'm projecting 60-65 underclassmen next season. But 27 or 28 could be a heavy upper classes of really good players.. Might be able to make a run one of those years.. means being patient another year or two...

 

[The Original Fade]

Exactly. David Sanders just got exposed when his eyes went inside.

Sometimes, the other guys are just better that day. The OU Defensive front was winning a LOT out there.

What’s the limit on the “they were just better that day” reasons for losses before it becomes “we just played like crap”? Not being sarcastic, I really don’t know. I would say the same about the Bama game too. They were just better and executed better than us that day