The Official #11 Tennessee vs. #7 Alabama Game Thread, 3:30 PM ET, ABC

[barney]

please put mike matthews in the game. Or webb or Nimrod. Give Squirrel and Brazzell a break. They've had their chances.

 

[Vol8188]

This is ultimately the problem with Heupel and the Vols.

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That’s not a problem

 

[barney]

That pick by Jermod was HUGE.

could have been huger

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Williams needs to be played man to man

He would beat almost anyone in the SEC if you play him man all the time. If you play him man, you had better sack the QB before he gets the. Pass away.

 

[PerryCountyVol]

1 big play and I think our offense will snap out of this funk

 

[C-south]

I mean today


Because I've seen 2 drops from upperclassmen Wr...and 2;over thrown by a RsFr QB making his 8th start and 1st against Bama .but sure. He should be perfect

One was a drop and the other was a really tough catch. His accuracy is very inconsistent to put it nicely.

 

[whodeycin85]

We don’t expect that. We do expect him to make easy throws to wide open receivers.

Throws 20 plus yards even for the best are 50/50....focus on the upperclassmen not making catches for him..or running poor route

 

[BigOrangeD]

Our receivers are getting open. Nico just has to execute.

 

[Volfan2012]

Hard to figure how to score if Nico can't make those throws. He hasn't been close. They are not going to let the run beat them. WR's open have to give them a chance.

 

[Frank Duncan]

Nico is not Hendon Hooker (5thSr) stop expecting him to be

just as soon as everyone quits claiming he's the 2nd coming of joe montana and quit using the guarantano excuse (he's young) a million times

 

[Proud Army Wife]

Nico needs to be practicing nothing but executing touch the rest of the year.

 

[Big Orange Rock]

Just give this defense an offense with half a pulse and it is plausible we could have been undefeated this year. Just an absolute total failure of weekly preparation from top to bottom offensively. Sad for the defense. I can assure you if Nico does not get it going this team is gonna start chattering about those NIL dollars if it has not already started.

 

[saxvol]

I was hoping things would start clicking for the offense this game, time is running out.

 

[Vol8188]

It should be 21-0 us.
First drive fumble wasted
2nd drive Squirel can’t catch wasted
Pick wasted

100%. Coaching has been great. Just need better execution

 

[orange_glory]

I hate commercials

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Nico is not Hendon Hooker (5thSr) stop expecting him to ne

Nico is 19 and Hendo was 25. It’s frustrating as hell, but it’s a work in progress. He’s so close to hitting on some of these .

 

[Bloodrunsorange27]

Would be good to start moving the pocket and getting Nico some easy throws to settle him down. Get the TEs involved and mix it up a little.

 

[jaxvol]

Somebody like Pearce needs to get a little heart to heart with Nico. We need him to snap out of it.

What would Al Wilson do?

 

[EastTNVol6240]

Yup and is 4 what t years younger....

Stop making damn excuses. He’s our QB and our coach is starting him in the sec. He needs to perform at a median level or hit the damn bench. Plain and simple.

 

[BruiserVol]

What was Joe doing in practice that kept him starting over Hendo?

Hell I got crucified in the offseason for saying “hey, maybe it’s just me but Moore is looking way more accurate than Nico in literally every video Fingers posts of practice.” And people were saying I was an idiot, the media only gets to see a few minutes of practice, Nico is a baller and so on and so forth. We’ve seen blind loyalty from coaches before.

 

[posivol]

He feels closer to Joe at this point

hes throwing line drives on the deep ball

 

[Dergibvol]

Run blocking is atrocious thus far.

The last drive if Nico wouldve read the play right and kept the ball he had an easy 10 plus

 

[Flipdaddy]

I feel sorry for our defensive staff.

 

[connor]

That’s not a problem

It is when we aren’t putting up points

 

[Vol865]

We don’t expect that. We do expect him to make easy throws to wide open receivers.

I expect RBs to hold onto the ball, OL to block, and WRs to catch too