The Official #18 Tennessee vs. Kentucky Game Thread, 12:00 PM ET, SEC Network

[websiteworld]

I thought Roman Harper was crazy when he picked Kentucky to win!

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Last week against the best D in the country? Did I even say he's a good QB or that he should start? No. Just that he was worse than usual. Go take it out on someone else.

Another BS post. Just stop.

 

[PlanetVolunteer]

Take away the pick 6s and we still lose. This is more than JG. This team has not progressed under Pruitt.

I'm blaming Pruitt for keeping JG out there. If JG at least plays like Missouri and USCjr we win this very easily. There are other deficiencies on the team, but JG's issues are incomprehendably worse. You take away his disastrous play and we are fine.

 

[GOVOLS44]

Outscored 57-7 in last 6 quarters with 7 turnovers....

 

[rusty11]

I think they put Shrout in just to say.."See what happens?" I doubt he is our second or even 3rd string QB.

 

[VFL1127]

I'm getting to the point to where i honestly just don't care anymore. Until Pruit makes a change at QB and sticks with it we will continue to decline.

 

[Remy]

I think they put Shrout in just to say.."See what happens?" I doubt he is our second or even 3rd string QB.

Per people reporting out of practice he was solidly the #2.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Outscored 57-7 in last 6 quarters with 7 turnovers....

61-7 ?

 

[Bigorange123]

You gonna eat your cornbread???

 

[BeardedVol]

No I think it’s over for JG unless an injury occurs. Yeah, we’ll be crushed by Bama but you have to give the freshman reps to the end of the season. At the end of season, then you can evaluate him. Obviously, coaches don’t think JT or BM is it.

I won't believe it until I see it. Nothing Pruitt has shown so far has said hes done with JG as a QB.

 

[Bigorange123]

Slant u. Blue font

 

[BreatheUT]

We're worse than the Butch Jones era....loaded w 4 stars and 5 stars and THIS happens? Total humiliation. Thanks Pruitt. Go back to Bama.

Well you don't have to worry because he is closing with several 3 stars this year. You only have a window to start producing before people think you can't coach.

 

[MeanOrange]

Another embarrassing Saturday. We have to admit it.

We have a head coach who is absolutely too bull-headed to change.

We have an Offensive Coordinator whose play-calling is the worst in the SEC; possibly the nation.

We have a Quarterback coach who has taken JG from a questionable QB to a Junior College QB.

Do they change anything? NO. Total disgust.

THERE ARE NO EXCUSES ACCEPTABLE. EITHER THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT, OR THEY DON'T. AT THIS POINT - THEY ARE PROVING THEY DON'T.

You are being nice calling JG a Jr. college QB. More like high school or pee wee.

 

[DownTheField]

Calm down. Consider this: our JV squad is set to go undefeated this year in Sunday night scrimmages. The future is bright.

 

[CoachMatt]

I will not attend or watch another Vols game , Im sick and tired of being sick and tired!!

 

[EODVOL]

Getting snaps in a Sunday scrimmage with a bunch of other freshmen and 4th stringers after the third game of the season is not adequate preparation for any QB.

Keep making excuses. Any real competitor will want to play no matter the circumstance. Adversity defines a man, as we see with JG.

 

[BreatheUT]

Safe to say we're out of the top 25. Lol.

Yeah you can forget that for the rest of the year.

 

[Creekcat]

7 points last 6 quarters. Didn't realize that until post game show. So how many points did you score against Kentucky? That would make a great video on that SEC Short channel.

 

[VolArmy74]

I won't believe it until I see it. Nothing Pruitt has shown so far has said hes done with JG as a QB.

ESPN reporter on post game show "JG is still our guy." - Pruitt.

 

[C-south]

Yeah, I’d have liked to see him try to stick one into a tight window on 4th, show off the arm, take a chance. But I like him under center the rest of the way. No question.

If he is believed to be the future then absolutely.

 

[2GeeZ4VolZ]

Defense pitches a shutout and we still lose cuz of pick 6s

But they didn’t. We can’t defend a slant, can’t get off the field on 3rd and long. Can’t stay onside, can’t force turnovers, can’t stop the run, can’t sack the QB, can’t get lined up pre-snap, can’t defend a pass in the air...none of these things are due to the absolute **** show on offense. They’re just getting a pass because of the **** show on offense. We are not good on either side of the ball. Bad coaching. Plain and simple. And I put quite a bit of the bad qb play on Chaney. Starting to look like UGA fans that were excited about him leaving might have been right. Case in point, JT Shrout should not have been throwing in the shadow of his own goal-post, especially not a deep combo out route. Stupidity of the highest order.

 

[kbear01]

Commentator said Pruitt said he couldn't waste his time on a 4th string QB when referring to Bailey.

If that's true Pruitt is definitely the problem and should be let go. That's stupid.

That's a bad look for coach, and future QB prospects.

 

[LucidZ]

I was making my statement based on what you said the given drive. Now if you think he Will be more composed under greater pressure.. like maybe next week...then it's an opinion either way and will say maybe..m we will see...

Well, yeah, I'd say Bama is a completely different beast. I just don't really have any faith in JG, it's time to move on. Out of the QB's on our roster right now, I think we should be giving Bailey more reps. I just get a different feeling about him than I do JG. I've watched him playing ball in HS. To me he has more leadership qualities to him than JG does. We need a leader again at QB. Someone who is going to be vocal and can deal with the pressure. I'm not just talking about defensive pressure, but the pressure of playing in big moments. Or even just the mental strength to continue on when things get bad. I just don't see that with JG. I've gotten pretty good at reading people because of the way I grew up. I was always an observant person, rather than someone who talked a lot. When I watch JG and they get close ups of him I get a chance to really see what he's feeling. From body language to communication. When they show those close ups after, say, he gets sacked. I just see his mind racing and him looking around a lot...like he's not really focused. That and it seems like he talks less and less the more he gets that way. I don't really see him as the sort of field general we often expect from QB's.

 

[BeardedVol]

Keep making excuses. Any real competitor will want to play no matter the circumstance. Adversity defines a man, as we see with JG.

LOL, a true freshman who was delayed getting on campus even during a pandemic, and didn't get a spring or fall camp, or even any first team reps in practice prior to going into the 4th game of the season?

Thats what you call "excuses"?

 

[TheVolsFrog]

ESPN reporter on post game show "JG is still our guy." - Pruitt.

And thats a problem. JG knows no matter how bad he plays he's still going to start or if benched be brought back in for the remainder of the game