The Official #24/#18 Tennessee vs. Syracuse Game Thread, 12:00 PM ET, ABC

[NOLAPhil]

If injuries were td's we'd be over 70 pts

 

[Go47]

Defense - outside of TFL - is very suspect. Can’t stop the run between the tackles. Can’t get off the field on 3rd and long. Poor tackling.

 

[Sarms58]

They are 3-3 on 4th downs…

 

[jcvol87]

I miss smash mouth football, at this point I’d be ok with a player being ejected if he laid the wood to the qb, rn, or wr…

 

[Tin Man]

Neutral site kick off games allow for P4 OOC matchups w/o negotiated home and away (which adds an away game to each team’s schedule). Number of home games is important to every school.

 

[RAVOL]

S

Heupel seems to be treating this game like a 3rd scrimmage. Let’s hope it works out.

We got up 24 and we definitely lost some juice on both sides. Playing lots of subs. Boo had a chance to say im sorry to the fans and whiffs on the Sack

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Is Arion Carter back in at LB?

They reported he came back from the locker room.

 

[Hurley Mooncalf]

If we were playing Grorgia, a lot of defensive players that aren't playing this series would be in.

 

[joevols89]

They won 10 games last year the same as we did. They aren’t Chattanooga or Kent St and they have a good coach.

They also lost every major contributor. They won’t be reloading.

 

[BleedOrange81]

Boo Carter came up a little short ...as he has in spring

I don’t think he makes it all year.

 

[northknoxvol]

feels like we are just not putting them away

 

[ffemtp]

Damn we gonna have the water boy out there at this rate. What’s up with all the injuries on D?

 

[Go47]

They are 3-3 on 4th downs…

They have also converted several 3rd and longs.

 

[OmahaOmaha]

They are gonna score again.

 

[CPVOL]

We cannot be this bad on D

 

[VolunteerVFL]

How damaging would it be to lose this game

We're up by 18?...

 

[SmashMouth]

Kinda funny how all off season we were not in the least concerned (including me) about our defense and so worried about our offense!!! I love this stupid game.

GBO

haha...I picked Syracuse to score 3 points. I thought our defense would just spank them. Our offense looks really good though!

 

[G0V0LS33]

Not a fan up Heup play calling conservative when we get a lead. He scares me doing that

 

[BleedOrange81]

feels like we are just not putting them away

You can go all the way back to fulmer for that.

 

[Hunter10139]

I still dont know why we put our 4th string back in earlier

 

[Big Orange Captain]

They also lost every player. They won’t be reloading.

They play hard for their coach though and don’t quit.

 

[OrangeTsar]

The overreactions never fail week 1.

Until the clock says 0:00 it is never overreaction

 

[vegasvolfan]

This team needs focus and intensity for 4 qtrs

I think we are seeing the youth on the team.

 

[VawlDave]

I can’t believe I’m jealous of how Auburn put away Baylor

 

[87&91ALUM]

Now comes the drip, drip, drip of injuries and Cuse starting to catch up. We need a score next time we have the ball and wear their defense down.