The Official #5 Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Stephen Gray]

Will show some real resilience and maturity if we can settle down, play better, and pull this off after starting the way have.

 

[FLSTF-VOL]

Time for the defense to show up, man up, and have courage!!!

 

[mpfvol]

Have you told him yet?

I was just making an observation did not mean to hurt your feelings . My bad

 

[HighRockvol]

Have they called a single penalty against usc all night??

Maybe one Pi or defensive holding

 

[volnomnom]

Would you go for 2 there to make a 3 point game?

No, if we hold them to a fg it's a 7 pt game.

 

[BeardedVol]

Have they called a single penalty against usc all night??

Targeting, and one PI call that I recall at the moment.

 

[tvolsfan]

Nope. Will need more than 1

Agreed. 2-3 at minimum.

 

[Allvols98]

Have they called a single penalty against usc all night??

I believe one.

That's it.

Defender got there a little too early.

 

[Shakinthefat]

LOL

If I adjust my rabbit ears away from oak ridge it goes black and white

 

[Palmetto_Exiled]

Another defensive stop and the floodgates will open

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

Dont lie , when Hooker let that ball go, who thought the ball was going to be over thrown? I did

Not sure how you can watch Hooker all season and your first instinct is he’s going to miss the throw

 

[mackievol]

dear god how many commercials

 

[Volnbeers]

Hooker isn’t the only problem on the deep ball. Tillman isn’t making the adjustment to the ball. Begging for PI but not fight toward the ball. It’s a joke.

My question is….is Hyatt hurt? He’s lost like 3 steps

 

[Memphisvol87]

Hyatt needs to get out of this prove them wrong bs. He’s already done that. Now go play. They. Can’t. Guard. You

 

[Switch 625]

Get another stop here and it might turn out like the Mizzou game

 

[ftsandersvol]

that was the best defensive series of the night

The only defensive series of the night.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

I’m not sure Tillman is the same as he was before the injury.

After a high ankle sprain that required surgery, he is definitely not the same.

 

[Hopeful Vol]

Cmon D

 

[Delmar]

There have been a couple passes that have fallen near Tillman and it looks as though he has not made an effort to actually catch them. More worried about trying to draw the flag. I know he is being mugged. But reach for the ball.

To be fair, Hooker underthrew that last ball and it was behind Tillman.

 

[patrick]

Have they called a single penalty against usc all night??

Targeting and 1 offside i think.

 

[tntornadox]

Here we go with the mini-halftime commercial breaks again... why are there so many commercials tonight?

 

[cobbwebb0710]

**** the Heisman'.

Agreed!

 

[CAVPUT]

There have been a couple passes that have fallen near Tillman and it looks as though he has not made an effort to actually catch them. More worried about trying to draw the flag. I know he is being mugged. But reach for the ball.

He's just not right. I'd roll with Keyton. The defense is keying on Hyatt so Hooker needs to keep spreading the ball around. If Tillman isn't in there, he seems to do that. Wonder if that's hurting our tempo? We don't seem to be moving as quickly on offense either.

 

[Sarms58]

Agreed. He looks way slower

Yea, he can’t get separation from the DBs on those long routes down the sifpdelines…but he’s a hoss on the short crosses. He can be a possession receiver with his size and strength

 

[Vol737]

Middle of the field all night man

Exactly. And we can hit them in stride instead of these little curl routes to the sidelines. That doesn’t stretch their defense enough.