The Official Johnny Majors Classic Game Thread: #24 Tennessee @ #17 Pittsburgh, 3:30 PM ET, ABC

[ETV]

Where are all the hand wringers now?

no sarcasm either or you’re labeled a nega.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I only have audio right now. Where was the breakdown?

Banks lost in coverage.

 

[A Typical Vol Fan]

Cant figure out who sucks more: Banks or Martinez

 

[TennVols12]

Who did he leap over?

Flowers

 

[zeppelin128]

Getting really f****** old being on the receiving end of SportsCenter highlights.

 

[B-Stizzy]

With how the pressure is getting there the DBs need to press up more. At least mix it up. This 5 yard cushion is too easy.

 

[KeyVol14]

Have to play man if your going to blitz

 

[Wezcoast]

Our hits on Slovis don't seem to be phasing him yet. Maybe as the game wears on, but he's cool as a cucumber right now.

* ut oh, bleeding finger

 

[Caz]

Just an observation and some may say we are negative, but this defense has got to get fixed and someone needs to be held accountable for this mess!

 

[Frozevol]

So where’s Bru?

 

[Peyton Berry]

The pass coverage has been non existent. Defense getting exposed big time. Most of the time there’s not anyone within 5 yards of the receiver
doesnt matter that we keep getting pressure if we can’t even guard quick passes.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

Tim banks is awful he was awful last year when we were historically bad on 3rd down

 

[Nationdom]

not sure where you’re seeing that???

Look at the recruiting rankings from the last 4 years

 

[vavolfan6]

Well, everyone said we needed to get to the QB and apply pressure. We're getting there just a half second too late. One of these pressures will pay off for us.

We are getting there immediatley...cany get there any quickly...DBs need to hold up

 

[HighRockvol]

Their QB is killing is when we blitz. He’s good. Not really a Coach Banksvisdue when that happens.

We make average qb look like world beaters

 

[BigALWiLson]

If we get beat playing man and blitzing im good but we gotta try something at this point

 

[vanillagorilla]

On a positive note, I'm not sure Pitt's QB can keep taking those hits. The negative side of that is the backup will look like a Heisman finalist.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

D is worse than last year and so is the offense. Losing evans, Payton and Jones is huge.

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

It’s on banks y’all. Zone coverage after a blitz, play man and give our guys a chance to play. Zone isn’t working obviously

 

[VOLifornia]

In hindsight, maybe it would have been better to tackle the guy.

underrated post! Maybe we should learn how to just wrap up! Been one of the biggest problems our program has had for years on the defensive side of the ball. SMH.

We still have this game but the weaknesses are glaring. #GBO

 

[LittleVol]

I think that was Banks man

He's been lost all game...
Didn't look good last week either

 

[Voltopia]

Man, I want UT to be featured more frequently in the College Gameday into video package - but not like THAT.

 

[Vol8188]

Is it Tim Banks' scheme or the players?

Players 100%. T Banks is doing a great job of creating pressure, but J Banks has no clue where he is

 

[orangerush]

Defense is no better than last year. Zero impact players. I’m not a fan of Coach Banks. I quess there’s always next year.

 

[PalmettoStateVol]

I'm still trying to find the sunshine pumpers......