The Official Tennessee vs. #1 Alabama Game Thread, 7:00pm ET, ESPN

[HoustonVOLfan]

WTF Dooley. 11 seconds, 2 time outs, 3rd down and a run play from 70 yds out?

Well I guess we could have thrown an incompletion shanked a punt or watched Bama take one 70 yards to the house and cried what an idiot Dooley is for not just running the clock out.

 

[VOLstuckinKY2]

Let me help you. What is/has Zach been known for among volnation? For dropping passes. Not complicated really.

What part of this season didn't you understand? Complicated for some.....

 

[orange4ever]

We do score more in the 2nd half this year.

 

[BigPapaVol]

I do not know about the team but posters like you suck for sure.

If you don't know about the current team, I'll wait for another opinion.

 

[Catbone]

Firing Dooley sets UT back 4 to 10 years.

Dooley will be next year. Get used to it.

Can we be set back anymore?

 

[UTProf]

Cooper? Hunter's mind is already in the draft it's pretty evident. Hopefully CP returns, Pig or Bowles can step up, plus Croom beasting at TE. D better, sh!t I just became the next year guy.

I think it's more having a baby which of course is making him think of how he's going to support his kid alongside all the new responsibilities of fatherhood that's effecting his play. He's got a lot more pressure on him now than he did before that happened.

 

[rjd970]

Where the hell is Pig?

 

[Gramps]

Firing Dooley sets UT back 4 to 10 years.

Dooley will be next year. Get used to it.

It would not with a very good hire.

 

[Thunndarr]

And he didn't call those last two timeouts either...give the man a break and a 4 year extension at half time. I mean, come on!

It's obvious the plan was to run out some clock and try for a big strike. If Hunter would have caught a routine pass, it was either a TD or on the 10 yard line with 30 seconds and 2 TOs left. Pretty good tactics, just not executed. And obviously, after the drop, the plan changed to just run out the clock.

 

[bnhunt]

Firing Dooley sets UT back 4 to 10 years.

Dooley will be next year. Get used to it.

Problem is keeping Dooley does the same thing!!!

 

[jackaro]

For a team that can't tackle, can't rush the quarterback, can't pass the ball, and can't kick, Tennessee is not doing that bad. *sigh* We are so far from where I want to be.

 

[governmentmule]

Let me help you. What is/has Zach been known for among volnation? For dropping passes. Not complicated really.

seems like they need to throw one or two,to him for sure,i hate when they are dropping the ball like that,in a huge play,almost a huge play that is

 

[tnvols72]

He would've had it if he had just called a timeout

he wasnt smart enough to figure that out.he is learning on the go.

 

[blackmon]

my only guess not using the TO's is cause bama had some left and he didn't want to leave any time left for them before the half...thats all I got and I still cannot believe hunter dropped that ball

The problem was throwing to Hunter on a critical play....

 

[SGMVols]

Firing Dooley sets UT back 4 to 10 years.

Dooley will be next year. Get used to it.

Yeah, just like canning Zook and Shula set Florida and Alabama back. Oh, wait...

 

[BigPapaVol]

Firing Dooley sets UT back 4 to 10 years.

Dooley will be next year. Get used to it.

There is no back from here.

 

[theutvolunteers]

Love it

 

[Dooby15]

Zach

Check your sarcasm meter.

 

[DooleyOrangePants]

Well I guess we could have thrown an incompletion shanked a punt or watched Bama take one 70 yards to the house and cried what an idiot Dooley is for not just running the clock out.

I'd rather that have happened if we had not scored rather than just staking it all on one big pass play to the one guy that hasn't really done much of anything at all this year.

At least we would have went down fighting. This is just scared coaching.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

It would be a different season if our receivers would catch the ball consistently.

 

[SpiritOfNeyland]

Get real. Fulmer had losing records two of his last three seasons. The league passed him by and without Cutcliffe he was lost.

Tennessee was competitive with everyone and we won the east his 2nd to last year.

His d-co was last year's unanimous top defensive coordinator, and our fans inability to support our coach contributed to his early forced exit. We're reaping what fans like you sowed. Now enjoy what your negativity has done to our school. Thanks.

 

[82_VOL_83]

You can blame our fanbase.

Firing Fulmer has relegated us to being a 2nd tier program.

All you Fulmer haters need to look at what you did.

More orange in the stadium tonight than Fulmer's last game against Bama.

 

[Thunndarr]

The problem was throwing to Hunter on a critical play....

Patterson and Hunter have both had problems with the droppsies. No third option really.

 

[m1al]

Our team is almost always lost and unprepared. We have talent but not the staff to put them in a position to win

Not in the same zip code as the talent we are facing tonite... Not even close..

We are middle of the pack in the SEC talent wise.. Combine that with below average coaching and you have....................

 

[orange4ever]

Well I guess we could have thrown an incompletion shanked a punt or watched Bama take one 70 yards to the house and cried what an idiot Dooley is for not just running the clock out.

We'll never know now will we?