The Official Tennessee vs. Florida Game Thread, 7:00 PM ET, ESPN

[Remy]

He whiffed on one of the short yardage plays we needed too. I forget which.

3rd and 1

 

[amaralfan1]

I am absolutely fine with Pruitt and I already like him more than I did after Butch's first few games. That was the flukiest half of football I think i have ever watched. If Pruitt can get these guys calmed down on offense, I like our chances. We should be losing by so much more. The fact that we aren't shows me Pruitt is very competent.

 

[firestorm]

If I knew that would have been 1st half I would just wanted to get chased by Michael Myers to avoid the frustration of seeing remarkable self destruction and failure.

OD played vastly better than Vols, I know they can still play better in the 2nd half doesn't change that was a utter disgrace I'm talking throwing a Baseball wide left away from the plate.

 

[Freak]

No one booing the players, it's the play calling.

They don't know that.

 

[Berry4Heisman14]

We are going to get better, and when we do everyone will be happy!

I’ve been hearing this for a decade

 

[JohnD13]

Seriously as bad as it's been if not for Pope we'd still be in this game. The tape don't lie...

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

“What do you think of your team’s execution coach?” To which McKay replied, “I’m in favor of it.”

 

[Volswarm]

When is the last time we’ve come out of halftime and marched down the field for a td? We need that now.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Is Peyton there? Can we sneak him into a vol QB jersey and maybe do something!

Unless Cosey Coleman Trey Teague and some of the other guys are blocking for him he would be crippled.

 

[volfannbama]

So........are we better than Arkansas?

 

[HazMat]

No one booing the players, it's the play calling.

Wayland Smithers: "They're Saying Boo - urns"

 

[casetopia]

Has a SEC team ever gone winless in conference 2 years in a row?

Yes the 2018 vols

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

So........are we better than Arkansas?

No.

 

[SLICKYINC]

I thought it was a desperation call too

If it had worked everyone would be saying how great of a call it was. The Saints used it against Manning Colts in the super bowl and it totally turned that game around.

 

[ShoalCreekVol]

Agree, people who boo college students need to go visit a cancer ward at a children’s hospital for a little perspective

Looked on tv like they were booing the decision by the coaches, not the players

 

[lifeisdeep]

I have some ideas. I have heard of this thing that some college football teams do to try to improve, called practice. I have also heard of men who have good knowledge of how to play football being hired to teach the players how to play better so they can win games from time to time - I think they're called coaches? Maybe we could petition the NCAA for permission to practice and hire coaches? What do you guys think? I have read on the internet that we are one of the top-earning college football programs in the United States, so one would think we should be able to afford to do some things to improve. There seems to be a slight gap at the moment between our revenue and our product.

 

[CPVOL]

The team is bad. I get it. But you gotta admit that the play calling has been horrid. Calling run after run with this O line is simply bad coaching. That’s not on the players. That’s on Helton.

 

[LosingFaithVol]

Agree, people who boo college students need to go visit a cancer ward at a children’s hospital for a little perspective

most are probably booing the coaches.

 

[firestorm]

Ok Vols please make the damn game watchable play like Ferraris and Make the Gators throw the damn helmets because of a marvelous meltdown.

 

[orange4ever]

I don’t think the onside kick was desparation. Just trying to catch fla off guard. I think we should have thrown it long instead of taking a knee.

 

[give_him 6]

Pruitt hasn't really had to deal with adversity as a DC in the SEC like he is this season. We will see how he responds. Kicking the marker board isn't a good sign.

 

[RavinDave]

To my reckoning the Vols took 14 points off their own board and gave the gators 7 on the turnover. We could beat these guys if we played good football.

That what makes it so bad. Shooting ourselves in the foot on practically every possession.

 

[NYCVolunteer]

So........are we better than Arkansas?

They would probably smoke us right now.

 

[UTK]

So........are we better than Arkansas?

Yeah. But maybe the gap isn’t that wide. That’s for sure

 

[SLICKYINC]

They don't know that.

Most of them have no idea that we have a ton of recruits there either.