The Official Tennessee vs. Purdue Music City Bowl Game Thread, 3:00 PM ET, ESPN

[VAVol85]

One of the top five worst calls I have ever seen by an officiating crew.

 

[cyclevol]

agree and agree. I thought Heupel mad a very bad call in OT. He should have taken the 3. It’s ok in the end because considering everything a good year But I didn’t like CJH decisions at the end of the game.

If we had scored then he's a genius. Personally I hate OT. I want to know in Regulation whether we win or lose. Just go for 2 after the last TD. Playing for OT is a loser mentality.

 

[WestTennesseeVol]

A lot of questions going into 2022

 

[sportsnut624]

Probably been said already but it’s so ironic that the same call that cost us the ole miss game costs us this one too

 

[BigALWiLson]

If the defensive coaches aren't replaced, this will be a common occurrence. Coach nothing but Hype has some learning to do. Pitiful play calling... It's his fault it got to overtime. 100% on him. Calling 2 bombs when 2 QB sneaks would've won it.

Are you stupid ? You do understand a deep route is in almost every play right ? Its up to his qb to make the right decisions... The routes were there not once but twice..... the pass wasnt

 

[BldnOrngNAtl]

The no call PI would of made the fg attempt at the end of regular time makable and the call on our last offensive play of the game were atrocious and inexcusable in that stage of the game!

 

[AdoptedVOL]

Wasn't Fant literally pulling him into the endzone?

Pushing is legal. I'm pretty sure pulling a runner forward isn't.

I was wondering the same. I’m thinking the push is now allowed but I really don’t know.

 

[golfballs]

How is forward progress stopped when you are still able to move the ball forward and the whistle hasn’t blown

 

[malibuvol]

Hey at least South Carolina knows how to win lol

Mack Brown didn't know what day it was...LOL

 

[Dergibvol]

Same ref...but doesn't say progress was stopped.

 

[ButchPlz]

How is forward progress stopped when you are still able to move the ball forward and the whistle hasn’t blown

Magic.

 

[nalliszing]

Are those the same refs from the ol piss game?

Pretty sure, yeah.

 

[JohnWardForever]

Defense (or lack thereof) and refs lost this game

Gotta get some players on D. 45 is plenty to win.

 

[usagary]

Should of never came down to the refs

True but it was SO bad this game the refs interjected themselves into a close game. You can’t avoid that when they do that.

 

[gr82batnvol]

And of course our fans are going cry about everything. Dude threw 3 picks and we lost. We deserved to lose. Yall are pathetic guys wth

Oh yeah and officiating had nothing to do with it: Learn football.

 

[I Love Lamp]

The NCAA claiming that forward progress is stopped when the ref determines forward progress is stopped vs when the whistle is blown is a slippery slope and dangerous for the NCAA to hang their hat on.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I am typically not a blame the refs guy, but man, those refs sure looked like they wanted UT to lose. From start to finish. That was awful.

 

[Vol8188]

Poor game management there. We should have kicked a FG. Damn..

Not if your defense can’t get a stop

 

[nomads-11]

Defense has light years to make up, but if you get 3 pics you ought to win the game with your highly touted offense. And the offense left what, 3-4 TDs in the field? CJH gonna have to hone some of his situational play calling in combination with the timeouts left. Some of the calls are in the WTF category.......a bit beyond just questionable.

 

[BeardedVol]

I hope these refs get explosive diarrhea tonight

Not just diarrhea, Brainerd diarrhea.

 

[overseasorange2]

Tired of it coming down to refs. We got to play better so that doesn’t happen.

Let's just kill the refs

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Yeah, it was this guy. The ACC version of Marc Curles

Miami: ACC acknowledged other blown calls at Duke
Miami: ACC acknowledged other blown calls at Duke


Much like Curles, he's been suspended multiple times for incompetence. Like you seriously can't make this sh-t up if you tried.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Should of never came down to the refs

Yep. Never a good idea to put the outcome in the hands of an official.

 

[Bigorange123]

That may be the stupidest thing I’ve ever read. You don’t think Tennessee wanted to win. You don’t think UGA wanted to win the SEC championship.

its a bowl game…why did our players not play in the bowl game. These bowl games don’t matter genius

 

[PNW Huskie]

Doesn’t matter Vol fans. We are on the way up, things looking as good as they have in a long while! At least it feels that way to me.