The Unofficial Tennessee @ South Carolina Game Thread, 7:30pm ET, SEC Network

[esarmstrong]

Why is this the case? 4 trips in there by South Carolina and 4 touchdowns. I'll hang up & listen.

 

[VolDomination]

This staff just doesn't make good in game decisions.

 

[90 Vol]

Unbelievable. Horrible D. It gonna win like this. Butch better go all out in the 4th.

We're not going to win this game. They're shutting down our run game.

 

[biganbad]

These games make my chest tightin up,,,,,, should I be worried,,,,,,, dang

 

[white65]

I'd be surprised if we don't cave it in here. Better get the buses warmed up.

 

[vols72]

OK what's happened to the d

 

[vols 30]

Must score this drive, because we are not likely going to stop them anymore without some luck.

 

[87Vol]

Scared coaching

Bingo. Butch has no guts. Spurrier on the other hand goes for it on 4th on his own 40. Butch needs to take some coaching lessons from the 'ol ball coach !

 

[Orange And Garnet]

the game IS NOT OVER! goodness people we have an entire quarter to play!

 

[uttom300]

Why isn't Dobbs running anymore?

 

[Underachievers]

Not sure this team deserves a bowl game.

 

[jimallvol]

So tired of Tenn finding ways to lose

I agree! This staff will find every way in the world to lose a game. Im really starting to wonder about Butch and his coaching abilities in a game

 

[volinduval]

Momentum is gone. It's like this coaching staff loves giving it away. Doesn't Butch read the Maxim's to the players every game?

 

[checkerboard03]

Tl;dr - people calling Butch a coward are right.

"Most coaches either punt or attempt a field goal, if they’re in range. Rarely ever do they go for it on fourth down. But the NYT 4th Down Bot says that’s a mistake. The bot “uses thousands of N.F.L. plays since 2000 to calculate the average number of points each situation is worth.” So the bot figures out the potential payoff for each situation, evaluating the risk versus reward for a team’s decision. The payoff is based on “expected points,” which “assigns a single point value to any game situation, based on how likely a team is to score from that field position.” And what the NYT 4th Down Bot found was that coaches overrated the risk for situations and underrated the rewards. In other words: they’re cowards."

From
Should Football Teams Go For it On 4th Down? This Chart Tells You - Mic

 

[IluvdoubleD's]

Hilarious, One score down and a quarter to go, volition breaking out the nooses.

 

[25801VOL]

3rd and 1 in the shotgun turns into 3rd and 7 from the shotgun. Stupid. We deserve to lose with the decisions that are being made.

 

[BigOrangeD]

If you keep running the exact same play, SC and their coaches are gonna adjust to it.

Like we adjusted to their option....

 

[utvolkyle06]

Sometimes being a VOL fan is the CFB version of battered wife syndrome.

 

[Caleb]

What happened to our defense?

 

[armchair]

The guy was wide open! How do you let a guy who's been killing you all night get wide open?

 

[orangegrass]

Why is the secondary playing so much zone? Play man!!!

 

[vol4eva]

This team just can't get over the hump.

 

[qb19]

Well the way I see it were losing....risky calls are beating us you do the math

Yep, we should have gone for it instead of kicking the field goal.

And Spurrier is very fortunate we arm tackle and miss in the backfield

Hindsight is, of course, 20/20.
:hi:

 

[butler5]

We have Went from a One Deminsional Pass offense with Worley to Almost a One Deminsional Run offense

 

[joevol33]

We're gonna get conservative here. This stinks.