📡 Tennessee's loss to Georgia State is worst in modern era of UT Vols football - Knox News

[50+yeartidefan]

They are the luckiest sob’s I’ve ever seen.

They really are....
1....oregon drops a wide open pass in end zone....then misses a exrra point distance FG....
2.....oregon fumbles at 3...AU pocks it up and runs 90 yatds with ball....FG...possible 10 point swing...
Thats AU football.....glad i aint around no AU fans this week...
Their QB.....is going to be a. Star though....

 

[TerryP]

Their QB.....is going to be a. Star though....

Ok, that's a week one overreaction. Sure, he led the last drive for the game winning touchdown...on a pass that was underthrown and likely should have been picked.

Claiming he's going to be a star when we're looking at is this:



Less than a 42% completion rate and he's about to face at least four teams with a better defense than Oregon, likely five if we add A&M. (UA, UGA, UF, and LSU all have better defenses.)

All the caveats inserted into this conversation (true frosh, etc.) and I'm still left saying, "hold up, we haven't seen anything to support 'going to be a star.'"

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Ok, that's a week one overreaction. Sure, he led the last drive for the game winning touchdown...on a pass that was underthrown and likely should have been picked.

Claiming he's going to be a star when we're looking at is this:

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Less than a 42% completion rate and he's about to face at least four teams with a better defense than Oregon, likely five if we add A&M. (UA, UGA, UF, and LSU all have better defenses.)

All the caveats inserted into this conversation (true frosh, etc.) and I'm still left saying, "hold up, we haven't seen anything to support 'going to be a star.'"

The barn is going to be a damn good football team as the weeks go by. I was impressed with the tackling of the barn LBers and DB for the punished the Ducks time and time again. The barn QB played thru mistakes over and over and he kept playing until the end. Oregon shit the bed in the 1st half when they failed to score more points when they had the barn on the ropes.

 

[TerryP]

@JoseyWalesTheOutlaw, the linebackers had horrible run fits last night and that's a large part of the reason their defensive line looked suspect. There are three new guys starting in their linebacking corps and none of them are as good as they have had in the past. Their defensive backs have experience, but what kind of experience? They were lackluster last year, over rated this year.

And that's not even mentioning the fact that Auburn was playing Oregon's two's and three's in their wide receiving corps. Three didn't suit up.



A team can be 8-4 in today's era and still be a top 15 team. By no means does that translate to a "damn good football team." In fact, Gus confirmed that last night when he said, "we're one of the best football teams in the country."

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

@JoseyWalesTheOutlaw, the linebackers had horrible run fits last night and that's a large part of the reason their defensive line looked suspect last night. There are three new guys starting in their linebacking corps and none of them are as good as they have been. Their defensive backs have experience, but what kind of experience? They were lackluster last year, over rated this year.

And that's not even mentioning the fact that Auburn was playing Oregon's two's and three's in their wide receiving corps. Three didn't suit up.

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Try and imagine what Bama's game vs Duke would have been had #13 been unable to play. Everybody has good players so you better be ready to play at your best each week.

 

[TerryP]

Try and imagine what Bama's game vs Duke would have been had #13 been unable to play. Everybody has good players so you better be ready to play at your best each week.

That's impossible to know but seeing as how Mac went 4 for 5 I'd say Bama would have churned right along. 42 points? Maybe not, but 32-36 isn't out of the question at all. He had fewer sacks than Tua.

We as a fan base are through one game; even less than that with Najee this season and you're already writing him off. In another breath you're suggesting Auburn is a damn good football team. All I"m saying is "it's been one game."

The only event with the Tide we learn less from are scrimmages. At least under Shula people waited until Arkansas.

 

[TerryP]

Everybody has good players so you better be ready to play at your best each week.

Using your comment to change the subject a bit ...

How bad was Gatewood if we're looking at what Nix did and then think back to how Gus gushed over him a week or so ago.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Ok, that's a week one overreaction. Sure, he led the last drive for the game winning touchdown...on a pass that was underthrown and likely should have been picked.

Claiming he's going to be a star when we're looking at is this:

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Less than a 42% completion rate and he's about to face at least four teams with a better defense than Oregon, likely five if we add A&M. (UA, UGA, UF, and LSU all have better defenses.)

All the caveats inserted into this conversation (true frosh, etc.) and I'm still left saying, "hold up, we haven't seen anything to support 'going to be a star.'"

Well. Metrics are fine. I watched the guy. He was playing high school football last year.
And now playing s a top $$ team. He looked to me as he has the qualities that stars have.
He has the "it" factor.
I hate AU as much as anyone
Hope he doesn't develop. But ..........

 

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[mando]

Gus is a moron and Auburn sucks. Include Fulmer in the moron/sucks category as well. Now I feel better

 

[Max]

Tennessee football: Is Jeremy Pruitt truly a head coach?
Dave Hooker Dave Hooker 7 mins ago Tags: Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee Volunteers

Jeremy Pruitt has been a head coach at Tennessee for exactly 13 games. It’s time to wonder if he’s in over his head.

Tennessee’s shocking 38-30 loss to Georgia State on Saturday was one of the most embarrassing games in school history. The Vols lacked any sufficient answers for a team that oddsmakers thought wasn’t even close to a serious threat. The Vols, 25-point favorites at home, looked outcoached and outsmarted for the vast majority of the contest.

It’s not as if Georgia State won in some sort of fluky manner. The Panthers were simply better. They controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball for 60 minutes. They were more creative when it came to running misdirection plays on offense and blitzes on defense. They were the better-coached team — and that was blatantly obvious.

And it wasn’t even close.

Had this been Pruitt’s first season, maybe Saturday’s loss would have been acceptable. One could argue that he was still in the process of changing the culture at Tennessee, that it wasn’t yet his team, etc. However, those cliches don’t hold up in Year 2. Pruitt has had time to put his stamp on UT’s football program, and it looked pathetically weak on Saturday.

Everyone lauded Pruitt for landing Jim Chaney as his offensive coordinator. The Vols had supposedly snatched Chaney away from one of UT’s top rivals, Georgia. Sure, Chaney is a proven offensive coach, but it looked like the Vols got damaged goods from Athens on Saturday against Georgia State.

UT’s offense had no identity and no big-play threat. The Vols had far more pop in their offense last year under former offensive coordinator Tyson Helton. Remember him? Helton was the coach that was pushed aside by Pruitt. Well, that castoff was good enough to be hired as the head coach at Western Kentucky.

Pruitt’s team lacked any sort of fire against Georgia State. With a weak schedule and another year under Pruitt, the Vols should have been energetic and hungry for a resurgent season. Instead, they were inept and desperate that fate would keep them from a disastrous opener.

That didn’t happen.

Pruitt looked equally as inept as a head coach this week when questioned about suspended defensive back Bryce Thompson. Pruitt played the “ongoing investigation” card when asked about Thompson’s history of domestic issues with women. No matter your stance on what should happen to Thompson and how he should be dealt with, Pruitt sounded more like a team manager than a head coach.

Tennessee’s fan support — or lack thereof — on Saturday further puts Pruitt’s future in jeopardy. Forget the announced crowd. Neyland Stadium had about 70,000 fans for a home opener, which was supposed to be a celebratory win over an inferior opponent. Apparently the masses knew what was coming. When there are 30,000-soemthing empty seats, that’s a bad, bad look. And it might get worse.

The Vols didn’t seem to have a daunting nonconference schedule before Saturday. UT should have had four guaranteed wins against Georgia State, BYU, Chattanooga and UAB. So much for sure things. Based on their performance on Saturday, the Vols will be lucky to go 2-2 in those games. As for conference games, you don’t want to hear about that.

Pruitt’s job security at UT has two important facets that can’t be ignored. First, the Vols need stability after the last decade of coaching changes. Second, the Vols probably can’t hire a more proven coach until they show their program is on better footing. So Pruitt isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

I’ve long thought that Pruitt would raise Tennessee’s program to a level of respectability — as in eight or nine wins per season. Then, a tough decision would have to be made if he could make UT elite again.

Now, however, I have a new set of questions.

First, can Pruitt even properly motivate a team and prepare it against anyone? Being outcoached against Alabama, Georgia or Florida is one thing, but being outcoached by Georgia State’s Shawn Elliott — a longtime South Carolina assistant — is quite another. Let’s not forget that Georgia State only won TWO GAMES last year, so this is not some mid-major powerhouse.

Second, has Pruitt been pushed into the deep end too quickly? Based on Saturday it appears that he’s sinking fast.

 

[TerryP]

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[#80]

I don't know who has the most delusional fans them or the boogers. To think CNS planted him there is pathetic they are not even on our radar.
I wish he was still in T-town calling the defensive.

 

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[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Using your comment to change the subject a bit ...

How bad was Gatewood if we're looking at what Nix did and then think back to how Gus gushed over him a week or so ago.

I don't believe Gatewood can throw the ball well enough to be the man thus Nix got the call. Nix has the potential to be a playa for sure. He sure has the mindset to keep playing even when he shit the bed time after time. With that said I hope he's played his best game ever for the barn but that is just wishful thinking from my seat.

Oh and on #22....you could que up most every rushing attempt by him for his 3 years and you will see the same MO on every attempt. I do think having to stand in the shotgun alongside of #13 to start his rush isn't helping the kid. Perhaps he would be better out of the I but that isn't going to happen in Titletown.

 

[TerryP]

Perhaps he would be better out of the I but that isn't going to happen in Titletown.

We saw some I-formation with Kaho at fullback Saturday in the red zone so I think it's safe to assume it's in the playbook.

I really wasn't listening to the commentary during the game but based on some reactions I saw around the 'net I'm assuming one of those guys said it was Mac Jones at FB.

Fans don't like the "tip-toeing" and I get that, fully. Saturday isn't something I'm going to base my entire opinion upon for this season with Najee. There were times where he was bumping it outside because the interior had fallen apart. Others he was running into a run blitz. I saw numerous comments during and after the game about "hit the hole" and I was (and still am) asking "what hole?"

One point I haven't seen brought up is vision. Is he seeing a small seam and not being patient enough to allow it to become a hole? That, like OL play, comes from experience and knowing how your guys on the line are going to block. Hell, last Saturday it was more of a question of the guys on the line knowing who to block. (Part of that was Duke and their scheme, part of that was missed blocking calls on Owens.)

 

[MunchyOs]

I do not watch the barners so what kind of rabbit out of the hat did they pull off (I know the score)?

Oregon basically quit after they got up 21-3. The barn is NOTHING but a one man show who cashed in off of a poorly coached, undisciplined Oregon team. They will build the team around Cam Nix this year. His Heisman campaign has officially begun. It's fucking hilarious. Oh, and one of their classy RBs did the Heisman pose after the game

 

[bama alum]

Saw this on facebook and laughed!