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Keller Chryst did not make a case to start over Guarantano if both are healthy, but he did show the importance of the Vols getting him to transfer from Stanford for this season. And he will give this team a chance if necessary.
Even that Vols defense, overmatched from the first snap, kept playing in front of a crowd of 97,087 that started thinning after the Tide scored a quick 28 in the first 11 minutes. Down 37 points in the third quarter, Phillips grabbed a batted Jalen Hurts pass and returned it for a touchdown. Good for the Hillsboro grad and son of TSU athletic director Teresa Phillips.
So thatās Tennessee. Somehow worthy of feeling OK about things after a 37-point loss and record-setting point allowance to a rival. And the rest of college football? Youāre playing for second place.
Donāt give me Clemson, donāt give me Ohio State and please ā please! ā donāt make us watch Notre Dame lose by 40 to these guys. LSU? Theyāll get destroyed at home by Nick Sabanās crew in two weeks. Michigan? A rising playoff contender and the best defense in college football, but it would be made to look like a maize-and-blue sieve by Tua and Co.
He actually had an off day by his standards Saturday, finishing 19 for 29 for 306 yards and four touchdowns, a quarterback rating of 199.7. Thatās well below the nation-leading 248.1 he brought to the game. He actually missed high on a couple of open receivers and nearly threw his first interception of the season (the touchdown-to-pick ratio is now 25 to 0, by the way).
He also threw touchdown passes to Jaylen Waddle and Henry Ruggs III that were so well-placed, it looked like someone was controlling the football with a remote control and gently placing it into the receiversā hands. Perhaps the work of an omnipotent robot.
You can spend a good hour going through Alabama offensive numbers in search of the most ridiculous one, and I think I found it. According to Alabama assistant athletic director Josh Maxsonās game notes, receiver Jerry Jeudy came into the game averaging 4.6 yards PER PASS ROUTE RUN. I mean, 27 yards a catch is great, but think about that: Alabama is essentially guaranteed a first down on any series in which Jeudy just goes out for a pass twice.
"They're showing the world that you can make something happen with great weapons," Tennessee safety Nigel Warrior said of the Crimson Tide, which is as close as a player is going to get to being frank about an opponent's greatness in the wake of a loss like this.
No one is beating this Alabama team. No one is coming close. And that stinks for everyone who isnāt an Alabama fan. But maybe next year when backup quarterback Jalen Hurts is somewhere else and the offensive line has to be rebuilt and Damien Harris is gone and all thatās left is Tua and all those receivers and Josh Jacobs and Najee Harrisā¦
Deep sigh, college football. āLike a Prayerā was a hit for Madonna. It's also a fair description of this sportās chances of avoiding the oncoming Bama repeat and three-peat.
The Vols will survive. But it's over for college football ā Alabama's too good.
Even that Vols defense, overmatched from the first snap, kept playing in front of a crowd of 97,087 that started thinning after the Tide scored a quick 28 in the first 11 minutes. Down 37 points in the third quarter, Phillips grabbed a batted Jalen Hurts pass and returned it for a touchdown. Good for the Hillsboro grad and son of TSU athletic director Teresa Phillips.
So thatās Tennessee. Somehow worthy of feeling OK about things after a 37-point loss and record-setting point allowance to a rival. And the rest of college football? Youāre playing for second place.
Donāt give me Clemson, donāt give me Ohio State and please ā please! ā donāt make us watch Notre Dame lose by 40 to these guys. LSU? Theyāll get destroyed at home by Nick Sabanās crew in two weeks. Michigan? A rising playoff contender and the best defense in college football, but it would be made to look like a maize-and-blue sieve by Tua and Co.
He actually had an off day by his standards Saturday, finishing 19 for 29 for 306 yards and four touchdowns, a quarterback rating of 199.7. Thatās well below the nation-leading 248.1 he brought to the game. He actually missed high on a couple of open receivers and nearly threw his first interception of the season (the touchdown-to-pick ratio is now 25 to 0, by the way).
He also threw touchdown passes to Jaylen Waddle and Henry Ruggs III that were so well-placed, it looked like someone was controlling the football with a remote control and gently placing it into the receiversā hands. Perhaps the work of an omnipotent robot.
You can spend a good hour going through Alabama offensive numbers in search of the most ridiculous one, and I think I found it. According to Alabama assistant athletic director Josh Maxsonās game notes, receiver Jerry Jeudy came into the game averaging 4.6 yards PER PASS ROUTE RUN. I mean, 27 yards a catch is great, but think about that: Alabama is essentially guaranteed a first down on any series in which Jeudy just goes out for a pass twice.
"They're showing the world that you can make something happen with great weapons," Tennessee safety Nigel Warrior said of the Crimson Tide, which is as close as a player is going to get to being frank about an opponent's greatness in the wake of a loss like this.
No one is beating this Alabama team. No one is coming close. And that stinks for everyone who isnāt an Alabama fan. But maybe next year when backup quarterback Jalen Hurts is somewhere else and the offensive line has to be rebuilt and Damien Harris is gone and all thatās left is Tua and all those receivers and Josh Jacobs and Najee Harrisā¦
Deep sigh, college football. āLike a Prayerā was a hit for Madonna. It's also a fair description of this sportās chances of avoiding the oncoming Bama repeat and three-peat.
The Vols will survive. But it's over for college football ā Alabama's too good.
