Dabo ran his mouth this week about Tennessee “eating burgers” and forgetting you have to “show up and play the game” against South Carolina.
And promptly showed up and lost at home to South Carolina today.
Josh Heupel getting Tennessee to
#6
in the final CFB Playoff ranking in Year 2 after the mess he inherited is one of the best coaching jobs I can remember.
This father-son duo of Phillies fans who retrieved Freddie Freeman's home run ball and then gave it to a young
#Braves
fan in a Freeman jersey are what baseball is all about.
Alabama and Georgia playing for a national title in Atlanta could only be made more southern if they poured sweet tea into the Gatorade buckets on the sidelines.
Tennessee is now a
#2
seed AT WORST. Should be under consideration for a
#1
seed. And Joe Lunardi just said they remain behind Auburn and Kentucky “because they were behind them in pecking order all year so head to head doesn’t matter.” Is that a serious argument?
My advice to Tennessee fans or any fanbase for that matter. Don’t let the opinions of others shape your memory of a team. If you love a group and enjoyed watching all of their games, the season is a success. Define it however you want.
When this happened in Knoxville, media wanted a congressional investigation into all fans wearing orange. When it happens anywhere else, media bashes officiating. Weird how that works.
The last time Tennessee and Texas were involved in a “loser goes home” scenario, Volunteers from Tennessee saved Texas from being claimed by Mexico in 1846.
My end of the season Top 4. Criteria: The 4 teams I believe to be the best in College Football in 2022.
1) Georgia
2) Ohio State
3) Tennessee
4) Alabama
Tennessee fans have a reason to be righteously angry with NCAA watching LSU and Will Wade play with a fully NCAA eligible roster while the Vols’ lone 7;1 low post presence remains ineligible.
STRANGE officiating in the Tennessee game. And I’m afraid that Austin Peay has received their last check from the Vols after their behavior in this one.
Another crazy thought: Tennessee finishes the season 2 awful “forward progress” calls (Ole Miss, Purdue) and an egregious spot (Pitt) away from 10-3 in Heupel’s 1st season.
Tennessee just fired 9 people because of recruiting violations.
Meanwhile Will Wade and Bill Self are still employed by their respective schools. That has to mean something to NCAA. If it doesn’t, then why would anyone ever care about what NCAA thinks ever again?
Jalin Hyatt is going to be an interesting case study. I’m convinced he could make more money next year at Tennessee than he can in Year One as a late 1st Round pick. His decision to stay or go is an interesting one.
I can’t stand how college basketball broadcasts have turned into two guys discussing whatever they want because they are at home. Call the game. The game in front of you is what your viewers are watching.
I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its being used to create more hate -This isn’t about one officer. it’s about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY
It’s not Mark Stoops fault that his brother fired Josh Heupel but it appears that he will have to pay for his brother’s sin as long as he plays Tennessee annually.
Tyler Herro made the mistake of publicly saying Tennessee was “scared” of PJ Washington. This Tennessee team is “scared” of no one and just dominated Kentucky in Knoxville.
The
#Titans
got rid of AJ Brown to draft a younger, cheaper version of AJ Brown and avoided an enormous contract extension this year or next. I actually like the move.
If Tennessee is losing to South Carolina in year 3 under Pruitt, I’ll be concerned. But I’m not concerned about tonight. He took a broken group of players and played Muschamp to the wire on the road. Things will improve.
I’m glad Josh Heupel punched another score in late with his back-ups to score 60+ on Mizzou. Vols need style points. If Eli has a problem with it, Tennessee should go ahead and put 60+ on them next season for a 3rd straight year.
Hilarious that Greg Schiano is essentially getting demoted at Ohio State and a little over a month ago some college football writers tried to paint Tennessee fans as the crazy ones for not wanting him as HC. They are remarkably silent tonight.
Tennessee being ranked behind Bama makes no sense and everyone not in Crimson knows it.
But I don’t care because I much prefer a Tennessee-Clemson match-up in Orange Bowl as opposed to 11am kick-off against K-State in the Sugar.
A lot of people had fun at the expense of Tennessee and their defense a week ago and understandably so. This is how you respond. Terrific statement from this program tonight and they are doing it short handed.
The amount of fanbases that had worse seasons than Tennessee jumping in my mentions right now shows me Tennessee has a real opportunity to build on this season even after this disastrous night. They got in a lot of heads in 2022.
Incredible season for Tennessee comes to an end with wins over Florida, Alabama, LSU, and Clemson. Best offense in school history and most wins since 2001. Not bad. Josh Heupel has been a godsend.
We took a chance and bet on ourselves. Clay believed and doubled down on us. Now, one of the biggest media companies in the world bet on
@Outkick
. Time to get to work and make sure these bets pay off
Man I just hate that middle Tennessee sporting goods stores won’t be stocking their shelves with Bama National Championship gear for all of the Crimson Tide fans living in Tennessee to purchase tonight and tomorrow... Shoot.
Now seems like an appropriate time to thank first responders everywhere and especially those currently working for all of us in Nashville. And they are doing so on Christmas morning away from their families.
Come on,
@cbfowler
. Did you watch the video? Do you think he was “in danger” from the young woman? How did EVERY other Alabama player and coach get to locker room without incident? Use logic. Ridiculous regurgitation.
A timely reminder.
Tennessee- Won huge games with nation’s
#1
offense. Beat Bama. 2 losses.
Alabama- 2 losses but lost better.
Advantage- Alabama
Signed, CFB Playoff Committee
And on here, a national writer tried to convince himself and everyone else that a Defensive Coordinator that ultimately couldn’t hold on to his own assistant job was a great hire for a program in the Top 15 all-time in wins.
I’ll go ahead and say what most Americans are thinking but are too blinded by party affiliation to admit.
The best thing for this country is for Joe Biden AND Donald Trump to step aside in 2024.
It’s ironic that the school that the NCAA praised for setting the gold standard for cooperation in a previous investigation is going to be the one that destroys them.
I get so tired of people moving to Tennessee from other places and instructing everyone here on how we are idiots. I would move north to do the same but no one leaves Tennessee for the places these complainers abandoned.
I don’t buy that there are 216 better football players than Jauan Jennings in this Draft but he was just taken 217th by the 49ers.
And he is about to prove every other team wrong or die trying.
The only thing that would make this sweeter for Vols fans is if Phillip Fulmer marched the Beer Barrel through the crowd and planted it on the Tennessee sideline.
Jaylen McCollough cleared to play for Tennessee after other side of the assault claim comes out. The one-sided account never quite added up. Great reporting by
@TreyWallace_
breaking this story for
@Outkick
.
I hate Florida completely. Only die hard sports fans understand this hatred. This is a great day for me. Enjoy your weekend, everyone. I’m going to enjoy mine.