Tennessee Football: DOMINANT Win Over Oklahoma Has Recruiting BUZZING! | Instant Reaction!

[@MiriamDavis-lw2ud]

@On3 Recruits Hawkins looked better than Arnold. Yet; in fairness, when Hawkins came in Tennessee had already "let their foot off the gas" on Offense. They also had many backups on the Defense when Hawkins was in. Tennessee was playing to win and not lose players to injury on that abysmal field because Tennessee still has a tough schedule ahead!

[@greenwave819]

100% truth

[@britt_piru]

could say it better VFL

[@johnw3952]

Glad to get the info on the recruiting. Good stuff guys!

[@DAVIDZierlein]

Dude the only reason why Hawkins was able to move the ball the way he did was because Tennessee went into a prevent Defense they stopped being Addgressive on Defense and the Refs MAJORLY help out OU at the end of the game it was like everytime Tennessee would Stop OU the Refs would calls some BS call of TENNESSEE and the field was shit as well

[@Mike_TNVol4Life]

The field really was terrible!! We all kept talking about how bad it was the whole first half. It's like they made it really slick somehow & then put some sticky spray on Ok's cleats so they wouldn't slide the way Tennessee was

[@Gunterforever]

@@Mike_TNVol4Lifebro i seen hawkins slip as Well, to be fair, an #15 dolby finished his ankle👀

[@zrod6348]

@@Mike_TNVol4Lifeno we have been saying this the last 3 games as OU fans what’s wrong with our field because we our injuring our own players smh 15 broke his ankle tonight cause of it

[@LitMo03]

@@Mike_TNVol4Life the field is terrible I agree, but the insinuation you made is pretty wild. But to the original comment, if I as a player was on the Tennessee defense, sure my coach may make more conservative calls, but I’m not letting anyone score on me. Hawkins was way more decisive and like 4 steps ahead of Arnold pre snap. Not sure how it would’ve gone if he would’ve started and played the whole game, but he didn’t turn the ball over. That’s the biggest thing to me. Jackson gave Tennessee 3 extra possessions himself. Turned a touchdown into a fumble. Another time he basically gave Tennessee a free first down with his immediate fumble. That interception was not a play made by Tennessee, he threw them the ball. Tennessee is definitely going far and maybe into the semi finals or national championship, but the OU defense played really well and did not allow the run game to become very successful. Even played a light box and saw success. Ou defense will keep them in games. The question now is if the offense will have any signs of life moving forward. Is this how auburn feels this season?

[@LitMo03]

Playing on grass is also a lot different than playing on turf.

[@stevenlawless1992]

Why ain't none of the media talk about the SHITTY field, Oklahoma should be Embarrassed & the Refs Sucked as Well, Tennessee played with backup tackles

[@zrod6348]

We’ve been complaining about our field the last 3 weeks too. Our players keep getting hurt because of it. It is embarrassing

[@zrod6348]

OU played with back up tackles and one guard, 5 WRs out and a RB injured on offense alone so injures happen.

[@zrod6348]

Refs absolutely sucked tho, wasn’t a forward pass and Tennessee needed more flags they was playing dirty and ghetto all night tbh

[@keithgober8350]

@@zrod6348lololololololol

[@JG-ds6qs]

@@zrod6348😅Man…you are all over the place. Gold Bond will help that chapped azzzzz.

[@vols1171]

Vols were down to 3rd string OL at some positions in this game! We played Very Conservative because of this! That field was an Ice Rink! Go Vols! GBO!

[@mgway4661]

Hopefully we get our starters back soon and they start drinking more milk because we look very fragile at Offensive Line

[@Truth_Seeker95]

*UT was clearly the dominant team, & you sour Sooner fans are absolutely hilarious. Welcome to the SEC, it just means more! Go Vols!!!*

[@TrumpsSavingAmerica]

Welcome to the sec? They lost by 10 to #6 😂

[@Truth_Seeker95]

@@TrumpsSavingAmerica yeah, were you even watching the same game I was watching? It was 25-3 in the 4th quarter with a little over 9 mins left in the ballgame, which is when we went into “prevent defense” which of course, I wouldn’t expect you “casuals” to understand what that even means. Go troll somewhere that you have a valid point, boss, cause you’re irrelevant here😂

[@djohnson3093]

​@@TrumpsSavingAmerica Kinda like a no-rank losing to #1 by 1 point 😂

[@russellcobb3407]

@@Truth_Seeker95yall are the better team but just admit Tennessee isn’t much better as an Ou fan i expected to lose by a lot more then what we did I get Tennessee had injuries well your in the same boat as Ou. overall Tennessee should of dominated Oklahoma more then what they did.

[@Truth_Seeker95]

@@russellcobb3407 my man, we were down to our 2nd string Left Tackle, and our 3rd string Right Tackle. Why do you think we went for the throat early, got a comfortable lead, and came out of halftime on cruise control? Cause coach Heupel is evolving, he’s learning to win games in a fashion that doesn’t require half a hundred points to secure the W. Y’all had less than 100 yards of total offense going into the 4th quarter when we began playing sellout prevent defense. Anything in front of us, you can have it, but you’re not beating us over the top” sound familiar? If Heupel had coached the way Heupel usually coaches, that game would’ve been at least 35-15. He knew he could rely on his defense, & that’s exactly what he did.. We didn’t have to win in blowout fashion; a win on the road, in the SEC, in hostile territory, is always a good win. You’ll soon come to understand that premise, I assure you of that. Even the “mid” teams will give you a fight for your life week in & week out in this conference. Not Auburn, per sè, but that’s not a “mid team” this year. Y’all should beat them by 20 points tbh, they’ve got no pulse on offense to speak of, so you should have a “gimme” win to get back on track.. Go Vols!

[@jonsolomon4814]

Who made the decision to let the field grow up like a hay field? Should they still be employed? What’s up with the traction? I don’t know what they were thinking but it got one of their players really hurt and it’s a miracle that there weren’t more. We didn’t look the best on offense but our defense had their number. The back up qb had back up lineman and others on the field. Another step for the big Orange and things to work on in the off week! GBO 🍊🏈🧡

[@TennManYT]

‼️ *If you guys pay attention it’s always the same refs doing this to Tennessee, and I would be ashamed if my QB was returning home to a field with grass that looked like that* ‼️

[@greenwave819]

it really really needs to be addressed

[@Jam_Cannon8088]

The field at that level of play has an entire team of folks assigned to maintain it. No doubt it was thick and spongy on purpose.

[@Larry-ok4vf]

Go Vols!

[@TadayoriOverAll]

Wiltbong learn to say Nico's last name properly...be professional

[@WolfofLon]

This other guy can’t even say Vols correctly. Pathetic.

[@johneric7018]

This channel whole operation contradicts itself from video to video within a 30 minute. Period. Must be football

[@kevinbaldwin640]

Lol wiltbong😂

[@Ghostrider616]

In fairness, I am a Vol fan and we ALL basically just call him Niko.

[@greenwave819]

and Vols... pretty easy word to say, yet the one guy wants to add an E to the end

[@taylormadevibe]

What was going on with that OU field ? Good grief they were getting their own players injured.

[@simplerick256]

They dominated that game????

[@RickieBobbie0721]

Well. TN defense dominated that game if that makes sense.

[@TNJRSFFS]

Eh all sites click bait bro. Defense did but not the game. Don't worry about the sites and their bs titles, we've been on other side more than our share of those. Best of luck the rest of the way

[@simplerick256]

@@RickieBobbie0721 they played a sound game. But the offense struggled a bit. Compared to all the talk around the nation. Gonna be interesting to see how they perform against some real competition

[@Servingemanualcouragously]

25-3 while playing conservative. Then we started playing prevent defense and allowed OU to move the ball. Yes they dominated

[@RickieBobbie0721]

@@simplerick256 Well. Josh Heupel, like what the commentators have said, he’s being conservative about the plays. Must be the field is prone to injuries, the grass was a little taller and wet. Kinda wavy too.

[@rickyd865VOL]

Only reason Hawkins got what he got bc Vols D was in prevent keep everything in front. Or would’ve been 35-3

[@no5752]

Bro give TN respect ! “They’re rank 5th in the nation” no no NO ! Show us respect, by pronouncing Nico’s last name ! Iamaleava!

[@davidholmes0416]

True. Late 4th Quarter OU TD's were meaningless. This game was over at halftime. UT called a very conservative 2nd half offensively. IF "if and buts were nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas!"

[@MrOmega52]

GBO!!!

[@ErrrahTech]

Nico ee-ah-molly-ahvuh. Geez Steve as someone who covers recruiting should have learned this by now.

[@andrebailey6676]

Tennessee beat Oklahoma

[@robert45tn]

Tennessee took their foot off the OU throat so yest Tennessee could have scored more

[@bobreed4964]

At least Nico didn’t flip the OU fans off!

[@billyblanton8042]

What happens when Texas wins 55-6 against OU double up them vols

[@EricBJones]

GB🍊🏈

[@brady-k7j]

Amen

[@micahwg]

Who’s starting the go fund me to get Oklahoma a lawn mower

[@michaelwilkerson7990]

Oklahoma isn't coming back this isn't the Big 12. Their going 6-6. Welcome to the league!

[@thetruth1446]

TN needs Olineman! OK needs to be turned into the SEC office for that field! They did it on purpose to slow TN down but hurt a OK player badly, OK should be ashamed

[@Jdbondur]

Say it with me Steve- "ee-ugh-MOLLY-ah-va"

[@thomascogdill2970]

Shit field..on purpose!...and i hope that 1 lineman for OU that got injured 6 times is OK

[@sammygouge1325]

Injured my ass tenn was getting to fast for them they had to slow it down went down next play right back in there come on now everyone saw what was going on

[@thomascogdill2970]

@@sammygouge1325 yeah.i know..i was being a smartass

[@davidshawn1609]

GBO🍊🍊🍊🍊

[@mgway4661]

Is Doug Utu really thinking about flipping because David Sanders committed? He would be very foolish to go to Oregon and not get the development that Tennessee would provide

[@hondohovis9866]

The Oklahoma qb cost them the game... it was not controlled and honestly if it wasn't for the dumb qb plays Arnold was trying to showboat... the game would have been different... 3 different times they started around the 50...the hype is a bit too much

[@JGSnave]

Jackson Arnolds performance last night showed me that he isn't being developed good enough. Best thing he can do is get the heck outta Norman.

[@racingpigeon2024]

You don't throw away a proven QB like Dillon Gabriel to accommodate a 5 star high school recruit. What the hell was OU thinking? Learn from the mistakes of the past damn it! Rhett Bomar, Spencer Rattler, now Jackson Arnold. There's a lesson that should have already been learned. Arnold's performance in the bowl game should have raised some red flags. Why do we shoot ourself in the foot and then start making excuses for it?

[@BiGG_X]

Eventually you need to get rid of the jitters by playing guys that havent played. There is nothing wrong with swapping QBs when they are both young. 1 is a sophomore and the other a freshman. The more both of them play, the more sound OU will be in a couple years.

[@e.h3286]

@@BiGG_XHe was referring to getting rid of Dillon Gabriel.

[@tonykasper3449]

I think Arnold just played bad but that doesn’t make him a bad player. Tennessee’s defense is top #3 in the nation. It wasn’t exactly a “dominant “ game by any means but Tennessee got it done. One game doesn’t make a season. OU will get some wins. GBO

[@BiGG_X]

Do you know OUs schedule? Good luck with that. OU still play 4 teams in the top-10 and 3 of those teams are top-5. I am impressed with OU. They looked good compared to what I expected to see. They will get there. You need to play tougher teams to get better and that is definitely happening since they left the SOFT 12 Conference. As for DOMINATION pffft... words of children. 10 point game isnt considered domination.

[@L4rceny]

Champions of life level of cope from some of these online fans.

[@johneric7018]

Two videos in two hours one saying how Tennessee's recruiting is buzzing, but the other video says how Tennessee is losing his players to Oregon now oh yeah Ohio State gonna lose Oregon too....

[@Volcommits]

Hawkins got more done

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

He was playing against a prevent defense

[@RichardPatten-f5c]

You guys will beat Auburn

[@ClintG-rh6kh]

Look, Tennessee won the game. I dont really care if they played backup offensive linemen or not. They may have went into a prevent defense in the fourth quarter. I know Oklahoma has played with a makeshift offensive line all year, and have a wr room that has been decimated by injury. Not hard to dominate a poor offense. What I will say, and its backed by stats...OU defense held the top offense in the SEC to less than half their normal production. They average 63 points a game! Our offense sure has alot to improve on, and needs to get healthy quickly, but the defense is ready. Nice win Vols.

[@dezgarrett2790]

No one has been recruiting tje QB position like Tenn?? Texas says hello...

[@Ifbbprostevenwain]

Nico, merklinger, g mac and fraizon Brandon. Insane qb room getting lined up

[@peytonK99]

We got the #1 QB/ overall player in 26 committed already. After Texas gets more than some leftovers from Ohio State and 1 good recruit give us a call.

[@dezgarrett2790]

@@peytonK99 1 good recruit? No need to go back in forth with someone who clearly has no idea what they're talking about.....especially someone named Peyton. You're too far gone to be logical.

[@cattalac3047]

Hardly what I'd call a domination.

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

Bullcrap

[@tennesseeboi_8754]

Well keep telling yourself they had a chance but rewatch this game, OU never had a chance to win.

[@kevindowdell9316]

That game was over from snap 1. Never in doubt.

[@MBarberfan4life]

You burying your head in the sand isn't an argument.

[@terrydlewis8681]

If jackson arnold played the second half oklahoma would still have 3 points. Tennessee was not prepared for the backup and he took advantage

[@25darkalchemist]

To be fair, he didn't really get that fresh look from Tennessee. Heupel backed off the pedal and he scored late in the 4th quarter against a gassed defense. Tennessee has a ridiculous defense. Great game. Welcome to the SEC! You guys have a stellar defense and that Hawkins kid is legit.

[@robert45tn]

Tennessee played 3rd string and went to playing not to lose.

[@Charlie-zc7wf]

Wrong. Hawkins was TERRIBLE in the 3rd quarter and 2nd quarter. When TN went into a prevent he started to play well when he has all day to throw. Negative ball knowledge.

[@zrod6348]

If Tennessee is championship caliber than so is OU because they looked better with Hawkins as QB. Hawkins actually looked like the best QB on the field today, stats kind of agree with that too. This defense made this team run the clock out cause Nico was a turn over machine when he was throwing. OU has an ELITE defense and probably the best in the SEC!

[@JG-ds6qs]

LOL….ok dude

[@Stopyhecap]

Bro stop it. You’re embarrassing yourself. He scored one TD in 2 quarters and wouldn’t have gotten that without that bull shit roughing the passer call that he helped sell flopping all over the place after defenders fingers grazed his helmet.

[@keithgober8350]

Ummm no they aren’t. OU couldn’t move the ball with the change until UT have them garbage time dropping and covering. Just face the facts, OU is a 2nd tier team in the SEC this year.

[@Larry-ok4vf]

Nah!

[@kevindowdell9316]

Stop the BS

[@zrod6348]

Dominant? Tennessee didn’t even have 3 yards per carry.. without turnovers only scored 13 points against OU. They had to run the ball because we was getting there so fast we was making them turn the ball over so they couldn’t throw against us. OU had 2 TDs to Tennessee 2 field goals 2nd half and Tennessee players looked like they was dying on the bench in the 4th. Tennessee won the game, but OU beat them boys up and left with the momentum! Hawkins starts and honestly win. He doesn’t turn the ball over, doesn’t get a safety and scores at the 5 yard line after the fumble. Excited for the rest of the season cause OU could win out.

[@Stopyhecap]

Elite teams score and capitalize off turnovers on the road. Tennessee was the better team and it wasn’t close. If this game were in Neyland it would have gotten ugly. Just wait you’ll see next year

[@Just2Platypus]

They ran the ball kids because he was just bleeding out the clock. At no point in the 2nd half was he worried about OKU winning this game. They even started playing prevent from 4 minutes in the 3rd and played it almost entirely the rest of the game. You are definitely a casual

[@keithgober8350]

That’s just laughable man. UT played as vanilla as it could win the defense destroyed OU.

[@ryanlewis1626]

Tennessee held OU to under 100 yards total until the 4th! OU got those trash points to make it seem like it was closer than it really was.

[@mikejones5535]

We had 2nd and 3rd string tackles that couldn't protect nico, which is why we ran more. Couldn't block long enough to give nico time to throw. We also played conservative the second half.

[@rogeralanmartin]

Yall sound like everyone 2 years ago about the vols and hendon hooker before they went to athens…

[@michaelhooker980]

Sorry pal we didn't have a defense in 2022. We have one now.big difference.

[@zrod6348]

OU #1 SEC defense! Only 13 points without the turnovers, 36 minutes on the field, under 3 yards a carry and 2 turnovers. Against the best offense in the nation right? I mean that’s pretty darn good if you ask me.

[@Stopyhecap]

How could you watch that game and say they are better than Tennessee’s defense? They literally shut OU down. Deleted their running game entirely. 4 takeaways on the road.

[@robert45tn]

OU is not the #1 defense it might be top 5

[@nashvegas4476]

Vols D > Sooner D

[@Truth_Seeker95]

Tennessee definitely has the #1 Defense. Y’all might be the 3rd best D though, in all honesty. Still need to see Texas play someone with a pulse before that’s official, because UGA UT are pretty much interchangeable at 1/2 on D right now, & Ole Miss is looking like they may have something to say about the pecking order too this year. We get it, it stings to lose to a superior team; we’ve dealt with it entirely too much over the past 17-18 years. However, that’s no longer the case. Thank god for the Sooners tho, cause they kicked Heupel to the curb, & ultimately led him to find his forever home. We greatly appreciate the honorable service Bob Stoops provided for us, that was very kind of him to scapegoat Heup back in 2014; everything worked out perfectly!💪 Go Vols!!!

[@kevindowdell9316]

The Vols came off the gas

[@blue_diamond_gem]

Tennessee did not “dominate” that game. They dominated on defense but beating an historically bad offense is laughable.

[@wastedtime4962]

22-3 going into the 4th

[@derrickdavis5279]

I'm sorry but 25 to 15 isn't destroying a team

[@swagger316]

I can tell you didnt watch the game 😂

[@HunterCanon]

Box score watcher

[@lernarddodd647]

Well that’s what they said when Georgia beat us 27-14 like 2 years ago now the goal post has moved. 😂

[@oumaniac]

OU backup QB scored pretty easily on that defense....not impressed 🤷🏼

[@brentpitts7879]

We don’t care, 25-15

[@kevinbaldwin640]

We don't need you to be, cuz. We were in prevent the last 8 minutes of the game. Everyone can move a bit on prevent. Coach hype said he dialed back the offense to not get anyone hurt on yall's dangerous ass shifty field. Yall lost a senior starting corner to a broken ankle because of that field. Nice try, hating ass hater. GBO 4-0

[@swagger316]

Called the dogs off. That's the only reason he moved the ball. Josh Heupel went soft on his old team. That pissed me off!!!

[@oumaniac]

@@swagger316 Or he's good. Get pissed, it's your lot in life, peasant

[@davidfranklin3180]

We kept the clock running and you never got within a score of us. Seriously? That's called smart coaching. Your backup had 13 carries for 22 yards. We made sure no big plays would happen and won comfortably while protecting our qb from the very good OU D while we were running our 3rd string tackles out there to get beat over and over.

[@markblankenship6233]

Tennessee’s defense against Jackson Arnold and company is nothing to brag about. But the fans make excuses why a second string replacement QB, a true l freshman , given a quarter to get his bearings, easily moved against Tennessee in the fourth. No, Tennessee wasn’t letting up. JH made the decision to go conservative, which he does sometimes, to protect his QB. He assumed his defense could prevent scores. It was a good coaching move. OU was being successful against the Tennessee run, holding the number one offense to 150 yards rushing. The Tennessee QB was getting beat up. OU forced JH to get out of his high scoring offense. The media will say what they will, but SEC film guys and defensive coordinators know what happened. No one, including OU, expected Hawkins to come in against a good defense and move the ball. After all, OU hadn’t moved the ball well against anybody. OU has almost its entire defense back next season, and almost as many of its offensive players. 2025 is the year they are pointing towards. Good game

[@brucemcclure9521]

😂😂😂

[@passportninja2994]

But sure what game they watch but Oklahoma has the better defense with what they had to work with when it came to the offense that Oklahoma has. The defense only gave up 13 points and JA is not good at all to be honest.

[@utcnc7mm]

Tennessee got over 100yds rushing on that defense & if the O-Line has been healthy NICO would have had more time to throw the ball. The score margin would have been bigger.

[@johnnydangerously7186]

Yeah Tennessee got the better of my Sooners but at least we don’t have to wear that shitty Orange! I thought Okie state and texASS was bad! 😂

[@mikerichardson3918]

LOL, y’all just have the worst field in the country. There are high schools that have better fields. A program that fans claim to be one of the nations best should have a much better field than the trash that the Vols beat y’all on last night.

[@cajunvol882]

You'll get used to it now that we tatooed it on your azz

[@MichaelDavis-s2d]

Get use to seeing, ànd getting whooped by my Tennessee ugly orange .

[@25darkalchemist]

5:38 Did you see Jackson Arnold play? What was your question again?

[@FroDough]

Dominant? Yeah that’s not true

[@flikkin]

Clearly didn’t watch

[@FroDough]

@@flikkin clearly you don’t know ball

[@flikkin]

@@FroDough yk what you’re right man. I guess playing a top 15 team on the road and going up 19-3 at halftime, forcing them to bench their qb for a true freshman, then playing conservatively on offense while leaning on elite defense for 2 quarters doesn’t cut it. But if tn would’ve beat them 52-3 the narrative wouldn’t have been that tn dominated a good team but that ou is no good.

[@samuelleonard3006]

Nope, it was pretty dominant. Tennessee was super conservative in the second half and it still would have taken a miracle for Oklahoma to win. OU never led. Never really threatened Tennessee and Heupal didn't try to score in the second half because he knew Oklahoma couldn't score. Which was true until it didn't matter. Oklahoma is good, they have a good venue, but Tennessee was never in jeopardy of losing this game.

[@FroDough]

@@flikkin I know I’m right. You didn’t need to tell me.