Tennessee Vols Fall To Arkansas Razorbacks | What Went Wrong & Path Ahead For Nico Iamaleva, Heupel

[@Biffs_R_Us]

I was at the game as a UT fan and wanted to say congratulations to Arkansas. Y'all got a great fanbase and a great city, it was a top tier experience and y'all were definitely the better team last night. I'll be rooting for y'all the rest of the way. Go Vols 🍊

[@predictorbibulous3327]

That's class. Well said. I hope you had a great time in Fayetteville.

[@thebrianmiddleton3278]

Thanks for coming. The SEC has real parity and winning a road game anywhere. I also think playing a night game in FAYETTENAM is very underrated.

[@ItsVolsnLions]

I was there to brother and it was nice and the fans showed me a good time especially me being by myself. Arkansas should be 6-0 congratulations Razorbacks and good luck the rest of the season Go Vols 🍊

[@george7341]

Agreed friend. Arkansas should be 6-0. Our Vols have a lot to clean up. Doesn't feel like 98 anymore. Heard should be benched. Nico needs to be consistent. Maybe it's what we needed but we got some tough games coming up. Go Vols!!!

[@davidphillips3834]

Fayetteville is a tough venue, especially at night. As a Razorback fan, good luck to the Vols the rest of the way.

[@theonemodifier]

I was there, give a lot of credit to the 75,000 Arkansas fans. They are incredibly loud and supportive to the last second

[@hunterparker8486]

Tennessee can learn from that. Neyland loses its luster because most the fanbase gets quiet when adversity hits.. just like the team. (VFL here)

[@george7341]

As a Vol fan...well done arkansas. When the schedule was released last year i told everyone that arkansas game is going to be tough, nobody listened. You wanted it way more than our guys. Shocked at how bad our line was, lance heard in particular. Shocked at the poor decisions by Nico and dropped catches from receivers, we killed ourselves with penalties but most were deserved. I hope Taylon Green is okay, i was livid when our guy put a late hit on him. But hats off to the razorbacks, you should be a 6-0 team. Dont lose faith in Sam Pittman...great coach. TN has a lot to clean up...too much. I dont think we are making the playoffs this year after that performance..but time will tell. Im rooting for arkansas to win out because that team is good and they deserve a special season. Ofcourse i am also hoping more that Vols win out, but i hope the best for arkansas as well. Hats off!

[@bige1108]

The coaching and offensive play calls was trash had the talent to beat Arkansas but coaches are to stupid to do that

[@joshuawhite7515]

Yea, I think we realized our offense is just trash. Our O-line is the worst in the SEC. And I hate to say it...but Nico isnt what we all built him up to be. We have a few more losses coming. Florida may beat us, kentucky, bama, Georgia and even vandy.

[@ItsVolsnLions]

@@joshuawhite7515 sad brother but you agree with you. Nico not that guy for me, to many dumb plays so far

[@leanderdale6292]

I was at the game! It was a classic! Tennessee has great Fans! They came to support their Vols! Unfortunately I was sitting in a section with Tennessee Fans! They sang Rocky Top several times while they were up but our Hogs bossed up and stuck with it and our fans gave them the energy to pull off the upset. WPS!!!

[@alexc0213]

I’ve been listening to rocky top every day lol no offense to them Tennessee fans but it feels good

[@rhrh2025]

Tennessee was out played, out coached, and out smarted.

[@loftgaming5031]

Yep

[@loftgaming5031]

Bad thing tho Arkansas offense was beating themselves the entire game

[@J_West11]

Getting outsmarted by Sam Pittman is like getting outsmarted by Patrick Star

[@theonemodifier]

And the Arkansas fans were incredibly loud

[@daverome9212]

​@@J_West11only reason arkansas isn't 6-0 is turnovers.

[@charlesbragg1381]

Football geak of 45 yrs. I played for the Miami Dolphins as well. Arkansas defense is legit. They have hold opponents all year to average of 21 points

[@KevinHubbard-uf9eu]

I really wish the so called experts on TV would see what you see about the Hogs Defense. They are legit and deserve credit for offenses not playing “good”

[@dangerwetikosclose2682]

Agree 100%.

[@michaelbirdsong196]

I knew Arkansas would beat them

[@theonenationpopulist]

Tennesee isn’t fraudulent, Arkansas is just really good & should be 6-0 rn. Also you’re talking about 2 losses like it’s 4 losses or something. Arkansas’s defense has been the strength of their team, I don’t even think you understand the profile of this team. The offense is opportunistically explosive, the defense is fantastic

[@daveratledge]

It's football... Just focus on what can be improved and prepare for Florida.

[@Stiitchjones]

Good way to look at it...saw a lot of players down on the ground for Tenn though, Wide receiver group banged up even after having a week off is concerning.

[@afodogma1999]

Play calling sucked for Tennessee. Teams got them figured out.

[@BDEntertainment423]

Dude that's what I said after the game to my friend. Especially our first two drives the play calling was just a head scratcher. Pass the ball on first down for an incomplete pass, then run the ball on second down. We should pass the ball on 3rd and 7 But instead we run it for like 4 yds

[@bakertron846]

Yea like run up the middle on 3rd and 7 with a loaded box

[@vincentbergman4451]

Yeah, and they stayed in 11 personnel, no 2 TE formations Nico Milton is starting to look like a Jackson Arnold too, stats are almost the same Defense woke up in 2nd half Penalty on punt broke their back

[@bige1108]

Yep like run a Draw up the middle 75 percent of the time offensive play calling has been a joke for years what's sad we have the talent to win out with our players just coaching play calling is trash

[@stephenvols]

yea we had and have the better players and team our ocoach and playcalls suk

[@ave0828]

I'm a Vol fan that said 10-2 before the season started. I was worried we would lose to Oklahoma or Arkansas, but I definitely got bought into the hype they could go 11-1 once we beat Oklahoma.. Humbling, but here we are back to reality. Folks need to realize that.. NICO IS A RSFR and that was finally a game every young player has had. He missed every deep ball except the last one on the last drive. The are definitely an undisciplined team as well. They continue to get unnecessary penalties at crucial moments, especially when they make a big play. Overall.. they just looked unprepared the entire 1st half. The game easily could have been 17-3 Ark at halftime.. The way they started the game told me it was gonna be a long night with penalties, especially on the OLine..

[@govols1995]

I've been saying since the summer that 9-3 is our absolute ceiling because we always drop stupid road games to teams we should beat and everyone called me a NegaVol.

[@keegangossett2896]

Tennessee’s biggest problem that I saw was almost zero passing over the middle. No quick slants or anything. It was just wide”screens or deep balls to the outside. The problems on offense imo were mostly on play calling. Also a few back breaking penalties like the running into the kicker that led to the Arkansas first TD to make the score 14-13.

[@KeithWamer-c9e]

You nailed it. Too many slow developing plays when we could not pass pro worth a damn.

[@jordanharrison8769]

True. But on the other side, there was one drive that Tennessee had on a single busted play go for a bunch of yards. And one drive that was full of a ton of penalties. Without those two drives Tennessee is shut out. Arkansas dominated in the first half and Tennessee was beyond fortunate to still be only down 3-0. Coulda easily been 28-0.

[@govols1995]

The one throw we did do over the middle almost killed Squirrel White.

[@dakotadickens8902]

Passing across the middle is impossible with constant pressure. It’s also ridiculous that the officials are garbage but that’s nothing new. Tennessee beat themselves last night though.

[@jordanharrison8769]

@@dakotadickens8902 that roughing the kicker penalty was legit. Y’all got a very similar roughing the passer penalty over a graze of the helmet earlier in the game. Nothing to do with officials.

[@scottrandolph6219]

It's the PLAY CALLING! HORROR

[@tabc123]

What I took away from this weekend is, certain “top tier” sec teams aren’t who the media wants us to believe they are. Espn really wanted us to believe that tennesee was going to be like a prime Lincoln Riley ou team this year with one of the best offenses in the nation.

[@bradleyrhodes2820]

Every thing is still on the table for Tennessee. I said it before the season and had even more hope after seeing a few games. This defense is going to have to give time for Nico to grow. Let him make mistakes and not cost us. Unfortunately last night we couldn’t over come those mistakes/off night. Nico is going to have to grow up and at times it’s going to be hard. Last night was hard. Clean it up and move in to Florida. Bama is not world beaters. UGA is not world beaters. We still have everything in front of us.

[@johnwalker3620]

This weekend proved any team can be beaten on any given day! That why I love college football!

[@theonemodifier]

yep, since the game was invented

[@johnnash1119]

Josh Heupel at home = Superman Josh Heupel at Neutral site = Batman Josh Heupel on the road = Radio

[@poketony6048]

THAT SOUTHWEST CLASSIC MAKING TEXAS A&M LOOK REAL GOOD RN 👍🏾

[@alext7621]

As it is often said, college football often comes down to a few key plays. If Ross hadn’t roughed the punter (which led to ARK’s first TD), if Nico hadn’t overthrown Squirrel White on that deep ball, if TN’s WRs/TEs had come down with one of those contested catches on those 4th quarter 3rd downs… we may be having a different conversation. Likewise, if Arkansas had converted in the red zone in the first half, maybe the game never would’ve been close. This season has been a bloodbath for top 10 teams, and this was a typical trap game for TN: coming off an emotional win over OU, riding their own hype, looking ahead to Florida and Alabama and Georgia, playing in a hostile road environment against a QB who was dropping dimes left and right. I’m not selling my Tennessee stock just yet, but that offense needs to rethink its approach and start playing to win the game, not just manage it and let the defense do all the heavy lifting.

[@pasilu007]

You do KNOW the Hogs whiffed on 3rd down plays that led to UT touchdowns, right? 😂

[@nickbonczek5313]

NO MORE BUBBLE SCREENS

[@bowhunting1013]

We got out coached and out played on both sides of the ball , Arkansas is a good team and have some great well deserving fanbase , great atmosphere at that game to

[@lucashouse9117]

That was pathetic. Like what did they do during the bye week? Offense looked scared and confused. But hey now we can look forward to doing it all over again next year because after last night we aren't beating bama and we definitely aren't beating Georgia. At this point we could lose to vandy.

[@Zaymonte]

Good lord… battered vol syndrome is really something serious. Quit being so negative. It was a bad game, a sec game on the road. Offense looked terrible but penalties were what lost us the game and those things are correctable. Every time we had moments we end up getting a penalty. It’s tough trying for 1st and 15 dang near every possession.

[@jasonardwin1881]

@@Zaymonteyour probably right but vandy has looked extremely improved and ready to fight any and everyone

[@jordanharrison8769]

Arkansas has a legit defense. Don’t be too down.

[@awesomeness5032]

Nah as a Vol fan we go 8-4. Our O-Line is shit.

[@flyingblind5677]

@@Zaymontepenalties are what lost you the game? lol maybe it was just a young quarterback in a tough environment against a great defense. Your second touchdown drive was aided by 30 free yards. Sure, false starts don’t help, but that’s what happens when the O line can’t hear sometimes. Arkansas had a false start on the first drive that pushed them back from the goal line. They should’ve had a touchdown then. Arkansas also missed a field goal and came up just short on 2 fourth downs in scoring range. If we’re playing the what if game, Tennessee was lucky this game was even close in the first half. And if Lott knew the rules and didn’t make a dirty hit on Green that took him out of the game, then Arkansas likely scores another touchdown that drive, instead of the backup fumbling a snap in the red zone. All of that and the backup still came in and broke down that defense for the game winning drive. Either Tennessee just isn’t that talented, which I don’t think is true, or Arkansas just played a fantastic game despite many mistakes, and had a home crowd and defense the vols just couldn’t handle

[@BrunoBridges]

Thanks for the shout out to my hogs...👍

[@cm5113]

vols will be 8-4. the problem is that our wr’s are running too long of routes…the offensive scheme has to change. we need short slants and crossing routes. we need more counters, traps and motion with a more creative offensive scheme…the issue is that i doubt they will change it. the current scheme makes nico hold the ball way to long.

[@tonymullins8437]

That 3-3-5 look from a quality defense is giving Coach Heup fits right now.

[@xstavinx]

It’s our stupid ass gimmick

[@joshuawhite7515]

I cant believe arkansas tore down their goal posts, like Tennessee is some kind of juggernaut 😂😂😂

[@torybush2352]

We didnt tare them down. The grounds crew put them down so they wouldn't get torn down

[@flyingblind5677]

They didn’t

[@JHSimpson1982]

Sad thing is Tennessee is still in position and playing for a playoff spot while Arkansas like always is just playing for a bowl appearance.

[@SilverSergeant]

TN is 4-1. Arkansas is 4-2. TN is in trouble regarding the playoffs, and you know it.

[@JHSimpson1982]

@@SilverSergeant Who cares!! The point is they’re being considered and talked about regarding the playoff!! Arkansas never has and never will! PERIOD!!

[@fishinarkansas3348]

​@@JHSimpson1982 and yet who lost last night? 😂😂😂 get over yourself.

[@oBRDY]

@@fishinarkansas3348Alabama lost to vandy too

[@JHSimpson1982]

@@fishinarkansas3348 Losing last night is what Arkansas fans feel like all the time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@joshuawhite7515]

Our offense isnt good enough to split those games to bama and georgia.

[@troublefollows9986]

Team parity will expose how good a coach really is. The age of out talenting everyone is over . NiL will spread talent to everyone .😂

[@donvolio4089]

“Is Tennessee not as good as we thought???” Tennessee is not as focused as we thought.

[@PhillipFulm]

I’m glad the Alabama loss is kinda overshadowing Tennessee’s loss. Doesn’t look so bad compared that Vanderbilt dominating Bama.

[@johnnash1119]

2 weeks to prepare and shit the bed.. it’s so frustrating

[@davidburris6237]

If Tennessee can reach 8-4 season it will be a MIRACLE season!

[@CoryA77]

Hats off to Arkansas Tennessee couldnt block them play calling was horrible but give Arkansas the credit they fought and found away to win

[@cuz129]

A good game except for the scumbag cheap shot on the Hog QB. I hope he's OK, and maybe there is karma in the win. Tennessee is talented, but try having a little class and integrity.

[@pasilu007]

That's a big ask of Vol Nation! 😮

[@bmphil3400]

They threw the goalposts in the river when they beat Alabama when Alabamas quarterback had dislocated his shoulder the week before. Then they tell me...."I didn't think he was injured....".

[@ronaldtentschert6876]

Arkansas had a backup quarterback in they didn't have a $4 million quarterback like Tennessee

[@theonemodifier]

Tennessee's quarterback didn't look that great to me, definitely not worth the ridiculous amount of money he's gonna be receiving. He could retire after college. AND Ridiculous last play, then him saying the ball slipped out of his hand. BS

[@charlesmorris7314]

Told y’all about Nico… my goshhhhh

[@kevinbaldwin640]

What did you tell us? He is a REDSHIRT FRESHMAN. 6th start. Relax everyone. We will be fine. It's just football. Everyone has an opinion, which they are entitled to. It will be fine. We will beat Florida, who is not the Florida of old. The Bama game is in Knoxville. Also, we had 3 starting receiver get hurt. Only had Brazzell and freshman Mike Matthews 100 percent. This was execution and discipline, period.

[@J_West11]

We gotta carry this energy into the LSU game. LSU and Miss State are very winnable

[@jimbaughman4005]

Arkansas defensive line owned Tenneessee's O line. Period

[@chrisbaker8944]

It's simple any team in the SEC can beat any team you either show up to every game or you lose GBO we will bounce back and this should be a learning point quit being conservative and show up to every game

[@CSM.HBJ-Dogg]

NIL may be chaotic but its evening out the talent pool despite optics

[@greenwave819]

actually, the schools with the most money are stacking insane talent.

[@CSM.HBJ-Dogg]

@@greenwave819 stacking talent and loosing. It's like the Lakers with Gary Payton and Carl Malone. Another issue is the Talent pool is much deeper, most of these modern athletes are one game from becoming special. It's more of a confidence and work ethic thing than natural athleticism

[@richardjohnson8942]

Tenner had 2 weeks to prep for this game but appeared unprepared. The Arkansas defense attacked and dared Nico to win with his arm. I think it was extremely questionable to let the Hogs score to potentially go up 7 (yes, I know they missed the 2-pt conversion) when they hadn't moved the ball well all night. The better play would have been to use your timeouts, play defense, force the FG attempt (with a backup kicker) with a backup QB and then still have probably around 60 seconds to get in FG position for the win. Tenner's clock management was baffling.

[@keegangossett2896]

I disagree completely. Letting them score the TD was ultimately the best call especially when Arkansas got the first down inside the 10. Otherwise Arkansas would’ve ran the clock down to well under a minute, and kicked an FG to win it. That said, Heupel should’ve used a timeout on the huge first down around the 58 second mark instead of letting the clock run. That ultimately led to the final play with 6 seconds left and that play being an absolute disaster similar to 2021 Ole Miss.

[@TennVols1084]

@@richardjohnson8942 Arkansas would have just held the ball and kicked a fg while time expired. We would not have had a chance to win at all if we tried to play defense

[@christopherkoss7681]

Congrats to Pig Sue E , Tennessee needs to upgrade at WR position . Our offense only works when we have legit take the top off receivers. Unfortunately we DO NOT have that this year.

[@dhurt8955]

Play calling for tn was awful

[@misterb1080]

I said this years ago and I believe it to be true. First you got social media that helped the smaller schools become more visible. Then you got the portal that allowed players to move when and where they wanted to. Now you got NIL that allows a team to get the 1 or 2 players to make them win some UN winnable games. See Vandy. I think all 3 of these items will bring parity. Just my opinion.

[@bige1108]

The loss was due to bad coaching awful offensive play calls we have the talent in the players but damn you cant waste first downs and run draw plays 75 percent of the time the coach play calling is a damn joke i can set on the couch and tell you what they're going to do that offensive play calls from Vols is a damn joke it has been for several years

[@bellms]

Cheap shot at Arkansas Quarterback was just bad period. Tennessee coaches, SEC, and NCAA should look into penalties for the program and revoke that player’s eligibility going forward

[@boosted9319]

Stop it lmfao she was pushed down you can’t stop that.

[@jeffreybonner6895]

Arkansas just blew Tennessee out. It was a gift to only be down 3-0 at the half

[@JacobRiela]

Honestly, there were two dropped touchdown passes in the first half, easily could’ve been 17-0 or even 9-0 if instead of going for the fourth down they just kicked the field goal

[@claycarpenter8625]

It shouldn't be tempting at all. What makes it tempting is that it's normal to lose one game a d the fan base says the dky is falling. I love college football but the fans sucks lol

[@IsraelNiehaus]

It’s our offense run the same plays for 2 years we become predictable we got the talent and potential we just can’t execute

[@corybraswell510]

O line was trash and so was the play calling total lack of discipline! They acted like they didn't wanna even be there playing.... Totally unacceptable

[@ljpop8888]

So, according to you it was an off day for Tenn and Arkansas was lucky. Your analysis reeks of partisanship.

[@williamdavis1887]

Good game Hogs!

[@Mark-zx2bq]

Arch Manning has more passing yards in 2.5 games than Nico has for the entire season. 🤔

[@foster7517]

It looked like our defense was having trouble communicating

[@darrellhannah2862]

It happens to every team in CFB. We just gotta go back to the drawing board

[@ChapmanAutomotive]

We are still fine.

[@pasilu007]

Tennessee is overrated. It's not rocket science. When you play bums, you look great, but when you don't, "you look like you did last night."

[@oreopuppydawg1564]

Been playing behind the sticks for 2 games and for 2 game’s extremely conservative play calling for some reason

[@youalreadyknow488]

UT needs to make their fans pay 20% more for talent fee. That will do it

[@govols1995]

Nico is Guarentano 2.0

[@jimjam9924]

It’s not THAT bad yet

[@BrandonBegley]

WTB Alex Golesh as OC

[@billp2851]

I was a hard fought game against a very tough Arkansas team. It also was a poorly called and executed game. Especially at the end, you have 3 timeouts and use 1, and we run out of time. How do you even do that?? I'm very happy with Heupel, but what was that??

[@michaeld5770]

Being a VOL fan I am not feeling a win against Florida, Alabama or Georgia. 😣

[@4hornes906]

The one thing you are neglecting to mention on your cast, is there where NO turnovers by either team. Arkansas two loses were both -3 and -3. You cannot win when you turnover the ball. If Arkansas would have turned over the ball 3 times, UT would definitely have capitalized and the outcome completely different!

[@tobiaswilliamson00]

The SEC might as well change its name from the Southeastern Conference to the Southeastern Cannibals because as conference play ramps up, everyone is starting to eat each other up. Last weekend, Ole Miss lost to Kentucky and Georgia lost to Alabama. This past weekend, Missouri lost to Texas A&M, Alabama lost to Vanderbilt, and Tennessee lost to Arkansas. In fact, here are some notable teams that the current 1-loss SEC teams (as of this posting on Sunday October 06, 2024) still have to play this season: Alabama: at TENN, vs MU, at LSU, at OU Georgia: at TEX, at MISS, vs TENN LSU: vs MISS, at ARK, at TAMU, vs ALA, vs OU Missouri: at ALA, vs OU, at USCjr, vs ARK Oklahoma: TEX, at MISS, at MU, vs ALA, at LSU Ole Miss: at LSU, vs OU, at ARK, vs UGA Tennessee: vs UF, vs ALA, vs UK, at UGA, at VU Texas: vs OU, vs UGA, at VU, at ARK, vs UK, at A&M Texas A&M: vs LSU, at AUB, vs TEX

[@thecollegefootballworld]

We aren't letting nico actually play still, i get the run game and everything, but after you run the ball and establish it, let nico actually throw it a couple times instead of it once

[@jamesowens-lg1ue]

Ever since this single back formation was introduced it is very apparent that the running game looks great when our offensive line is better than the other teams defense , but when they come up against a good defense they suck. Why the hell do we keep running the single back formation? Oh sure we run up fantastic numbers when we play lame teams but always lose to the three or four good teams every year. We got two great backs. Why not use them. Two backs enables us to run misdirection, outlet passes, tons more deception and an extra blocker. Do you not think those two backs would love to be able to knock someone on their ass every other play? For Gods sake do something different.

[@spencerwarren9219]

The day after is always the worst especially when you wake up and see your picture of 1998 natty pic. O tackels where horribale. Our wr didnt get seperation and our coaches made horribale calls and one that was rediclous. You never never never let a team score. We had the d to stop them and then time to kick the winning field goal. Eveyone but the defence lost that game.

[@chadharrison19]

I've been saying since before the season started this o line is a weakness.

[@jasongann8535]

The thing is Arkansas is better than most think. They're 2 plays away from being 6-0. And those 2 losses were against ranked teams on the road. Led A&M all game til finals minutes & we know A&M has a solid football team. Arkansas was just the better team. That defense is hungry & relentless. Offensively they move the ball but are leaving points off the board & that's what they have to clean up. You're not going to play the hogs & come away with an easy win, you're gonna be a dog fight. And no I'm not an Arkansas fan I just watched the game. Tennessee had cupcakes 3 out of those 4 wins. There o line & d line got whooped for the most part. Hogs should of won by 17.

[@anonymoustrucker1782]

Nobodys talking about how #1 alabama lost to Vanderbilt

[@darrellhannah2862]

The defense gave the offense multiple chances to win. Tn is playing so vanilla right now

[@kevinbaldwin640]

Now this I agree with.

[@Tithulta1]

OL issues, Nico didnt ahve a good game, WRs got injured, and for some reason they didnt switch to 12 personnel to combat the protection issues

[@caylan4392]

We really did not run the ball well. We had one rush that was more than half of that yardage. Were avg. maybe 2-3 yards a rush.

[@Jmofromthebando7]

you clearly don't know what you're talking about. over 170 on the ground. that's a solid day running

[@caylan4392]

@@Jmofromthebando7 watch the game.

[@Jmofromthebando7]

@@caylan4392 rewatching the game wouldn’t change what I just said. They still pot up more then 170 on the ground

[@caylan4392]

@@Jmofromthebando7 running game wasn’t doing a whole lot boss. At the end of the day we didn’t play well. We ran it on 3rd down multiple times for naught.

[@Jmofromthebando7]

@@caylan4392 I don’t disagree with you with the second part my but that wasn’t the point of this conversation. I’m simply correcting your original comment. The team played poorly but still did damage on the ground. They ran it because they couldn’t pass

[@toddwinegar7365]

Ill say our O line is SUS! Our QB just showed me he maybe doesn't have that DOG n him! Our offense is in trouble, more than just about this game. We struggle against solid defenses . Have since Alex Golesh left, last year we all thought it was Joe Milton, now I think our play calling hurt Joe! I watch all the game every play. Im probably goin to pick Florida this week and id rather eat broken glass.

[@CarlSaffell-r9n]

We had six off the board game over

[@MK-zp5nn]

Redshirt freshman was the difference. Woo Pigs

[@savagelyfeslim22]

I told everybody not to get all swollen up on Tennessee yet. This loss is strictly on the coaching staff. I knew this was going to happen I called it. In coach huepel I don't know what he's doing. Or why he won't let Nico throw the damn ball. Run screen run screen run. We went up 14-7 and it's like you just tried to play safe instead of continuing to try to score. I told you it would be 2025 or 2026 before we're really ready. Nico's young and I don't think coach trusts him just yet and I don't know why you would pay a kid 8 million dollars and then refused to let him throw the ball. This is what it is to be a Tennessee fan. But I was ready for this I know we were going to lose yesterday.

[@larrygreen4324]

They had it coming, all the dancing around after a score, all the me, me, me horse biscuits . Be humble now and play like a unit as one then celebrate championships.

[@Richard-hx6mi]

Tennessee is still in it though! Any team in the SEC can slip up. Go Hogs 🐗

[@wi1dcard]

So, was the field conditions bad like at OU? Was TN playing only their 2nd and 3rd string defense again like they did against OU? Did TN let their foot off the gas again against Arkansas like they did at OU? I thought TN was averaging like 65points per game before the OU game. I mean that TN defense was absolutely awesome against OU’s horrible offense. Geesh. This is weird.

[@pasilu007]

Every excuse in the book wasn't gonna save the Vols last night. Lucky for them, the Hogs offense is a work in progress, or they really would have been roasted.

[@russlora]

Wrong , it was Slaughter knew what was coming and they could always get into the right defence when we showed a certain look, very simple ...we stayed with what nico knew and didnt try to throw anything out of the ordinary in there . also think we let joey H. have full offencive play calling first half

[@mosesevaimalo8850]

Tennessee's office coordinator needs to be fired ASAP... he's too predictable he needs to mix it up with all the weapons that he has RPO, REVERE PLAYS, SCREENS, QUARTERBACK DRAWS BE CREATIVE WITH ALL THE WEAPONS THAT HE HAS PERIODTTT

[@hippy8255]

yea we suck, its nothing new, just wish theyd stop giving us hope, personally i dont think dropping us to 8 is low enough

[@VolSteak423]

So Embarrassing 😢

[@CarlSaffell-r9n]

Three wr out next last reps oh no

[@markswaggerty4958]

The vols offense needs help

[@hunterparker8486]

Too many self inflicted penalties. Why is no one talking about it lol

[@MrOmega52]

Tennessee's offense is limited in what it can do at this point. Tennessee isn't a playoff team .that's obvious. Hope bext year is our year.

[@CarlSaffell-r9n]

We still good 6

[@Blocher117]

i think everyone is blind. We looked awful against oklahoma only the defense kept us in it to win it. Arkansas exploited us right. We only screen pass and run it up the middle. If thats all we can do we will lose pretty much the rest of our games.

[@sheallythompson367]

Arkansas was the better team Saturday!!

[@Bobbyfromarkadelphia]

Oklahoma doesn’t have an atmosphere no were close to Arkansas. There not SEC big time

[@joshuawhite7515]

Our offense just sucks. Our (vols) O-line is the worse O-line in the SEC. We have no decent passing game either. I don't know if Nico is what he was made out to be. Our secondary isn't that great either. We just aren't a good team. We will lose to Florida, knetucky georgia, bama and even vandy.

[@corybraswell510]

It's pretty obvious to me there's some animosity amongst the locker room! That team was absolutely lifeless on offense last night... They quit before they got started! This is coming of a bye week which makes even more unacceptable!! Elarbee is in over his head we need a new o line coach no doubt about it! Play calling was very suspect running the ball up the middle all night long....😂✌️

[@StephensIvan-w2p]

Leopoldo Terrace

[@SurferRC]

Guess the sec isnt so mighty afterall 😂🤡 any p4 team can beat any p4 team anyday! Thats why this sport is the best!!

[@hondot8740]

Tell you now Nico way over rated! Crumbles under pressure cant get the snap cant throw simple passes. 8 million dollars!!!!!?

[@christopherkoss7681]

Take Florida and the points , getting 15.5 . Yeah I’m in. Vs teams with talent Tennessee will win by maybe a fg. Losses to Fl, Bama, and Ga should be just about the normal.

[@ericanderson827]

Fla and Bama become must wins. That's the aftermath. Teach Nico to at least throw it in the end zone. I would rather he had been picked off instead of what he did. 🙄

[@volbound1700]

Agree. I don't see this Tennessee team winning in Athens. I would add Kentucky as well. Kentucky is dangerous enough on defense to beat this Tennessee team.