Game Thread: Georgia State at Twelvessee ESPNU

I take it back after reflection, and hearing from Vol fans and other SEC fans. This is not just the worst loss in Tennessee history, but possibly the worst loss by a power 5 team ever. Georgia St pretty much made Tennessee quit. This wasnt a team that quit after a disappointing game or in the midst of a long season, this wasnt a team playing a G5 team capable of pulling off a suprise win like Boise, and this wasnt against a team that is destined for a Sunbelt championship. This volunteer team quit during fall camp, and that is ultimately on the coach. There was no emotion by Jeremy Pruitt, no sense of him caring, and quit frankly its looking more and more like Derek Dooley, Butch, and Lane Kiffin are superior HCs than him. If Tennessee fires him after this or after another one of these lack of care performances they will be well justified in doing so because this was an embarassment so epic that it cant be ignored. Yeah teams get better after Week 1 and after suprising losses, but usually the blame is attributed to a lack of focus, and rarely a lack of care.

This seems like an open rebellion vs Jeremy Pruitt by the players.

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81usaf92 said:

I take it back after reflection, and hearing from Vol fans and other SEC fans. This is not just the worst loss in Tennessee history, but possibly the worst loss by a power 5 team ever. Georgia St pretty much made Tennessee quit. This wasnt a team that quit after a disappointing game or in the midst of a long season, this wasnt a team playing a G5 team capable of pulling off a suprise win like Boise, and this wasnt against a team that is destined for a Sunbelt championship. This volunteer team quit during fall camp, and that is ultimately on the coach. There was no emotion by Jeremy Pruitt, no sense of him caring, and quit frankly its looking more and more like Derek Dooley, Butch, and Lane Kiffin are superior HCs than him. If Tennessee fires him after this or after another one of these lack of care performances they will be well justified in doing so because this was an embarassment so epic that it cant be ignored. Yeah teams get better after Week 1 and after suprising losses, but usually the blame is attributed to a lack of focus, and rarely a lack of care.

This seems like an open rebellion vs Jeremy Pruitt by the players.

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Toddrn said:

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Say what you will about Tennessee’s previous football coach, but Jones never lost to a Group of 5 opponent. Neither did Derek Dooley, nor Lane Kiffin.

This wasn’t a respected Group of 5 foe like Boise State or Central Florida upsetting the Vols. It was a team that went 2-10 last season and is in just its seventh season playing in the Football Bowl Subdivision.The worst part for Tennessee is, this didn’t feel like a fluke. The Panthers befuddled Tennessee’s defense and made enough key stops to win without the need for much funny business.“We were in better physical condition. We wore them down in the trenches,” Georgia State coach Shawn Elliott said in an on-field interview after the game.

As Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt put it: “The best team out there won the game today.”That’s a troubling thought.Pruitt offered a bleaker assessment of his roster after Saturday’s result than what he described before the season.“We need competition on our team. It makes you better,” Pruitt said. “And there’s certain positions we have none. We have zero. We’ve got to recruit and get some guys back to give us an opportunity.”
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https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2019/08/31/tennessee-football-georgia-state-upset-ut-vols-score-jeremy-pruitt-butch-jones-jarrett-guarantano/2119386001/


When we are SERIOUSLY questioning if Tennessee is capable of beating Chattanooga and UAB, its more than a bad execution issue.

AUDub said:

Anybody else been lurking Volnation today?

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Yep. And last night. I wouldn't miss that meltdown show for anything.

I suspect Pruitt tried to institute a harder training than the previous coaches tried to do. At Tennessee the players have been use to dictating the culture.


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I read that in David Attenborough's voice

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I love this and the playoff girl is smoking hawt too.

"oh yeah, you dated my mom"

LOL, devastating.

BamaInCummingGA said:

People over there already tring to hang JP out to dry. They need to be reminded of Cpt Krispy Kremes efforts to submarine the Leach hire and not hiring Schiano because of some rumor about something that was shown that he had no involvement in or knowledge of and then had to go to option 5 or 6 before finally finding someone willing to take the job.​

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It's difficult to feel sorry for him. He had to be aware of what has gone on up there as well as what Fulmer and crew did to try and bring Alabama down. I understand when you are in your dream profession, you want to work your way to the top, and Tennessee was an SEC HC job. But knowing full well the history as well as the current day dynamics, it was a foolish move to make. Other jobs were going to come available. Now it cost his alma mater a national championship (fully believe we win it all last season if Pruitt is still our DC), and very likely may be the derailing of this career aspirations.

crimsonaudio said:

Wow, a Twelvesee football player actually posted this:

https://twitter.com/abc/status/https://twitter.com/DanWolken/status/1168597759689134080?s=20

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There's a HUGE thread about this over on VolNation.

Not only are they hopping mad about it, but there's also a lot of talk about there being something wrong "in the locker room" at UT.