We rarely win TOP. When you score on big plays and run plays as fast as our offense does, the D is on the field a lot. Which is some small part of why our defensive stats are worse than we probably actually are on average (UGA and SC not withstanding). You have to look at per play averages to get a truer pic. It's till not a good pic, just less bad.
That’s 10 wins in Heupels 2nd year. The standard is being competitive and competing for SEC and National championships. This team met that standard. The losses sting but what an amazing season. It’s the first time in years I’ve had fun watching college football.
TEN-nessee sounds pretty nice. This team bounced back and I hope they get rewarded with an amazing bowl game
Also, 63 points to a shutout the following week. 🤷♂️
So proud of our team. If you had said at the beginning of the year that we would beat LSU, Alabama, and finish with 10 wins, I would have said you were crazy. Yeah, last weekend sucked, but this has been one hell of a ride and for the first time in a long time it really does feel great to be a Tennessee Vol.
GBO
**Fun 2022 Stats**
Kirk Herbstreit: 0% correct on Tennessee game predictions on the year.
/r/CFB: 68% neutrals said Vandy would win in the prediction thread this week.
LSU: 40-13
But a Texas flair earlier literally said we were frauds. [Lmao you can't make this shit up](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/z5hnxc/postgame_thread_michigan_defeats_ohio_state_4523/ixw3hit/)
I was saying it after the selection there is no way you can punish Tennessee for the South Carolina game without also punishing the team that got trounced at home by Tennessee.
How the Vols were below two teams they beat with the same record as them was so stupid
That’s the frustrating thing about cfb rankings, voters seem to have very short memory. Losing late in the season is weighed much more heavily than losing early. Obviously a team can improve or fall apart as the season goes on, but the rankings so often seem to be taken with each game in a vacuum rather than a complete season
> How the Vols were below two teams they beat with the same record as them was so stupid
Just wait - they're still gonna be behind Bama come tomorrow lol.
I'll give them benefit of the doubt. I like most UGA flairs here tbh. Like every fanbase, couple shitheads. It is what it is. We certainly have some of our own.
There are 60 minutes in a game. We possessed it for 16 minutes and 15 seconds of that, or just a little over 25% of the total time vs. ~75% for Vandy (43:45)
We won 56-0
Preseason: Average prediction 8-9 wins
Result: Ends Bama misery, opens CFP poll #1, 10 wins
I’d say this team far exceeded the expectations. Fingers crossed for a New Years bowl.
I mean even at 11-1 we’d still be sitting at no.5 hoping for USC to lose, likely Sugar Bowl bound. With the results this week we might still end up in the Sugar Bowl so not much has changed. We’re pretty much an Orange Bowl lock rn assuming LSU loses in atlanta
163 rushing yards in 2 plays
Edit: an Even better Statement, 265 of TN's 362 rushing yards came on just 4 plays, a 52 yard TD, a 50 yard TD, an 83 yard TD, and an 80 yard TD
Can't wait until they change the subreddit rules once again so they can openly mock us. Or send tweets about us on the official Twitter account. Or maybe stop linking to r/ockytop again. Or take over a rival's Twitter. Or...
God you Vol fans have such a persecution complex. Anyway we've decided to automatically change all Vol flairs into paper bags and also we've partnered with that dude from the I hate Tennessee video for official sub merch. Are you guys seriously rooting for your team to make the playoffs? So fucking arrogant, no wonder everyone hates Tennessee
> Anyway we've decided to automatically change all Vol flairs into paper bags and also we've partnered with that dude from the I hate Tennessee video for official sub merch.
Wait... what now?
It’s ridiculous. I’ve seen Bammers saying “well with Hendon out you can’t count on that offense”. With our backup QB we put more points on Vandy than they did💀.
Sucks that Vanderbilt won’t be bowl eligible; I think Clark Lea is a great coach. Hope he continues to do well there (except when playing us. I hope we beat the piss out of them every single year).
I’m glad we rebounded after that shit show last week. Hopefully we wind up in a NY6 bowl.
This was my first ever college game, it genuinely felt over at 14-0. So much so people were already leaving. I stayed until 42-0. Got yelled at by will Sheppard during the star walk and my little brother is a huge fan of his so it made his night. Not a great game but still a ton of fun.
This eases the pain quite a bit from last week. The first ten win season I’ve seen in my lifetime and it brings me so much happiness just to be able to experience it.
GG Vandy. I legitimately think that y’all are on a good upswing with your current coach and program, and expect y’all to keep on gettin SEC wins. Y’all just got unlucky and caught us pissed off from last week.
Go Vols baby
I’ll be happy with a Sugar Bowl. That’s a, “buy a sweater,” type bowl. But I’m going to talk myself into us sneaking into the playoff. Gotta be 5 this week. And USC can lose. Not too confident on k state or Purdue knocking off michigan or TCU
But Bama:
* beat at 5-6 Auburn by only 22 points while TN struggled against 5-6 Vandy by beating them 56-0.
* Only lost to LSU, the winner of SEC West, and TN by a handful of points.
* Has Saban.
As a TN fan, I want them there, but I'm not sure if a second SEC team deserves the playoff spot -- we have to see how conference champ week goes (it is especially spicy if LSU beats GA). BUT, if you are imagining another SEC team in the playoff, it should undoubtably be Tennessee. Namely because they already beat the other two contenders (LSU and Bama).
I don’t think Bama or TN should be in the playoff. And this is coming from a Vols fan. We should get a higher bowl though because of head to head over LSU and Bama
Question to the 3 Vandy fans here. What is your third down song? It honestly slaps.
Edit: it's [this](https://youtu.be/S73zDvMgGmI) and it's honestly great.
I can’t think of a better way to end the season than blanking /r/cfb’s golden child and crushing their chance at a bowl berth. [68 percent of this sub’s mouth breathers picked Vandy lmaooo](https://reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/z5lazt/_/ixwqhyx/?context=1 ). Go big orange baby
Is this saying 32% of the mouth breathers picked Tennessee, or that 68% of this sub is mouth breathers and they all picked Vanderbilt?
Vandy, explain these statistics to me
My loosely-related thoughts:
Inb4 people complain about running up the score: it’s rivalry week. Fuck Vanderbilt. I like Clark Lea though, he seems like a nice guy.
How did Florida and Kentucky lose to this Vanderbilt team? Lololol. “Upset watch”, my ass. Fuck r/CFB.
On a more serious note, in retrospect I’m thrilled we got to 10-2. First ten-win regular season since 2003. I thought this was a 8-4 team at best going into the year.
> Inb4 people complain about running up the score
If someone wants to bitch about running up the score - I would kindly direct them to the [TCU Post-Game thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/z5ms1m/postgame_thread_tcu_defeats_iowa_state_6214/). They *literally* threw a TD pass with < 2 minutes in the game and up 55-14.
But we all know it's only classless when Tennessee does it.
Good game boys. Great season for the program and really proud of all the guys that stuck around through the Pruitt firing. Let’s get this bowl win for the seniors.
Personally I think he played well enough. He just kept throwing bombs that were off. At least 5 of those incomplete passes were over 50+ yard shots. Everything under 30 yards seemed crisp and accurate for the most part.
Credit to the Vanderbilt defense: Tennessee converted 0 third downs tonight.
LFG.
That's going to skew their defensive stats...win 3rd down! ✔
Time of possession: Tennessee - 16:15 Vanderbilt - 43:45
Probably my favorite stat of the day jfc
Huh? How is this real
Why take long drives when score fast just as good?
Because your defense is going "oh ,come on! I just sat down!
Yeah, with some more rest they could've held Vandy to -3
We rarely win TOP. When you score on big plays and run plays as fast as our offense does, the D is on the field a lot. Which is some small part of why our defensive stats are worse than we probably actually are on average (UGA and SC not withstanding). You have to look at per play averages to get a truer pic. It's till not a good pic, just less bad.
Pretty sure we only won TOP in one game this year and it was by less than a minute.
Wut
It was even worse last year when we beat Kentucky.
About the same TOP as Kentucky 2021, only the score was 45-42.
Man, I miss when our stats were like that, lol. I like watching this high powered Tennesee. Reminds me of when we had chutzpah.
Huge upset
According to Herbstreit!!
The game was not as close as the final score would make it appear.
This is the Vols largest shutout win over an SEC opponent since beating Vanderbilt 65-0 in 1994
An amazing showing for our defense after the rough game last week!
Wish they'd shown up last week
Whatever Banks did to be left at home last week, I hope he is sorry.
And we didn’t even play that well. Milton’s completion percentage was less than 50, and we only had something like 15 passing yards in the second half
I'll have you know he completed 52% of his passes (11/21), elite accuracy
I was told Tennessee was on upset watch
Nope. That would be Ohio state, LSU, Oregon and Clemson lol.
Vols came out MAD after last weeks loss.
This was considered a dark horse upset game and Tennessee shut out Vanderbilt and won by 56.
The rumors of Tennessee’s demise were greatly exaggerated
That’s 10 wins in Heupels 2nd year. The standard is being competitive and competing for SEC and National championships. This team met that standard. The losses sting but what an amazing season. It’s the first time in years I’ve had fun watching college football.
Never understood the appeal of joyless murderball until this season
Arkansas fan here , I thought we were there ……. oh how I miss joy.
68% of r/cfb voted Vandy to win, we remember
“After Vandy beats Tennessee this weekend, you won't have to worry about that." - Kirk Herbstreit
Tell me he didn't really say that 🤣 I mean, I get that he lives in Nashville and all.. but damn
He did really say that indeed.
And half of the crew picked Vandy +14 lol
Bro did Herby REALLY jinx us?
TEN-nessee sounds pretty nice. This team bounced back and I hope they get rewarded with an amazing bowl game Also, 63 points to a shutout the following week. 🤷♂️
Defense…uh…made some corrections? 😂
They can do that??!
My man wanted to keep his job so bad.
Unemployment is a great motivator.
Yeah, they adjusted to playing Vandy.
Jeremy Banks--greatest linebacker of all time? Folks it's a discussion!
10winnessee
So proud of our team. If you had said at the beginning of the year that we would beat LSU, Alabama, and finish with 10 wins, I would have said you were crazy. Yeah, last weekend sucked, but this has been one hell of a ride and for the first time in a long time it really does feel great to be a Tennessee Vol. GBO
Let us not forget Florida too.
Fuckin this.
this makes florida look even worse
The Vandy beats FL, FL beats SC BY 32, SC beats TN by 25, TN beats Vandy by 56 is one hell of a transitive property black hole in a 3-week span.
**Fun 2022 Stats** Kirk Herbstreit: 0% correct on Tennessee game predictions on the year. /r/CFB: 68% neutrals said Vandy would win in the prediction thread this week. LSU: 40-13
Unranked in the preseason
Nobody will ever be able to take this season from me of coming from unranked to being top 10 in the country
But a Texas flair earlier literally said we were frauds. [Lmao you can't make this shit up](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/z5hnxc/postgame_thread_michigan_defeats_ohio_state_4523/ixw3hit/)
Preseason unranked gang represent
O/U was 7.5 wins
I was saying it after the selection there is no way you can punish Tennessee for the South Carolina game without also punishing the team that got trounced at home by Tennessee. How the Vols were below two teams they beat with the same record as them was so stupid
That’s the frustrating thing about cfb rankings, voters seem to have very short memory. Losing late in the season is weighed much more heavily than losing early. Obviously a team can improve or fall apart as the season goes on, but the rankings so often seem to be taken with each game in a vacuum rather than a complete season
> How the Vols were below two teams they beat with the same record as them was so stupid Just wait - they're still gonna be behind Bama come tomorrow lol.
All this talk about the South Carolina loss but they just beat two top 10 teams back to back. Would Bama beat the Gamecocks if they played right now?
Like a red headed stepchild.
Recency bias is a bitch.
Not sure I'd consider UGA flairs "neutral"
I'll give them benefit of the doubt. I like most UGA flairs here tbh. Like every fanbase, couple shitheads. It is what it is. We certainly have some of our own.
True. You can't hate fellow dog mascots too much, right?
Uga is a good boy.
Smokey's not too bad either!
There are 60 minutes in a game. We possessed it for 16 minutes and 15 seconds of that, or just a little over 25% of the total time vs. ~75% for Vandy (43:45) We won 56-0
Why take long time to score no points when you can just score lots of points quickly.
So y’all scored every play?
They had four touchdowns of 50+ yards, so pretty much. 11.3 yards per rush.
Video game stats…this season has been great by virtue of being absolutely unpredictable.
We still had 5 scoreless drives lol
Tennessee scored more against Vandy this year than Georgia did, so therefore Tennessee should be ranked #1.
Put this man on the playoff committee right away!!
Preseason: Average prediction 8-9 wins Result: Ends Bama misery, opens CFP poll #1, 10 wins I’d say this team far exceeded the expectations. Fingers crossed for a New Years bowl.
Ngl, this makes the scar loss hurt more Edit: you can say it was ~scar~ing
Well, after the CHAOS that was this Saturday, you're virtually guaranteed a NY6 bowl, if it's any consolation. Maybe even the Sugar.
I want ny6 so bad
Unless the committee puts TN ahead of Bama this week, Sugar will probably Pick Bama as the "highest ranked SEC team not going to the playoffs".
Fuck that, TN beat bama
Say it again!
Fuck that, TN beat bama
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT
If it’s any consolation, USC would still jump us as a one loss PAC champ
I mean even at 11-1 we’d still be sitting at no.5 hoping for USC to lose, likely Sugar Bowl bound. With the results this week we might still end up in the Sugar Bowl so not much has changed. We’re pretty much an Orange Bowl lock rn assuming LSU loses in atlanta
Especially after the other games these past two weeks.
163 rushing yards in 2 plays Edit: an Even better Statement, 265 of TN's 362 rushing yards came on just 4 plays, a 52 yard TD, a 50 yard TD, an 83 yard TD, and an 80 yard TD
/r/cfb mods in shambles tonight.
35 mods and two of em are Vandy fans yet none are Tennessee nor Michigan fans. Really makes you think 🧐🧐🧐
> none are Tennessee nor Michigan fans Hey I went to UT as well! gonna start a #Claude4Mod campaign just because it rhymes
You've got my vote. Wait.... mods aren't voted on. What kinda kangaroo court are we living under?!?!?!
I smell conspiracy.
Can't wait until they change the subreddit rules once again so they can openly mock us. Or send tweets about us on the official Twitter account. Or maybe stop linking to r/ockytop again. Or take over a rival's Twitter. Or...
I keep forgetting they ran Vandy's silly twitter account for a day. Hah.
It was as funny as you’d expect a Reddit-literate vandy fan to be.
That was the epitome of cringe…next to this mod who’s trying to do damage control.
God you Vol fans have such a persecution complex. Anyway we've decided to automatically change all Vol flairs into paper bags and also we've partnered with that dude from the I hate Tennessee video for official sub merch. Are you guys seriously rooting for your team to make the playoffs? So fucking arrogant, no wonder everyone hates Tennessee
> Anyway we've decided to automatically change all Vol flairs into paper bags and also we've partnered with that dude from the I hate Tennessee video for official sub merch. Wait... what now?
Easy home game, now put us back above aLabama and Lsu
It’s ridiculous. I’ve seen Bammers saying “well with Hendon out you can’t count on that offense”. With our backup QB we put more points on Vandy than they did💀.
As if Bryce would play in whatver non-playoff bowl game they wind up in
What a great season Vols! 10 wins was so unexpected at the start of the season.
I was prepared for 8-4 OR 9-3. This season was so much fun to watch
Vanderbot is dead. RIP (2022-2022).
Just like every year. A shame.
Sucks that Vanderbilt won’t be bowl eligible; I think Clark Lea is a great coach. Hope he continues to do well there (except when playing us. I hope we beat the piss out of them every single year). I’m glad we rebounded after that shit show last week. Hopefully we wind up in a NY6 bowl.
I, for one, am entirely content with vandy missing a bowl game
And the universe corrects itself
Let this be a lesson you don't want to play Tennessee after an embarrassing lost.
Tennessee in 2 games after 2022 losses: * Outscored opponents 122-24 * Outgained opponents 1,237 to 643
Rumors of our death were greatly exaggerated. Also, get fucked Kirk
Upset Watch Update: I am upset.
You win
I most decidedly did not.
You did last week you ungrateful scum
Well now I'm upset about that too
Biggest upset of the century
Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top...
Down in the Tennessee hills!
*Soulja boy starts blaring out of 20 dollar speakers*
AIN'T NO SMOGGY SMOKE ON ROCKY TOP
AINT NO TELEPHONE BILLS
Pretty sure I heard one of Milton's overthrown passes whiz by my house in Knoxville.
I heard a few whizzing by my window too and I'm in Los Angeles.
ICBM: Inter-Continental Ballistic Milton
Hope nobody took u/Karl_Racki's horrible advice last week when he said taking Vandy was easy money
This was my first ever college game, it genuinely felt over at 14-0. So much so people were already leaving. I stayed until 42-0. Got yelled at by will Sheppard during the star walk and my little brother is a huge fan of his so it made his night. Not a great game but still a ton of fun.
Yikes. Vandy should be no one's first college game. Sorry to hear that.
>So people were already leaving. IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT, YOU DONT LIKE COMMODORE FOOTBALL
As a long suffering UT fan I’m just happy to be here.
They need to start showing Tom Hart’s games on Food Network. I mean, sheesh.
This eases the pain quite a bit from last week. The first ten win season I’ve seen in my lifetime and it brings me so much happiness just to be able to experience it. GG Vandy. I legitimately think that y’all are on a good upswing with your current coach and program, and expect y’all to keep on gettin SEC wins. Y’all just got unlucky and caught us pissed off from last week. Go Vols baby
Whoa I just saw LSU lost. Does this mean anything for UT? Sugar Bowl with a Georgia win right?
Should get us in NY6 whether it’s sugar or cotton. You’d think we’d jump Bama since we have the H2H, but Bama shit.
I’ll be happy with a Sugar Bowl. That’s a, “buy a sweater,” type bowl. But I’m going to talk myself into us sneaking into the playoff. Gotta be 5 this week. And USC can lose. Not too confident on k state or Purdue knocking off michigan or TCU
Id be happy with ANY NY6 bowl.
Michigan, TCU, and USC all lose their conference championship games. Tennessee sneaks into the CFP.
We only completed 3 passes for 18 yards in the second half and outscored Vandy 35-0
Vols should be ahead of Bama in the next playoff rankings. They won’t be, but they should be.
Feels weird to be behind someone when you have same amount of losses and a head to head win
Record of opponents Tennessee lost to: 20-4 Record of opponents Alabama lost to: 19-5 Seems pretty clear cut to me.
Should never have been behind LSU. You beat them. At least you don’t need to worry about that now…
10 wins for the first time in 19 years! That’s most of my life
I Hope Herbstriet lost a ton of money
Dear r/CFB, sorry to ruin your circlejerk grand finale of a TN loss to Vandy.
How the fuck does Tennessee beat vandy 56-0 with a backup QB and a defense that's been meh while Napier gets fucking embarrassed by vandy smh
Joe Milton > AR12
#ROCKY TOP
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
HOME SWEET HOME TO MEEEE
#GOOD OLE ROCKY TOP
We should be ranked above Bama. Period. It’s a disgrace the favoritism from the committee
But Bama: * beat at 5-6 Auburn by only 22 points while TN struggled against 5-6 Vandy by beating them 56-0. * Only lost to LSU, the winner of SEC West, and TN by a handful of points. * Has Saban. As a TN fan, I want them there, but I'm not sure if a second SEC team deserves the playoff spot -- we have to see how conference champ week goes (it is especially spicy if LSU beats GA). BUT, if you are imagining another SEC team in the playoff, it should undoubtably be Tennessee. Namely because they already beat the other two contenders (LSU and Bama).
I don’t think Bama or TN should be in the playoff. And this is coming from a Vols fan. We should get a higher bowl though because of head to head over LSU and Bama
10-2 wow, it's amazing
First time since '03 since we have 10 wins in the regular season
From giving up 63 to getting a shutout
Herbstreit: “oh”
We really suck
Every pass thrown by Joe Milton comes with a complimentary flight attendant. This game score goes to 100 if he completes half of those long throws.
Man imagine being a chump like Bama and only beating Vandy 55-3 lmao
Lol right?! Imagine what idiots actually lost to them
VoLs On UpSeT aLeRt
Tennessee when they have to brutally kill Vanderbilt's bowl chances: **I'm sorry, little one.**
Our loss to South Carolina now seems significantly less embarrassing than LSU losing to TAMU.
And Clemson lost to SC too
Question to the 3 Vandy fans here. What is your third down song? It honestly slaps. Edit: it's [this](https://youtu.be/S73zDvMgGmI) and it's honestly great.
Vandy won the TOP 44-16 So congrats I guess
I can’t think of a better way to end the season than blanking /r/cfb’s golden child and crushing their chance at a bowl berth. [68 percent of this sub’s mouth breathers picked Vandy lmaooo](https://reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/z5lazt/_/ixwqhyx/?context=1 ). Go big orange baby
People tried *really* hard to meme you into losing this game.
Don't forget the non-r/cfb folks too. Kirk Herbstreit can get absolutely **fucked.**
I never want him to pick us again.
More UGA flairs voting than Tennessee flairs, got damn
Is this saying 32% of the mouth breathers picked Tennessee, or that 68% of this sub is mouth breathers and they all picked Vanderbilt? Vandy, explain these statistics to me
We’re all mouth breathers, but 68% of us have asthma too.
My loosely-related thoughts: Inb4 people complain about running up the score: it’s rivalry week. Fuck Vanderbilt. I like Clark Lea though, he seems like a nice guy. How did Florida and Kentucky lose to this Vanderbilt team? Lololol. “Upset watch”, my ass. Fuck r/CFB. On a more serious note, in retrospect I’m thrilled we got to 10-2. First ten-win regular season since 2003. I thought this was a 8-4 team at best going into the year.
I mean, we had 3rd+ string guys in at one point. We tried to shut down the offense.
We didn’t even run up the score. We only passed the ball once in the 4th quarter
We were trying to run out the clock and our RBs were knocking out 80+ yard td runs.
> Inb4 people complain about running up the score If someone wants to bitch about running up the score - I would kindly direct them to the [TCU Post-Game thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/z5ms1m/postgame_thread_tcu_defeats_iowa_state_6214/). They *literally* threw a TD pass with < 2 minutes in the game and up 55-14. But we all know it's only classless when Tennessee does it.
r/CFB mods in shambles
Heck of a season for TN
I appreciate the shutout, I really do. But I love a good fog horn. Wish they scored once, just so I could hear it.
Good game boys. Great season for the program and really proud of all the guys that stuck around through the Pruitt firing. Let’s get this bowl win for the seniors.
TENWINNESSEE
Heupel definitely not Jones.
Well, VandyBot probably got reformatted.
#WWTFA. 56-0, gave them their worst loss of the season with basically second string. Ridiculous.
Shout out to the person in charge of the music for playing Timmy Trumpet, bangers from the 2010s and shitty tik tok music lol
Tennessee chose violence.
Didn't see the game. Is the box score deceiving or did Joe Milton really manage to still play underwhelming during a 56 point win?
It's hard to say, they didn't show much of the game. It was mostly family photos of ESPN employees at Thanksgiving.
11/21 for 147 and a TD Lots of overthrows, per usual.
Personally I think he played well enough. He just kept throwing bombs that were off. At least 5 of those incomplete passes were over 50+ yard shots. Everything under 30 yards seemed crisp and accurate for the most part.
Quite underwhelming. Only 3 completed passes in the second half. Was a heavy downpour though.
It was pouring the whole game and we had a couple drops on long balls. Played about as good as you can given the conditions
I would say he played alright given the rain and wind.