No excuse for tonight’s performance. It was terrible from the staff to the players to water boys & trainers. Crowd was awful but expected weather was miserable and probably hurt us more than it helped afterall.
Credit to UT, they have a very good team and were embarrassed last week. They came out focused, we played poorly and they whipped us from the start. It stings given the opportunity with Milton at QB but the fact of the matter is with this team you don’t have the personnel to line up and play an elite team (which UT is) a very competitive game. In my heart of hearts I hoped for a W after the last 2 weeks but knew something like 38-10 was more likely. Play badly and 56-0 can happen in a hurry,
All that said this season was an off the rails success. It says a lot about the talent level of the program but 5-7 with 2 SEC wins 15 months after watching ETSU completely dominate us on the LOS is nothing to be ashamed of.
Incredibly tough schedule with 3 teams who will be playing in NY6 bowls, top 10 OM & top 20 Wake, a top 25 UK win at the time we played and SC will end up top 20.
I always thought the most likely outcome for this season was 3-9 (with 2-10 a real possibility). The season was a big success.
On to next year I think the answer is clear at QB and will see Swann announced as the starter at the end of spring ball. I hope Mike is convinced to stay around and that his best shot at the next level is to move to WR and Vandy uses him in some creative roles next year. With the OL coming back Swann will have an opportunity to be successful.
Next years schedule is a dream compared to what 22 looked like:
Hawaii
Alabama A&M
@ Wake
@ UNLV
UK
Mizzou
@UF
UGA
@Ole Miss
Auburn
@South Carolina
@ UT
A big opportunity to start fast.
Credit to UT, they have a very good team and were embarrassed last week. They came out focused, we played poorly and they whipped us from the start. It stings given the opportunity with Milton at QB but the fact of the matter is with this team you don’t have the personnel to line up and play an elite team (which UT is) a very competitive game. In my heart of hearts I hoped for a W after the last 2 weeks but knew something like 38-10 was more likely. Play badly and 56-0 can happen in a hurry,
All that said this season was an off the rails success. It says a lot about the talent level of the program but 5-7 with 2 SEC wins 15 months after watching ETSU completely dominate us on the LOS is nothing to be ashamed of.
Incredibly tough schedule with 3 teams who will be playing in NY6 bowls, top 10 OM & top 20 Wake, a top 25 UK win at the time we played and SC will end up top 20.
I always thought the most likely outcome for this season was 3-9 (with 2-10 a real possibility). The season was a big success.
On to next year I think the answer is clear at QB and will see Swann announced as the starter at the end of spring ball. I hope Mike is convinced to stay around and that his best shot at the next level is to move to WR and Vandy uses him in some creative roles next year. With the OL coming back Swann will have an opportunity to be successful.
Next years schedule is a dream compared to what 22 looked like:
Hawaii
Alabama A&M
@ Wake
@ UNLV
UK
Mizzou
@UF
UGA
@Ole Miss
Auburn
@South Carolina
@ UT
A big opportunity to start fast.
