I want to throw up!

[bettilimbroke999]

Fukin disgusting, cant believe TN fukin blew that game. Honestly, I cant fukin believe it, played as bad as possible the entire fukin game, just simply fukin played their absolute fukin worst for an entire game. From the blocked punt TD to the first and goal on the 5 fumble, to the 25 times they started drives at midfield and advanced it negative yrds everytime. I cant believe I fukin lost 400 fukin dollars on that crap, I would have rather poured gasoline on my wallet and set it on fire than watch that performance.

[pimike]

Tenn is never good as promised

[AnotherLoan]

I had Tennessee as well but after watching that 2nd half I think UCLA might have the better team.

[bettilimbroke999]

I think Crompton just fukin sucks and there's really no way I can criticize Arian Foster as he's been perfect for years but that 1st and goal on the 5 fumble fukin turned the entire momentum of the game around. They get that TD right after getting that TD to end the 2nd half and the game goes entirely differently imo

[teaserpleaser]

Who knew kevin Craft would go from 4 int in the first half Then come out with Joe montana like numbers 18 of 25 one touchdown .... Clutch That was weird

[Seattle Slew]

Tennessee is an undisciplined horror show of a team that plays to the competition. This has been their pattern the last five years. Lots of talent, no smarts.

[bettilimbroke999]

Agreed, that has to be one of the biggest turnarounds from 1st half to 2nd half I've ever seen, half his passes were to TN in the 1st half the other half incomplete, then 2nd Half hes throwing perfect stripes while under pressure, I guess I really am fukin clueless about capping football b/c I thought that Craft was the worst QB ever after watching the 1st half, he was the main reason I doubled down on TN the 2nd half line

[Jimmydafreak]

One coach had his team ready to play, the other did not. It's as simple as that. The number of bone-headed mistakes Tennessee made was inexcusable. As I've said many times, I've never seen a coach do so little with sooooo much talent than Phil Fulmer. He is the worst gameday coach in the SEC. He was badly outcoached by Saban last year when they got drummed by Alabama.

What a huge talent advantage Tennessee had in that game. They were horribly coached, and the play calling was terrible. They would gain 5 or 6 yards on first down running the ball, then throw 2 incompletes and punt. How many times did they do that? If you have a struggling QB, call some plays to help him out a little.

You do have to give UCLA's front 7 mad props for being in Crompton's face all night.

I wasn't impressed with Tennessee's all-world offensive line at all. They were not able to give their QB time to throw, and their running attack was inconsistent all night.

FREAK OUT!!!

[badhunter]

Tennessee had twice the talent and depth as UCLA - but the Bruins had way better coaching. Fulmer is a bum. Neweisel and Chow made the adjustments and got the most out of their players. That's what good coaching is all about. Hate to give credit to Neweisel, but the dude can recruit - UCLA had a top 5 recruiting class this year and I'm afraid they are going to be tough the next five years. Look at the way he coached that QB back in the second half.

[teaserpleaser]

I've never seen anything like that ... and Hope i never do again ,how do you cap that?? I think alot of people got hit on that 2nd half. (This probably made up for all the money people pulled in off of the Fresno state win.)

[colt29]

Fukin disgusting, cant believe TN fukin blew that game. Honestly, I cant fukin believe it, played as bad as possible the entire fukin game, just simply fukin played their absolute fukin worst for an entire game. From the blocked punt TD to the first and goal on the 5 fumble, to the 25 times they started drives at midfield and advanced it negative yrds everytime. I cant believe I fukin lost 400 fukin dollars on that crap, I would have rather poured gasoline on my wallet and set it on fire than watch that performance.

well go get your lighter, cuz they embarrassed the whole SEC.

[donjuan]

UCLA had a top 5 recruiting class this year

Based on what, exactly? They were ranked 13 and 10 by Rivals and Scout respectively.

[colt29]

easy 2nd half. tenn. qb couldt hit the ocean freom here with the hurricanes coming. Go Noles .

[bettilimbroke999]

Agreed as well, seemed like everytime they got something going on the ground on 1st down they would follow it up with 30 yrd way off the mark passes on 2nd and 3rd down when a consistent running attack or short passing (what Craft opted for in 2nd half) would've likely gotten them out of their complete inability to move the chains even after their defense and punt returns kept giving them excellent field position. Crompton reminded me of Ainge in his first start at TN, just seemed unable to calm down and drop in 5 yrd passes for 1st downs, always had to go 30 yrds downfield on 2nd and 3 then follow it up with a 15 yrd pass on 3rd and 3 then punt the ball or try a 60 yrd FG attempt. The TN offense just had not rhythm at all, the solution to that is not constantly throwing 30 yrd bombs into coverage when your QB is having a terrible night

[colt29]

Tennessee had twice the talent and depth as UCLA - but the Bruins had way better coaching. Fulmer is a bum. Neweisel and Chow made the adjustments and got the most out of their players. That's what good coaching is all about. Hate to give credit to Neweisel, but the dude can recruit - UCLA had a top 5 recruiting class this year and I'm afraid they are going to be tough the next five years. Look at the way he coached that QB back in the second half.

Do you want Fulmer to go out and shank the fg's?

[theknuck]

3 missed FGs, 1 turn over in red-zone, 4 INT's with only 7 points off of, at least 1 great punt return and nothing to show for. A defense who fell asleep in the 2nd half, Oh, and a QB who couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat. remind me to never look at Tennessee again.

[bettilimbroke999]

Do you want Fulmer to go out and shank the fg's?

Admittedly that 34 yrd FG to extend OT made me want to rip my eyeballs out but the entire game up to that point was simply coached like absolute garbage. I personally hate Phil Fulmer, I think he has done almost nothing with the teams he's been given, he never finds a way to beat Florida and will get beat by 30 this year AGAIN, he fukin can't even figure out away to beat a Pac-10 team even when his team has twice the talent and they are down to the 3rd string QB. Offensively that was one of the poorest performances I've ever witnessed and even with all that it still went to OT, imagine what results a decent coach would've been able to deliver given the talent disparity, a double digit win everytime imo

[Steeltown]

Admittedly that 34 yrd FG to extend OT made me want to rip my eyeballs out but the entire game up to that point was simply coached like absolute garbage. I personally hate Phil Fulmer, I think he has done almost nothing with the teams he's been given, he never finds a way to beat Florida and will get beat by 30 this year AGAIN, he fukin can't even figure out away to beat a Pac-10 team even when his team has twice the talent and they are down to the 3rd string QB. Offensively that was one of the poorest performances I've ever witnessed and even with all that it still went to OT, imagine what results a decent coach would've been able to deliver given the talent disparity, a double digit win everytime imo

Exactly. He is to blame in that one. Total **** up! He chooses to go on D first and successfully holds UCLA to 3. Then he gets ultra conservative and plays for 3 as if college kickers are money. IDIOT!

[colt29]

Admittedly that 34 yrd FG to extend OT made me want to rip my eyeballs out but the entire game up to that point was simply coached like absolute garbage. I personally hate Phil Fulmer, I think he has done almost nothing with the teams he's been given, he never finds a way to beat Florida and will get beat by 30 this year AGAIN, he fukin can't even figure out away to beat a Pac-10 team even when his team has twice the talent and they are down to the 3rd string QB. Offensively that was one of the poorest performances I've ever witnessed and even with all that it still went to OT, imagine what results a decent coach would've been able to deliver given the talent disparity, a double digit win everytime imo

they are not that good. Preseason does this to some people. My 5 year old has a better arm than ur qb.

[bettilimbroke999]

they are not that good. Preseason does this to some people. My 5 year old has a better arm than ur qb.

They have no WRs and he never threw any short passes to be able to determine whether or not he can be effective as a TN QB, he was out of rhythm and tossing the ball 30 yrds into coverage everytime to receivers who wouldn't catch it if he delivered a Manning pass anyway. Plays were never called to shorten up the passes and allow the incredible speed of their running backs to take the game over, UCLA saw that if they continued launching 30 yrd passes Craft was going to set the all-time INT record, so they shortened it up and he got in rhythm and confidence and threw nothing but completions from then on. I could've coached TN to a win, Phil Fulmer is a pile of shit and TN simply needs to get a decent coach that can recruit and train a team for national championships. I personally do not think Crompton is a very good QB but it's very hard to judge from this game as every pass he made was a hail mary to a horrible WR

[masr]

Had UCLA +7.5!
Tennessee has to stop coming to west coast for season openers, last year Cal beat them...
They have to go back and start against the Chatanoogas' & UL Monroes of the league!

[bettilimbroke999]

It's true though, TN simply plays like absolute dogshit in the season opener on the West Coast, I don't know why that just seems to be the way it is. They are clearly not as good a team .year in year out as Florida or LSU but they are usually the third best team in the SEC, but always play that west coast opener as bad as they are capable of

[casper]

West Coast football baby!

Cal v. Michigan State--Cal covers
USC stomps the Wahoos for an easy cover
Fresno State getting it done in the Garbage State
and UCLA brings home the bacon....

Take that, East Coast honks!

(Disclaimer, like a sap I did not have action first weekend.)

[donjuan]

Good to see some things never change.

[BuddyBear]

Ummm....has anyone noticed that the home dog always covers these Labor Day games? Seriously, UCLA was sitting at +7.5 to +8.5 on a number of books. Nobody should have bet Tennessee tonight.....

[BadFinger]

tennessee and fullmer have always been over rated. they can not get it done in their 1st games against a quality opponent.

[St.Aquinas]

Unreal!

Why so many 50+ yard field goal attempts?

[Sandro777]

this game was awesome. Reminded me the reason why I bet on college football games. I normally wouldn't have gave a **** about either team but needing both teams to score like 20+ points in the last 3 minutes was pretty ****ing exciting