Tennessee Postgame Discussion

[crales44]

Pretty sure that was Matt Park being Matt Park. Didn't realize that Tremble switched to #82 today.

Did anyone screenshot the one play he was allegedly in?

He was the guy who caught the ball on the play that they reviewed for targeting right along the line of scrimmage.

 

[Yeti]

Willis had 23 carries to Nixon’s 9 but way to push a narrative.

Should be 28-4

 

[IthacaMatt]

And you know this how ??

His point is that we have a lot of tough games, and we don't know how Tennessee is going to turn out yet.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

He was the guy who caught the ball on the play that they reviewed for targeting right along the line of scrimmage.

Matt Park thought he also played on defense today.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I did think the tackling was better today. There was more wrapping up.

It's just the missed tackles end up being really glaring.

Yeah, I kind of agree. There were times when we just stuffed their runs, and other times they could get 10 yards every time.

 

[crales44]

Matt Park thought he also played on defense today.

Gotcha. I didn't see any #82 in on defense, so I don't have Park's back on that.

 

[wiseman3]

Gotcha. I didn't see any #82 in on defense, so I don't have Park's back on that.

I did see it once. No idea when it was though and I dismissed it as a duplicate number or something. Very strange

 

[wiseman3]

Looking back, I'm still struggling to come to terms with how bad of a performance this was defensively. Right now its looking like out of all Power 5 teams this week, we are going to have the most points given up by a wide margin ( even if we don't count the fumble return). Just completely unacceptable especially after a full off-season to prepare

 

[Janner]

Did you look in the "Fran / Players Postgame Presser" thread?

I did not even see it, im getting old... much appreciated!

 

[hoopsupstate]

We need more power and speed at linebacker.

 

[Cuse12]

This was a big game! He led our offense to over 400 yards (minus sacks) and 24 first downs! 271 passing yards. against a top notch defense.

Angeli wasn’t perfect but I feel great about him leading the offense going forward.

This was not Devito vs Notre Dame. Angeli and the offense played good enough to win.

From what I’ve seen today against elite defenses, our offense looks better than Texas, Alabama and LSU

I was just thinking, if people here think Angeli was “bad” today… look at the performances of a lot of the “elite” QBs today in week 1. I thought Angeli was actually showing me decent things. Made some big plays. Don’t even mention cuse Devito reminds you’d of Angeli…. Not even close

 

[phil77]

We need more power and speed at linebacker.

This was the one position I was confused that we didn’t attack harder in the portal. Our LB play wasn’t good last year with Wax and Barron and now they are gone and they weren’t really replaced

 

[richmondcuse03]

Matt Park thought he also played on defense today.

He did. I was at the game. It was a few series and plays.

 

[Offthedome]

Dead serious, have to be proactive in today’s modern landscape. What’s his buyout?

No. Way. Too good of a recruiter and culture builder.

 

[Offthedome]

UCONN looks great, they could bury us

Huh?

 

[AAM62]

Imagine we won and Clemson does what they’re supposed to do? Would’ve been a banner day for the ACC.

 

[RedtheGOB]

Talk about missing Mr McCord. How many of his 2 min drills put us back in games last year.

Today the last 2 mins of the half and the first 2:30 mins of the 2nd half below:

Tenn
-75 yard TD drive in 1:34 with a 47 yard run
-20 yard td drive in 2 mins.

Cuse
-Angeli fumble recovered by us luckily at our 25 before half.
-Angeli interception at our 25

Sort of a miracle we bounced back a little after that disaster before and after the half.

I think the offense will improve. Alot of jitters at key moments in August.

 

[AAM62]

I think another problem I’ve seen said once or twice but not talked about enough is, we don’t do stunts or anything on the d-line we play gaps which never generates pressure. Same can be said for offense Tennessee would send 4 guys and would shoot different gaps and the O-line would look lost as Angeli had a guy in his face within a second.

I think it’s bc if a guy like fundess-cundiff stunts, he’s just gonna get washed out.

 

[Offthedome]

Could be a playoff team

Trolling. Freedom of speech and all, but at some point it ceases to funny and simply sounds foolish.

 

[FranStan]

Agree and the announce had the nerve to call out Samuels when he went down claiming he was faking. It seemed like every time we were in an offense flow another Tenn player was down injured but got up and then walked off the field.

Yep. And their fans had the audacity to boo our injured players.

 

[CuseMan4]

People are going to hate this but Angeli kind of reminded me of Devito

Brother. Respectfully what are you watching. Devito was a great kid but he was the 3 and out KING. Angeli was not the problem today. People need to take a step back. It’s tough to follow McCord the next year. Dude literally broke ACC records and had the best SINGLE season of ANY Cuse QB. 99% of QBs are going to be a step back from that. Angeli is no McCord. But he’s not a slouch either. By the time Angeli is done at the hill, I bet he has much better career here than Devito

 

[dwilmont44]

Defense gave up 7.25 yards per play

That would have been ranked dead last in 2024

 

[Offthedome]

I think UConn comes down to 4th quarter, close game

That's way different than "bury us."

 

[grepal]

Lots to clean up.

Look, our 17 year old athletic freak will learn at an incredible pace. Doubt we see too many front 7's this goid. Willis is a stud, Angell is cool under heat. We will be ok. IMO if Fran keeps the guys we need to keep SU will be decent this year and will steamroll people in 2026.

 

[SUforme]

Maybe Syracuse can watch Clemson and learn to tackle.