Tennessee football blame pie in 27-13 loss at Georgia
You should mostly give credit to the Georgia Bulldogs for their performance against Tennessee football. They won 27-13 in a game that wasn’t that close. However, lots of Vols have to take responsibility too for what happened. Here is our blame pie surrounding UT’s loss to the Dawgs.
Offensive line: 35 percent
Georgia had six sacks on the day and held the Vols to under three yards a carry. Jaylen Wright had the best average of the day at 3.3 yards per carry. Meanwhile, they committed a barrage of pre-snap penalties that killed multiple drives, so they deserve the biggest blame for this.
Offensive play-callers: 25 percent
Yes, the offensive line struggled, but honestly, Josh Heupel and Alex Golesh are just as responsible. Georgia kept blitzing, but they never mixed it up with a quick screen or something along those lines to keep that unit honest. Failure to do just that amidst these blitz packages was a huge issue.
Hendon Hooker: 15 percent
Lapses in pass protection, failure of receivers to get open and issues play-calling to not keep the defense honest had a huge role in Hendon Hooker’s struggles, but at the end of the day, he held onto the ball too long for many of those sacks. Then he overthrew two clear touchdown passes that could’ve changed the game, so he must shoulder blame.
Wideouts: 10 percent
We just mentioned the sacks and Hooker’s issues, but a huge problem was the inability of Tennessee football’s wideouts to get open. Hooker’s one interception was because Cedric Tillman couldn’t win a one-on-one battle, and they failed to get open all day. You have to put some of that on them.
Safeties: 5 percent
A wheel route to Kenny McIntosh and a busted coverage to Ladd McConkey were responsible for two of Georgia’s three touchdowns. Jaylen McCollough and Trevon Flowers weren’t the only issues there, but they were part of that, so they get some of the blame for what happened.
Jaylen Wright: 5 percent
He missed on quite a few pass blocks, and then he fumbled in the second half on a drive in which the Vols needed to score. As a result, Jaylen Wright has to shoulder some of the blame, but he was nowhere near the most responsible for some of the issues that arose.
Juwan Mitchell: 5 percent
This was all about the Stetson Bennett touchdown run. It was Georgia’s first score of the game, and Juwan Mitchell had Bennett, but he took a bad angle. If he gets the stop, UGA kicks a field goal, and it’s only 3-3. That combined with some of those busted coverages puts him on the list.
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When you look at this, Tennessee football’s struggles at Georgia was really a team effort. Lots of people deserve blame for what happen. The good news for the Vols is the fact that they still have a lot to play for and should have plenty of chances to clean this up.