Phil Fulmer Should Be Fired

Agreed. Their kicker did miss THREE but 2 were over 50 yards. Look at how many passes they threw compared to runs, with Crompton taking the reigns this year you need to rely on foster and hardesty and they had 25 runs combined to Crompton's 41 pass attempts, not too mention his sacks/scrambles.

IMO the break down of the run/pass is the story here. Foster and Hardesty averaged over 6 yards a pop and only 25 plays were for them

Thank You, you dont try two 50+ yard FGs on the road. You play the field position game and pin them deep. Thats why Fatty Phil is irrevelant now as a Head Coach. 

Tennessee = the new Vandy

Quote Originally Posted by HeyRube:

i dont think fulmer coached foster to fumble or coach the refs to blow the call on the saftey..both were big turning points in this game...the only blame i came put on coaching is having foster in instead of the better back in hardisty.....and this team will not get run out of the sec games ...we lost to cal last year and won the east...its not easy to play 3000+ miles away in your first start as a qb..good defense just didnt make the right plays in the 2nd half ....ucla will suprise some people this year they are well coached and have a good defense. you guys are saying all this shit because your mad you lost money

First of all Tennessee was in LA for about 2 days before the game. Second no Phil didnt coach Foster to fumble but their should of been alot more rushing attempts and less passing attempts. You said it yourself its not easy to QB your first game thats why you give the ball to the ALL-SEC RB and soon to be career rushing leader (at Tenn) behind 5 returning offensive lineman.  No one is mad that we lost money...we are mad that we backed a incompetant football coach with our money...there is difference. UCLA will some games but no one will sit in prevent defense the entire 4th quarter and let him throw the football around like its flag football either.

I don't know which game you were watching. I saw 4 interceptions by the Bruins QB turned into 0 points, starting field position at the Bruins half of the filed on several occasions and 0 points out of that, missed field goal after field goal (which you cannot blame on the poor kicker,  pro kickers do not hit 50+ yarders automatically.

What else, let me see - fumble inside the Bruins five, QB 3 step drops crashing into a half back, penalties.....in one word - AWFUL

Well said

I guess Tennesse has given up on trying to be an SEC powerhouse.

Exactly. No fulmer didn't fumble the ball on the 5. But why wasn't the game plan to run all over the bruins? Maybe the OC has total control of that, but with how long fulmer has been there, I doubt he completely handed over the game plan to a brand new OC. The team was not ready to play and that rests on his shoulders. 1st drive of the 2nd half they ran all over UCLA's tired ass d-line and then the fumble makes them abandon the run??? Yea Foster fudged up, but Crompton was terrible all game and they kept making him throw passes of 15 yards and he couldn't hit them. You have two very good running backs and they had a total of 25 carries. After the 1st drive in the 2nd half they only carried the ball about 6-8 times. Maybe I'm letting the OC off the hook, but I believe Fulmer had control of the game plan and his hand was in the offense.

I also did have Tennessee-7, but I hit on Tennessee 1st half. So I lost juice. I'm upset b/c I'm a vols fan and that game was a tradgety. Losing to Cal last year was not a suprise to me, losing to UCLA with 4 picks in the 1st half

UCLA's d-line should have been on oxygen by the end of the 1st half, but Tennessee let them off the hook by not running the ball