Be honest, in the last play of the game, were you

[PalsPal]

convinced that they'd score and beat us yet again?

I have to confess that I had battered wife syndrome, and just knew they were going to steal another one.

I don't think I was alone. Listen to the eruption:

 

[GreyGoose]

Yep

 

[TNTreeman]

I've said all week gators would win, I wasn't fully convinced Vols won till this morning that it really happened.

 

[UCStandSitter]

Yep. Sun rises and sets a few million times you come to trust it.

 

[THEdonkey0515]

When they got the onside kick I looked at the Wife and said Vols are about to blow this game. That was the only time all game I felt they was gonna win.

 

[Displaced_Vol]

I posted in the other thread that I was at a wedding. Up 17 everybody was saying we had it in the bag, I kept watching. Up 11 with 4:00 left they said it's over, I said nope not yet it's not. Up 5 & they recover that kick and I looked at them and said I told you, I've seen this fu**ing movie before! I about died when he got that kick. I won't say I thought it was cursed or that we were beat, but I knew I had to see 00:00.

 

[cbhunter]

When we were up (I think) it was 38-21 maybe?

I guess I still looked fairly concerned because the wife looked at me and said "what is wrong with you, y'all are gonna win" I said "I'm fine babe"

Then The tension started to build as the score got closer and they got the onside kick….

I ERUPTED when we got the interception and she simply said "you need intervention"


She is a football fan so it's not like she is clueless and doesn't understand football at all

 

[Spurhunter]

I text this to my SMS group: "That's what happens when you try not to lose. You lose."

Tennessee could've ended the thread by putting their foot on the throat but apparently Fat Phil coached the last 5 minutes. That disgraceful debacle was textbook Phil Fulmer. Milk the clock. Try not to lose.

 

[PalsPal]

I guess I still looked fairly concerned because the wife looked at me and said "what is wrong with you, y'all are gonna win" I said "I'm fine babe"

Liar!

I was watching with my middle daughter (who has become a huge fan, buying her own tickets to several of the remaining games etc).

After they got the onside kick, I looked at her and loudly said, "They're gonna beat us agaiiiinnnn"!

I expected her to try to comfort me, but oh no, she SCREAMED, "Don't DO THAT, you infuriate me!"

I then realized that she is, indeed, my daughter!

 

[Carlos]

Imagine if FL's coach wouldn't have gone for it on 4th down, like 6x and instead kicked field goals. They'd have won easily.
Poor coaching decisions imo.
I think they went for it on 4th down during their opening drive attempt.

 

[THEdonkey0515]

Imagine if FL's coach wouldn't have gone for it on 4th down, like 6x and instead kicked field goals. They'd have won easily.
Poor coaching decisions imo.
I think they went for it on 4th down during their opening drive attempt.

They did and left 3pts on the board. He was coaching desperate/ scared IMO went for it on there own 27 as well and he coached that way from the kickoff.

Look at the brightside a top 20 team that converted five! 4th downs still couldn't keep up with UT.

 

[Gravey]

I was on pins and needles and thinking they'd do us like we did Georgia a few years back with the Hail Mary. Fortunately got pressure on him where he couldn't get everything into the throw.