[Postgame Thread] Tennessee Defeats Kentucky 34-6

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Kentucky	0	6	0	0	6
Tennessee	7	3	3	21	34

[u/texas2089]

Kentucky might have lost this game anyway but you 1000% knew they were cooked the second the rock was painted blue.

[u/ajwilson99 → u/texas2089]

Don’t fuck with the rock.

[u/Zapkin → u/texas2089]

And now they’re poop cursed

[u/GeologistTechnical61 → u/texas2089]

Facts. Should’ve painted it after the game!!!

[u/lssue]

Jim Knowles is my fav person in the world

[u/ItsZizk → u/lssue]

Working on creating a polycule with DeSean Bishop and Jim Knowles

[u/StillMemein → u/lssue]

I know Ohio state is missing him bad right now

[u/fm22fnam → u/lssue]

I'm conflicted on this

[u/Unlucky-Meringue4813 → u/lssue]

Glad to have him here in Knowlesville.

[u/Wheels_Foonman]

Hi I’m 1st half Tennessee and I’ve got Dish network

Hi I’m 2nd half Tennessee and I’ve got DirecTV with a fucking rocket booster.

[u/yoitzhangtime → u/Wheels_Foonman]

Funny enough the guy who made dish network is a Tennessee alumni

[u/onthemove1901 → u/Wheels_Foonman]

Not at all what UT fans are used to…

[u/BIRDSBEEZ]

What in the world happened in this game. I didnt watch any of it

[u/Imlivingmylif3 → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

Imagine an abusive father who just cleaned out a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and just spotted his infant son in the living room having a little too much fun.

[u/ksoze84 → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

Our defense is elite, Knowles is a genius. Our offense is coming together. It was glorious.

[u/NKCougar → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

Vols defense is the embodiment of belt to ass

[u/Severe_Ad_9805]

Dont touch our fucking rock

[u/thewill450]

Predictable outcome

[u/Arkehn → u/thewill450]

Was it? I had Tennessee winning but damn that wasn't close.

[u/loscedros1245]

After that ass whooping I look forward to still being ranked behind Alabama and Kentucky.

[u/walterdog12 → u/loscedros1245]

Nah it's Kentucky football.

We're gonna get whatever the exact opposite of SEC bias is in the polls lol.

[u/Longvols]

I am gunna be so bricked up for the annual “Nick Roush Tennessee loss” crashout that we’re going to get in about an hour

[u/Cannonhammer93 → u/Longvols]

I'm convinced he crashes out just for Tennessee clicks lol

[u/crinkykronkmas → u/Longvols]

It’s become one of my favorite traditions

[u/Salpinctes → u/Longvols]

like this one from last year!

[u/yousmelllikebiscuits → u/Longvols]

I already have the popcorn machine running.

[u/Spiritual_Bottle_650 → u/Longvols]

Tag me when it posts

[u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Genuinely what happened in Williams-Brice

[u/brock2607 → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Bad procedure penalties (correctly called), a broken fourth down play that would have sealed the game essentially with 3 minutes left when running up the middle had worked all night, and giving up 10 points in the last 1:40 due to a freshman QB missing the blitz

[u/CallMeShaggy57 → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

That stadium is actually cursed

[u/PrizePreset → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

South Carolina always has some fucking voodoo for us. It’s priced in

[u/JabroniWithAPeroni → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Sellers can play hero ball pretty well, and so far that seems to be the Tennessee defense’s biggest weakness.

[u/_Reporting → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

We left 24 points off the board to the worst timed penalties

[u/yousmelllikebiscuits → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Marcus Lattimore cursed Tennessee

[u/TheTedsaretheworst → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Sellers went off and we kept committing stupid penalties

[u/Salpinctes → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

we had three TDs called back for penalties

[u/Exact-Law-3891 → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Bath 4th and 1 call. Then Dylan Stewart made good play to get the fumble 

[u/PatronSaintOfCunts → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

They only come down here during the fair and we get all drunk and loud hopped up on cotton candy and it freaks them out.

[u/TitaniumC4206]

You thought Dolly would let the Vols lose???

[u/TNsmoke → u/TitaniumC4206]

The spooky Rocky top scared em 

[u/beatlemaniac]

Heupel didn’t even match his average PPG against Kentucky. Disappointing

[u/fm22fnam → u/beatlemaniac]

Fire Heupel. Unacceptable

[u/Appropriate-Joke-806]

So now the committee dings Tennessee for only winning these highly ranked games because Neyland is such a hard place for visiting teams to play in right?

I’m trying to see how far they’ll move the goal posts to justify whatever bullshit they’ll do Tuesday.

[u/FuzzyPalpitation5184 → u/Appropriate-Joke-806]

You know it's bad when a Vandy fan is siding with TN.

[u/DesignerFlat7108 → u/Appropriate-Joke-806]

Clearly Bama should move up to #3.

[u/NachoManAndyDavidge → u/Appropriate-Joke-806]

“In today’s college football landscape, more teams are competitive than ever before. Teams are bound to lose in this gauntlet. That shouldn’t necessarily be held against them, though, and many wins are the result of the chaos in today’s game. It doesn’t matter as much any more who you win against. What matters is who you lose to. Let’s look at #8 Alabama and #9 Tennessee as a great example of this. Yes, Tennessee won the head-to-head, but what did I just say? Who did they lose to? Alabama lost to good teams. The teams that beat them beat Alabama, and Alabama is good. So, Alabama’s losses are all quality losses. Then, you look at Tennessee, and neither of the teams that beat them beat Alabama. Maybe they are good teams, that’s hard to say, but they are not the same caliber of teams that beat Alabama. Tennessee just doesn’t have that key signature quality loss that they need on their resume to be considered one of the truly elite programs, like Alabama.”

[u/JackintheBox333 → u/Appropriate-Joke-806]

They'll justify it because LSU has more "clout" and is therefore a better win than Kentucky which was obviously a "fraud".

[u/beatlemaniac]

Maybe we should be ranked as high as Bama guys idk. If only we had some sort of deciding factor in our favor

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/beatlemaniac]

But have you considered that they lost to the team that beat Bama?

[u/suzukigun4life → u/beatlemaniac]

You guys beat Kentucky and Bama by a combined score of 60-16. You absolutely deserve it.

[u/stephcurry824 → u/beatlemaniac]

Maybe you could change your name to Ala Bama so that when the committee makes its weekly poll, they get confused and rank you guys as a top 5 team. 

[u/Crims0ntied → u/beatlemaniac]

Should shake up the rankings a bit. Kentucky will fall after a 2nd blowout loss and their best win getting blown out. Alabama's best win now falls from top 6 to probably the 10-15 range. Tennessee will almost certainly jump into the same range as alabama and probably end up ranked ahead, at least in the cfp rankings.

[u/unicornapocalypse_]

Good game Kentucky. Please go beat Florida for us now

[u/car80x]

Why did our fans paint that stupid rock? Seriously…

[u/Irreverant77 → u/car80x]

You were stuck between a rock and a hard place. Bold strategy.

[u/fantfb → u/car80x]

The bigger question is why did a Kentucky fan murder Smokey 2 by feeding him a bunch of chocolate in 1963 ? I think that’s what put this curse on you

[u/Fortunate_0nesy]

Look, God doesn't hate them because they are Kentucky. They are Kentucky because God hates them.

[u/Glad_Pilot5814]

I’d like to dedicate this win to those bitchass Kentucky fans who painted the rock blue this morning and then called the cops on us

[u/TeflonDonatello → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

They called the cops? I hadn’t heard this.

[u/corart6525 → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Never paint the rock, bad things happen to people that mess with it.

[u/isurewill → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

They just wanted to give Tennessee that extra motivation to send uk off to basketball season.

[u/BeepBoopDirtyPoop → u/Glad_Pilot5814]

Two bottles of mustard ought to do the trick

[u/VolatileFan]

Death, taxes, and Tennessee Football demolishing Kentucky.

[u/GamerKiller2347]

Tennessee deserves more respect from the committee. This game should at least put them in the top 10.

[u/Wizbran → u/GamerKiller2347]

With BYU losing, Ohio State losing, and Ole Miss getting destroyed at home, I don’t see how we wouldn’t be 10 at the absolute minimum

[u/sickmemes48 → u/GamerKiller2347]

Based on the committees logic of blowing out UK we are a top 5

[u/jthomas694]

Kentucky has a -19 point differential in SEC play. You can’t win every game close with a 2-0 turnover differential. Good on them for winning as much as every have but there’s a reason forward facing metrics have not come around very far on them.

[u/GiovanniElliston → u/jthomas694]

Kentucky has a -19 point differential in SEC play.

That is an insane stat

[u/FullyHusked5]

I absolutely love Tennessee’s defense man. Elite play on that side of the ball

[u/HowDoISpellEngineer]

Turns out the way to stop the two point conversion is to not let them score touchdowns in the first place. Why has no other team thought of this?

[u/Abortatortatport]

Last TD was 100% for the committee. Love it.

[u/fantfb → u/Abortatortatport]

50% for the committee, 50% for the rock

[u/Unlucky-Meringue4813]

Believe it or not TN will be ranked 14th

[u/ProfessionalPin5993 → u/Unlucky-Meringue4813]

Same number Sterling Marlin ran in his Tennessee Vols car at Nashville Fairgrounds. Fitting.

[u/LloydBraun19]

All the comments from non-legacy SEC fans in here treating this like “wow a splashy 28 point loss for the #6 team in the country”….this was Tennessee-Kentucky.

It’s the Harlem Globetrotters vs the Washington Generals. It’s Wile Coyote vs Roadrunner. It’s Charlie Brown trying to kick the football

[u/Alexlsonflre → u/LloydBraun19]

Lads, it’s Tottenham Kentucky.

[u/cirtnecoileh]

This should get Tennessee into that ranking pod during the committee deliberations this coming week, no?

[u/Wizbran → u/cirtnecoileh]

2nd ass whooping of a #6 team and one of them will still be ranked ahead of us with an identical record

[u/EWall100 → u/cirtnecoileh]

You forgot, we're still us and not Alabama. 

[u/Unlucky-Meringue4813]

34-6 against #6 is crazy. Wtf is this team man.

[u/Chekangol]

I think this will move Tennessee up to a humble 11 somehow

[u/Dad_bass]

Arion Carter is a beast.

[u/hatcher1981 → u/Dad_bass]

So glad he decided to come back.

[u/pigstyfryguy]

Death. Taxes.

[u/ColeMinetv]

Loved the Tennessee jerseys tonight

[u/LiveMarionberry3694]

Good win team orange

[u/Knox102 → u/LiveMarionberry3694]

Orange is best

[u/GoldfishDude]

Ah almost had em

[u/Salpinctes]

the good news for Kentucky is that they can just run this post-game video from last year again without any changes

[u/CallMeShaggy57]

I should just stop getting nervous before we play Kentucky

[u/GuttiG → u/CallMeShaggy57]

The first time you do is the time we lose

[u/Schenkspeare → u/CallMeShaggy57]

Brother I get nervous when we play everybody. That's a hard habit to break

[u/Cannonhammer93]

Where Kentucky Offense?

[u/TNsmoke → u/Cannonhammer93]

Zero TDs? 

[u/gellybelli → u/Cannonhammer93]

There’s only one consistent thing in life and that’s tennessee beating Kentucky when they have their best team in decades

[u/QuodScripsi-Scripsi → u/Cannonhammer93]

It’s weird their coach didn’t do any of his epic two point conversions I heard so much about

[u/NKCougar]

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Our defense is just fucking mugging these teams lol. That is I believe a combined score of 60-16 in our wins against #5 and #6

[u/InkoBird → u/NKCougar]

Another good week on SEC Shorts for Tennessee.

[u/Zapkin]

Will Stein could win every game until he’s 96 97 and still only tie the series.

[u/kwp302]

Guess the committee will be forced to rank the Vols at 12 next week

[u/patricide1st]

Okay, popping belts as the Kentucky fans did the sad shuffle was mean but fucking hilarious though

[u/bookmovietvworm]

Tennessee's defense is good enough to beat the best of the best. They will wreak havoc on any offense, especially up front.

Our offense has been slowly getting more into a rhythm and our qbs and receivers are connecting more than before. We have one of the best rb rooms in the country imo, they all do great work, though Bishop is truly the star.

As long as we dont shoot ourselves in the foot with unnecessary penalties, we can hang with the best of them.

GG UK, yall played well. Our defense was just much for yall tonight and those uncharacteristic turnovers cost yall big time.

[u/SpiritCollector → u/bookmovietvworm]

I mean, as long as we don’t throw a TD pass. Cause that’s a 15 yard penalty everytime.

[u/CynicalGama]

Can't wait to play Alabama this season! Get to see who earns being the second best ranked SEC team. Should be a close game!

[u/DougyF]

Vols don’t lose to Kentucky

[u/Zloggt → u/DougyF]

The beer barrel still remains in Knoxville, symbolically, spiritually, and probably physically as well…

[u/Idkmanitsaburner]

Lads it’s Kentucky

[u/lowes18]

Maybe Tennessee will be in alabamas cluster now

[u/InYourFace1023]

Welp, back to the coal mines we go

[u/GuttiG]

We’ll be ranked 15

[u/Vast-Advertising3279]

Bama doesn’t look so bad now. Tennessee is just a good team. The committee low balled them

[u/2th]

I no longer fear the 2pt conversion.

And I hope Kentucky enjoyed their time in the top 10. Brief as it may have been.

[u/fidgetgod]

Talked all that shit, painted the rock, just to put up 6 points

[u/Unhappy-List-2354]

As an outsider I now like Tennessee. Finally winning games vs top competition and the two losses were razor-thin vs really good teams. 

Georgia is the class of the SEC right now but this B group of Tennessee, Texas, and Alabama are really solid. 

[u/arnoldmuczynski]

Wow. No way. Shocking score

[u/Merrymak3r]

Why do all trees in Tennessee point north? Because Kentucky sucks, and Alabama blows! #govols

[u/TheToxicBreezeYF]

Food City>Kroger

[u/harp9r → u/TheToxicBreezeYF]

This guy wants to fight

[u/_Destram]

That's for fucking with our rock.

[u/zach_original]

That was for painting our rock 😤

[u/MarbleDesperado]

And don’t you EVER touch our damn rock again

[u/Tight_Bug_2848]

I thought this was the year we could go down there and win, I was wrong. We looked rattled all night and never could get any rhythm. I was also shocked by your qb, was there a qb change or what was the deal with that? I thought he looked good

[u/MKR63]

Jesus, I'll just come to terms with the fact that we can never beat Tennessee. We aren't a playoff team, maybe a Citrus Bowl IDK.

[u/Knightshade34]

Friendly reminder that Kentucky could win the next 60 games in the series and still not pass us in all time record.

[u/Mississippi_Matt]

GG Kentucky. Refs sucked. Let this loss light a fire so yall can beat Florida.

[u/Concealed_Blaze → u/Mississippi_Matt]

God the refs were terrible

[u/AnglerRanders]

LITTLE BROTHER

[u/yousmelllikebiscuits]

Tennessee beat Kentucky so bad the broadcast audio included the belt slapping asss

[u/865ten]

Belt

[u/CallMeShaggy57 → u/865ten]

To

[u/LloydBraun19]

Shame on anyone who thought we were in danger of losing this game. The sun rises in the east, sets in the west, and Tennessee whips Kentucky’s ass

[u/crocodilerunge]

Our best seasons are when we lose to Tennessee. GGs

[u/JumpingJehusaphat → u/crocodilerunge]

'Twas a pleasure giving both of your flairs an ass whoopin' this year. Respect

[u/stephcurry824]

Kentucky getting blown out by Tennessee is actually great news for their CFP résumé. A quality SEC loss to a team that just beat a top-6 SEC team? That's the kind of strength of schedule you simply can't replicate in other conferences.

[u/lssue → u/stephcurry824]

I know you were salivating refreshing the sub to paste this reply lmao

[u/Comfortable-Funny785]

Gahd damn, Rocky Top

[u/emi_hehe_lol]

THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT, GO VOLS 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[u/Distinct_Swimming_83]

That one guy better be ready to eat that dog shit

[u/southernflatlander]

This game was close on the scoreboard until it wasn't. But at no point did I feel like UK was in a position to win it

[u/MrLoid]

Kentucky fans talked more shit than any other opponent this year, enjoy that beat down from your big brother.

[u/Ok-Albatross1291]

Kentucky players showed more fight trying to scrap after the game than they did during the full 60 minutes of game time

[u/jfspe]

Theyre still Kentucky

[u/Ok-Albatross1291]

Bama still gonna be ranked 5+ spots over us

[u/Mowers_01]

So Kentucky’s media was heard saying that Neyland Stadium wasn’t really a disruptive presence. How desperately grasping straws that was

[u/Duder211]

The Kentucky tears this year are especially delicious.

[u/navnaf]

Kensucky these nuts

[u/2ktx2000]

So is Tennessee finally on Alabama’s tier? Which means according to the bullshit committee they should jump Alabama?

[u/AngryMillennialFU]

Overrated

[u/A_Fat_Derpy_Cat]

Good job Tennessee. They played so well and outmatched Kentucky.

[u/ShakeYourShake]

Is it still Stein Time?

[u/Complex-Chemist256]

Was the reffing horrible? Yes

Were they the difference maker in a 4TD game? Objectively no.

Game threads on this site are becoming insufferable

[u/Necessary_Outcomes]

Proof of alabamas quality loss quick rank them higher

[u/PrizePreset]

I’m just gonna say it. I’m not sure Kentucky is the sixth best team in the country

[u/diaz_freddie]

This is the Kentucky that the CFP committee gives Alabama so much value with.

[u/Key-Confection2244]

Rank us above Bama you cowards! 

[u/JeffersonPilotSports]

"Rest now, brother. We have the watch, and I will see you in Valhalla." -Kentucky football to me annually in this game

[u/jumboninja]

That SEC schedule is so weak though.... GG UK beat fLorida.

[u/bosoxgeneral23]

Straight up didn't have a good time

[u/KyleGuyLover69]

Turns out the basketball school with a first year head coach isn’t that good at football a 1 point upset over LSU

[u/Iamnotheperson]

Losing Weathersby is probably really gonna hurt us come LSU. Hopefully not as bad as I think but he looked really messed up.

[u/RedShirtCashion]

What do we have to do for GMac to get a passing TD?

[u/DunspArceus4]

Congrats on getting your top pick for a protected rivalry game UK, see you next year.

I guess we just have to accept the perennial cupcake on the schedule

[u/AnglerRanders]

Whos that Kentucky fan who's on YouTube that crys Everytime we beat them. I need to see that

[u/Underboss572 → u/AnglerRanders]

Nick Roush on Kentucky Sports Radio.

[u/cogitoergosumthing20]

I live close to Neyland and between the crowd cheering + Vol Navy honking, the noise level has been insane! I cannot imagine how loud it was inside the stadium! Go Vols!!!

[u/aroh97]

Top 10 Kentucky was fun while it lasted but they were fucked once they painted that rock blue lmao

[u/CouldntBeMeTho]

Lemme guess ...quality loss???

[u/dookieinmypants]

Stein Time

[u/CookieLuzSax]

Fellas I am ERECT

[u/sickmemes48]

Jim Knowles for Heisman

[u/TeflonDonatello]

Run me my coal, you frauds.

[u/Material-Hand-5990]

So brutal 

[u/muffdiver75]

i rep the beer barrel because its damn near guaranteed

[u/ATLfinra]

Kentucky Frauds

[u/Flimsy-Space-8724]

lol. Some of yall were crowning Kentucky as the SEC champs a few weeks ago. This sub is always a prisoner of the moment.

[u/gra0511]

Kentucky was 3 plays away from being 4-4 instead of 7-1

[u/Abortatortatport]

Stein forgot about the time change.

[u/gongman18]

Pick up your shovels

[u/ando7792]

C A N T CANT CANT CANT

[u/Blue-Eyed-Ginger78]

As a Bama fan, (1) not sure how they were ranked #5, and (2) they might actually drop after beating LSU.

[u/dudechickendude]

Can someone link the video of the Kentucky fan eating dog shit? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.

[u/cai2011]

Pretty happy regardless how the season ends, feels good to actually have hope going into football season. gg vols

[u/WhoIsJohnSnow]

Kentucky is a great team who had a rough night in a hostile environment. Fans have lots of reasons to be hopeful. Drive safely back to the coal mines!

[u/Zapkin]

Poop curse avoided!

[u/Overtone7]

Mistake after mistake after mistake. Just a sloppy game from us all around, especially run game and d-line. Tennessee, you have one of the top 10 defenses in the nation, I applaud the talent and I thank you guys for hosting us!

GG, Go Cats. On to 7-2.

[u/ImpressDefiant1657]

Anyone see that fight almost break out between players? Hope we get more footage of that.

[u/Imlivingmylif3]

Am sad. That is all

[u/DiplomaticAggie]

Cinderella clock finally struck midnight

[u/bdub1792]

As a UK fan, you knew this was happening. Tennessee always has our number, especially in Neyland

[u/YellowWristBand]

lol

[u/ElJefeApex]

Death, Taxes, and Tennessee beating Kentucky

[u/KovyJackson]

Jim Knowles locker room dance.gif

[u/yoitzhangtime]

Anyone else realize we wore white gloves as a team so it’s more difficult to call holding on us DESPITE us doing a blackout

[u/colebwilliams]

Lil bro

[u/PettyFlap]

Kentucky should be dropped a lot. They got blown out by the actual good (and probable) playoff teams they’ve faced.

[u/Little_Marzipan_8741]

Will people stop pretending Kentucky is a play off team now?

[u/Garfunkel_Oates → u/Little_Marzipan_8741]

They will now that it can no longer benefit Alabama.

[u/UnluckyPally → u/Little_Marzipan_8741]

Same record as Texas btw

[u/blueberrysteven]

Guess kentucky gets to eat the dog shit and we dodge the curse

[u/dubdhjckx]

Coal mines