Brock Purdy threw a game ending interception
But you wonât hear about it because his last name isnât Prescott.
Getting carved up by JJ McCarthy and getting ran over by Scattebum is something
Youâre frauds @HoustonTexans
Auburn beat Georgia last week with 11 flags compared to the bulldogs 4.
And won.
Flags even out. You commit them, then you get them. Same with turnovers.
The amount of penalties DOES NOT MATTER. The timing of them does.
Some of yall canât get that through your thick skull.
This is fools gold graphic. If 80 teams average 7.2 flags per game then the rank looks worse.
In the same time period Georgia (who everybody dick rides when it comes to discipline) averages 4 flags a game
After all said and done we are bitching over 3 more flags a game
Tennessee is NOT as bad as some of yall are making them out to be.
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Brock Purdy throws a pick while throwing the ball away
Youâll hearing nothing about it because his last name isnât Prescott.
I think people need to realize just how chaotic college football is, especially the SEC. Everybody wants to act like Josh Heupel is behind everybody else, but I honestly donât see it that way.
Every team loses games theyâre supposed to win. Every coach has bad losses. Teams go on the road and get beat. Teams overlook opponents. Teams have games where nothing goes right. It happens to Alabama, Georgia, Texas, LSU, and everybody else. Why do we act like Tennessee is the only program that deals with it?
Nobody in this sport has it all figured out. Thereâs no magic formula that guarantees you 10 or 11 wins every year. You can have great recruiting, great facilities, and great coaching and still go out there on Saturday and lay an egg.
Iâm not saying Heupel is perfect or that he shouldnât be criticized. Tennessee has expectations, and rightfully so. But some of yâall act like every other coach in this conference is some kind of mastermind while Heupel is the only one making mistakes.
Look around the SEC. Itâs chaos every single year. Teams beat teams they shouldnât, teams lose games they shouldnât, and the rankings get flipped upside down every other week.
My point is that Tennessee isnât some program thatâs miles behind everybody else. Weâre competing in the same league, dealing with the same challenges, and playing in a sport where nobody is untouchable.
Judge Heupel on the big picture. Judge him on where the program is going, how consistently weâre competing, and whether weâre putting ourselves in position to accomplish our goals.
But stop acting like every loss is proof that Heupel canât coach while every other coach gets a pass when their team does the exact same thing.
Nobody is above anybody in this sport. You better show up and play on Saturday, or anybody can get beat.
My take on penalties in football: We put way too much emphasis on them when judging coaches and teams.
I believe there are certain penalties that are primarily mental errors rather than coaching failures. False starts, lining up in the neutral zone, and some pass interference calls are examples. Coaches can teach technique, discipline, and awareness, but they cannot eliminate every mistake a player makes in real time. At some point, the player has to execute.
I also believe overall penalty totals are given too much weight when evaluating a team. Every team commits penalties, and not all penalties have the same impact. A false start in the first quarter is not equivalent to a defensive holding call that extends a game-winning drive.
Look at the 2025 NFL season. Jacksonville committed 128 accepted penalties and still won 13 games. Denver surrendered the most penalty yards in the league and still finished 14â3. Meanwhile, Kansas City committed 119 accepted penalties and finished 6â11. Those examples show that penalty totals alone do not explain a teamâs success or failure.
Could Jacksonville or Denver have been even better with fewer penalties? Possibly. But that doesnât change the larger point: a high penalty count does not automatically mean a team is poorly coached, and a low penalty count does not automatically mean a team is well-coached.
My argument is simpler: Judge penalties by their context, not just their quantity. Look at when they happen, what they cost, whether they repeatedly expose a weakness, and whether they directly affect the outcome.
Untimely penalties can absolutely cost you a game. But overall penalty totals, by themselves, are a poor way to judge a football team or its coaching staff.
Yesterday, I was as mad as Iâve ever been. I came home, put my phone on do not disturb, and watched a show instead of football.
I have some long drawn out tweets coming. I donât care if you read them, but you should because the stuff Iâm seeing on here is just too wild not to address.

