CJ Though

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 don’t see it that way. Every team loses games they’re 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. There’s 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. I’m not saying Heupel is perfect or that he shouldn’t be criticized. Tennessee has expectations, and rightfully so. But some of y’all 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. It’s chaos every single year. Teams beat teams they shouldn’t, teams lose games they shouldn’t, and the rankings get flipped upside down every other week. My point is that Tennessee isn’t some program that’s miles behind everybody else. We’re 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 we’re competing, and whether we’re putting ourselves in position to accomplish our goals. But stop acting like every loss is proof that Heupel can’t 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.