Vol Twitter wouldn’t be surprised if Tennessee never scores another offensive touchdown
By Cody McClure
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Twitter is bewildered by Tennessee’s inability to score an offensive touchdown.
It’s understandable. The Volunteers haven’t crossed the goal line on offense since Sept. 23 in a 17-13 win over UMass. It seems like it was years ago, but it was actually just over a month.
Tennessee did score a touchdown against Alabama, but it was a 97-yard interception return by the defense. Other than that, the Vols knocked in three field goals against South Carolina and got totally shut out by Georgia.
You could say October hasn’t been a good month in Knoxville.
Tennessee was oh, so close to scoring a touchdown against Kentucky on Saturday night. The Vols got all the way to the 1-yard-line in the first quarter, yet still found a way to kick a field goal.
At the time of this post, early in the second quarter, Tennessee was trailing Kentucky 14-6.
Check out some of these reactions:
First drive starts at opponent’s 15-yard line. Second drive gets to opponent’s 1-yard line. Both end in FGs.
That’s how you lose games.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) October 29, 2017
Tennessee’s touchdown struggle on offense is just unreal. I mean, they were right there at the goal line. Snap infraction and a sack…
— Trey Biddy (@TreyBiddy) October 29, 2017
Shot some video, and Tennessee kicked another FG in the red zone. The end zone is made of lava for the Vols.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) October 29, 2017
Tennessee had 2nd-and-goal at Kentucky 1, but only manages a FG. 7th time in last 5 games UT has had ball in red zone & couldn’t score TD
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 29, 2017
Man,.. that offensive touchdown thing is a real issue huh
— Dana Sulonen (@DanaSulonen) October 29, 2017
And then the Vols get flagged for a false start. From the 1.
Stop us if you’ve heard that before.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 29, 2017
Snap infraction from the #Vols on the 1-yard line. Amazing. Worst goal-line offense I’ve ever seen.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) October 29, 2017
End of the 1st quarter UK 7 UT 6: Tennessee now has not scored an offensive touchdown in 15 consecutive quarters.
— Dan Harralson (@danharralson) October 29, 2017
Truly baffling. Maybe the Vols will punch one in the end zone before this game is over.
Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.
