Honestly, it’s hard to exonerate anybody after such a bad loss. Tennessee football has more talent all over the field than Georgia State, but the Vols embarrassed themselves from the start. This game being close was scary on its own, but losing in pretty convincing fashion made it worse.
Make no mistake, 38-30 wasn’t even as close as it looked. The Vols were down 38-23 until the final two seconds of the game. They couldn’t stop Shawn Elliott’s offense, and the offense was absolutely atrocious in the red zone.
But who’s most at fault? There’s plenty of blame to go around, and this may be hard to break down.