Tennessee leads Georgia Tech 24–10 at halftime, which gave the message board just enough time to declare the offensive line dominant, demand the offensive-line coach be fired, pronounce the defense dead, watch it make one of the plays of the half, bury Telander, resurrect Telander, and briefly misplace a running back. The board experienced an entire season before the bands even got back to their seats.

The opening drive brought Volunteer4life:

“Couldn’t ask for anything better than that! Great OL blocking and play calling.”

That lasted about as long as a free sample at Costco.

Keebz: “Right side of the line is…bad.”

Kwyjibo: “I couldn’t believe when I saw some posters on this board saying we were gonna have a top 10 offensive line this year in the country.”

TheRainKing: “We can’t move the line of scrimmage when we need to. It’s pitiful.”

VolsForever101: “Crabtree and Elarbee, both gone this offseason. Need to cull the weaknesses from this staff.”

So: great OL blocking to fire the OL coach before halftime.

The defense took the same elevator.

“This defense sucks.”

Then Tennessee made a huge defensive play and the board immediately produced:

“Best DB play I’ve ever seen.”

But Telander won the half.

Volgaryn: “Telander can not set the edge.”

A little later, Telander made the interception.

CampSned1997: “very athletic play by Telander, never a doubt he has the ability to climb the ladder like that”

There had, in fact, been doubt.

Tennessee 24. Georgia Tech 10.

84% Tennessee Orange.

The Vols lead by two touchdowns. The board has already begun offseason staff reconstruction.