MONDAY TAKE: Tennessee's Offense WASTES Elite Defensive Performance in HEARTBREAKING 33-27 Loss to Sooners

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🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS suffer crushing 33-27 loss to OKLAHOMA, eliminating playoff hopes despite solid defensive performance. Can the VOLS finish strong with games against FLORIDA and VANDERBILT still ahead? ERIC CAIN breaks down how TENNESSEE's offense wasted a stellar defensive performance, analyzing JOEY AGUILAR's three critical first-half turnovers that overshadowed his near-400-yard passing day. The discussion covers PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS statistics revealing TENNESSEE's best tackling game of the season with only 5 missed tackles, controversial fourth-and-one play-calling, and how the VOLUNTEERS dominated every statistical category yet trailed at halftime. CAIN examines why TENNESSEE remains its own biggest opponent and addresses BOO CARTER's zero defensive snaps after recent struggles. Key topics include recruiting bright spots with two Sunday commitments—tight end LUCA WOLF flipping from CAL and four-star offensive tackle PRINCETON UWAIFO from Murfreesboro—plus what's left to play for in a season where playoff dreams have vanished. Tune in for this comprehensive post-game analysis of TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS football and what the final games mean for JOSH HEUPEL's program.

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0:00.0	Monday morning over reaction time or simply the hard truth of why Tennessee lost to Oklahoma.
0:11.8	You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:21.8	Good Monday morning, everybody. Welcome into it. Locked-on balls. I am your host, Eric Kane. We're a part of Locked-on Podcast Network. Where does your team every single day in today's episode? It's going to be a good one. Brought to you apart by our friends over at GameTime, where you can download the GameTime app, create an account, put the reading code locked on college for $20 off your first purchase.
0:41.2	Again, shout out. by our friends over at Game Time where you can download the Game Time at, create an account, put the reading code locked on college for $20 off your first purchase.
0:41.2	Again, shout out to our friends over at Game Time.
0:43.9	Every day, thanks so much for being here.
0:45.3	If you're new to the show, pull up a chair.
0:47.2	We're just going to talk things over.
0:49.6	We've had two nights to sleep on it.
0:52.1	It was a tough, tough outcome Saturday night as Tennessee Falls, 33 to 27.
0:57.6	College football playoff hopes are doomed.
0:59.8	It is what it is.
1:01.2	And we're just going to talk about it.
1:02.5	This is a therapy session.
1:03.8	So, you know, we'll use tomorrow's show as a therapy session as well.
1:07.4	Sit in your questions, your comments, your frustrations at underscore Kiner and
1:11.6	I'll bring these on the show tomorrow and we will discuss a lot of things. So got a lot to
1:17.7	get into here today to Sunday afternoon commitments. So we will speak on that segment number three.
1:22.4	Before that, the pro football focus stats that actually matter, some eye-popping stats that we're
1:26.6	going to get into from Tennessee's Lost Oklahoma. But starting things off, man, the hard truth. Is this the hard
1:32.5	truth or are these Monday overreactions to why Tennessee lost 33 to 27 in this one? Again, I'm
1:39.1	your host, Eric Kane. Appreciate you for being here. I'm a member of the ballquest.com team here
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