No Kirby, you lost due to Poor Coaching more than Rico getting flagged

Sure the stupid unsportmanslike penalty made us kick from the 20. But still should have won it. The coaching in the last 10 seconds was abysmal.

1) With the kick return formation UT lined up in, CKS should have order a tough to handle line drive kick instead of a short bloop kick that allowed the returner to catch in the air at the 35 yard line on a dead run.

2) Rush 5-6 guys where Dobbs doesn't have all day back there. Make him get rid of the GD ball.

3) Why is our best pass rusher, a 6-6 LC playing safety? He has no ball skills. He was behind the WR. Don't blame him, he is a pass rusher. Not a Safety.

4) Why weren't the kids coached to use their arms like hammers to bat the ball down?

Several other coaching blunders earlier in the game:

1) Too Conservative play calling in early and mid 4th quarter with great field position. Two 3 and outs instead of delvering a dagger to the Vols

2) Too aggressive of play calling with backs against the wall. Eason gets sacked in own end zone, fumbles and UT TD.

3) Very poor clock management. Smart fails to call time out after stopping UT on first down at 2:00 and 40 seconds run off the clock. Luckily, Eason-Ridley bailed out this poor coaching decision until the next blunder.

I do not appreciated CKS calling out the players (Rico McGraw) and saying they lost the game because of his unsportmanslike conduct penalty. He should be a leader and shoulder the blame himself...all of us have to acknowledge multiple coaching mistakes. The great coaches accept blame in defeat and defer credit to the players in victory.