Tennessee flopped in its first chance at a statement victory.

The Vols got shut out in the second half of Saturday's game against No. 3 Georgia, squandered a halftime lead and lost 44-21 in Athens.

Tennessee is now 0-7 during the Jeremy Pruitt era against members of the Alabama/Florida/Georgia rivalry trio, with each of those losses coming by at least 22 points.

On this edition of "The Volunteer State," Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams of the News Sentinel discuss whether Georgia is simply that good, or whether the Vols are just that mediocre.

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