Just finished up rewatching Tennessee's win over Tennessee Tech and wanted to share my thoughts and notes.
Let me know if something doesn't make sense.
Let me know if something doesn't make sense.
- Tennessee Tech won toss and deferred
- Tennessee’s opening drive:
- Velus return to the 3, but holding on Whitehead brings it back to the 22 (Holding on Whitehead was a weak call)
- 1st/10: Evans rush for 4
- 2nd/6: Evans rush for 3
- 3rd/3: Evans rush for 2
- 4th/1: Evans rush for 1 for first down
- 3rd/3: Evans rush for 2
- 2nd/6: Evans rush for 3
- 1st/10: Hooker rush for 3
- 2nd/7: Hooker incomplete to Payton, who dropped the deep ball
- 3rd/7: Hooker incomplete to Payton, who got tangled up with DB, led to overthrow
- 4th/7: Kolby Morgan 35-yard punt to the TTU 30
- Really poor opening drive. Very little push from the o-line and couldn’t connect on the deep ball.
- Tennessee Tech’s 2nd drive:
- Tech starts on the 30
- 1st/10: Tech incomplete (Great break by Alontae on the ball for the PBU)
- 2nd/10: Tech incomplete (Buttler pressure up the middle)
- 3rd/10: Beasley comes up with a sack for a loss of 10 as Baron/Roman flushed QB out
- 4th/20: Velus returns the punt 25 yards to the TTU 33
- Tennessee’s 2nd drive: — Hooker to Payton for a 29-yard TD to make it 7-0
- Starts on the TTU 33
- 1st/10: Hooker to Warren for 4 yards
- 2nd/6: Hooker to Payton for a 29-yard TD to make it 7-0 (Great throw and catch)
- Tennessee Tech’s 3rd drive:
- Tech starts on the 15
- 1st/10: rush of 2
- 2nd/8: rush of 4
- 3rd/4: rush of 2 (Tremblay and Theo with a nice stop at the line)
- 4th/2: TTU punt to the TENN 34
- 3rd/4: rush of 2 (Tremblay and Theo with a nice stop at the line)
- 2nd/8: rush of 4
- Starts on the 34
- 1st/10: Hooker to Merrill for 11 yards
- 1st/10: Hooker incomplete to Tillman
- 2nd/10: Hooker to Merrill for 7 yards
- 3rd/3: Evans rush for 1 (Fant missed on his block)
- 4th/2: Hooker incomplete looking for Fant (low snap from Carvin threw off the timing on Hooker/Fant)
- 3rd/3: Evans rush for 1 (Fant missed on his block)
- Another empty drive as a result of a lack of success in short yardage situations. Fant has to make his block on third down and Carvin needs to have a better snap on fourth down.
- Tennessee Tech’s 4th drive: — JAYLEN MCCOLLOUGH INTERCEPTION
- Tech starts on the Tech 47
- 1st/10: Jackson/Blakely sack for loss of 7 on double pass
- 2nd/17: Tech incomplete (dropped pass)
- 3rd/17: Delay of Game
- 3rd/22: JAYLEN MCCOLLOUGH INTERCEPTION, RETURNED 16 YARDS TO THE TTU 37
- Tennessee’s 4th drive: — JAYLEN WRIGHT 1-YARD TD RUN MAKES IT 14-0
- Tennessee starts on the 37 after the McCollough interception
- 1st/10: Wright rush for 1
- 2nd/9: Hooker complete to Payton for 7, but holding on Darnell brings it back
- 2nd/20: Hooker to Wright for 3 — Vols bailed out on personal foul against TTU (Helmet came off)
- 1st/10: Hooker rush for 6 up middle
- 2nd/4: Hooker rush for 22 to the 1 thanks to a nice spin move (was a TD until replay overturned)
- 1st/Goal from 1: JAYLEN WRIGHT 1-YARD TD RUN MAKES IT 14-0
- Tennessee Tech’s 5th drive:
- 1st/10 from 25: Rush for 4
- 2nd/6: Complete pass for 5 (brought Theo on blitz, QB got it out quick to WR)
- 3rd/1: Rush for 2 for FIRST, FIRST DOWN OF GAME
- 2nd/6: Complete pass for 5 (brought Theo on blitz, QB got it out quick to WR)
- 1st/10: False start
- 1st/15: Completed pass of 13 (McCollough beat 1v1 in the slot)
- 2nd/2: Rush of 2 for first down
- 1st/10: Rush of 2
- 2nd/8: incomplete pass (slot WR beat Flowers in the slot on slant over middle, TTU WR bobbled it)
- 1st/10 from 25: Rush for 4
