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Thanks Will..............Being battered by Alabama didn’t cost Tennessee a division title. Neither did seven turnovers in a double-overtime loss to Texas A&M.
Its championship venture was wrecked by a 24-21 loss to 13-point underdog South Carolina on the last Saturday of October. That was a game UT knew it couldn’t afford to lose. And it lost.
When UT coach Butch Jones was asked about the East title that got away, he responded predictably. "We just want to be 1-0 each week," he said.
The Vols celebrate going 1-0. The Gators celebrate going to the SEC championship.
Jones delivers another catchphrase. Florida coach coach Jim McElwain delivers another divisional title.
In fact, McElwain has done more in two seasons at Florida than Jones has done in four at Tennessee.
Thanks Will..............
Good article, written by a UT beat writer. Jones has assembled very good talent there and they have been ridiculously inconsistent. They gave up 400+ rushing yards to 3 win Missouri yesterday and over 600 yards on D. WTF? That's inexcusable. He loses his QB and a lot of talent on D next year. Will be interesting to see who they replace Dobbs with and how they come into next season. I'm glad we get them in Gainesville (and LSU the next TWO years in Gainesville!!! :D ).
Can you imagine gaining over 700 yds and not winning a game ........Actually over 700 yards...most in school history I think.
Can you imagine gaining over 700 yds and not winning a game ........
Im sure he did,..............but Misery beating our assses in Gville with UNDER 100 yds is still the craziest thing I can remember about himDidn't Chump have two wins with under 125 yards of total offense?
Didn't Chump have two wins with under 125 yards of total offense?
No, he had two losses while holding the opponent to under 125 yards. It was some ridiculous stat, we were the only team in over 800 games to hold a team under 125 yards and lose....and he did it twice!