3rd Quarter:
14:02: This play won’t make any highlight reels during the offseason, but it’s a very important play when you consider the future of the offensive line. The Vols have a 3rd & 1 early in the second half and choose to run behind true freshmen Chance Hall and Jack Jones along the right side of the line instead of the left behind Kyler Kerbyson, Ethan Wolf and Dylan Wiesman. That’s a lot of confidence being shown in the young linemen.
Vols pick up an important 3rd & 1 to start the second half by running behind Chance Hall and Jack Jones. pic.twitter.com/lYxlANKYG2
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
9:36: Tennessee recognizes man-to-man coverage with true freshman Preston Williams and Dobbs decides to give him a shot. Dobbs throws the ball perfectly and Preston adjusts on it to make the play. Watch Preston plant as he lands to cut inside and escape the first defender…that’s a veteran move on a healing knee that turns a nice play into a big one as he bursts down the sideline.
Georgia-natives Joshua Dobbs and Preston Williams hook up for 33 yards on a nice back-shoulder throw. pic.twitter.com/r6PfuxbKVk
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
9:20: The Vols are going with a high tempo here and catch Georgia just a touch off guard. Again, they choose to run behind Jack Jones and Chance Hall, and again, it pays off. Those two, along with Alex Ellis, create a nice running lane for Jalen Hurd, who is able to burst through the line and get the Vols down near the goal line.
Chance Hall and Jack Jones plow the road, and Jalen Hurd does Jalen Hurd things. pic.twitter.com/6pobNGjiwS
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
8:36: Dobbs finishes the drive by calling his own number, keeping the ball on the zone-read look and going against the direction of the play. Georgia can’t catch him and the Vols have now come storming back from 21 down to tie the game.
Dobbs caps the drive off with a walk-in touchdown. Tennessee has now come back from 21 down to tie Georgia. pic.twitter.com/kCa9859Y6Z
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
8:24: Tennessee has all of the momentum at this point, and Derek Barnett seizes a great opportunity to keep it. The Vols got beat by Arkansas on a few rollouts, but they played this one perfectly. Lambert had nowhere to go and was forced to take the sack after Barnett got to him with the quickness.
The crowd is already juiced when Derek Barnett drags down Lambert for a sack on 1st down. Welcome back #9 pic.twitter.com/SSFjQZsaiU
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
6:31: Really nice play by LaTrow Lewis here to force Michel to stretch this play to the sidelines. Lewis uses the sideline as an extra defender and then finishes the job when Michel has nowhere else to go. Really nice, fundamentally sound football play here by Lewis.
Great job by LaTroy Lewis running the line and keeping Sony Michel from turning upfield. pic.twitter.com/uItbv9KSLp
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
This was also the play that Shy Tuttle suffered his lower leg injury. You be the judge…
Offered without comment. pic.twitter.com/wDp4yR0ej7
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
4:45: Georgia calls a screen on 3rd & long and the Vols are waiting on it. Great call and great execution by the Tennessee Defense on this play. Georgia had nothing going.
"How To Perfectly Defend The Georgia Screen"
Written by: John Jancek pic.twitter.com/4P2GoIx7AM
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
-Verne and Gary are now talking about how Mike DeBord arrived to the coaching booth three hours before kickoff to go over his gameplan…Sounds like this may need to happen more often. Perhaps a new gameday routine for the Vols’ OC?
3:03: Wiesman and Ellis just crush their blocks here to open up a nice gap for Joshua Dobbs. Dobbs hits the crease for a big run, but it doesn’t happen without these two.
Nice run by Dobbs, but Dylan Wiesman and Alex Ellis do man-work on this play.
Wiesman just tosses Leonard Floyd. pic.twitter.com/Kn8YPjIQK1
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
1:30: The motion with Kamara confuses Georgia’s defenders, then it’s just a simple route concept to run the defenders out of the flat while making it hard for Kamara’s defender to close the gap. Easy money, but a great call.
Easy money. pic.twitter.com/58ecYH6V8x
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 13, 2015
