Tennessee football’s offense was firing on all cylinders in its 56-34 win over Kentucky on Saturday. This was spearheaded by strong play from quarterback Joey Aguilar, who completed 20-of-26 passes for 396 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
After the game, Aguilar met with the media to give his thoughts. He was asked about getting receivers over 100 yards, his deep ball, his health and more.
Here’s what he said.
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On how much fun it was
“I had a lot of fun. Just out there dishing the wealth and everybody is making plays when the ball is in the air. It makes my part easy.”
On wanting plays back vs. Alabama, being perfect vs. Kentucky, if he felt the need to bounce back
“Definitely. I think we had to bounce back as a team in general. We had a lot of mental mistakes and things we can control from last week. Our main focus this week was to nearly be perfect. We’ll never be perfect, but we can be pretty close. We went out there, had a great week of preparation, executed, did what we have to do and controlled what we can control.”
On the drive before halftime
“Huge drive. Win the middle eight, go into halftime up seven more points is always a big deal. Braylon, you got a feel, the receivers out there, you get a feel, get in the open space. My job is to get them the ball and I did and they just went out there and made plays. Going into halftime up seven more points is always a good feeling.”
On how his body feels
“Body feels great. Had a great preparation this week. Training room, getting my body right, ice tub, cold tub. That’s part of the game, though. You’re going to get banged up a little bit, you just got to go out there and fight through it.”
On getting TE Ethan Davis a touchdown
“It’s awesome, especially for him. E has been trying to get out there. He’s been fighting, trying to get healthy. He got healthy. They played a two-high and we just had a little seam route for Ethan, he popped open, made a play. I’m happy for him.”
On his touch on deep balls
“I feel like that’s something I had growing up in high school. Shoutout the guys going out there making the catches.”
On the three receivers all being over 100 yards, if he was aware in game
“Not really. We’re out there just making plays. You kind of feel like it, kind of don’t, when big plays pop and stuff. But, toward the end, definitely trying to get Bray to that 100 mark for sure.”
