“What can I say about Josh Malone“, Coach Butch Jones said.
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UP NEXT: Tennessee will play its first road contest of the season on October 1 when the Vols take on Georgia at Sanford Stadium. Last year, he was in Florida’s position, losing three games after having double-digit leads, including leading Florida by 13 with five minutes left in the fourth quarter. “Florida Gators are going to win, simple as that”.
Tennessee takes the lead over the Gators!
Although Florida fought a good fight, Tennessee showed how bad they wanted it and did not give up despite being down by 21.
The defense kept their heads in the game, and it only took one play for a harried Austin Appleby to throw a ideal strike to Vols safety Todd Kelly Jr.
Dobbs ended the game with 319 passing yards and four passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown. Joshua Dobbs threw for 203 yards and 2 touchdowns in 9-for-27 passes.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever come as close to winning a game and finishing second as today”, LSU Coach Les Miles said.
“I think the main lesson here is when we get up by a lot, just keep pushing, keep going, keep doing the things we were doing to get up like that and not get content”, he said, via Scout.com. “Now if you want to go play singles tennis, go do that, but this ain’t tennis”. “I don’t think there’s any mental edge anywhere”.
After building a 21-0 lead in the first half against the Vols, the Gators collapsed, giving up 38 consecutive points. Antonio Callaway, who earlier called for a fair catch inside the five yard line and dropped the punt, called for another fair catch, this time at the Gators’ two yard line.
Of course, Travis was far from the only prominent figure to write Tennessee off at halftime.
Hurts was 16-of-24 passing for 164 yards and ran for 54 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown to cap the opening drive.
The Vols offense made multiple big plays during that second half, which was sparked by senior quarterback Josh Dobbs. Even Rashaan Gaulden’s soccer flop worked, sending Brandon Powell to the locker room for the rest of the day. “We just played the game”.
Defensively, the Gators shut Tennessee down early, limiting the Volunteers to just a field goal in the first half. We will also have post-game reaction from coaches, players and fans with Rick Russo, Daryl Hobby and Austin Price.
“Now we’re 4-0”.
For Tennessee, it was the most predictable outcome imaginable and had to leave the entire fan-base wondering: If we can’t beat the Gators this year, when will we? It amounted to a Saturday afternoon respite for the Tide after a bruising 48-43 comeback win over No. 23 Mississippi.
The turnover was a drive-killer, but the Vols did seem to gain a little confidence before that moment and carried it into their next possession, which resulted in a 23-yard touchdown catch from Jalen Hurd.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Benny Snell Jr. scored the go-ahead touchdown from 1 yard midway through the fourth quarter, Boom Williams broke a 43-yard touchdown and Kentucky (2-2, 1-1) held off SC (2-2, 1-2) for their third consecutive series victory over the Gamecocks.
Their uncanny ability to finish has the Vols off to their fastest start since 2003. The freshman finished with 73 yards on 16 attempts as the Wildcats won their second in a row.
Louisville (4-0) didn’t slow down against a nonconference opponent on the road a week after beating Florida State 63-20 at home.
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After 11 straight losses to Florida, Tennessee finally walked off the field as a victor.
