Former Vols head coach Jeremy Pruitt gives honest thoughts on Tennessee's win over Clemson
Former Tennessee Vols head coach Jeremy Pruitt appeared on "On the Beat" with Dawg Nation's Mike Griffith this week to discuss last week's College Football games, including UT's win against the Clemson Tigers in the Orange Bowl. Griffith asked Pruitt about his thoughts on Tennessee's win against Clemson after noting that the Tigers' performance in […]
Former Tennessee Vols head coach Jeremy Pruitt appeared on "On the Beat" with Dawg Nation's Mike Griffith this week to discuss last week's College Football games, including UT's win against the Clemson Tigers in the Orange Bowl.
Griffith asked Pruitt about his thoughts on Tennessee's win against Clemson after noting that the Tigers' performance in the box score didn't look as bad as the scoreboard suggested it might.
Pruitt didn't care what the box score said, he thought the Vols dominated the game.
"I didn't look at the box score, but to me, watching the game, I thought Tennessee kind of dominated the game," said Pruitt. "I know Clemson moved the ball between the 30s a little bit, but it was a struggle for them to throw the football."
"The (Clemson) quarterback took a beating," added Pruitt. "I kinda thought Tennessee really dominated the game. And surprising from the standpoint that they had some good players out. Jeremy Banks didn't play. Trevon Flowers didn't play…the wide receivers (Jalin Hyatt and Cedric Tillman). I thought Joe Milton played really well — much better than he did last year. You can see the improvement."
Pruitt, probably to the surprise of a lot of folks, has provided some spot-on analysis all season when it comes to the Vols. And he was right about Tennessee's win against Clemson — the Vols dominated.
When Tennessee lost to South Carolina by 25 points in Columbia, I think there were a lot of non-Vols fans that felt like UT was about to crash and burn. But they bounced back against Vanderbilt in a 56-0 win. And then they made a statement by beating Clemson by 17 points despite not having four of the best players (Hyatt, Tillman, Banks, and Hendon Hooker).
And what was that statement?
It's that Tennessee is back in the national conversation and they aren't going away anytime soon.
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