‘That was new’ – Alabama admits that Tennessee did something that they hadn’t previously shown on film, and Bama couldn’t stop it on the biggest drive of the game
The Tennessee Volunteers put the game away against the Alabama Crimson Tide with a nine-and-a-half minute drive in the fourth quarter.
Tennessee sealed its win against Alabama on Saturday in Neyland Stadium with a nine-and-a-half minute fourth quarter drive that ended with a DeSean Bishop rushing touchdown.
The drive shortened the game and left Alabama with essentially no chance to steal the win.
One of the biggest plays of the drive came after Vols wide receiver Mike Matthews was called for an illegal blindside block on Alabama safety Bray Hubbard that wiped off a huge gain by Bishop.
On the first play after that penalty — which was 1st-and-19 — Matthews immediately made up for the illegal block by picking up 18 yards on a nice catch and run.
Hubbard said after the game that Tennessee got Alabama twice on an RPO to the boundary (one of which was the Matthews play above).
That’s not something Tennessee had shown much on film, according to Hubbard.
“Obviously, they got us on an RPO twice into the boundary,” said Hubbard. “I mean, that’s something they really haven’t shown. So that was new. And they were really kind of hiding the way that was coming.”
It was certainly a great offensive game plan from the Vols.
Quarterback George MacIntyre executed what he was asked to do, took what the defense gave him, and didn’t try to force plays that weren’t there.
It was a job well done by everyone from the Tennessee coaches to the players.
