Josh Heupel shares exactly why the officials told him DaSaahn Brame’s catch wasn’t a touchdown and also shares an injury update on the sophomore tight end
Tennessee Volunteers sophomore tight end DaSaahn Brame was on the wrong side of a frustrating play in the win over the Kentucky Wildcats.
One of the most frustrating moments for Vols fans in Tennessee’s 34-6 win over Kentucky came on a play where it appeared that sophomore tight end DaSaahn Brame caught a touchdown.
The officials, however, ruled the pass incomplete.
And to make matters worse, Brame, the top tight end on Tennessee’s depth chart, was injured on the play.
Vols head coach Josh Heupel said after the game that the officials told him the play was reviewed.
During an appearance on The Mike Keith Show on Monday, Heupel shared more on what the officials told him about the play.
He also provided an injury update on Brame.
“DaSaahn is doing good,” said Heupel. “We feel like he’ll be in a great spot for game day.
“When I was talking with the officials, we haven’t gotten the postgame report back yet — that typically happens in the middle of the week. But at the end of the day, he didn’t come down with the football. He didn’t maintain control of it when he was on the ground. So that was the ruling that they gave me. They said that they did review it up top as well.”
A lot of folks — including former Vols quarterback Matt Simms and Voice of the Vols Mike Keith — felt like the play should’ve been over once Brame broke the plane.
“So even though he stepped out of bounds and then took another step out of bounds and then was laying on the ground, and the guy fell on top of him, he still has to maintain possession through all of that?” asked Keith.
“I’m going to get you with our head of officials,” responded Heupel.
Fortunately for the Vols, the Brame play didn’t impact the outcome of the game.
And even more fortunately for the Vols, it sounds like Brame avoided a major injury.
There’s one other thing to note about the Brame play. Regardless of what anyone thinks the call should’ve been, I think this play shows the need for the SEC to be more transparent during games. Everyone was confused about the play being reviewed because there was no announcement. That has to change moving forward.
