Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) eludes Alabama’s Jonathan Allen (93) as he heads downfield on Oct. 25, 2014, at Neyland Stadium in SEC action.KNOXVILLE – Josh Dobbs, where have you been all year?
More to the point, Tennessee coach Butch Jones, why have you kept Dobbs hidden all season?
There wasn’t much way the Volunteers were going to defeat Alabama for the first time in eight years Saturday night after falling behind 27-0. Not even the sophomore Dobbs playing a full game at quarterback rather than all but the first two possessions that were wasted on Nate Peterman likely would have stopped the No. 4 Crimson Tide from winning 34-20.
But Dobbs also did far more than stop the bleeding against Bama. He made the Crimson Tide sweat, a nervous habit that should inflict every future UT foe going forward. Dobbs can run and he can pass, and befitting an aeronautical engineering major, he appears to have the necessary brainpower to discern when each is needed.
“I thought Josh Dobbs provided a spark for us,” Jones said afterward in perhaps the understatement of the season. “He adds another element in terms of running the ball. I thought Josh used great poise out there.”