KNOXVILLE – Tennessee’s secondary shakeup continued into Saturday night’s game against pass-happy Akron.
After losing safety Brian Randolph for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament the week before against Florida and replacing Marsalis Teague with Justin Coleman at one cornerback spot, the Volunteers moved pieces around again.
After Akron gashed Tennessee for 76 second-quarter passing yards, the Vols held the Zips to 120 in the second half.
“We played it real simple,” Vols coach Derek Dooley said. “We weren’t getting a lot of pressure, but what we didn’t want to do was sell the house up and give up the cheap one. We kept it real simple in the second half.
“Just played a couple of zone coverages and tackled and covered and did a good job. That was the biggest thing. We ran a lot of different stuff in the first half, but that wasn’t really the issue.”