Ailym Ford and Tyrell Price heard the chatter.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga running backs said that, entering this season, there were those who expressed the belief that while they may be a potent duo, Ford and Price weren’t breakaway threats.
Who said it?
“Coaches not in the (Southern Conference),” Ford said this week.
That gave the pair even more motivation this year, but it wasn’t just that. An injury ended each player’s season in 2019, and so they spent a lot of time working out together in preparation for the 2020 season before most of it was moved to this past spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Then the Mocs wound up opting out before completing their SoCon schedule.