There were no off-the-charts performances on the field at Finley Stadium on Saturday night. There likely won’t be any Southern Conference player of the week honors coming the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s way today.
The Mocs’ 35-27 win over No. 18 Georgia Southern was, coach Russ Huesman said, “a great team win,” the biggest in his two seasons at the helm of his alma mater.
“I think a lot of people stepped up, made plays,” he said. “I don’t think it was one or two people; I think it was a bunch of people that contributed all the way across the board.”
The Mocs (4-2, 3-1 SoCon) had been a first-half team all season heading into Saturday’s game. UTC had outscored its opponents 94-30 and led at the break in its first five games.
It was the second half, especially the fourth quarter, that was the Mocs’ undoing in their losses to Appalachian State and Jacksonville State. Those teams made the big plays late to earn their wins.