Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley looks on while wide receivers run a drill during a warmup session prior to a team scrimmage Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
Photo by Adam Brimer/Knoxville News SentinelKNOXVILLE — The approach was different, and thus was the outcome.
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray was crisper managing and running the Volunteers’ offense in Saturday night’s scrimmage at Neyland Stadium, but there was a still something missing.
“We were a little off in the throwing game,” coach Derek Dooley said after the 103-play scrimmage. “I say a little off, we missed a lot of big plays, and we’re going to try to be a big-play, explosive pass game. The sync was a little bit off. I didn’t think anybody was bad, it’s just a matter of that chemistry that’s going to come with a new receiving corps.”
Bray’s numbers (12-of-26 passing, 132 yards, one touchdown and an interception) weren’t drastically different from his Tuesday performance. The sophomore ran the offense better, though, after Dooley publicly criticized Bray’s poor tempo and inconsistency on Tuesday.
Bray attributed Saturday’s faster tempo to a better approach.