University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball coach John Shulman brought up the San Francisco 49ers’ comeback from an early 17-0 deficit in the NFC championship game during his Mocs’ pre-practice meeting Monday.
He did not make a comparison to UTC coming from 19 points down to Appalachian State with 6:36 to go last Thursday.
“They’ve got an identity,” Shulman said of the Niners, who won 28-24. “And we don’t.”
And he’s not happy about it. The Mocs have surrendered 90, 88 and 86 points in their last three games — two losses and one win. Shulman also pointed out that UTC held Kansas, now ranked No. 3 in the country, to 69 points at the beginning of the season.
“I’m worried about identity,” Shulman said. “But we have been brutal defensively.”