Tennessee football coach Butch Jones said Monday that he may be identifying the Vols’ No. 1 quarterback this week.KNOXVILLE – Tennessee football coach Butch Jones has said it before this summer. Said it quite often, actually. But the words carried a bit more weight a mere five days from the Volunteers’ season opener against Utah State on Sunday evening.
Said Jones early Tuesday afternoon: “We probably have more unknowns than anyone else in the country.”
Maybe they do and maybe they don’t, but they certainly have enough of them. For instance:
Can Justin Worley be a winning quarterback at the top level of college football, which is clearly what the Southeastern Conference is these days?
Assuming Worley can deliver the goods in his final season, can the much-hyped receiving corps — Jason Croom, Pig Howard, Josh Malone, Marquez North, Von Pearson and Josh Smith (and that doesn’t even include the tight ends) — turn those throws into winning plays?