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Wiedmer: Perfect or not, UT win a good start

Tennessee's John Kelly (4) looks for running room between two Falcon defenders. The Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium in Nashville September 5, 2015.
Tennessee's John Kelly (4) looks for running room between two Falcon defenders. The Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium in Nashville September 5, 2015. Tennessee's John Kelly (4) looks for running room between two Falcon defenders. The Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium in Nashville September 5, 2015.

By Mark Wiedmer 4 min read

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Wiedmer: Perfect or not, UT win a good start Vols running backs duo could be crazy good Vols’ secondary sees aspects to improve UT Vols beat Bowling Green, 59-30

NASHVILLE – If you’re a University of Tennessee football fan this morning, your first inclination may be to worry mightily about Oklahoma’s upcoming visit to Neyland Stadium. After all, no matter how good the Big Orange offense looks after Saturday’s 59-30 win over Bowling Green, the defense did surrender those 30 points to the Falcons.

It also gave up 557 total yards, 24 first downs and 433 net passing yards while failing to intercept a single one of Bowling Green’s 51 passes.

No wonder third-year UT coach Butch Jones noted afterward that “we have to make big, big strides moving forward. I think (Oklahoma) is a great, great football team – one of the most underrated football teams in the country.”

It was impossible for UT to be more underrated heading into this game and still be in the Top 25, since the Vols entered the first weekend ranked No. 25.