It’s Fix It Time in Tennessee.
The Volunteers displayed their share of flaws Saturday in the second Johnny Majors Classic, but they managed to overcome them in a 34-27 overtime outlasting of Pittsburgh. Tennessee is now at work repairing those defects as the No. 15 team in the country and with 48-point underdog Akron visiting this weekend.
“This game is never going to be perfect, and I said that to the players after the game,” Tennessee second-year coach Josh Heupel said Monday in a news conference. “There are things that we can control where we can be better — the way we started in all three phases, the third quarter on offense, special teams. We just need to be more dialed in, and that is coaches and players together.
“I am proud of the way we finished and competed.”
Heupel, who has done far more building up than tearing down when it comes to discussing his personnel and performances, was quick to point a new strength in his program.