Micah Abernathy, rest of Vols secondary stymie Hokies

Evans is 10-for-15 for 97 yards. Tennessee missed a field goal, the only time it didn’t capitalize on Tech coughing it up. Manning played college football at Tennessee and served s the team’s honorary captain for the game. By night’s end, the Volunteers etched another tally in the win column as they walked away from Bristol with a 45-24 victory. Tennessee fans were easily the majority in the mass of humanity that celebrated a weekend of music and football at a venue used to hosting motor sports.

Dobbs was almost infallible in front of the enormous crowd, heaving a 38-yard touchdown pass to Josh Malone and a 23-yard touchdown pass to Alvin Kamara before adding a 27-yard touchdown run with less than seven minutes remaining.

By then the Volunteers were up 31-14 and comfortably in the lead.

(UTSports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee takes on Virginia Tech in the much-anticipated Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol on September 10 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The former NCAA-recognized record for attendance is 115,109, from the Notre Dame-Michigan game in 2013.

“What a spectacle, ” added Jones.

But the first fumble would be the look of this to come. Virginia Tech was the more physical team to start the game and had outgained the Vols 193 yards to 6 at one point in charging out to a 14-0 lead.

Dobbs and running backs Jalen Hurd and Alvin Kamara combined to run for 2,657 yards and 30 touchdowns past year, even if Tennessee’s offense hardly looked the part of an SEC contender in its opener against Appalachian State, needing overtime and a fortuitous fumble recovery in the end zone by Hurd to escape with a 20-13 win.

The senior finished 10 of 19 for 91 yards and three touchdowns in addition to a team-leading 106 yards on the ground. It’s just that expectation and that confidence throughout the unit that we’ll be fine.

Jones feared a repeat of Week 1, when the offense stumbled through three quarters and got manhandled by the smaller Mountaineers.

As we get set to hand out our Smokey Points for this game, it’s worth noting that numerous players we are recognizing did not show anything in the first quarter of the game. “We’re going to go out and make plays …” “You know what you’re getting with Micah every single day”. The Hokies shifted fronts and mixed up coverages enough to confuse Liberty into four turnovers, including three picks, and eight false start penalties.

“We obviously got to do a better job of teaching or understanding or emphasizing ball security because were in adequate to say the least right now”, said Virginia Tech head coach Justin Fuente. Jalen Hurd had 99 yards on 22 carries. The very next play, Josh Dobbs hooked up with Jauan Jennings on a jump ball in the back of the end zone for Tennessee’s first score of the game.

After a three-and-out, the Hokies made it 14-0 with 2:48 left in the quarter when McMillian raced 69 yards off left tackle, taking advantage of a good seal block and poor run fits by Tennessee. Boise State also has a much better defense, so I think they will be able to get a few more stops than Washington State can, and the Broncos will come out on top. “I want those players and coaches to remember their time at Bristol Motor Speedway”.