Todd Gurley took over the game in the second half, en route to his 208 yards on the ground and two touchdowns on 28 carries.

Offensive coordinator Mike Bobo was again criticized on Twitter for his playcalling in the second half, but fed his best player the rock when it mattered most.

Here are a couple of thoughts on the game:

What it means: Georgia won a game it shouldn’t have won. The secondary doesn’t have several holes, it has one large hole. With the exception of the virtual bye-week it had last weekend against Troy, Georgia has now given up 21 points, 38 points and 32 points against Clemson, South Carolina and Tennessee. It seems like a distant memory that Jeremy Pruitt was dubbed the savior of the Georgia defense upon his hiring back in January.

What I liked: The pass rush. After Justin Worley led the Volunteers on back-to-back scoring drives to open the game, Georgia buckled down and got pressure on the quarterback the rest of the game. After Worley was sidelined for a portion of the third quarter with an elbow injury, Pruitt and the ‘Dawgs pinned its ears back and wreaked havoc the final two quarters of the game.

Who’s the man: Todd Gurley. After a sluggish first half in which he rushed for just 78 yards on 15 carries, Georgia gave him the rock early and often in the second half highlighted by a 51-yard touchdown run up the middle and Gurley’s potential Heisman moment in which he leapt over a Tennessee defender to give the Bulldogs a huge first down midway through the fourth quarter.

Key play: Newcomer Jalen Hurd had a great game, but made a costly mistake late in the game. With Tennessee down by three on its own goal line, Hurd fumbled the ball in the end zone and Georgia recovered. That really iced the game and doused any hopes of a comeback the Vols had.