What Tennessee’s Butch Jones said following historic home loss to Georgia
By Keith Farner
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Butch Jones met with reporters after a 41-0 defeat to Georgia on Saturday. The Vols dropped to 3-2 on the season and 0-2 in the SEC. Tennessee was shut out for the first time since 1994.
Butch: We have to come back to work tomorrow and we have to work to be better. #TENNvsUGA
— Marshall Hughes (@marshallhughes) September 30, 2017
Jones: Everyone should hurt. And if you're not hurt, you're not invested.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Jones: Football is the greatest team sport, but it comes down to 11 individuals as well.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Jones: Everyone wants to point to the QB. But I think it's more than that. It's everyone.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Butch Jones: "There's no excuses. There's no hiding. … We're going to find out what we're made out of."
— Patrick Brown (@pbrown247) September 30, 2017
Butch Jones says every position is up for grabs in the bye week. He says Tennessee has "no starters" right now.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Jones: Right now we're having to play perfect, and we can't play perfect every game.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
"As bad of an offensive performance as I've been a part of." – Butch
— RockyTopTalk (@RockyTopTalk) September 30, 2017
Jones on what the goal is for the rest of the season: To win. Every single game.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Butch Jones calls the Vols' offensive performance today "inexcusable"
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Jones: There are no excuses, no way around it.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Jones says he felt the Vols had a good week of preparation. Said he thought "our kids were ready to play."
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
Butch opens his press conference saying he has no comment. Immediately opens up room for questions. #Vols
— Emily Proud (@emily_proud) September 30, 2017
Butch Jones starts off by saying "there's not much to comment on"
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 30, 2017
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
