Jeremy Pruitt weighs in on Tennessee's slow starts to games
In first quarters this season, the Tennessee Volunteers have been awful. Through seven games, they’ve been outscored 69-16 in the first 15 minutes.
If you take out games against East Tennessee State and UTEP, that becomes a 69-3 disadvantage in first quarters.
On Wednesday, Pruitt was asked about the Vols’ slow starts, and expressed confidence in the pregame routines he puts his team through:
Pruitt on the slow starts the Vols have had: "It's not the pre-game routine, I can assure you."
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) October 24, 2018
The Vols have a winnable game against South Carolina this week, so they’ll need to get out to a much better start. Even in the upset win over Auburn a couple of weeks ago, the Vols trailed 10-3 through one quarter.
If they want to win a second SEC game, they’ll need to do better than that on Saturday.
All goes back to o-line play. I would say they need to roll JG out of the pocket but we haven’t seen how accurate he is throwing on the run. He is accurate as heck in the pocket but has 2 seconds to throw the ball.