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Tennessee’s Brady Hoke after LSU loss: ‘I’m disappointed for our seniors’
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Tennessee has a new coach leading the program but unfortunately for the Vols, the results remain the same. The Volunteers fell at home by a wide 30-10 margin while monsoon-like conditions hit the stadium in Brady Hoke’s first appearance as interim coach following the firing of Butch Jones.
The team came out fired up and playing with passion but due to similar issues that we’ve seen all season, miscues and injuries chief among them, the mistakes were insurmountable for the Vols Saturday night once LSU got its ground game going. In particular, two muffed punts really sucked the air out of the stadium early in the game.
Following Tennessee’s first game of the post-Butch era, Hoke answered questions in his post-game press conference.
Hoke’s thoughts on Jarrett Guarantano, who finished 13 of 23 for 239 yards and a touchdown:
Hoke on Guarantano: He did a lot of things that we wanted to do.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 19, 2017
After missing the team’s last game, Guarantano was the only scholarship QB available for the game. Hoke’s comments on backup Will McBride:
Hoke says QB Will McBride wasn’t ready to play “protocol-wise.” Suggests concussion, but he didn’t say that.
— Patrick Brown (@pbrown247) November 19, 2017
On Marquez Callaway’s two muffed punts, resulting in LSU’s first 10 points of the game. Callaway also muffed a kickoff but did also score a touchdown:
Hoke says he "felt badly" for Marquez Callaway and his two fumbled punts
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 19, 2017
Hoke: I'm disappointed for our seniors. Those guys have worked so hard.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) November 19, 2017
Hoke on if he’s ever seen a game with weather that bad: Maybe once, at Northwestern in ‘98. That was pretty rough out there tonight. You couldn’t see much. But LSU had to play in the same stuff.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) November 19, 2017
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
