Tennessee coach Butch Jones talked football and a little baseball Monday during his weekly press conference. Here are the highlights:

Before Jones discussed his team’s big win the always classy coach gave a shoutout to the World Series champion Kansas City Royals, who won with a bit of help from a former Tennessee standout.

Hochevar was an All-American pitcher at Tennessee. The Royals picked him No. 1 overall in the 2006 draft, and he won the clinching Game 5 Sunday night with two shutout innings in relief.

In the ALCS against Toronto, Hochevar also picked up a win in a game that R.A. Dickey, another former Tennessee All-American pitcher, lost.

The head coach soon returned the focus to football, specifically his Volunteers’ 52-21 whipping of Kentucky, their largest conference victory this season.

It was a complete team effort last week as the Volunteers saw big plays from their passing, rushing, special teams, and defense.

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Tennessee scored 28 points in the third quarter alone, including a kick return and a punt return touchdown, totaling 184 return yards to start the second half.

Tennessee’s remaining four opponents are a combined 11-21, setting up the possibility for a season-ending five-game winning streak.

Robertson has missed the team’s past two games with an undisclosed reason and remains questionable for Saturday’s game against South Carolina.

Without or without their star offensive guard, the Volunteers still stand with a very good chance of finishing second in the SEC East despite starting the season 2-3.