What Jarrett Guarantano said about the fumble against Alabama following win over Gamecocks
Jarrett Guarantano was Tennessee’s leading passer (11-of-19 for 229 yards, 2 touchdowns) in the Volunteers’ 41-21 win over South Carolina on Saturday. On Saturday, however, the UT-USC game wasn’t the only game Guarantano was asked about.
When the Vols QB met with the media, he was asked about the disastrous fumble against Alabama.
“It was some miscommunication with the coaches and myself and with the communication with the whole offensive line and offense,” Guarantano told reporters, per GoVols247. “I went in the next day and I apologized to the coaches and the players, and I asked them for forgiveness, and I said that I was going to work my tail off from now on. It was some miscommunication, and being able to bounce back, the only way I know how to is get back to work with my teammates and really strive to get the next win.”
Some fans may be reluctant to “move on” from such a costly play against UT’s arch-rival, but it appears Guarantano is focused on what’s ahead for Tennessee – a four-game stretch against UAB, Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt that will ultimately decide whether the Volunteers go bowling.
I will freely admit that I was one of the fans who said he should never see the field again, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by his play against USC. He looked a little more confident, and he finally just let it rip. We have some really good receivers, we just need our quarterback to consistently get them the ball.
We have to remember this kid still isnt old enough to buy alcohol. Some picked him to have a break out year under Chaney and the pressure to live up to that got to him with forced balls, late throws and all around bad decisions.
While his confidence was tanking the decision to bench him crushed what little confidence he had left…. after the Alabama debacle hes finally starting to man up.
A very classy response. G is a class act. I don’t know and I don’t think any other posters on here know why his play regressed but if you can’t give the kid a ton of credit today then you are the loser not him.
I forgive him. But you have to listen to the coaches, they are there for a reason. Watching Jordan Rodgers diagram that play and see the whole open up for Crouch to run threw, made me sick. Crouch could of easily walked in. Bamas D bit on the QB sneak. Pruitt and Chaney had the correct play called. Who knows what would of happened when Tennessee scored but 28-20 with enough time left Tennessee had a chance for an upset. I am back on the Pruitt train. Last 3 games, Pruitt and UT have been reborn. JG was trying to be the hero but should have seen the linebackers creeping in the whole in front of him. Tough lesson.
I’m sure he took more ownership in front of his team than he did in his public remarks. “Miscommunication”? Who’s doing the communicating in the huddle? The Quarterback. So, if the rest of the team had understood his communication, then everything would have been okay? Not buying.
The way that Guarantano executed that play makes any miscommunication irrelevant. An actual QB sneak is the QB getting low, following a blocker, and pushing his way forward. Nobody on Tennessee’s team could help him or limit the damage the way that he hazarded possession of the football at the goal line.
I’ll give Guarantano credit for a great performance Saturday. But he still gets charged for a gross error in that Alabama game.
jg did play well against sc ill give him that but he went rouge in bama not a miscomunication purrit is covering for him to try and keep the vol nation behind jg
Yep.
Hey, I get it. Coachspeak is the order of the day where mistakes are concerned. Nobody likes confessing a blunder in public. But I’m sure he took accountability for it in front of his team and that’s what matters. (Had he not done so, I don’t think he would have played a single down.)