Quasi-miraculous
But let's not sugar coat the fact that this is the most rushing yards allowed by a Tennessee defense. Ever.
Against a new QB, who, in spite of Kirk and Reece's knob-slobbering, likely and unfortunately looks a lot better than he is by virtue of the fact that he played us.
It looks as though this D has reverted to it's November form when we allowed both Missouri and Kentucky 400+ yards rushing. The thing that gets me is that it wasn't just "option trickeration". Their bread and butter seemed to consist of running straight at our DL on first down and consistently gashing it for 4-5 yards. That isn't going to cut it from here on out.
Did that year off in HS really soften Kahill that much? I'm beginning to think so.
Having said that, I am very grateful and appreciative that the D made some key plays and pulled this one out.
But oh boy, do we have something to worry about.