https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/Article/Warrior-credits-frank-Pruitt-meeting-for-changing-Vols-season-139129720/One of Tennessee’s few seniors — safety Nigel Warrior — didn’t hide his happiness in the moments after Saturday’s big win on a cold night in the Midwest.
“It feels good,” Warrior said. “The past couple years, you know, hasn’t gone our way. Just being able to go to a bowl game this year, to turn it around this year, it feels amazing.”
Warrior said there was “no doubt” in his mind that Pruitt’s two post-Florida meetings with the players set the stone for the team’s mid-season reboot.
“I would say, you know, that whole meeting was … it was, you know, ‘If you here, and you really gonna be here with us, you gonna promise to give your all for the rest of these games,’” Warrior said. “It was, ‘Are y’all gonna really turn it around? Are you gonna play for your brother?’ Everybody agreed. And as you can see, we changed it around. We came closer. We became one.
“Really, I’m just thankful for those guys, man. They’re taking me out with a boom, and I can’t complain about it.”
