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What Butch Jones said after Tennessee’s 59-30 win over Bowling Green
By Andrew Olson
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Following Tennessee’s 59-30 victory over Bowling Green, coach Butch Jones spoke to the media and evaluated his team, as well as touching on the 80-minute weather delay.
JONES: I thought our players handled it well. Thanks to the fans for staying with us and giving us a home field advantage.
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) September 6, 2015
Jones: "I thought our special teams really flipped field position, gave us a spark."
— Tennessee Beat (@TennesseeBeat) September 6, 2015
Butch on Hurd and Kamara: 'When one scores, we all score.'
— Patrick Brown (@pbrown247) September 6, 2015
Butch on 80-min delay: "Our players were outstanding. We made sure that we kept them hydrated … I believe we went and even got hot dogs"
— Volquest Staff (@Volquest_On3) September 6, 2015
Butch on TK in hospital: "He had an iPad and he watched every single practice. I believe he watched every Bowling Green game we had."
— Volquest Staff (@Volquest_On3) September 6, 2015
Butch: 'You can't take touchdowns off the board. We took two of them off the board. … We have to take big, big strides moving forward.'
— Patrick Brown (@pbrown247) September 6, 2015
Jones: "I wouldn’t just point to the secondary…that (BG) is a skilled group.”
Goes on to say errors happened all over the defense.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 6, 2015
Jones: “That’s the fastest we’ve played.”
Cites their 8 scoring TD drives under two minutes..”I don’t know if we’ve ever done that"
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) September 6, 2015
Butch on DeBord's debut: That's why he had other opportunities.
— Patrick Brown (@pbrown247) September 6, 2015
Butch: "Our defense, forces a turnover and we go 94 yards and respond with a touchdown. That's complementary football."
— Volquest Staff (@Volquest_On3) September 6, 2015
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
