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Vanderbilt win not helping Jeremy Pruitt’s cause much as The Rock on Tennessee’s campus calls for coach’s job
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The Rocky Top natives continue to be restless and no win over Vanderbilt was going to calm their nerves.
If you had any doubt about that one, just take a look at the message painted in The Rock, which is an icon located on Tennessee’s campus:
“Fire Pruitt, Save UT Football,” was written on The Rock on Sunday evening despite Tennessee’s 42-17 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday.
This comes as the Volunteers currently have a 3-6 record on the season and one final game to play in the regular season against a top 5 Texas A&M team hoping to advance to the College Football Playoff.
Saturday’s win improved Pruitt’s overall record to 16-18 in three seasons in Knoxville. Tennessee went 8-5 last season and ended with a six-game winning streak but that momentum was halted this year during the team’s 44-21 loss to Georgia back on Oct. 10.
It took until Dec. 12 until Tennessee won another game and that came against an 0-8 Vanderbilt team that could barely field a roster.
Check out an image of The Rock from Sunday evening, courtesy of Charlie Burris on Twitter:
I happened to be downtown for a thing and I saw what somebody put on the rock and wanted to see it my self. This is where we’re at, folks. pic.twitter.com/C6FOhc1MfY
— Charlie Burris (@Charlie_Burris) December 14, 2020
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
