Given all the uncertainty in Knoxville, Tenn., these days, Tennessee’s football team needs some solid ground to plant its feet. The problem for South Carolina’s football team Saturday is that foundation is likely to be running back John Kelly.
“John Kelly is one of the elite backs in our league, there’s no doubt about that,” Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp said. “He’s a guy who really ran hard against us last year, obviously some of that was the guys he was playing behind. It was really the first time he got a lot of (playing) time, and he took off from there.