Conventional wisdom says that when you're down 14 points late in the game (say, 35-21, to take a random example), you need to score two touchdowns and two extra points, which will send the game to overtime. The problem is that conventional wisdom is often wrong. And in this case, it is. So if the Tennessee Vols are going to continue their strategy of digging holes and then climbing out of them again, they owe it to themselves to examine the case for bucking convention.
Last week, when Alvin Kamara crossed the goal line with 2:07 to play to cut the Texas A&M lead to 35-27, the Vols needed to go for two.