Since the 1930's the University of Tennessee has been measuring themselves against seven keys to winning football as first summarized by General Robert Neyland. The Seven Maxim's Scorecard is a quantitative and qualitative analysis of how, relative to that week's opponent, the Vols performed against each of the seven directives. Grading is on a 4.0 scale, with a 4.0 being perfect, which is rare. In this analysis, it's possible for Tennessee to have won without excelling on all fronts, but it is impossible to have performed well in all seven areas in a loss. Here goes:
Before we get into this week's scorecard, I want to give a special shout out to Rocky Top Talk's newest contributor, Jason Bates, who - inspired by SB Nation's Bill Connelley - provided the 7MS with some new, advanced metrics to include; especially the new statistics for Maxim 7.