They say there’s no such thing as a moral victory. On principle, that’s true. And Jeremy Pruitt likely wouldn’t, nor should he, treat any game as such. However, if Tennessee football ever had a moral victory, it was last Saturday against the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The Vols have numerous things working against them that day and still managed to take a two-score lead in the first half, go up by 12 in the second half at one point and barely lose in the end. When you consider the circumstances, it was impressive for them to even be in this game.