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Tennessee football: Jeremy Pruitt contradicts his QB rant two days later

Dec 5, 2020; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt speaks with quarterback Harrison Bailey (15) during the first half against the Florida Gators at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

Quarterbacks were again a topic in Tennessee football Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt’s Monday press conference.

This is an age-old tradition. Coaches will lash out at a reporter for asking them a perfectly legitimate question and then do something to validate that question. Tennessee football head coach Jeremy Pruitt is no different.

In his weekly Monday press conference, which you can see above, Pruitt said that Harrison Bailey and J.