The watershed moment for Tennessee football en route to turning things around came against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. At the time, MSU had a winning record, and the Vols were 1-4 on the year with no wins over an FBS team.
But they pulled off the upset at home and have now won three of four to get to one game under .500. If they are going to get to .500, they should employ a similar game plan to what they had in that first turnaround win.
Brian Maurer got his second start for Tennessee football in that game, a week after he started in a 43-14 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs.