He nearly did it again. You would think that Butch Jones learned his lesson after last year’s game against the Florida Gators.
If there’s going to be over a minute left in the ball game, your objective should never be to give the other team the ball back if you have the lead.
But against the Georgia Bulldogs last week, Jones chose forcing Georgia to use their timeouts over burying them with one first down.
Late in the game, the Vols had the ball and a 28-24 lead. Georgia had three timeouts. Kirby Smart gave Jones a huge gift by not using his first timeout after one running play.