Was Saturday Hendon Hooker’s Heisman moment? Maybe not quite, but it certainly got him in the ballpark. The Tennessee signal caller has been climbing up the odds lists all season long, delivering win after win and putting the Volunteers in the thick of the College Football Playoff hunt.
It was another big performance during the most watched game of the week. Hooker and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young absolutely went at it, matching each other all afternoon long. In the end, a couple of Alabama mistakes and a costly defensive pass interference call allowed Hooker and the Vols to come out on top.