1998 Tennessee vs Houston

back there ready to receive the kick serve Audrey will kickoff for the Houston Cougars they have losses to California to Minnesota and to UCLA but they have been in all of those football games in fact lost the California game on the road by only four points glad that UCLA effect one point six to nothing and trailed only 21 to 14 at the half so Vaudrey gets this kick away and stevens comes up to take it at the 11 yard line looking for a little daylight finds a little bit gets across the 25 out to about the 27 yard line before he is knocked down by the Cougars and it was Percy Foreman who made the stop play went for 18 yards by Travis Stephens out of them Clarksville Tennessee Tennessee's offense tmartn at quarterback Jamal Shawn Bryson peerless price Jermaine Koplin and Eric Diaw who the tight end on the offensive line it's flipped and Hamilton Riley Coleman and Reed Oh a veteran group on the offensive line for the big orange Tim C comes out with three wideouts on first play Bob let's see if T goes to the air stand up quick pop out on the side complete and knock down peerless price across the 35 yard line to about the 36 yard line taking a look at the defensive front Patterson Owens the best of the bunch Micah t.rosile and also the linebackers Jeremy Maxon is the best of that bunch you'll be hearing his name perhaps quite often tonight they use a three-man front for linebackers although that's a little misleading and we'll talk about that as we go along and off in the middle up to the 40 yard line goes big Jamal Lewis and flags are down I say a little misleading Tim because often they walk that linebacker one of the linebackers up and make it actually a four-man day they do that very often with Hampton walking up on the outside giving them a four man down look I feel second down all right you heard our forts call they're smallish defensive backs three out of the four and it'll be interesting to see if Tennessee tries to throw on them with with taller wide receivers they have a guy whose name is familiar around Tennessee although not related to the former ball his name is Jason Parker also and he's a true freshman and they may pick on him at corner he is in the lineup tonight because of some injuries actually Houston lost four starters out of the UCLA game charged time out to the Houston Cougars right here this is something we're seeing a lot of this year people can't seem to get the pants long enough anymore and when they do it's a charge time out because of equipment violation we see some consternation on the part of coach Hills and over this I tell you what I believe I've seen that at 50% of the game so far this year it's it's something you would think that a college student who's passionate is a CT would be able to figure out you have to have the pants over the knees so far it's worked to Tennessee's benefit because Tennessee's equipment managers managed to get that done yeah called against Florida Gators last week very true and called against Syracuse come to think of it in the game up there in New York so it has been been a little bit of a problem for the opponents of the Vols there's coach Phillip Fulmer the winningest coach among the active coaches in the game today and we've still got some discussion going on between coach Helton and the and the officials and leads rather heated down there there's Philips record against Conference USA referees al for the well-known official in the Southeastern Conference and finally it's all settled and we're ready to play some football you get a good panoramic view of the 107 thousand or so who are in here tonight to see this game Tennessee has got a rough three game conference situation coming up after this one Houston's defense jumping around out there a bit Tennessee with a wing on the right side T stands up in its peerless price as they drive him straight back after a short game just the quick hitch on the sideline trying to get some of that yardage back they lost on the five-yard penalty by cornerback William fields was the first man to make contact with peerless that springs up a third down situation now at about two yards to go and if I were Houston I would look for Jamal Lewis right here he played to see if Tennessee can get off to a good start offensively third down conversions on the season Tennessee's 626 not that good especially here's the handoff and the big man drives flags fall again Jamal Lewis on the carry following his left guard and tackle but again a flag is dropped on the far side of the field away from the action here and perhaps somebody jumped maybe we added somebody in the neutral zone here's al Houston a little overanxious to try to stop that third and short and Tennessee gets a break and gets the first down out of it all moves down feel volunteers now will be first down and tend to go ball resting at the 41 yard line of Tennessee little bit of a slight breeze here tonight we'd like to see a little bit more of a breeze because it has been a stifling day here in East Tennessee here's T Martin back to throw looks downfield goes to the sideline got a man up Pham and it's Jermaine Copeland he's out of bounds nice touch that time by T Barton and I guess tell me needs a few more of those for confidence that good protection for him solid protection on the backside the kind of skill pass that T has not thrown very well so far this season but he throws it over the defender right on the sidelines great touch great touch should help his confidence went for 12 another first down for Tennessee there's Jermaine Copeland Martin three for three that'll help your confidence here's the pitch back to his tailback cuts inside not much showing there Jamal Lewis did not find much room as he turned upfield the Cougars pretty well smelled that one out about five or six guys take a look here - you're getting the tough defense in front of Houston Tennessee trying to go into the short side into the boundary but Houston pursues well makes the players gang tackling Tennessee may have to throw some more to loosen them up alright the Vols break out of there looking at a second and ten right now Paul in Houston Territory he steps back it's away no he's not going to get away I thought he would spin out of there for a second but a nice play by Lewis Hampton outside linebacker who drops in for a 12-yard loss that's the twelfth sack of the season for Houston they had all 20 all of last year so it's a very aggressive defensive team apparently coach Shelton makes up for aggressiveness where he fails to have size in some cases he does they had five down linemen that time and all we're coming hard to of them obviously being lined up well here comes one of those victor down plays that Tennessee needs to convert on this one though is third and a mile about 20 yards for a first down there's the man and it's going to be close the flag is down I think he has the first down if the play stands Pass complete to peerless price t Martin's favorite receiver lead you're gonna have either defensive interference or holding nice protection again T has plenty of time pocket opens up terrific throw right on the money peerless slanting in from the sideline here is referee al Ford we'll see what the call is holding against the Houston Cougars cornerback Hill price before he ever made the break their automatic first down for Tennessee if they did not reach it with it will be passed holding 10-yard penalty from the line of scrimmage is an automatic first down [Applause] they're gonna pull it back and step off ten which actually is quite a bit further back feel than they really were with a completed pass but it is a first down an automatic first it's only three and a half minutes into the game but Martin looks sharper than he's looked all year he looks very poised tonight so far Houston brings five men up on the line of scrimmage at this time couple of linebackers behind them and here is give all Lewis trying to find something light in that and he gets a little bit across the 40 down to about the 39 yard line before Husted knocks him down counter play and a nice cutback by Jamaal over off the block on the defensive end there you go watch that watch the guard Poole nice block by cozy Coleman just caves his man off Jamal cuts back nice run alright Tennessee now looking at a second down at about four yards to go for a first here's the pitch they're trying to sweep and do sweep for the first down Jamal Lewis turning it upfield and getting beyond the yard marker by a yard and a half or so Tennessee first down in ten driving with the football here in the opening event it's quarter number one going with a pitch sweep pulling everybody Jamal's got too much speed to the pursuit [Applause] that's back picks up the first and takes about three to bring him down in the open fields in eighth play of the drive first down in 10 10 31 remaining a quarter number one after this one Tennessee goes on the road to play Auburn and Georgia and then Alabama comes in he's got tied in now for the first or second time here's T back hands off in the middle this time to jamal and he gets a couple of yards and that's about it before the cougars close the door on him cougar linebackers are all pretty active out there very tough they're all big they're all 235 or 40 pounds and they they come up into the line of scrimmage it looks like their game plan really is to try to stop Tennessee's run they've got four and five men on the line and two or three linebackers close every snap all right T with the eye backfield receivers split on both sides and he rolls back looks downfield goes for a touchdown Tennessee Cedric Wilson 33 yards well that's the first receiver other than Copelan and price to really come up with a big play this year to him and he came up with a real big one you see a porter back stand in there man breaks free perfect strike right on the money team Martin looks like the quarterback two Tennessee fans hope he's going to become and certainly Tennessee has opened the ballgame tonight with her mind on business there was worried about a letdown it's not there Scott set the whole puts it down Jeff Hall puts it up and the referee puts his hands up it's good it is a seven to nothing ballgame it comes at 9:33 remaining in the first quarter of play here in Knoxville the volunteers break on top of the Houston Cougars Bob probably the most impressive drive Tennessee's had offensively since the opening drive of the Syracuse game they mixed it off nicely lays down the pass they had there you go another look nice block Spencer Riley they're right on the money he had a receiver running behind the defensive back he didn't try to make the perfect pass he just got the ball out there to him on a string this time he didn't need to set throw it up high and let him run under it he was a time to throw a rocket and he did it well tmartn you might say is perfect for for for for 58 yards wilson's first touchdown i believe of the year all sir Ector there you see nine plays 72 yards took a little over five minutes and big big play for Cedric Wilson on the receiving end first drive of over three minutes this year for Tennessee now a part of the game that Tennessee's worked very hard on in practice this way kick coverage kickoff coverage has not been what they wanted the punt coverage has not been what they wanted coach Fulmer has stressed it we're going to get look and see how it's how they've done how they've taken to that coaching yeah it was very unhappy with their coverage last week I thought the only thing he was really unhappy with this one goes into the corner of the end zone and out of the it's all Jeff how can do that we don't have to worry about you what that's what you call placing it in a spot where nobody can do anything with it except the official picking it up it'll be brought out to the 20 where the Cougars will take over and we'll get our first look at the Tennessee defense our first look at the offense of the Houston Cougars and the noise level picks up considerably when Tennessee's defense comes on the field the quarterback is Jason McKinley's a big kid 6 foot 3 222 pounds of sophomore from Austin Texas yet 21 out of 46 for 269 yards and a couple of touchdowns against UCLA he pitches it back to Sanford his tailback and he got a couple of yards before he is knocked down get tricked Sanford carrying the ball al Wilson was one of the primary tacklers here's a look at the offense McKinley and Sanford the key man Williams starting tonight at halfback Iglesias is their best receiver and he's a big guy - he's six foot three and over 220 pounds there's the offensive line Justin still is one of the key men for them in the offensive line here's the cut back trying to get Tennessee going against the flow and it didn't work out Wilson made the stop this guy defensive front Sean Ellis Jeff Coleman Darwin Walker and Corey Terry for Tennessee all have performed extremely well as half the linebackers Westmoreland Wilson Andrew Enoch Thompson in the secondary Goodrich Johnson Fred white and Dion grant will see a number of people in that defensive secondary before the night is over 21% third down conversions this season for Houston let's see what they do looking at third and 11 a big one for Houston a big one for the Tennessee D McKinley's back he's got a little time and he's got his man who dropped it and he dropped it because he was drilled by Rayna Thompson and he caught it he didn't have the first down anyway Thompson had good coverage on him broke out on the ball I think the quarterback got really slammed here to here is McKinley back looking Sean Ellis whose plate so very well in the first two ballgames putting the pressure on McKinley then from the outside he didn't knock the ball down he didn't sack him but the quarterback will tend to remember those kind of things Saavedra gets his kick off and Tennessee's gonna let it bounce and gonna bounce out of bounds back there was Cedric Wilson Saavedra averaging 36 yards on 24 punts this one little bubbies averaged 46 yards as a matter of fact got a good bounce on it kicked out of bounds and Tennessee had no chance to recover and and returned it so the Vols go back to work after the defense very impressive there Tim did their job the run defense was terrific again al Wilson made the first two hits he's he's really adapted to his move the middle linebacker he looks like what if you want to little linebacker the big rain out Thompson maybe one of the more underrated linebackers in the south doesn't get a lot of publicity outside of Tennessee but boy does he come to play every game here's te rolling people yes last second he pitched it [Applause] once the picture is painted the ball Luis he was almost out of Bounce when he got the pitch the timing the timing on the option hasn't been the highlight of Tennessee's offense so far that what the old Oklahoma driven a lot of it was you you just don't have good separation here you've got to make the pitch quicker interview your back a little more chance but Luis makes five yards out of it anymore Chabal bench presses 460 at least they made him stop after doing that here's the big guy driving all the way across the field at the Houston 46 yard Louis for 16 yards right up the middle three safety and strong safety David Williams and Mike James made the stop for the carissa clocking again you see cozy Coleman's folding around two defensive backs with an assist from the referee make the tackle the offensive line has been terrific in early going six carries for Jamal for 33 yards and there you see the figures on him for the year Jamal Lewis Tennessee had called timeout here and I suspect Tennessee will use an awful lot of players that Houston will if they have that luxury they do not have the depth of Tennessee asthma Tennessee used 11 defensive linemen last week Tim and I think it showed off late in the Florida game they were pretty fresh unit out there at least they were still able to blitz and do all the things that made life miserable for the Gators it's even hotter tonight so I would look for Tennessee to play lots of people Billy Ratliff is not able to play in that defensive line but Tennessee fans might want to get an extra good look at Fred weary tonight because he's going to play more in that defensive line rotation concern about Tennessee being mentally flat doesn't look to come to fruition no I think they look very very cards with the referee here referee can't make any tackle snoring like a manager in baseball he's he's working for that call strike huh here comes T Martin and the Tennessee Volunteers the Cougar defense they pull up five men on the line of scrimmage once again fakes to Jamal and wants to go deep got a man down there out of bounds intended for peerless price fearless of course can make a quarterback on some plays Tim looked very very good I thought the played that big catch he made against Florida in the endzone was more of a peerless price play than a tmartn play actually terrific play and price had separation on the cornerback that time was behind him but Martin was a little late in delivering the ball price is so fast that you've got to just about deliver it on about a three counter he's going to be out of your range Tennessee got four wideouts this time t Martin's going to go at the gun balls on top seven to nothing looking for more here's the pass completed the flat football Anna believe Houston has the football Shawn Bryson was the man who fumbled the football catching it out of the backfield the fullback third turnover this season for Tennessee just three David Williams from free safety made the play nice set up that throw Bryson carries the ball in the inside hand instead of outside hands so he takes the lick home on the ball causes the fumble Houston right on top Epic's saw a break for the Cougars and they take over in this ball game seven to nothing and please we've got 721 to go in the first quarter of play McKinley big youngster at quarterback Conference USA freshman of the Year last year completes his pass out on the flat and up to about the 43 yard line for the Cougars goes Darian James we've got a little extracurricular activity after the play looks like al Wilson and one of the offensive linemen were doing some shoving and I'm afraid al may of shove second flag is down and that was the official call it's second usually is the one who gets nailed they seldom ever see the first girl that appeared to be the case got to keep the poise and it cost them all the way down to the 41 and a half yard line Tennessee Houston with a football [Applause] Cougars break out of there with seven minutes and Counting going balls on top seven to nothing but Houston now with a break-in in Tennessee territory it comes their tailback and he cuts the corner and gets knocked down around the 36 yard line Petric Sanford carrying for the University of Tennessee Korie Terry made the stop got a counter play coming where they start right come back left looks like Tennessee may close on it but Thompson can't quite make the play Houston picks up five trying to capitalize on Tennessee's aggressive pursuing defense by running counter ploy they run the old Joe Gibbs Washington counter trap that though the Redskins ran so well with John Riggins and a lot of other people here they come on a attempted reverse stumbling and falling down as the ball carrier Tennessee had it smelled out anyway there's big Shaun Ellis on top of the man split end Spencer Spencer he stayed at home where he's supposed to be rushing in his outside rush Lane and stayed at home so when the reverse came Ellis was there he's playing very very well early in the season minuses eight yards on that play so that makes it a third down and 13 for Houston now here's where Tennessee's defense has given up some pretty big plays bird and long this year let's see click-and-hold here here's McKinley in the pocket firing complete but it will not be enough for the first down complete to James and the pressure was on McKinley again great pressure on McKinley again the pockets beginning to collapse around him gave him a little left out there--they Goodrich was the stopper on that one so it brings up a fourth down now in about six yards to go well out of field goal range so the Houston Cougars will go into formation so they drove part of the field where you might see a fake there on Tennessee's 37 and if you're gonna fake one this would be a place you mind Tennessee looks like they're going to play for the fake so vigorous steps into it gets it up in the air pretty high this could be down built it's gonna throw out a bomb he's out about that about the 17 yard line right up closer perhaps to the 16 yard line 21 yards on the punt trying to pooch it up there and get somebody down to down it inside the five or so but kind of slid off his foot went out of bounds there's Fullmer and now Wilson talking a little bit I guess think we had a little conversation about keeping your poise they're probably no more personal fouls but a nice rise to the occasion by Tennessee's defense after a turnover by the offense defense comes in and in spite of a 15-yard penalty shuts down Houston's offense aggressive pursuing defense playing very well early we're in the first quarter it's 442 to go Tennessee's on top by a score of seven to nothing Travis Stephens has entered the football game on this warm night at tailback gets the call and a pop in the middle almost outside one more step and he would have ever rolling he's knocked down by the cornerback William fields terrific hole on the right side of the line watch the blocking here rido lead blocked by the full-back almost made the move to break that one boy watch number 52 through the night folks on your screen cozy : he is one fine offensive lineman all across the offensive line Tennessee doing a good job that Coleman 330 pounds here's the quick pop to Stevens and he is pretty close to first down territory the more the linebackers blows down on him nice blocking again in the center of Tennessee's offensive line [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Travis is five foot nine 185 pounds out of Clarksville Tennessee also was a outstanding track star at Clarksville you see the first down situation weighed heavily in Tennessee's favor all right T Martin stands up pops it out to fearless fearless fakes those for the sidelines can't quite break it away but it's complete to peerless price and once again William fields has been very active at quarterback for Houston makes the stop almost first down not quite but a yard shine nice job of taking what they give you teams making good decisions they're playing soft on on the short side of the field on the wide receiver he's just raising up and doing the quick hitch to him not even double teaming fearless right now quick hit to the fullback and that's Philip Crosby fresh fullback in there and he crosses the 40 to about the 43 yard line Tennessee's got great depth at fullback in addition to Shawn Bryson they have will Bartholomew and Philip Crosby and you I think could feel pretty comfortable with either one of those guys in the lineup especially blocking for you Bryson perhaps the better of the three as tours running is concerned Tennessee first down intend to go Houston's defense once again they jump up there in a five-man front gonna throw back against the grain better receiver and they're gonna say his knee was down at the 41 yard line peerless price me down he was off and running for another 10 or 15 yards or more with the official right on top of it made the call Tennessee trying that sprint lift see if we can pick it up here in the replay sprint left throw back they really had it set up not sure prices Nate didn't come off the turf before he came up yeah it came out before he as he was catching the ball but the official was behind him and didn't see as well as our camera did did call not quite executed here's the quick pop a little this time there is some room to the races at the 30 yard line maybe on the side closer to the 29 a 30 yard run this is a dimension Tim that Stephen Springs a change of pace would you bring him in for Javon great slasher makes the middle linebacker missing right here food pick move this guy's got great moves and we maybe got away with a little hole there in the secondary Dennis Lee did but Stevens is showing you some slashing a penalty three times for 41 yards already they haven't had a chance to use him and the two games previous to any extent here he is trying trying to run with power behind the left guard and the center over there he's got some power he's deceptively strong 185 pounds but real big thighs great numbers in Clarksville and his junior year in high school hurt most of his senior year but Tennessee was very high on him and has remained so and it looks like that's paying off for him picks up a couple it's second down in eight yards to go and we got a minute 29 remaining in quarter number one here in Knoxville seventh play of this Drive for Tennessee Houston's defense spent an awful lot of time on the field they must be getting a little leg weary right now with his heat here tonight the little mix-up in the backfield but they got away with it almost Germain Copeland the intended receiver couldn't quite hang on but there was a little mix-up I think Stephen thought he was supposed to get a handoff that time and got a little bit ragged on that play Martin kept his poise after running into his running back and made a terrific throw right on the line just almost had a great completion there's the mix-up he had Stephens wide not quite on right on their timing on there's T's seven out of nine to 76 yards and a touchdown here comes a big third down in 814 third down and eight for the Tennessee Vols and a whistle blows may not Houston I thought they'd perhaps let the clock run out but Houston has called a timeout with a minute ten to go they didn't like exactly the defense they had set for this one they're gonna gain when you try to stop him by running the football they're gonna throw that play-action pass with Bobby knew from what a tough often so when you looked at the ball game in person I thought the T seems to be very cool very much in control the mixture of the past the run his throws have been crispy looks decisive on what he wants to do nice mix who Travis Stevens in the backfield given Tennessee a little different offensive look we'll see Travis Henry - sup tonight they need to get these two guys ready to go Jamal is going to have to have some help down the line especially in this rugged Southeastern Conference schedule ahead and it's a pumping active coaches today Phillip Fulmer at 83% Joe Paterno Steve Spurrier and Bobby fountain though Philip continues to be the winningest coach among the active coaches of the game today and gained a few percentage points on Spurrier on that last last week and gained a lot more respect for apps from the national media that he is what he's really deserved a lot more than he has received and I think last week was sort of a wake-up call for some of those folks with me they saw how well his team was prepared for that game there you see a minute 10 remaining in the quarter also it's a third down and eight Houston sneaking some people up on the line of scrimmage actually got six men up there and T Martin gets away still running finally dragged out of bounds it's going to be a believe first down but we'll see Wayne Rogers weak side linebacker chased him down there's the other dimension of T Martin we talked about the steady play as far as making decisions and here's the look beautiful fake right there - he did and he tucked it and ran what I liked about the play was he was looking to pass first when the one the sideline came open he could have run earlier he wanted to try to get that ball in there for a touchdown then when he couldn't he ran and he picked up a first down first down and tend to go for Tennessee and the Houston the 19 yard line here's the quick pop in the middle once again and Travis Stephens goes for two or three yards before he's closed down by the Houston backers Wayne Rogers once again the weak sideline doctor made the stop for Houston your offense is doing pretty well who in their worst plays are gaining two or three yards and that's what's happening right now because Tennessee's offensive line is controlling the line of scrimmage 11th play of the drive Jamal Lewis readers at tailback Travis Stephens takes a seat after a nice performance by him in the last few plays so they're back with Jamal ball now and they give it to the big gun and he is wrecked up at the line of scrimmage Houston smelling that one out all the way perhaps the last play of the first quarter Patterson Owens the left in perhaps the best of their defensive lineman made the stop Dero celli is the nose tackle and Adriano belly is the other defensive tackle nothing pretty much all Tennessee in the first quarter time of possession 1046 for Tennessee 414 for Houston Tennessee's offensive line pretty much control the first quarter they've been able to run and pass pretty much it will they're inside the 20 you've got a big play coming up they're going to be facing third and 7 if they're going to get out till the two a good early lead a key play coming right here in this Drive David cut flip up here in the booth we'll try to figure out exactly the play that will pick them up the necessary yardage about 8 yards for a first down we go to the second quarter of play Tennessee goes on the road now for a couple of a burn and it Georgia's then Alabama comes in here so it doesn't get any easier we saw Kentucky's high-powered offense today although losing to Florida it's still a dangerous situation when they come to town and well everybody is a matter of fact from here on out it's it's going to be could be a dogfight almost every week or the ball these fans you see on the screen are only on the Tennessee sideline Houston didn't bring in in we're in Tennessee is surely not going to furnish them any they put out a little mist with that a little little moisture and then blow it on the players to help to them down across the way where the visitors sit I see maybe one couple of hundred red shirts over there but not that many people came all the way from Houston with the team all right here's Tennessee with a big third and eight to start the second quarter of play tee Martin let's see what Cutcliffe has called for him it's a little swing out to Jamal Lewis he's looking for touchdown Louis what he called was the right place 16 yards on the touchdown in the first quarter Houston had one first down Tennessee ten terrific move after catching the fall in the flat and a great block that no it's legal terrific move to get around the first guy on a great block coming back when we first saw it thought it might have been a clip but he hit him initially clean and stayed with the block peerless price I believe wasn't it yeah leave it wast yes great block the prize to teal net touchdown tip-offs extra point good and it's a 14 to nothing ballgame Houston at minus 3 yards budging in the first quarter Tennessee 83 passing yardage 76 to 16 this is a poise quarterback looks downfield his first choice is not open so he throws a nice touch pass out into the flat to a guy who can make something happen with the ball actually pure bra careless took out two guys [Applause] [Music] Jamal better Pat pierless on the back after this one what one intentional block one an unintentional so that brings out the chorus of Rocky Top as early in the first half here second play actually up the quarter it's 14 to 53 1452 to go in the first half Tennessee on top 14 to nothing Martin's poise is it seems to really stand out in the early going he seems to be in complete control passing game running game and as a field general areas Sanford back deep to receive he's the real deep threat for the Houston Cougars and Jeff Hall will be kicking off for for Tennessee early seconds of the second quarter the Vols have broken on top 14 to nothing defense has been able to pretty well shut down Houston and just about every facet so far all gets the foot into it gets a lot of foot into it deep into the end zone into the checkerboard there will be no return on this one Houston will send it on first and ten on their 20-yard line at Tennessee's defense now goes to work there's the scoring drive 12 plays 83 yards 450 on the clock and Luis 16 yards for the final touchdown Stephens the workhorse in that drive 34 yards Jeff Hall has always been strong on field goals but he seems to have gotten stronger on his kickoffs more balls being down in the end zones touchbacks real big story in that first quarter was time to possession Tennessee almost 11 minutes total accommodated the time of possession here's McKinley that's some time to throw and throws complete a beautiful strikeout to the 43 yard line Jane Geron James made the reception that was just ideal past 23 yards on the strike he had time that time Tim and when you give any quarterback to some time you're gonna have some prodding Tennessee doesn't get much pressure on him and this guy's got a very strong arm he rifled down the sidelines over Tennessee strong safety nice throat red white and Steve Johnson closing in but a little too late so it's first down and tend to go for the Cougars they go to Sanford their tailback and he goes crashing across left tackle for about three yards before al Wilson from middle linebacker along with Reinecke Thompson made the stop for the Vols early in the second quarter Tennessee's on top 14 to nothing right now Houston showing their first offense of the night there's Sanford to their key often see Travis for his running is concerned Jason McKenna Lee nicked quarterback six-foot-three 222 pounds back in the pocket got some pressure this time and it paid off for Tennessee Reina Thompson coming on the outside blitz and McKinley had to get rid of it had no chance to complete that one defensive coordinator john chavis decides enough enough early on and decides to come after him with a blitz Reinecke thompson pressuring him into a bad throw Tennessee has been more aggressive more blitzing early this season and they come back to it right here okay here comes with the Tennessee defense attest it's third down and six McKinley wants to throw fires it's complete and it's going to be a first down they had him for a second there short of the first down but he spun away Jaron James made the play and he made it on his own and up for a first down Steve Johnson had good coverage out of the corner but he missed the tackle after catching it had they made the tackle that would not have been a first down so they convert and Houston moving the football in to Tennessee territory right now Cougars looking at a first down situation the handoff goes nowhere this time they gave it off to leap pin no I'm sorry it's Mike Greene's lead Penn is the number three tailback Green is the number two tailback behind Sanford so actually if anything he lost a happy yard there's al Wilson a little bit shaken up on that play Chris Ramsey will replace him in the middle doesn't seem to be serious perhaps just the breath knocked out of him but hopefully it's not his McKinley rolling back giving off on a counter and there's nothing there that's the counter trade that Houston ran so successfully against UCLA Tennessee read it all the way and Tennessee's speed shut the play down string it out they're trying to come around penetration once again it was Green who is 6-foot weighs 230 pounds pretty good sized guy Tennessee's run defense has been terrific so far again tonight all right they're looking now to third down and 12 Tennessee defense digs in to come here they come after him lights out again Chavous goes to the plinth when he needs it marina Thompson 11th quarterback sack this season for the Tennessee defense Eric Westmoreland was also there with Reina they walked up a little delay and here come the linebackers Thompson jumps the back and makes the tackle great effort by Rayna Thompson on the Blitz here he comes another look little hole and perhaps Thompson makes the play she will Overstreet in there to you later gets his kick away it's taken on the 10-yard line by Eric Parker and he's up across the 20 let's see where they market they say stepped out around the 21 looks like nice first move to get a few yards yes is what Clark deep could have been trapped back there but 46 yards and the return 11 so the Tennessee defense digs in and holds on a third down situation and I know John Chavis wants to see more of those third down stops Tennessee stays aggressive when the last time on third down they just rushed four and Houston picked it up that time they came after the quarterback up to the line of scrimmage T Martin's got Jamal behind him at tailback tefillah receivers split out here at the bottom of your screen they pitch it to Jamal he's trying to find daylight he found it here comes the vick train across the 40 up across midfield and into houston territory to the 48 yard line jamal lewis like that James strong safety they to stop for Houston 31 yards for number 31 great ability to cut and then turn on the speed for a big back a lot of that's Jamal Lewis there's some Block in there but a lot of less kamal loose power football they've spotted on the 48 yard line of houston that's where it's first down and tend to go Jamal's figures 64 yards thus far what's the line there's some movement Lee Jarvis written excuse me Josh Tucker Zenit right tackle on heat that was on quick sit [Applause] I've stuck her in there for Jarvis Rito [Music] moved a little too quick so it puts Tennessee in the position now of being first down and 16 there you see the penalty yards so far in this ball game 1055 remaining in the first half of play the Vols on top 14 to nothing whistle and off to Jamal but the whistle will kill it and did we have movement again that's what you would think the way that flag was thrown [Applause] there's referee Alfred illegal snap [Applause] getting a little bit of this lack of continuity that we haven't had much and our tendency has not had much in the first three ballgames all right they're going the wrong direction right here it's first down and 20 now for the volunteers T Martin and another whistle [Applause] illegal motion again against Tennessee three-straight five-yard penalty x' and those are what you call thinking of penalties not thinking by penalties right now for Tennessee those swimmers going to talk about this I believe David Martin I believe has entered the game right now this would be his first appearance of the year young man who's had a problem with a hamstring let's take a look right tackle right guard both boom Coleman's jumping a little too quickly or we may not get because he may not be getting the ball snapped quite on time but something's happening there this is the kind of series that Tennessee's not had all season they've not had one of those series where players were jumping and having consecutive penalties like this Fullmer is not happy he's got the offensive line around him and that's only the offensive line Tim he's not talking about what they might have for dinner after this ballgame over there right now no he is laid down the law at the halftime UT's greatest plays you'll be certainly interested in seeing that portrait of a champion and the stats and highlights that the champion of course is paid Fannie's all those things coming up for you at halftime we've still got a lot of time to go before the half 10:33 to go here at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville on a hot night the volunteers leading 14 to nothing but they've just hit a series of mistakes here three straight penalties puts them back to a first at 25 situation rushing Houston's got - 11 Tennessee 108 yards on the ground t Barton fakes the handoff to his tailback goes deep and it's incomplete intended for David Martin [Applause] David Hartman ran that route and he seems to be okay till he's had a hamstring problem big receiver that they certainly want to get into the flow of the offense let's take a look fakes the dive throws deep maybe weights account too long to throw but you're seeing lots of contact kind of getting caught up with each other there trying to take advantage contact again trying to take advantage of Martin who's 655 against a five-foot-nine cornerback T Martin 8 out of 11 now for 92 yards and a couple of touchdowns got his back to the wall right now though second down at 25 dumps it off here in the plaque jamal trying to make something happen to the 10 to the 5 touchdown bricen 63 yards believe you're going to see Eric Parker make the seal block at the end on the last defender great way to get in front of the defender without clipping him and what a great effort by Bryson he had that super run on the quick pop against Florida of over 50 yards and here he comes up with a 63 yarder toys nice throw good blocking right there Hamilton with a good block downfield looks like Rideau with a good block now you're going to see just got a little clip there a Varick Parker coming in and shielding the last defender that had a chance in what a great effort but Bryson Scott puts it down Paul puts it through it's 21 to nothing Tennessee with 1009 remaining in the first half of play well they played a series of mistakes there they were brought to the sideline and literally chewed out by their head coach Phillip Fulmer the offensive line faint the little mental mistakes and Phillip said enough of that called them over to the sidelines and I guess it paid off maybe Bryson was listening in on that talk too because he ran like it not many teams have the luxury of having a fullback that can run a 4-3 740 and has such nice soft hands Bryson's playing his way into the NFL so far this season with the ability to catch the ball out of the backfield and the speed he's gone Martin sets it up perfectly nice throw look at this cut back there's a good move right there just a fine open field move by pricin not tackling well and then you saw Parker who ran from behind and shielded the last tackler yeah you got a better view of Eric Parker on that was you're right on top I can tell he did a fine job of picking out the last man who had any kind of a chance at him I tell you what the coaching staff at the University of Tennessee love Sean Chrysler he's a complete football player very unselfish to give up the role of the tailback and move into fullback in Tennessee's offense but they've gotten him the ball Jeff Hall nails it once again into the checkerboard and that's where they're going to keep it they're not coming out of there with it I don't believe Jeff Holmes back bothers him like it used to because he's booming these kickoffs get Rick Sanford decided it best not to come out of there and so the veteran tailback takes the knee and Houston will take the ball at the 20 yard line Houston Cougars trailing 21 to nothing against Tennessee this is the team that really fought California almost won that game losing 14 to 10 lost 14 to seventh to Minnesota and then played UCLA off their feet before dropping back one Tennessee jumping up in the line of scrimmage putting the pressure on the quarterback he gets it away and completes it nice job by the quarterback Jason McKinley that time just to get rid of it up around the 31 yard line Chris Ramsey's back in at middle linebacker al Wilson has a shoulder injury that's going to be evaluated at halftime there looks like they're going to hold him out the rest of the first half Orlando Yglesias was the receiver he's 6 foot to 218 pounds he's been their best weapon here in the early going this season as far as receivers are concerned juco transfer McKinley back quick pop and it's complete his time to Jerian James the flanker and he's knocked down him either late but even picked up a little bit of yardage there it'll make it a second down situation for the Cougars Tennessee has a pretty much a second team defensive line and linebackers in right now I'm trying to get the starters a little risk they're going to give him 6 on it make it second down and 4 9 minutes to go in the quarter he was a tailback sweeping around the getting some Running Room get knocked out of bounds but not before he critics inferred that picked up some some Running Room that had chance to knock him down at the line of scrimmage but he slit her and splintered outside look right here at you'll see a nice job getting outside made some guys miss and the right tackle did a nice job of holding Tennessee's defensive end get away will be Chuck grants al-bayt the stop junior college transfer for Tennessee this time the Vols defense stands out that knocks it down Sanford unable to get untracked that time as Tennessee came swarming in will overstreet nice job of stopping him up Ramseyer steps up in the hole good lick Overstreet helps clean it up he does big-time true freshman playing right defensive in the state of Mississippi Flint's Kendall is going quickly that's a good play right there good pop that time Tim the right play quick slant against the Blitz excuse me I saw it come in wonder how her to help that's an old defensive back Tommy signals there but the right call against the Blitz did coverage good coverage by Gerald Griffin in the flat but the right throw nice catch by glacis he's a big receiver there's not much where you can defend that if it's thrown perfectly right on time and it's a timing pattern and Griffin actually did a pretty good job to hang on alright it used to driving it with a third and one one of three on third down so far for our the Houston Cougars and it's going to be close I think he might on suck at effort Sanford up made it he did not on the initial hit but he kept digging and finally got perhaps the first down we may have to have a measurement now they're gonna wave it down feel first down nice second effort by Sanford he stopped up on the initial hit and just keeps that leg drive going gets the first down good effort by the tailback from Houston they 21 to nothing game Houston trying to get their offense and gear and get something consistent going here and the way of a drive Tennessee with a lot of second teamers in there right now and still some of the first team quick hit in the middle and it's good for a few yards before Tennessee's defense closes down got that counter tray again and they made it work that time for about three or four yards not me Baldwin is the running back who's not even listed on their depth chart right here so they're reaching for some reserves also tonight Tommy Baldwin at tailback receivers three up about in this pattern and they come right back in the middle and Tennessee closes it down that's leaf pin number three tailback carries for the Cougars Tennessee closes down pretty good on that one to make it now a third down and five situation let's take a look to had the obvious Flintstone Houston tried to counter it with the draw plane he almost broke it Laurie Perry has been pretty active tonight of defensive and here's the handoff and Tennessee drags him down in the backfield and that story theory is a matter of fact the guy we were just talking about drop sleep in one Terri crashing down from that defensive end spot that's the way up that counter try that backside pursuit comes hard enough sometimes you can catch it and here it goes Corey Terry great speed for a 260 pound defensive end runs the play down from behind before it can get out of the backfield Saavedra will drop back and punt formation standing on about his 43 yard line with 523 remaining and the first half of play gets his kick away and Tennessee's gonna let it bounce and try to get into the endzone let's see if they down it outside yes he bounced on into the endzone with it but they say he's down at about the 2 yard line 41 yards on that one I don't know about that play tail looks like momentum minor carried him in but they must have reeled him down with a ball on the field to play Saavedra came in here with not very good statistics 35 yard average and he must like East Tennessee air or something because he's kicked the ball very well for Houston tonight he has indeed great coverage look at this effort he's down proper call yep it was thought is momentum a carried event but he was officially down before into there so Tennessee really were their back to the wall right here Jamal Lewis is the tailback he would figure he gets the ball well no T's gonna keep it in just try to get a little daylight and there's nothing there the entire middle of the cougar lines good eve up been scooting back 21 to nothing balls with their backs to the wall there's T Martin looking at the sideline to see what David Cutcliffe has in mind right here one of those situations where you just like to get it off the going on get a first down or two David they say you're on your own on this one t see what you can come up with give the ball to Jamal that's not a bad call and it I thought was loose there for a second think it was a fortuitous bounce for Tennessee Jamal recovered his own bobble and at the meet time picked up a little bit of yardage ooh lucky bounce that time Mike James was the one clawing at him and trying to take it away strong safety for the Houston Cougars good hit inside if Lewis has had an Achilles heel at all it's been the fumble bug and he needs to hang on that ball on his own go on [Applause] this time they try that basically the same thing on the other side and there's nothing happening but there is a flag down here on the near side of the field if it's against Tennessee there's not much further back they can go it's a a little bit of a break lining up in the neutral zone for Houston so it's a five-yard penalty and shoves it down a little bit more breathing room for Tennessee second time they've been a little anxious on on a third down play and lined up both sides there's Kim Helton who has spent most of his coaching career in the NFL as an offensive line coach some time with the Oilers the Raiders now the head coach played at the University of Florida Vols with a little bit of a break third down and three let's see if they could pick up the yardage right here and keep the clock running in the first half they fire it out in the flat Houston waiting for it all the way Cedric Wilson receiving that one and didn't fool anybody from the Houston team outstanding coverage on the quick out a play where usually you get a little more room than this some guts gambling by the corner back to have that tight of coverage play yeah he's been a very active cornerback good tonight for for Houston sure tackle first punt of the ball game Leverton will stand a couple yards deep in his endzone and he gets it away pretty good kick out to the 49 yard line of Houston Tennessee's coverage is very good Jerry and James the kick returner couldn't find much room that time bucks for 41 yards the return is for five coming up with 237 left and a half it's a place where Tennessee wants to shut him down and not allow Houston to get on the board in the first half and keep the momentum going into the locker room Houston would very much like to get it going McKinley wants to get this ball on the end zone and give Houston some momentum going into halftime Houston looking for confidence right here a confidence type Drive or play Tennessee's defense looking to choke him down here's the pass in the flat man this is going nowhere Tennessee you're really ready for that one Gerald Griffin dropped June James just as he caught the ball Gerald Griffin is a fine athlete who some thought lost a little confidence in last year's Florida game came back in this Florida game and played well and I think will be a big contributor till for the rest of the season for Tennessee very nice play tough coverage and they've walked up on him this time little pressure here comes Tennessee and they'll calm and it's deon grant hitting a teak trick Sanford Sanford unable to turn up field because Dion was all over to season a man-to-man coverage free Safety's got the back out of the backfield on that and grant makes a nice play reads it all the way in a delivered a big hit so in two plays there Houston has lost a couple of yards bringing up a third and 12 the area that Tennessee needs to improve on there two of six and third down Houston is while it's coming and Tennessee fell down Gerald Griffin fell down on the plane leaving the receiver wide open Orlando Iglesias and he's all the way down to the 20-yard line it's a 27 yard play first down and tend to go for Houston threatening now and a flag is thrown after the play is over you have to figure something was said there got a little too much mouth going on down there [Applause] somebody said something because there was no Houston player around it was all Tennessee players excellent protection good throw the defender slips down Iglesias is a big strong runner so the penalty moves it down to a first down and 10 situation with the ball at the 11 yard line actually pick up a first without story here is McKinley pitching the KITT freak hit Rick Sanford tries to cut the corner and gets a little bit of room gets inside the 10 and to about the 7 yard line before Dwayne Goodrich runs him out of bounds [Applause] tell you what these penalties tonight Tim have been really unnecessary on Tennessee's part the type that drives a coach crazy thing that Tim C is not done they played with great discipline up in the first two ballgames and they hurt themselves with some penalties here so far it hasn't hurt him on the scoreboard but it made before the half sofa family now 10 of 12 402 yards here he is looking in the end zone he doesn't have time he has smothered by Wayne Walker there's Walker strongest at the Tennessee defensive linemen this drop this guy on the team is better in fact this play is really made by Tennessee strong safety Fred wide the outside coverage by the cornerback was good but white broke right into the pass lane you saw McKinley hesitate where he wanted to throw in that hesitation was just enough to allow the side Darwin Walker made the stop here's McKinley Jason McKinley the quarterback Tennessee may have jumped offsides or they may have been movement by Houston we'll wait to see something would awry at the line of scrimmage and the flags flew on both sides of the field and apparently Houston did move [Applause] fifty-five seconds remaining now in the first half of play and the clock is running its third down and 18 to go for Houston 21 to nothing they have a very good field goal kicker the crowd Waddell crowds getting back in the game you see the clock ticking away when they go for the end zone with one shot right here and then try to kick a field goal passes incomplete Tennessee defending it real well bread white D on Grant back there in the flow [Applause] during lot also defensively in the picture for Tennessee piccola pressure coming from backside again that's Corey Terry and it was nice coverage by Andre Lott all right Waddell on the season he's 4 of 7 is longest has been 52 yards this will be set down on the 25 making it a 35-yard field goal attempt for Mike Waddell of Houston it's on the way it is go go so with 22 seconds the clock stopped Tennessee holds and it is still day 21 to nothing football game the teams have made their share of mistakes though tonight is fours little silly penalties registers that is certainly happened I think one thing the Tennessee faithful are seeing a little more of is good tight man-to-man coverage by the cornerbacks Tennessee has had Steve Johnson at left corner they had Griffin at left corner till he slipped and may have hurt himself a little bit they played their third corner Andre Lott that time and he had good coverage too so there seems to have been an improvement the numbers are pretty good for McKinley but he's making some very good throws but on the big plays Tennessee's coverage has been pretty good tonight all right Tennessee's got 22 seconds on the clock here you figure they just run it out and not try anything in the way of a pass maybe even a kneel down take a 21 to nothing lead into the locker room against the Houston Cougars [Applause] today's gonna throw the football well now he pulls it down he's got plenty of Running Room down the sidelines to midfield and out of bounds at the 48 bit of a giant midfield well he fooled me I thought they'd kneel down on that one he got 28 yards on it one of those heart Stoppers you don't you don't want anything bad to happen to him this is a dimension that Martin gives the Tennessee offense that they haven't seen in a number of years the ability to pull it down and this guy can motor well it's up at the 48 yard line of Tennessee right now so with 11 seconds to go you might as well air it out here probably need around 20 yards to give Jeff hall a chance Houston decides to call a timeout and try to set their defense they anticipate no doubt something down the field toward the sidelines to try to stop the clock at least and get all a shot Tennessee up 21 to nothing with 11 seconds to go and the big house is full again tonight over a hundred thousand in here as there always is to watch Tennessee last week was Tim an electric moment wasn't it very much was I don't know that I've ever seen that much excitement and almost madness at the end of a football game in Neyland Stadium it was an electric moment and it gives Tennessee an opportunity to not just have a good season and they've had several of those in recent years but it gives them the opportunity to have a great season in so far in the first half tonight it looks like the team realizes that and they've gone about their business very well it's Randy Sanders they're talking to team are coming up at half-time UT's greatest plays portrait of a champion Peyton Manning and of course we'll have the highlights and the stats from the first half of play which will be tilted naturally in Tennessee's favor since they're leading 21 to nothing I guess the real plus here in the first half for Tennessee's they've gotten a lot of players and got to see a lot of folks on both offense and defense here's T back to throw looks downfield fires get his man open and out of bounds with it is driven Copeland down at the 32 yard line and that stops the clock with four seconds 20 yard gain D Martin to Jermaine Copeland Martin looks like a quarterback he really looks like a quarterback in this first half this is a confidence thing for him here's Jeff Hall there he is on the list of top career scorers exports still number one few lottery days and hauls gonna tempt if it will be set down on the 38 yard line it'll be a 48 yard attempt or Jeff Hall it's blocked and incomplete of that's the end of the first half of play clock runs out on the block field goal Tennessee's score touchdowns on three of the four possessions and they held Houston's at 99 yards total offense in the first half your impressions tell of the first half of play downs it's pretty much Tennessee 15 to 8 rushing yards - 3 for Houston 144 for the Vols passing 178 to 102 Tennessee total yardage big edge to Tennessee 322 to 99 and UT with one turnover and there you see the full house here tonight first-half leaders Sanford as expected rushing 8 times for 20 yards they're leading at ball carrier all year Lewis 9 for 65 for Tennessee Vols dominating these stats and dominating the play and the official attendance here tonight 100 6417 106 417 all right we're set to go the second half of play there's kicked Rick Sanford standing deep and Jeff Hall will kick off for the Tennessee Volunteers 21 to nothing leader he's been booming him into the endzone tonight and he does again here terrific year so far for Jeff Hall he's having all-american type credentials Tim on this early going this season you bet and whatever Jeff Hall did this summer to help the kickoff for he's done done a great job of it you know I'm going to return tonight that's our fourth one jason McKinley's figures from the 1st half pretty good 10 of 12 102 yards he hasn't been able to get a consistent drive going it's been his problem there's the big youngster sophomore from Austin Texas steps under his Center and pitches back to his tailback keep tricks Stanford who cuts back inside and gets good running room across the 25 26 yard line before Corey Terry trailing on the play made the stop for the Vols they pull it back closer to the 25 means he's got five yards to go for a first it's second down for the Cougars coach Kim Helton of Houston trying to bring football back to prominence for this school here's the delay hand off to the tailback Tennessee waiting for it they stop him right on the line of scrimmage Dietrich Sanford had nowhere to go Tennessee gem that went up real good Bob Ramsey is back in at middle linebacker apparently the decision is is to hold al Wilson at least at this point if he's not needed that would be the decision the wives went debate all right it's a third down and five situation here's the past in the flat complete and across the middle turns it into a big play Gerry and James makes the play for Houston looked like Tennessee had it pretty well defended there let's take a look Jim nice nice protection little curl route Westmoreland went for the foot to try to defend the ball and knock it down and miss the pass first down for Houston covered 14 yards there's James numbers on the night seventh pick catches here as they cut back and again some nice Running Room digging almost close to it first down that's leaf pin carrying the football for the Houston Cougars good blocking Tennessee's overrun the play just a little bit with its defense and cut back get some yards [Applause] it now becomes a second down and two Houston shown some putts here to begin the second half they end it to the tailback their first down and a lot more all the way into Tennessee territory to the 39 yard line leaf pin listed as their number three tailback and it was Cory Terry who made the stop but not after a 13-yard gain you got Houston coming out with with two tight ends two wide outs one back and they're trying to run it straight at Tennessee to start the second half white the study month Cory Terry dropped him so Houston driving with a football crowd kind of rising to the occasion now to try to help the defense a little bit right here hits first down and 10 to go to the ball at the 39 yard line of Tennessee here comes Tennessee on the Blitz and it paid off because McKinley's pass Fred white really put the pressure on him and the pass to throw it looked too quickly feeling the backside pressure and it's incomplete red white on a safety blitz Fred white on the Blitz from the strong safety position comes hard big hit Tennessee is starting seeing the same thing again white after him pulls up not to get a penalty so it becomes second down and 10 for Houston McKinley looking the blobbing long a timing pattern incomplete intended for Jermaine James and it was Andre Lux who was over there defending for Tennessee terrain James has had a good night but didn't quite get that one before the sideline caught up with him there's McKinley the big strong guy he was the freshman of the year last year in Conference USA certainly got a good arm Tennessee's got lot and Griffin at the corners third down conversions you see Houston four of nine let's see if I can convert here but Tennessee's defense can hold got time to throw throws it nice place he tricked Sanford was dropped by Gerald Griffin there's a flag down so let's hold everything and see if Tennessee did it deed holder if we have a penalty against the Vols there's two ways to do it on 3rd down you can blitz them or you can drop back that time Tennessee chose to drop back they successfully defend it but [Applause] personal foul against Tennessee [Music] well you don't need that after they had stopped them on third down a personal foul keeps the drive oh I for Houston all the way down to the 22 yard line where it becomes first down and tend to go for the Houston Cougars here's the counter play again and a little bit of daylight across the 20 maybe three yards keep tricked sent for carrying the ball and Ramsey made the stop that same counter tre they've been they've stayed with it that time they get about three or four Tennessee's penalties are probably given coach Fulmer ninth play of this Drive the penalty kept it alive I didn't see a Tennessee player come out I figured whoever committed the personal foul would be coming out of there but hadn't happened so far it's second down and seven on the roll he throws he's got a touchdown touchdown Houston Cougars Scott Regin balled and who's the tight end 19 yards reg and bald is a quality tight end one of the best around and he's one of four players on this team from Canada Derrick Edmonds got a bootleg action here got beat on that one Tennessee didn't keep contain and the strong safety got beat so Houston gets on the scoreboard to make it a 21 to 6 game and what L will attempt the extra point now for the Cougars it's up and it is good it's 21 to 7 so that's exactly what Houston needed to start the second half that's exactly what Tennessee didn't need is to get Houston team trying to build up some confidence here too they very much did it that was a fine Drive they mixed in running and passing hit regem ball that who they believe is an all-american candidate it tied in ran a great route to get down in the corner and the big play of the entire drive a 15-yard penalty against Tennessee when they had held him on third down at about the 40 yard line personal foul penalty against Tennessee kept the drive alive when it looked like they had stopped it and you're right that was the key plate I'm a little bit surprised we haven't heard from Brennan bald earlier tonight because he had a lot of hype from the Houston folks coming into this ballgame most of their players are from Texas but they do have seven I think from the state of Florida they have four oddly enough from Canada and he's one of them Travis Stephens will drop deep back to receive the kick from what Elle and all of a sudden Tennessee is looking at a two-touchdown situation here leading by two after dominating the first half they come out and let Houston drive down field and score on him in the early third quarter proud of 100 6000 plus looking on and there's the kick by Waddell and it's going to be short of the goal line taken at the four by Travis Stephens looking for some daylight gets across the 20 pretty decent returns of 20 yards and Tennessee puts it in play first down and you're gonna see a great block by the left guard who pulled to lead McKinley got him out in the open Reds and ball takes it in bootleg action gave Tennessee secondary a tough time there Jamal Lewis is in at tailback the drive 10 plays 80 yards 355 on the clock edging ball to the 19 yard touchdown run after the catch here is the ball offense now going to work pitch back to Jamal Lewis trying to turn the corner does get a little bit of room about five or six yards before he's run out of bounds by Jason Parker a true freshman who was inserted into the lineup tonight for Euston because of injuries in their secondary out of thought Tennessee would have picked on him a little bit more than they have they've been going to this side of the field primarily there to their right clock running 10:25 third quarter of play balls leading 21 to 7 Houston jumping around in the middle and they bottled up everything I thought for a second Houston might have jumped offside but apparently not so the full-back Shawn Bryson could find nothing in there fact he bobbled the football and recovered him that's the third fumble they've got one loss tonight Jamaal rent number one time fumble the ball and recovered his own fumble now Bryson does the same stunt by the nose men gave him problem I tell you what if they turned it over right there we could've out our scopes a real sticky situation as far as Tennessee's concerned right now the Vols looking at a third down and three they need three for the first they didn't get it Jamal Lewis comes up I think short there is a flag down but this there's a timeout for an injury for one thing one of the Houston Cougars deep down in the secondary there's Hilton who seems to be calling for Eclipse it looks like but he won't get it Tennessee though will be forced to punt so Houston not only drives for a touchdown here in the third quarter they stand up and stop Tennessee short of a first down and Phillip Fulmer now begins to look a little bit more concerned on the sidelines David leopards is his last bunt was for 41 he's back used standing around his 20 yard line for the Tennessee Vols coming out of the dressing room Houston has come out with momentum Tennessee has come out a bit flat Houston is going to get the ball back probably in reasonable field position I'll be interesting to see how the defense reacts can't get the number just yet of the injured cougar down there because the training staffs working in front of him it's not sure it seems to be it's a knee or an ankle the left knee or ankle looks like Mike James they're strong saftey 6-foot 209 pound junior for Alabama does the drop played Alexander underneath handoff has a decent hole but garner stripped some of the ball along with Wilson Arkansas comes up with the ball [Applause] do running back in there the tailback is going to be open to the left side rod Simpson can he get to the goal line no he stopped just short half the one so they're trying to get everybody involved jokubas already got a touchdown so does Madre Hill the last time and they said Stinson maybe the quickest of all three of the running backs he may be the biggest home run threat he's a sophomore from Pine Bluff averaging 25 yards on kickoff return so far this he Houston drive down field and score on him and then failed to convert a first down on their next possession crowds kind of gone quiet yeah will they get with the crowd get back in this ballgame as cute as Houston takes over there you see what's ahead for the Vols they go on the road for two at Auburn at Georgia come home and take on Alabama then head to South Carolina UAB in here for homecoming then Arkansas team that's probably better than a lot of people thought this year Kentucky with couch throwing the ball all over the field so nothing is easy Leverton set to punt gets a little pressure but gets away a pretty nice kick backing up the receiver to James the 22 yard line and he's up to the 25 and then driven back about five yards 45 yard punt to yard return officially in the book nice coverage that the Tennessee had a wall of coverage down there nowhere for James to go the hunt team paid attention to that practice and covered that one well they were sprinting down to you Ray not Tufts and one of the primary hitters that time all right Tennessee's defense will try to dig in and stop Houston Houston's got some momentum going now after that last touchdown drive it's a 21-2 7 game nine eleven to go in the third quarter we're going to roll time to go in this football game and Houston try to build some confidence McKinley throws incomplete through the hands of the receiver James his flanker around the conference today boy it looks tough for South Carolina they took a beating today at the hands of Mississippi State Kentucky lost in a shootout in Gainesville 5135 Ole Miss came from behind to beat SMU Alabama is trailing Arkansas in the third quarter and Idaho and LSU just getting underway Auburn Georgia Vandy all enjoyed a week off all right McKinley pitches back to Stanford East coming back to his right and trying to cut inside it's not open Tennessee closed it down quickly Deon grants one of the first men up to make the contact 10th Tennessee goes to a blitz look trying to put the pressure on DeAngelo Lloyd makes him go deep and grant comes up to make the hit Tennessee's decided to go after him Sanford 11 carries 26 yards cheap Trick's Sanford their tailback 5-8 about 210 pounds this time the quarterback drops back throws and the planets complete and knock down that's the 27 yard line is Montgomery Fred white made the stop there's for it out of the safety position so it's a good play by Fred white the receiver in front of him to Tess he goes to the Blitz again and good coverage by white shuts down Houston they're gonna have the opportunity to see if they can get back control of the ballgame savvy drop Joey semi-dried punt formation Tennessee put a little bit of a push on him but he got his kick away taken by Eric Parker and nowhere to go Jermaine Copeland not returning punts tonight 36 yards on that one a little bit nicked up I think at practice this week Tim so they're taking a look at some other guys I'm not sure that they won't go with some other folks Jermaine is a sure absolute sure handed guy when it comes to receiving a punt but doesn't have the breakaway speed that you probably want from your upon return people Josh Tucker it right tackled open this this Drive tmartn needs to get some offense going right here puts it in the stomach of his fullback his tail back and that's the right man to do it John all those down the sidelines 59 yards like a runaway train down the sidelines gratefully blocking here pullback breaks a tackle and it's been since the Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson days that this league has seen a big back with a speed like Jamal Lewis look at the last guy even just literally didn't even faze him at all he's a bull but he's a fast bull there's Jeff Hall's kick and it is good at Tennessee answers Houston's touchdown this time rather quickly 28 to 7 Jamal Lewis has now got 12 carries for 133 yards and a touchdown big big play for Tennessee right there after Houston had appeared had gotten a little momentum back the tackles crashed the line down great lead block by Bryson that's three tackles left bounced off of him three players watch him outrun the cornerback that's amazing for a guy ways look at this didn't bother me what was that the fact it's 230 pounds that can outrun cornerbacks that's amazing throws that head back doesn't only by the kitchen doesn't sir - alright Tennessee won't be kicking off to Houston now there's Jamal and they're his numbers on the night already a very productive night and we've still got a lot of time to go although it's not sure how much more he'll play but 736 remaining in the third quarter of play Tennessee 28 to 7 lewis has brought the crowd back into the ball game all she did Jeff all who's had a super night of kicking off all of them non-returnable this one high and to the goal line so they're gonna try to come out of their bottled it for a second and still running with the football good return out to the 23 yard line is key trick Sanford Sanford does a little bit everything for us it all another Cooper is injured 23 yards on the return let's take a look at caught it bobbled it comes out of there looking for a crease he breaks the tackle right here tough runner tough runner for a kickoff return men and a Houston player is down at about the 7 yard line so that's the official timeout for the injuries stops the clock at 7 24 to go in the third quarter Tennessee up 28 to 7 going on the road to Auburn next week Auburn had this week off so the Auburn Tigers Tim will have had two weeks to prepare for Tennessee in Auburn defensively is about as tough as anybody in the league they've got a great defensive line that will be a tough place to play crowd wise so Tennessee will have to get ready to go you probably don't see Tennessee come after their quarterback a lot but defensively all burn stuff Tennessee will have their hands full next week with that the Houston player is up and leaving oils on the power Wow ala Wilson has a shoulder separation here's the return on the right of your screen you're gonna see the hit that takes looks like Fred white making the hit for Tennessee all right here's McKinley back to throw lobs it out their timing pattern flag on the play it's complete but let's see if there's interference no push off perhaps by Iglesias that time [Applause] there's the injury to al Wilson a shoulder separation tough tough break hopefully it's not not a bad separation that's the kind of thing that can bother y'all season Orlando Iglesias was shoving off going downfield and got caught with it tough break for Houston big break for Tennessee that's Wilson's injuries particularly tough when you consider Shawn Johnson broke his leg in the first game and we're now playing third middle linebacker but Ramsey has done a pretty good job so far the Trotters spot out on the sideline and see the Silva he's out of uniform but now he is McKinley delayed in the Middle Tennessee that's Ramsey Chris Ramsey replaced our Wilson number 41 he's out for the next game at least it appears our Wilson will miss the Auburn game he's at least out for the remainder of this game and I guess they will you know it'll become a day-to-day situation as to whether he is available for Auburn but he will not play again here tonight Tennessee's defensive line just collapsed the offensive Houston on here's McKinley feeling some pressure rolls out gets away from the pressure fires they call it complete - James Gerry and James caught it apparently dragging those feet as he went out of bounds and it is a pretty big play but it's not a first down it'll be third down for the Houston Cougars remember that penalty that set them back on the offensive pass interference half the distance to the goal line so they still need about 13 yards to go for a first do you send up here Tim I'm thinking they're gonna send sentiment from the top it looks like definitely they're coming I may have come a little too early or Houston may have jumped in anticipation will see flags are falling a lot of laundry on the field stops the clock at 6:18 to go in quarter number three the valves up twenty eight to seven [Applause] sometimes your offensive linemen get anxious when they say I'm walking up trying to get to the right be able to get to the right spot to make the blocks and as Tennessee's linebackers walked up to the Blitz eased and jump that time just the threat of a blitz sometimes is a good play for you that was the case for Tennessee they may be coming again here is safety was coming here's the pass out of the flat complete but it'll be far short of a first down leap in coming out of the backfield little swing pass but not enough for the first down and so Houston will have to go into punt formation there's al Wilson on the sideline with a separated shoulder he's out of course for this game and I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the trainer's have to say in the doctors regarding the Auburn game but I'm going to guess Tim that's a questionable thing for Auburn that's much so it's tough because you just keep hitting and hitting and hitting with that shoulder and it makes it hard to get it well here's the punt Sabae Drive drives it out of there pretty good it's taken by Eric Parker and he's across midfield a kind of a bold move by Parker getting into Houston Territory at the 49 yard line 36 yards ten on the return flags are down flags are down right here in front of the Houston bench it came from an unusual spot you got to wonder someday on Houston's been she's not getting vocal too vocal on the sidelines that's way away from the play it surely was it may have part to do with the play but it was hard to sit walk in the back by the return team 10-yard first down lock in the back on Tennessee's part was the call I thought the dreaded wave was about to start there for a second hopefully not when Tennessee has the ball and a sickening feeling it was about to all right Tennessee with a first down in 10 with the ball spotted on their 37 yard line Travis Henry has entered the game at tailback and he gets the call and he gets knocked down behind the line of scrimmage by Patterson Owens big defensive left in 276 pounders six-foot-six well there is the way there's no way to stop it now is there Tim this is a great help to Tennessee's offense but I don't understand them all I think we need to top it now is to somebody bring out the beach ball we've still got John Tucker right tackle which makes you wonder if Rico doesn't have some kind of problem with on ankle again second down 811 yards to go for Tennessee t Martin out of the gun drops it out here on the side to peerless he's got a little bit of Running Room still digging and fighting he's coming up short of a first down but it's very close [Applause] Emil white made the stop from free safety for the Cougars faking the draw come up make the throw just before it can get blocked nice move by peerless right at the mark good solid stick by white - it was enough they gave me forward motion enough for a first down I thought he was about a half yard short but not so price is not supposed to get hit like that in the open field there's peerless work for the night very productive night tailbacks lot on the right side whistle movement by somebody [Applause] coach Fulmer doesn't look happy on the sidelines too many penalties that is the ninth penalty for 75 yards against Tennessee something Tennessee has a vote and out with call before the snap well apparently this is not a penalty that coach what was time to talk to the officials after lobbying time here well Tennessee can take total control this ball game if they can drive down field with this possession and get in the end zone then it's going to be a time just to see what the final story is but Houston still in it as long as it is we've got this kind of scoring and they've got a chance to get a take away here the situation this year in college football film where the way things are set up for the championship game you've got to hang around somewhere in the top four you got to be in that neighborhood toward the end of the season therefore teams need to win it pressive ly I know piling it on sometimes actually goes against the team of the voting you would think but when you put those computers in it this year and all the other variables I think impressive win is very important when you could get in that position to do that unfortunately the way the system set up you need to pile on sometimes there's Tennessee looking at a 1st down and 10 with under 4 to go on the third quarter of play T Martin in the pocket looking firing long gunning down to the 30 stumbling and falling his peerless price he could have perhaps gone all the way at least a few more yards for sure but he made a nice reception in a nice move anyway 22 yards by peerless price Houston show blitz early Tennessee did a great job picking it up priced nice throw great arm strength he throws all the way across the field about a 15 18 yard 15 18 yards downfield perfect throw Jamal Lewis is back in there that's the type pass I think peerless uh T has been a little bit hesitant to throw in the first two ball games as a big call that much for him to begin with price six catches 54 yards here is T Martin going wide open just overthrew him peerless was breaking for the endzone open just a little too much adrenaline on that one little too much air under it and fearless couldn't catch up nice call but David Cutcliffe even if that plate doesn't work they faked that that that quick hitch that they've been throwing regularly tonight and let him take off that buys you a little more room on the quick hitch next time you want to throw it so it's not altogether bad to have an incompletion on that that's one of those plays you call and if it doesn't hit you just want to get it far enough downfield to get them to back off you your receiver a little bit and shot a peerless they're getting a little water on the sidelines man and motion coming to the bottom of your screen and T Martin is going to roll out this way and keep rolling and now bro incomplete intended for Jermaine Copeland who almost came down with it Jason Parker the youngster the freshman the 5/9 guy had got up there and played it big they call it an interception they do probably an ill-advised throw you're gonna throw this one throw it on out of the endzone get out get a little more mustard on it then he got they fight for it there I thought Jermaine had broken it loose but not so Parker hung on good play by Barker and underthrown pass was underthrown actually when they both went up looked like it fell down into Parker's hands there there's T Martin on the line with David Cutcliffe no doubt alright Jason McKinley with new life hands off on the slant to keep tricks Sanford and he got good running room it's time to read the counter to the right Sanford picked up some pretty good yardage before the Vols closed it down on him Judd growls now was one of the first to hit him they're running that counter counter tray and it's working some form in the second half there's Sanford's numbers on the night well Russia's 34 here he gets a little more room to run and probably enough for a first down as he crossed the 30 before he has stopped first down intend to go for the Houston Cougars 28 to 7 Tennessee leading Houston trying to sustain a drive right here Tennessee late playing lots of people defensively low and Overstreet the lining up the teens Gooden is in there right now at tackle as well here is a roll out found a completed pass again by the quarterback gets good for a few yards to the 35 Jerry and James is knocked down there's lots grass now and lock made the stuff Houston rolling out there McKinley is getting a pretty good rhythm in the second half he's throws her crisp and on the spot Tennessee's not giving them as many problems defensively as they did in the first half he McKinley seems to be gaining some confidence bubbled the ball but of course out of bounds Jerian James numbers on the night 9 for 81 his McKinley got time got his man dropped at the 41 yard line and I think I saw a flag go down in there Montgomery was the man who was on the receiving end Eric Edmonds and Deon grant made the stop but there's a flag down and the officials are conferring this is a huge penalty if it's against Houston this is behind the line they had picked up a first down they are recruiting too much extracurricular activity in this ballgame on both sides they're these late penalties for personal fouls or things where players are just losing their poise and after the play so it's still a first down in ten but it backs him up they're lucky it was a dead ball foul otherwise they would have been really backed up and had second down there at the 26 yard line and that's where the Houston Cougars will go back on the offense right here a minute 44 to go in the third quarter we still got a lot of time in this football game Tennessee up 28 to 7 Houston trying to mount an offense here's the handoff to the tailback he breaks away from one tackle but not the second and third right here at the 20-yard line cheap trick Sanford Chris Ramsey was the man who drove me back there he is number 41 who's filling in for the injured al Wilson at middle linebacker good penetration but Tennessee making him break it back and then gang tackling lots of new faces in the ball game you're seeing Dominique Stephenson in on that tackle Dominick a converted tailbacks it was a great athlete and so they're hoping that he will learn the role that linebacker and be able to contribute their wing on the right side quarterback got plenty of times but sees man wide open up to the 43 yard line is James who's having a career night here especially in the second half Braz now made the stop good great protection Tennessee had his first choice covered he pulls it down has time throws over the middle too much time that time from a Tennessee standpoint nice job by McKinley keeping his poise when his first choice was not open you can't blame defensive backs when you have that much time to throw there's James 10 receptions already 99 yards tonight McKinley in the pocket a world of time all the time in the world and he's got a completed you always do with that much time looked at Tennessee to start thinking about blitz the four-man rush is not getting the pressure on McKinley's got too much of a rhythm going as far as Tennessee's concerned he's keeping his poise and rolling out and here you go lots of time lots of time for men rush their offensive linemen have got Tennessee's defensive linemen all tied up plenty of time he might throw [Applause] [Music] there was James wide open but he tossed it to Baldwin who was coming out of the backfield and that's the end of three corners of play here at DeLand Stadium tonight before 106,000 Plus Tennessee's leading as we go to quarter number four by a score of 28 to 7 it was 21 to nothing at the half Houston came back in the third quarter got a good drive going with the help of a penalty when Tennessee appeared to have them stopped they committed a personal foul penalty which kept the drive alive and Houston went on to score on the 19 yard pass to the tight end and now they're hanging around again Tennessee came back down and scored a touchdown but it's been rather ragged defense for Tennessee for the past couple of minutes or so here they've got a lot of reserves and they're granted but they're still not getting any pressure on the quarterback this youngster McKinley has a good arm and he's got some good receivers and ablations and James are very good probably seeing a little bit of that concentration break down that we thought might happen at the beginning of the game Tennessee goes in ahead 21 to nothing there you can see that the scoring by porters Tennessee up 700 after one and would have playing an even third Porter but I think you see somewhat of a letdown when you're hit 21 to nothing and have dominated like Tennessee did in the first half and that showed up in the third quarter McKinley is 20 out of 26 for 194 yards see if Tennessee decides to put more pressure on to send a linebacker well Wilson is still in the game even though he's on the sidelines he's in it in that he is encouraging his players his teammates to play better here's the quarterback rolling looking gonna fire it up they're up for grabs and that a man really in front of Dion and grant but James was the man throwing a little trickery there huh little trickery that didn't work Tennessee's secondary had they had both sides covered well you see pitching back he wants to throw deep but the first choice is covered the second choice is covered and now we're going we're going to just throw it up for grabs and you see although they receiver iglesias number 18 was in a position to make a huge play rushing yards 32 211 in Tennessee's favor here's a pass complete in the plat once again they just keep nicking away this is James again passing yardage houston hundred ninety four Tennessee to 12 total to 24 to 423 Tennessee's favor Gerald Griffin in on the stop that time good pressure but McKinley is making great throws as that's just a quick slant and he's right on the money with the throw even though he's under pressure and Tennessee's got good coverage big third down Darian James now has gone over the hundred mark in receptions 11 catches for 105 yards McKinley looking being pressured knocked down Roger Alexander gets his first sack from Tennessee number 38 is Roger Alexander six-foot-three 220 pound junior Burt suck up the game his first this is the first time in a while Tennessee's been able to rush for people and get pressure you see Alexander get rid of the tackle make a nice play to keep McKinley from from making the throw another good look Brett not much pressure except for Alexander but he breaks free for men rush gets a sack that's a big plus from your defense worth gone to burn huh and they're gonna go for it fourth down and six fourth and six they're going they live it up there Tennessee receiver to rezi defender had his back to the ball all the way got it out of bounds locked right on him he never saw the ball but he's right on him all the way Goodrich not in the game must must have some kind of problem too because lots playing this whole second half and although he didn't see the ball then he's right on him all the way down the sideline nice coverage by Andre Lott he's growing up low pet to nine his first real big playing town well Steve Johnson is out now with a groin injury he will not return so that's the reason I get slots in there two starters are out of there now al Wilson with a shoulder separation a growing injury for Steve Johnson so a lot has seen a lot of time Tennessee taking over up to the failed conversion here comes the big guy put some thick plays in the last couple of all games including one earlier tonight on a screen flag playing then of course that great one against Florida and he develops a knack for coming up with a big play but we have a man down and we may have had a flag down also nice quick hitter he breaks it probably if he goes left right there he's got a chance to score a first down they're calling holding on peerless price downfield block he had a great block maybe tackled him maybe had a great tackle miss Bryson is down on the sidelines out of the field of play there you see it Tennessee players are beginning to drop here tonight Tim that's that's worrisome very much so with two big road games in the conference coming up here's the drive straight ahead by Jamal Lewis and he got it two or three yards but that's all [Music] Steve Johnson out with a groin injury a shoulder separation for al Wilson and now some sort of an injury for Bryson plucky's in some pain on the sidelines but not excruciating perhaps so let's hope it's nothing more than done of a sprain when they hurt it's nice to see them walk off it yeah it is tee Martin looking now at a first and 10 and here comes another flag getting real ragged here in the second half we've still got 12 minutes in 29 seconds of football Tennessee up 28 to 7 let's take a look and see if we can find out how he got hurt here [Applause] could have hit that knee you know going down looks like there's just suck in mind how to breathe yeah he's up that quick that's good for Tennessee fans 10 penalties for 85 yards for Tennessee and they're looking now at his second and 15 Houston creeping up on the line of scrimmage expecting a pass they don't get it they get a big run instead the account is the good guy hoodie this is Travis Henry getting his first shot at tailback try this trick number 20 run for 24 yards showed a nice move on this run watch this bleep block Bartholomew going through Henry great move to get outside to watch this one little Juke right there then great move Houston tried to strip it but he hangs on to it since he's third tailback to have a long run tonight Travis Stephens earlier came in and played well behind Jamal now Travis Henry isn't there here's T cutting it up and get some good yardage on it down to about the 26 yard line Nero silly Mike D Rosselli made the stop from nose tackle but not until T had picked up some good yardage Tennessee seems determined to keep that option play in its offense and this perhaps is the night to work on it or you can make it work got a solid 5 so it makes it second and 5 clock is running at 11:17 and ticking away rushing yardage you see it right there a huge advantage for Tennessee box perhaps have given up more yardage through the air than they wanted to tonight though Bryson is an ankle injury we're told here's the pass out of the flat 22 yards great move after the catch five peerless price credit that touchdown to the play they ran in the third quarter where they faked that hitch and sending deep hey you see it again quick throw see how the corners backed off that time and the great move up price rate do you remember the overthrow in the third quarter that BACnet corner off enough to run that play they come back and get a touchdown out of it nice work but David Cutcliffe tan setting that one up Jeff Hall flicks it a 35 to southern Tennessee lead with 10 fifty-six rebating of the ballgame Jeff all had one blocked earlier tonight but otherwise he spent perfect that was an attempted field goal that was blocked not an extra point Martin 14 I'm 18 now for 200 at 34 yards four touchdowns peerless really looked like the peerless of oval there he's got that quickness back last season seemed like he played the whole season with with ankle troubles and a bit tentative he he looks like the guy with great quickness and speed again you got it he really looked good on that move watch this move Jason Parker never had a chance and then he's got the speed to turn it on from a dead stop and outrun to pursue nice throw patty look at this move [Applause] Parker will take some kidding at the film room buddy you can imagine you can imagine night that UT career crisis now that moves into ninth of UT's career receiving yards moves in the head of Alvin Harper who had a fantastic career here now we'll see if Tennessee can keep the pedal down that they're there in a blowout situation see if they can keep the stinger going here for the last 11 minutes of the there's tmartn getting I'm sure of some congratulations from David Cutcliffe in it also some advice series once again Jeff Hall into the endzone that come out of there with it this time go from 2 yards deep and turns out to be a heck of a move flag is down Jeff Hall is the last fan keep Rick Sanford almost rope it all the way but there's a flag back around the 13 yard line this guy's one of the few kicked off returns that runs over people he run over people to three times on kickoffs and he ran over don't seem to have a return but I'll tell you what that spotlights the athletic ability of Jeff Hall very few kickers are going to tackle a guy this size what's the explosion there what's the explosion of this guy 5 8 203 not many kick returners can run over somebody like that I tell you what Phillip was unhappy with his kick coverage before this ball game and he's going to be unhappy with it after this ball game and when you've got some burners coming up like Tennessee is going to be facing in the weeks ahead at the Southeastern Conference needs it tighten it up a little in that area and off in the middle not much doing there keep tricks at verdun carrying the football I believe we've got a new quarterback in its Helton Tyson Helton has come in number 15 at quarterback coach's son coach his son son of head coach Kim Helton Mark McGwire hit two home runs today giving him 68 of the years Sousa did not homer [Music] got them backed up let's see how Tennessee plays this Sugar Land Texas home base Fort Helton and they dropping once again it's leaf pin out of tailback little pop over the middle for a couple Eric Westmoreland made the stop trying that counter tray again and Westmoreland this time steps up in the hole and likes to play still a lot of time 9 minutes 41 seconds of football remaining Tennessee 35 to 7 and Houston has changed quarterbacks Jason McKinley actually had a very decent night I don't know if he's banged up or not if there's an injury or not Tim but I wouldn't think his performance would take out of a ballgame Helton torn from down and eat nails on the end zone throws it at the feet of his intended receiver Tennessee rush duck time was very very good Bernard Bernard Oh Bernard Jackson not believes one is putting that pressure on a player who seems to have been a fan favorite early on was getting some action now barri scriptural was also an all the play there you go Jackson from Louisville one of Tennessee's top recruits this year putting great pressure on from the defensive end spot so they trod into the end zone to punch the Houston Cougars down a situation you might get a good return because they're backed up Tennessee puts a little bit of pressure on a terrific kick absolutely great Eric Parker cutting the corner down the sidelines go for it turn across the 40 into Houston territory to the 37 yard line 51-yard kiss a 21-yard return now kicked his cover it's a little bit that time he he had he really got it up and got it high but when you backed up like that punting you're really trying to protect so so it gave Tennessee an opportunity to get a good return and Parker looks like a natural back there he's got some quickness he's got good hands he's got the ability to make the first Scout down there miss him in Tennessee has a new quarterback Bernie VC is in at quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers with nine minutes to go in the ball game Bernie VC takes over here's the handoff and not much running room need to blow this one dead folks Travis Stephens getting pushed back downfield [Music] Berni vc is from the state of mississippi absolutely a terrific athlete a lot of people thought when he came here Tim that he might wind up as a receiver or a safety maybe even a cornerback because when he checked in as a freshman I think he want all of the agility drills and so he's a good athlete but he's turning out to be a pretty decent quarterback in practice let's see how he does under the gun well he pitches back safely to his tailback and the sweep by Travis Stephens is for a few yards shy of a first but positive yards these he has some family history in football his dad was a tight end and Ole Miss about a year or two behind Archie Manning it brings up a third down situation for Tennessee about four to go for a first two keep the drive alive coach Phillip Fulmer getting a look at a lot of players here tonight is that a couple of injuries though that are disturbing that'll be day-to-day al Wilson and Street flows on the sidelines with a shoulder separation Steve Johnson with a groin injury and Shawn Bryson with an ankle injury here's Travis Stephens still digging here that's a good move on his part I think he's shy of a first down but it was a great effort by Travis [Applause] there's tmartn on the sidelines who's given way to Bernie VC now he's almost doubled his emplacement tones in season day man with sixteen completions got 14 tonight after 19 attempts for a whopping 234 yards good night they're going for it on fourth down Tennessee going for deep in Houston territory here's the pitch back to Stevens he's got plenty of room outside and gonna get the first down Travis students Timothy replica 40 first down too much speed formed they were coming hard on the corner defensively you see them come inside Steven simply cuts it outside runs for the corner to get the first down tough level runner and he's got some speed at 56 yards Bryson getting some ice on that ankle which is not exactly a good sign if you think about Auburn living ahead here's the fake to the full-back close it out at the PC down to the five Tennessee John Finland fight in let's Tennessee boy from silver first first hitch first touchdown of his career and a great block downfield 21 yards for the touchdown nice touch both easy under pressure here and he lumbers home nimble footwork into the end zone he got the job done started out as an offensive lineman at Tennessee they moved him to tight in last spring here's the call extra point it's up and good and Tennessee extends their lead to 42 to 7 with a lot of second and third stringers in there right now for the team Ben Woodson a happy camper as he edged to the sideline nice poise by it's easy because when he came out of the out of the fake and started the bootleg he had a guy right in his face he saw the man wide open note no use to try to make an all-american throat just get it out there Finn listens hard had to be puffing when he turned around and saw nobody in front open that goal on his first kids well it was a good play for the big youngster from West Tennessee it was a good play for the quarterback from Mississippi you're right Bernie VC showed a lot of poise there here we go with it with a second look nice downfield block Leighton him you're gonna see just as he gets to the goal line here Martin look at that knocked the gap back in the end zone helped him get in just east downfield blocking has been excellent all night we've had one hope one block called a tackle down there but overall there there ins who have done a good job ventolin since first catches for a touchdown pcs first throw is for a touchdown there's the up stir Bernie VC now operating at quarterback gonna kick it straight up in the air and see what Houston can do with it and that's what they do with it they fumble it Tennessee recovers great call by Phillip Fulmer you hate to have to go back there to that but if you're gonna do it that's the way to pull it off jerk rounds ow made the recovery certainly well executed by Hall right off the facemask and there's Judd right in the perfect spot for the play and the Tennessee Vols take over in great field position ready put the kettle on there's folks out there we don't have on some of our rosters wicked making the russ berrie is going through the archives now I'm trying to find various players quick pitch out and bobbled but out of bounds and Tennessee does retain possession of the football kind of a dangerous situation there but they hang on with 6:15 to go at the football game Tennessee up 42 to 7 the 1 play Tennessee continues to have trouble with offensively seems to be that auction with maybe perhaps you're gonna have to dive somebody to make them make them play true defensively on that instead of just printing it to the corner but we've not exit Tennessee has not executed that very well here is BC at quarterback yeah he's got a great night going 1 for 1 here's the pitch back to his tailback travis henry and he's run out of bounds after picking up a little bit of yardage as big travis henry from frost proof florida came here with great credentials been a little bit slow to develop but at all times Tennessee coaches thought he had that possibility and now he's beginning to show it Tim coach Fulmer has felt all along that Remy he had four good backs he had to move one of them Stephenson to linebacker but that he's had three tailbacks capable of winning in the SEC and and they're the young ones are showing something tonight here's VC giving off to his tailback good this time by Henry he may go all the way touchdown Tennessee baby a flag down though on the far side of the field at the 11 yard line it was for 35 yards let's see what the referee or the official on the far side is going to call I suspect it's going against Tennessee which will nullify a great effort by Travis Henry this this crew is really likes to call holding downfield [Music] this is a Southeastern Conference crew get a look at the replay Henry going outside watch the smooth cutting back outside simply find the hold here I guess that's it if that's it it's pretty picky pretty weak pretty weak that was Bobby Graham trying to lead block but that was really not holding bit of a weak call nice run Tennessee penalty is now 11 times for 95 yards here's the give in the middle not much going there look at Crosby running out of four boxes we're going we're gonna get another look at it I may have any shoulder I'll eat my words yep I will - he had his shoulder pad going on there how about it did not make a difference in the play it's like an uncatchable ball you know that's not catchable tailback that time outstanding camerawork prove me wrong guys at the truck right on top of it here's BC spinning I think it's a busted way but it'd make home touchdown it's close Travis Henry down to the three yard line BC spun around and I think it was a busted player maybe Henry went to that side he didn't expect but it turned out all right Henry wants that touchdown back I don't think nice job 15 yards on that one stopped up inside good cut to get outside good blocking downfield and a Houston cougar is down on the field here you go you've got a lot of second teamers in the offensive line playing right here doing a nice job blocking Houston Bernard Gooden is playing Tobey Tobey champion is playing they're doing a fine job up front the outside linebacker Lewis Hampton 240 pounder is the guy on the field who is injured right now for Houston a real plus for Tennessee to get to get far enough ahead that's that second teamers are getting to play a lot well there's Bryce up with that ankle injury the ice on the ankle he doesn't act like that's a real serious situation but tell you what you took a look at our Wilson's injury which is a shoulder separation so it's hard to believe that he could get back for the Auburn game Steve Johnson the groin injury they beginning to stack up to they are if this has been a real positive night for Tennessee and an enjoyable evening for Tennessee fans to be it be at the stadium but a damper on it is certainly the injuries that al Wilson is is the heartbeat of this defense and he'll be needed there he is big al already with that Arvind a Slanket of course for a linebacker to have a shoulder injury as well that's where all their work is done with those shoulders trainer microloans going to earn his pay the next week trying to get these guys back in the ball game Tennessee running backs tonight Lewis 12 times for 133 Henry 5 for 66 Stevens 7 for 56 yards so it's a productive night for tailback not much going here as BC ends off in the middle to will birth on abuse pull back out of MBA at Nashville former felt like tailback might be a strength and this game is beginning to look like it is a strength position for Tennessee first two ballgames a Henry and Stephens didn't get much playing time because of the nature of the games but they look like in this ball game they can get Tennessee help down the road and tell they're hanging on to the football they're not bobbling it or juggling anything out there so that's a another plus it's a big flush to get BC a little playing time also some of these defensive backs they've gotten in there tonight as well there's Bernie BC looking now to second down in third situation handoff and nothing doing can't get it in there Travis Henry just kept bouncing outside but the blocking was not there the pursuit was very good by Houston as they trailed it all the way and made the stop question now is going to be is tennessee going to be willing to throw it give these guys a chance to score that are out there on the field or we are they gonna be content just to run the ball into the line well you're leading 42 to seven and it's kind of a delicate point right here are you running it up or are you just giving your quarterback a chance to make a big play or some of the other youngsters it's there's the handoff they decide to go in the middle and it's going to be about a half yard shy of the goal line Travis Emery really earned a touchdown but he didn't get it back and this crowd sucks left up here I guess the few thousand ripped it out should give this unit right here a very nice round of applause because they did a real good job in there BC Henry and a lot of youngsters up front trying to give the University of Tennessee a little bit depth situation as far as the Southeastern Conference plays concerned they're going to give it to Henry Shirley [Applause] yeah I think there was that a bobble you think their thumb will snap [Applause] with amazing games so Hitler does not get his touchdown we're kind of hoping that old Travis would get in there because he worked so hard for it but PC got a bobbled it there on the last gasps attempted so Houston will take over but with a ball at the half yard line and 2 minutes and 30 seconds to go in the contest Tennessee 42 to 7 and Tennessee has a lot of youngsters in on the defensive front here getting an opportunity to deploy it's like people in front of them all winning so they probably can't move up at the polls but they certainly can't move down handoff Tennessee hitting on the Caroline that may be a safety no signal from the official yes [Applause] rapture faith to stop they're going to give me the ball I guess at the half yard line Ramseyer filled the hole he so saw that lead back coming and filled the hole and really popped him right out to go on it was close [Applause] took a look as a look at it watch Rams here come till this hole that opens up big leg he was out of the end zone I guess his farmer motion did get him out of there by happy Hamilton gunner gotta throw out of the end zone fires it up there incomplete intended for Geryon James who's had a super night to receiving for the Houston Cougars but he couldn't quite get to this place sewells wants to redeem himself a little bit he was defending on that from safety he's the guy that got run over on the kickoff although he decided maybe this was a second chance to get likk in them areas temple Sioux nice job coverage that time then at 41 remaining in the contest Houston backed up to their goal line looking now at a the handoff is to the tailback straight ahead for a couple of yards to give the punter a little running room a little putting room back there Center a Sanford got it out for a couple of yards and again around the zoo or made the stop for the Tennessee Vols so Houston will have to punt so they drove will be if they very back up the in soul Tennessee could be in a position to really make a big play right here they're gonna have to do it with nine men that's all they've got out there right now this time of the bobble game somebody missed the call Eric Parker is waiting they almost got to him with nine men here's Parker catching it at the crowd and dives forward for a couple of yards doesn't seem to have much fear of paper covering doesn't no feet Doug total yards Houston 235 Tennessee 577 yards in total 56 seconds to go and birdie VC comes back out eighteen yards on rushing and 259 on passing so that's pretty good pretty good variety right there Tim nice mix nice mix till it Kraus me make guitars being lumber it downfield across the 15 down to about the 12 yard line Philip Crosby is 243 pounds do you want any one of the backups for Tennessee at fullback that start for most anybody else this second offensive lines doing a great job Houston seems to be rolling over a little bit unfortunately but Tennessee's playing hard right down to the gun punters you're running that time fire Philip Crosby Tennessee of course we'll keep it on the ground here with 30 seconds this may be the last play of the ball game [Applause] in fact BC is going to take a deed doesn't that's the gentlemanly thing to do at this stage with the game well in hand and Tennessee will let it run out that's the end of the football game in Knoxville the night before on 26,000 Tennessee comes up big 42 to 70 until they got Claire's into the ball game tonight they got tmartn I think in just safe and it Montford up situation at that quarterback the biggest positive I believe is T Martin he got in a rhythm he threw to a lot of different receivers he's 14 for 19 234 yards for TVs you can't play much better than that really made one but only one bad throw all night this is the kind of game that the coaches wanted t to have in order to get ready to go to offer next week if there is a negative it's injuries hopefully they're not serious injuries with Tennessee have several players starters leave the ballgame but the running game worked well Tennessee dominated the line of scrimmage both sides of the ball another plus was getting Stevens and also Travis Henry the two tailbacks who had seen very little action Jamal will have to have some breathing room down the stretch so getting those guys and they both look good tonight nice ball game for both of those young men and Tennessee's offensive line Dave whoever was back there running room to run tonight got BC in with a few plays and that's a plus two because he'll need to be on standby in case you hope something never happens but in case and and so he looked pretty good pretty calm in there tonight especially once his tail pointed out under pressure he threw one out at the flat very nicely and you're going serious second look at that nice under control the John Finn listen who starts going looking for somebody to run into looks like an offensive lineman there you go how about that how about that spin on that die here's Jamal on his long run breaking the tackle and then turning on great speed down the sideline for a big back outrunning the Houston secondary and Tennessee Ross tonight by a score of 42 to 7 for all of us here we thank you very much for being with us tonight we'll look forward to seeing you on down the line from DeLand Stadium in Knoxville good night everybody

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Published: Fri Dec 21 2018