Tennessee football faces the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville for its regular season finale. Here are five Volunteers to watch for vs. Vandy.
So it comes down to this. After an embarrassing performance in a 50-17 loss, Tennessee football needs to find some players to step up one more time and help them end their two game losing streak to the Vanderbilt Commodores if they want to make a bowl game.
Saturday’s road trip to Nashville looks like a more difficult task than it’s ever looked like before, and that’s showing with the Vols as an underdog in this game. Could they really lose three straight games to Derek Mason?
Well, to make sure that doesn’t happen, they’re going to need specific players who played poorly last Saturday to step up this time. And that could be extremely difficult. After all, Vanderbilt has the type of balanced offense that’s given UT trouble all year. It’s an offense that gave them trouble just last week.
As a result, Jeremy Pruitt has a lot of work to do to get his guys ready. But he needs many of his key players to step up. As we get set to look at those guys who will be crucial to delivering a victory for Rocky Top, note that we’re looking at skilled players, players who can exploit Vanderbilt’s weaknesses and players who can offset their strengths.
With questions about Jarrett Guarantano’s health, it’s worth noting that we left both quarterbacks off this list. Naming one made no sense when we have no idea who is going to start. However, the critical performances will come from elsewhere anyway if the Vols are going to win.
But which of those performers are the critical ones? And what will they need to do for the Vols? Let’s take a look at them here. These are the five Tennessee football players to watch for in their regular season finale at the Vanderbilt Commodores.