Tennessee football Smokey Points: Top 5 Vols performers at Vanderbilt
This is as much of an indictment against the play-calling as it is a recognition of the success of the player we’re mentioning. Ty Chandler had 88 yards rushing on the day, and that included a 75-yard touchdown run to open the second half and cut Vanderbilt’s lead to 17-7.
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At that point, Tennessee football appeared to be in contention to make this a game, and their defense took the momentum to get back to back stops after playing horrendous in the first half. There was one problem, though.
After that 75-yard run, Chandler didn’t touch the ball on the next two offensive drives. He only had two more touches the rest of the game, and there were only three more plays that were drawn up and involved him potentially getting the ball. The other was Jarrett Guarantano pulling back on an RPO that killed a drive near midfield.
So Chandler finished with an incredible stat line of seven carries for 88 yards and a touchdown. And he had no receptions despite being one of the best running backs in the passing game in the SEC this year.
Simply put, this was a major failure on Jeremy Pruitt and Tyson Helton. Chandler was the player of the game and barely got in on the action throughout the day. Going into the offseason, there needs to be a greater focus on putting the ball in the hands of top playmakers offensively.