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Tennessee football stock report after 45-20 win vs. South Carolina

By Caleb Calhoun

Teammates swarm Tennessee running back Tiyon Evans (8) after Evans scored a touchdown during a NCAA football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.Kns Tennessee South Carolina Football Bp
Teammates swarm Tennessee running back Tiyon Evans (8) after Evans scored a touchdown during a NCAA football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.Kns Tennessee South Carolina Football Bp /
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Tennessee wide receiver JaVonta Payton (3) celebrates a touchdown with Tennessee offensive lineman Jerome Carvin (75) during an NCAA college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.Kns Tennessee South Carolina Football
Tennessee wide receiver JaVonta Payton (3) celebrates a touchdown with Tennessee offensive lineman Jerome Carvin (75) during an NCAA college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the South Carolina Gamecocks in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021.Kns Tennessee South Carolina Football /

Stocks down

Consistency

An ongoing problem all year with Tennessee football has been the disparity between the first quarter and the rest of them. It started against the Bowling Green Falcons, when they jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first and then limped into halftime up 14-6 before finishing with an ugly 38-6 win. The next week, they blew a 10-0 first quarter lead against the Pittsburgh Panthers.

That gap’s gotten wider. The Vols outscored Mizzou and South Carolina 28-3 and 28-0 respectively in the first, but South Carolina came back and almost cut it to two scores in the second half. That’s a problem, and it’s something that has to improve going forward.

Interior offensive line

Honestly, the tackles haven’t been great, but they graded higher than the interior. The inability to keep Cooper Mays out at center consistently has proven itself to be a huge deal. Tiyon Evans may have rushed for over 100 yards and averaged seven and a half yards a carry on Saturday, but he was also stopped on a 3rd and 1 to open the second half.

That was the first play to really allow South Carolina to fight to get back in it. Meanwhile, the Vols allowed six sacks on the day, and while those were team failures, the interior line played its part. This is probably the weakest unit right now of the group, so it has work to do.

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