Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel admits that the offense pulled back against Oklahoma.
The Tennessee Volunteers are headed into the bye week fresh off of a win against the Oklahoma Sooners on the road. The game remained in Tennessee’s control and during the second half it felt as if head coach Josh Heupel pulled back the reigns and just coasted his way to victory. It was just skepticism at first, but a sound byte from Saturday has proven that thought process to be true.
A video was posted on social media of Heupel talking to his quarterback Nico Iamaleava after the football game and he leans in and says, ““I pulled back a tad just because the way our defense was playing, hell of a job.” After scoring 19 points in the first half, the Volunteers went on to score just six points in the second half and cruise their way to a 25-15 victory over the Sooners…