After he’d thrown a game-winning Hail Mary to counter Georgia’s own apparent game-winning bomb 10 seconds earlier, Tennessee quarterback Josh Dobbs proclaimed the Vols to be “the most competitive team in the nation.”
“We find ways to win,” said Dobbs, whose 43-yard hurl to Jauan Jennings gave his now 5-0 team a 34-31 victory. “Adversity has been thrown our way each and every game. There’s no quit in this team.”
Surely someone on the 2013 Auburn Tigers gave that exact same quote.
Is ninth-ranked Tennessee (5-0, 2-0 SEC) just that good, just that lucky or both? We’re about to find out, as Butch Jones’ team takes its 11-game winning streak on the road to face No. 8 Texas A&M (5-0, 3-0) on Saturday, followed by a visit to Knoxville from No. 1 Alabama (5-0, 2-0) on Oct. 15. (continue reading at FoxSports)