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Tennessee 4-star commit Bray Staley has entered ‘The Matrix’ with this touchdown highlight

Tennessee commit Bray Staley makes an unreal cut in Friday night’s game for Aiken.

Bray Staley is simply surreal, the Tennesee Volunteers commit showing why he was such a coveted national recruit with a highlight play that might just defy physics.

(And we admit to watching this play a dozen times while still not knowing how Staley pulled it off).

A class of 2024 athlete from Aiken High School (Aiken, SC), Staley is a consensus four-star recruit and top-five player in South Carolina. The move he pulled off on Friday night is unreal, with some Gumby-like flexibility.

Aiken lost 48-12 but Staley’s play was the winner here. Won’t even try to describe this one, simply watch:

 

A 6-foot, 180-pound wide receiver, Staley committed to Tennessee in late June. He had a number of Power Five offers that included Clemson and Miami.

Aiken is now 0-3 to start the season. They play at Clinton (3-0) on Friday.

Here’s what Josh Heupel uses as his ‘bat signal’ on Twitter

Vols fans know to get hyped when they see #GBO 🍊 in their Twitter timelines.

It was not easy for Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and his staff to restore glory to Rocky Top this season, but a great deal of credit goes to the second-year skipper for turning things around quickly. The swiftness of the rebuild can be attributed in part to a change of philosophy on the recruiting front, for which Heupel brought a breath of fresh air coming out of Central Florida.

Recruiting is the name of the game when it comes to modern college football as programs scramble to bring the best and brightest to their campuses. In many ways, the action on the field often pales in comparison to the excitement on the prep prospect front.

Among the aspects that make following the recruiting action on social media exhilarating are the quirks players and coaches tend to have when it comes to communicating success. Sports Illustrated’s Molly Geary took a look at how all of the Power Five head coaches react on Twitter to recruiting trail success by using their unique “bat signals,” including the Volunteers head coach’s patented hashtag.

Josh Heupel, Tennessee: #GBO 🍊.

So set your notifications for @coachjoshheupel just in case you catch one of those magical moments when he throws up the hashtag and orange emoji. If you are a Vols fan it means good things are on the way.

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Tennessee’s 52-49 victory over Alabama by the numbers

There were all sorts of big numbers and huge plays as Tennessee took down Alabama

The first team to 50 wins.

And that is what it took for the Tennessee Volunteers to end a 15-game losing streak against Alabama.

Chase McGrath hit a 40-yard field goal Saturday at Neyland Stadium as time expired to end the SEC classic and keep the Volunteers undefeated.

The numbers were staggering:

  • 101 total points
  • 60 first downs
  • 569 yards of total offense for Alabama; 567 for Tennessee
  • 1,136 yards of offense
  • 840 passing yards; 455 by Bryce Young and 384 by Hendon Hooker
  • 7 combined TD passes
  • 296 rushing yards
  • 17 penalties committed by Alabama costing the Tide 130 yards
  • 56 pass completions in 83 attempts
  • 6 receptions for 207 yards and 5 touchdowns by Tennessee’s Jalin Hurts
  • 103 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns by Jahmyr Gibbs of Alabama
  • 1 field goal was missed in 3 attempts by Alabama’s Will Reichard
  • McGrath hit his lone field-goal attempt and 5-of-6 PATs
  • Alabama allowed 52 points, its most in any game since 1907 against Sewanee (54 points)

Tennessee topples Alabama on last-second field goal, 52-49

A last-second field goal gives Tennessee the upset of Alabama

It was worth waiting 15 years for if you were a Tennessee Volunteers fan.

Tennessee downed Alabama, 52-49, on a 40-yard field goal by Chase McGrath as time expired Saturday at Neyland Stadium.

This was a remarkable college football game. Incomprehensible drama.

The kick came after Hendon Hooker found Bru McCoy with a 27-yard pass on a play that ended with two seconds left. McCoy is a transfer from USC

McGrath’s game-winning kick “wasn’t pretty but it was beautiful” as CBS play-by-play voice Brad Nessler said.

Alabama had a chance to take the lead seconds earlier but Will Reichard missed a 50-yard field goal.

That set the stage for Tennessee’s fans to savor the victory that had been a long time comin’.