“First of all, fans, unbelievable tonight,” Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel said after the game. “With the delay at the beginning, their energy throughout the course of the game, I appreciate them. Our student body especially and the whole deal, so thank you to them. A win? Absolutely. Do we need to be a whole lot better? Yes, absolutely, in particular offensively. There are some things that we control.
“Give credit to them, too. They played well, they played hard, and they forced us into turnovers or created negative plays. At the end of the day, there are a lot of things that we can look at in the mirror, watch the video, and we have to take another step on the offensive side of the football. Some positive things on special teams and defensively, a lot of positives. We were out there on the field too much, certainly by the end of the ballgame.”
Heupel’s postgame press conference can be watched below.
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