UT could have had at least 6 more but went for it on 4th... they were playing to get back in the game. I like that. Ol flat footed Joe the mile slinger relieving hooker late and connecting with that 52yd pass to Tillman and then producing exactly nothing afterward was typical of what UT would have been like this season had Hooker not taken over. Guy has an arm but nothing between his ears and a big ol spaz button every defense he's faced has homed in on and smashed.
UT lost 14 key players to the portal last season when tater head got fired. JG isn't counted among the 14 as "key", but left to wazu... he's been stinking it up out there too. For what remained UT has done extremely well this season and I'm mighty proud of them. They're at least two years out from getting any appreciable depth unless the portal is kind to them (and it might be with LSU and PSU, perhaps that other UT and maybe UF going up for parts soon).
I like this trajectory.
