Harrison Bailey just proved tonight at Auburn that he should have been playing all year. People can say that Auburn was playing prevent D and that they had their backups in the game all they want, but Bailey stood in the pocket, read the defense and threw on target. He had so few reps in the previous game mostly handing the ball off that we couldn't even judge him accurately. Pruitt has been too stubborn with his insistence on playing Guarantano all year. I said after UT's loss against Kentucky that this year should be utilized by playing Bailey so he's ready for next year and forget the record. How much further would the Vols be now? They will still go no better than 3 wins as it is. In fact, there was a very good chance UT wins the game at Auburn if Pruitt had started Bailey since the Vols won every statistical category but the score and that is on two people: Guarantano throwing a pick six in the redzone making that a 14 point swing and Cimaglia missing two field goals, one of which was a straight on 37 yarder. As idiotic as Pruitt has been with his insistence on JG being the better practice player, even he will cut his own throat if he starts JG next game.
