Tennessee Volunteer Wide Receivers and Special Teams Save the Day Against the Memphis Tigers
Monday, November 14th, 2005Mike Strange has some rare praise for the Tennessee Volunteer wide receiver and special teams units:
That Rick Clausen’s 39-yard heave into the end zone was actually gathered in by a diving Briscoe was initially startling.
It wasn’t a circus catch. No Espy nomination. But it was the kind of difficult catch that has been rare enough to rate the endangered-species list around these parts.
Clausen’s other TD pass, a 15-yard strike to Fayton, was good execution on both ends.
That qualifies as doubly startling in a season when timing between dual quarterbacks and revolving-door receivers has been more elusive than Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
As for the kicking game, Hefney’s 36-yard return was the headliner. It provided field position for the first scoring drive.
Coverage teams were spot-on. Dustin Colquitt averaged 41.5 yards on six punts and had the directional angle working.
James Wilhoit continues to put kickoffs in the end zone and has quietly gotten in a field-goal groove, hitting eight of his past nine.
