Vols delve into details of Florida loss, 'nuances' of play calls

Butch Jones listed the fallout from Tennessee's 26-20 loss at Florida in stark emotional terms.

"We're all hurt, we're angry, we're pissed, all of the above," the Vols coach said Monday during his press conference at the Ray and Lucy Hand Digital Studio. "Now it's what you make of it. How do you become better because of it?"

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The Vols (2-1) will sweat the details this week in advance of a nonconference game against Massachusetts (0-4) at Neyland Stadium on Saturday (noon ET, SEC Network). 

Jones reviewed the particulars of two plays that have been discussed in great detail since Saturday, namely two calls from Florida's 1-yard line in the third quarter.

Jones said a run play was called on first down but quarterback Quinten Dormady checked off to a pass play that went incomplete to Marquez Callaway. Jones explained the audible by saying Florida's defense was a "70 percent heavy pressure football team" that rushed "a couple of guys you can't account for in run schemes."

"We knew that going in," Jones said.

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On the second play, Jones said the Vols intended to line up Dormady behind center and either run a quarterback sneak or run outside. But Dormady "tweaked his knee" on the previous play and was replaced by redshirt freshman Jarrett Guarantano, which changed UT's thinking.

Tennessee's strategy was compromised further by drawing a false-start penalty with Guarantano lined up in shotgun formation, moving the ball back to the 5.

"There were a lot of nuances that occurred during the course of those two plays," Jones said. "But make no mistake about it, if we get the ball down there, we need to run the football and score touchdowns."

Dormady returned, and three pass plays followed. The third was intercepted by Gators defensive back Duke Dawson at the 1-yard line.

Red zone inefficiency and turnovers were two of Jones' biggest laments from Saturday's loss. Shoddy tackling was another, particularly in the open field.

"The sense of urgency starts with me," Jones said. "It starts with our coaching staff. It starts with our leaders.

"I'm responsible and I can promise you, we'll get to it. We'll get to work."