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Maybe these Vols just aren't good

Wes Rucker
GoVols247

Ask just about football coach — or football fan, for that matter — to identify the last things they want to see on the field during the game, and you’ll usually hear one of two things: Lack of effort or lack of focus.

Tennessee Head Coach Butch Jones during the time-out in the second half of their 17-13 win over  UMass Minutemen Saturday, Sep. 23, 2017 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn.

While watching Tennessee fight like crazy to hold off winless UMass for a 17-13 win in a shockingly small crowd at Neyland Stadium, though, I started thinking the exact opposite.

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