Vols rush for 211 in victory over MSU

Quick points on today's victory:

• To me, 211 was the key stat in today's win over the Bulldogs. For the second week in a row, Tennessee's running game had a renewed vigor and was able to successfully run the football. Foster averaged a hefty 6.6 yards per carry and Hardesty managed 4.9 per attempt.
  
• The defense missed some key tackles early, reminding me of how they played in our first two losses. Fortunately, they were able to pull it together.
  
• Jonathan Heffney had one really nice punt return but for whatever reason, he still doesn't look like his old self in my opinion.
  
• Ainge played well but made a couple of bad decisions with the football. Luckily it didn't hurt us. MSU put more pressure on him than I thought they would.
  
• Lucas Taylor is catching everything and has stepped up and become the leader of that receiving corps. His 186 yards and one touchdown today was impressive.
  
• It was nice to see Daniel Lincoln bounce back and not be affected by his first missed field goal of the season.
• Chris Brown is instrumental to this team in several ways.
• It surely didn't seem that we were only 30 yards shy of 500 total yards on offense. Wow!
• Erik Ainge wasn't sacked.... again. The total still sits at one for the season.
  
• Fulmer is 13-1 against teams from the state of Mississippi. Do you remember the loss?
• Attendance seemed louder than 50,217.