All season long, one particular aspect of this Tennessee team that has always been consistent is the defense. Tonight, they put on arguably their best performance of the season.
The Vols traveled to Starkville to face off against a Mississippi State team with an 18-1 home record and had scored an average of 82 points over their last five games. The Vols absolutely destroyed State - winners of seven of their last nine - holding them to one of their lowest scoring totals of the season.
It was pretty simple. The Bulldogs couldn’t handle Tennessee’s physicality and there was plenty evidence of that early on.