Coach EBDial takes over playcalling

Promises Big Numbers, More Wins

Knoxville, TN - Following Tennessee's 64-28 victory over the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, one thing was certain: a change had occurred with the Volunteer offense. "We really have a lot of talent at the skill positions, and Tyler is starting to come into his own. He used to be like, you know, one of the Germans at Normandy. He'd be like 'the invasion is coming.' Here comes the boats, they’re coming. You have the binoculars, and it’s like, they're coming... You had the other group, and they go, ‘Wait a minute, they told us the invasion was way further north,’ where we had the empty tanks and we were hiding Patton out. ‘We weren’t ready for this, now what do we do?’ ‘We better wait until Rommel tells us what to do.’ "

Bray did indeed look more prepared in this season's opener. Without departed RB Tauren Poole, the Vols went to the air early and often. Bray attempted 43 passes, connected on 28 of them for 508 yards and 5 TD. This type of passing yardage has not been seen at Tennessee since the days of Peyton Manning. "We have a lot of weapons, and we intend to use them."

The Vols will face off against Washington State in week 2. The Cougars boast their own air raid offense, so expect numbers to be through the roof.