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in Red Zone Defense.
I came across this thread from 2 years ago http://www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols-football/178007-tennessee-dead-last-120th.html where we were in a similar position, at the end of the Dooley years.
I decided to recheck it, since our defense has improved so dramatically. I expected to see us in the top half, but low and behold, as far as giving up points in the Red Zone, we are dead last. On top of that, we give up points 100% of the time in the Red Zone!!! On top of that, 69% of the time we are giving up touchdowns in the Red Zone.
This really has me thinking about the progress that our defense has made. This is the opposite of the 'bend don't break' mentallity. Our defense is amazing, until the opponent gets in the Red Zone. Unbelievable that we don't have 1 stop or turnover in that area.
Red Zone Defense | FBS Football Statistics - NCAA.com
I came across this thread from 2 years ago http://www.volnation.com/forum/tennessee-vols-football/178007-tennessee-dead-last-120th.html where we were in a similar position, at the end of the Dooley years.
I decided to recheck it, since our defense has improved so dramatically. I expected to see us in the top half, but low and behold, as far as giving up points in the Red Zone, we are dead last. On top of that, we give up points 100% of the time in the Red Zone!!! On top of that, 69% of the time we are giving up touchdowns in the Red Zone.
This really has me thinking about the progress that our defense has made. This is the opposite of the 'bend don't break' mentallity. Our defense is amazing, until the opponent gets in the Red Zone. Unbelievable that we don't have 1 stop or turnover in that area.
Red Zone Defense | FBS Football Statistics - NCAA.com