Fourth quarter
15:00: This is an all-around bad play – bad call and bad execution. Dobbs had looked extremely shaky on his prior two throws and facing a third and 23, the coaching staff – which normally stays on the more conservative side – decides to push it deep here. Dobbs throws it to nobody in particular, it’s intercepted and Vandy gets the ball back in UT territory with the momentum. It easily could’ve been a pick-6 as well if the Vandy defender would’ve made the catch without going to a knee.
14:54: Speaking of bad, Vandy squanders a great opportunity. The Commodores get too fancy on the trick play after the INT and take a huge loss to kill their momentum.
How not to capitalize after a turnover https://t.co/yp2EAOkKH1
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) December 1, 2014
14:08: Veteran play by Brian Randolph here, going low to the ground to secure the errant throw by Robinette to get UT the ball back after Dobbs had given it up two plays earlier.
10:18: Curt Maggitt does a great job dropping his shoulder to get around the corner and then turns on a dime to get back to Robinette for a big third-down sack. NFL scouts have to be impressed with the way that he’s rushing the passer right now.
7:54: What a punt by Matt Darr. Great hang time, distance and placement on this 60-yarder that pinned Vandy back at its own 2-yard line as the clock starts to wind down.
Punt of the year for the #Vols? https://t.co/J8aSEtE6BA
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) December 1, 2014
6:35: The linebackers didn’t have a great performance overall, but huge play from Jalen Reeves-Maybin to stop Vandy short on this third-and-1 situation as the fourth quarter starts to wind down. Vandy will punt and UT chews over four minutes off the clock thanks in large part to this play.
Not a great night for the LBs, but huge stop by Reeves-Maybin here https://t.co/FuxzJYCIF4
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) December 1, 2014
4:10: This is Joshua Dobbs making a play when his team needs one. The Vols need to run some more clock, so Dobbs just gets behind his tight ends, who get great push, and powers forward for a crucial first down with the clock running under four minutes after this play. The Vols were able to make Vandy use two timeouts and run the clock under two minutes thanks to this first down before punting it back.
Ethan Wolf with a massive block to lead Dobbs to a crucial 1st down with under 4 minutes to go https://t.co/b1cf77O1NE
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) December 1, 2014
1:33: One of the most overlooked plays of the game. Danny O’Brien gets just enough of Robinette’s leg to make him lose his balance and go down. If Robinette breaks free, it looks like he gets the first down and stops the clock. Instead, Vandy lets 28 seconds lapse before its next snap and the ‘Dores lose some precious time.
Robinette has the 1st if O'Brien doesn't get his foot here. It cost Vandy 28 seconds in the 2-minute drill. https://t.co/yKYA2GeYsv
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) December 1, 2014
1:05: The game almost ended here. Justin Coleman looks like he’s in position to seal the win with an interception, but Emmanuel Moseley goes for the ball too and deflects it away from his teammate. Again, good pressure from Maggitt.
:46: Maggitt was in on almost every play of that final drive. He almost slings Robinette down for the complete sack here, but even though he can’t get him down, he forces the short throw, which the Vandy player should not have caught in bounds with such little time remaining, and the ‘Dores have to burn their final timeout.
Maggitt was close on almost every play of the final drive. Bad awareness here by Vandy too, can't catch tha… https://t.co/LdIlVUl3bm
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) December 1, 2014
:32: It was Chris Weatherd, who looks like he’s playing a spy technique, who steps up and provides the pressure on the second-to-last play to force an incompletion by Robinette.
:28: No surprise that it’s Maggitt that gets some pressure and gets his hand up to disrupt Robinette’s final throw on 4th and 10 that falls incomplete and sends the Vols to a bowl game for the first time since 2010.
Maggitt was huge on the last drive. Gets some push & gets his hand up on the final play to help send the #V… https://t.co/YYzv9ZQPQM
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) December 1, 2014
