re: This sums up Lyle Jones perfectly

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Often the offensive play calling was horrifyingly conservative. No example of this is more telling than on the Vols very first drive against Oklahoma when Jones was faced with a 4th and 1 at OU’s goal line and he elected to kick a field goal. (Coincidentally, a touchdown would have won Tennessee the game in regulation) With Jalen Hurd, one of the best power running backs in America, in the backfield, UT settled for a field goal at the goal line… I don’t even want to hear the rationale there, go for the touchdown.
And when Jones was questioned about the decision at his press conference after the game, he had no remorse. Not even a “maybe we should have tried to go for it but we can’t change it now.” The decision was made so it must have been the right decision.

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I heard more fury about this one call than any other.

Me when they made the call. Fans leaving the stadium. Fans eating at the Waffle House in Athens, TN on the trip home. Fans online. This call will not go away.

We were not at the 1 yard line. We were at the 1 foot line.