Monday, October 13, 2008

Vols Look To Carry Over Practice Effort

Courtesy of UTSPORTS.com

Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer wasn't shy Sunday night when discussing the Vols current state of performance.

"There's a lot of frustration by a lot of people," Fulmer said after the team's practice inside the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center. "Our frustration as coaches right now is just finding that consistency we know is there. We see it in practice enough, but (in games) we are not making plays and that ends up costing us opportunities or even ballgames.

"Especially offensively the inconsistency we have had, it's not one particular person or position or anything like that. It's one here and one there enough that we've not been -- and this is an understatement -- very efficient."

The Vols have a chance to turn things around during a stretch of three home games in their next four, beginning Saturday with a 7 p.m. kickoff against Mississippi State. VideoSeat is providing the pay-per-view telecast.

"We're working at it," Fulmer said. "We had good energy tonight. If we can bring that energy on Tuesday -- that's absolutely the only way I know to get where we need to be and that's consistently practice well, take the practice into the game and play well."