Tennessee was madly celebrating an apparent 14-10 upset of 12th-ranked LSU after an errant snap denied the Tigers a chance to score from the 1-yard line as time expired. "It was a miserable feeling,"’ said LSU coach Les Miles of seeing the center snap elude quarterback Jordan Jefferson, skitter backward and eventually end up in the arms of UT linebacker Nick Reveiz. "Certainly, I’m sick." "Then I’m excited to see the yellow flag out there. I’m thinking ‘What the hell is that for?’ I had no idea." It was for the Vols having 13 men on the field at the end of a hurried wave of mass substitutions by both teams prior to the botched snap. "It was a lot of chaos,"’ said UT coach Derek Dooley. "Things happened fast." LSU was allowed to line up for another play from inside the 1 with no time on the clock. This time the Tigers (5-0, 3-0 SEC) got it right. Tailback Stevan Ridley powered into the end zone and Tennessee (2-3, 0-2) was crushed. "When I saw Jefferson fumble the snap," said UT linebacker LaMarcus Thompson, "the emotion of happiness, the feeling of winning , there’s no better feeling than going through a battle for 60 minutes and getting that win at the last second. Then when it’s just stripped from you, it’s worse than just losing outright. It’s 10 times worse."
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Unlucky Number 13, Gets the Vols...Penalty gives LSU, life and the Win 16 - 14
Tennessee was madly celebrating an apparent 14-10 upset of 12th-ranked LSU after an errant snap denied the Tigers a chance to score from the 1-yard line as time expired. "It was a miserable feeling,"’ said LSU coach Les Miles of seeing the center snap elude quarterback Jordan Jefferson, skitter backward and eventually end up in the arms of UT linebacker Nick Reveiz. "Certainly, I’m sick." "Then I’m excited to see the yellow flag out there. I’m thinking ‘What the hell is that for?’ I had no idea." It was for the Vols having 13 men on the field at the end of a hurried wave of mass substitutions by both teams prior to the botched snap. "It was a lot of chaos,"’ said UT coach Derek Dooley. "Things happened fast." LSU was allowed to line up for another play from inside the 1 with no time on the clock. This time the Tigers (5-0, 3-0 SEC) got it right. Tailback Stevan Ridley powered into the end zone and Tennessee (2-3, 0-2) was crushed. "When I saw Jefferson fumble the snap," said UT linebacker LaMarcus Thompson, "the emotion of happiness, the feeling of winning , there’s no better feeling than going through a battle for 60 minutes and getting that win at the last second. Then when it’s just stripped from you, it’s worse than just losing outright. It’s 10 times worse."
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