Discipline still a point of contention for Derek Dooley

Derek Dooley was quick to point out those positives from the second scrimmage for Tennessee on Saturday at Neyland Stadium. But they weren’t the things that really seemed to stick in the mind of the Vols coach as he left the field and began preparing for the final week of spring camp.

“The biggest thing that is kind of holding us back right now is, No. 1, our level of discipline on the simple things,” Dooley said. “Discipline on the simple things, lot of penalties, we made too many mistakes that are really simple things. The second one is our attitude just when the flow of the game begins to happen and how we get affected by things that shouldn’t affect us — whether it’s a big play or (a guy) is tired or didn’t get a call or maybe one guy is jawing a little bit. Those are the things right now that are anchoring us that we’ve got really to work on.

“But I’m pleased with the effort, I’m pleased with the toughness.”

That certainly wasn’t all the Vols had to feel good about after the last significant live workout before they wrap up spring next week with the annual Orange and White Game.

Junior quarterback Tyler Bray bounced back from a rough first outing by completing 13 of 23 passing attempts for 180 yards with an interception and a touchdown.