Update: According to this Tweet from Wes Rucker, of the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Kiffin fires back: wesruckerAlso, Kiffin said the next time #Vols don’t play well, he’ll blame it on the flu. Zing! Still taunting the #Gators in defeat…
Florida coach Urban Meyer took a bit of a shot at Lane Kiffin’s Vols, saying that Tennessee wasn’t really trying to win Saturday, that the heavy underdogs from Knoxville were only trying to keep it close.
Said Meyer:
“I didn’t feel like they were going after the win,” Meyer said. “They wanted to shorten the game. I think that was the plan. There are 10 minutes to go and they’re not in a no-huddle. It’s 23-6 and no urgency (on Tennessee’s part).
“The way we lose a game there is throw an interception. Why put yourself in that position? Let’s find a way to win the game. We’re not trying to impress the pollsters. We’re trying to win the game. A lot of it had to do with the way they were playing. It made our life a little easier.”
