Found it enlightening last night to hear Freeze scrapped his hurry up offense. I guess Bo was making too many bad hurried decisions.
The Vols forced 7 punts in the first half, including 6 three and out's. If they were running a regular offense, using 30 seconds of the play clock, letting it run down, wouldn't those 7 possessions about entailed the entire first half? Wouldn't the score have been, at worst, 7-3?
With a slower paced offense, there will be less possessions in total. With the solid defense Tennessee has, why not limit the number of times they are on the field, shorten the game, and increase the value of each possession?
Rather than 15-20 possessions per team, why not make it 10 or 12 by slowing the game down on offense? Butch can always go back to the hurry up when they have the talent, but for now, limiting the total number of opponent possessions seems the best way to leverage the good defense and pathetic offense.