Ran across an article I found interesting. I pulled out the main parts here. Hopefully his trend of finishing strong carries over.
Butch Jones is 16-11 (.592) in one possession games as a head coach. For reference, Phillip Fulmer was 49-23-1 (.671) in one possession games. But Fulmer remains the loftiest of goals - the better comparison is to see what the Vols have done in one possession games since 2008: 5-13 (.277). And the five wins? Northern Illinois in 2008, Kentucky in overtime in 2009, UAB in overtime in 2010, Vanderbilt in overtime in 2011, and Troy in 2012. Not exactly a confidence booster.
And of those 16 one possession wins, 10 happened because a Butch Jones team came from behind in the fourth quarter:
●2007 at Western Michigan: down 31-27 with 1:34 to play, won 34-31
●2007 at Akron: down 32-20 with 8:08 to play, won 35-32
●2008 vs Buffalo: down 18-17 with 14:26 to play, won 27-25
●2008 at Toledo: down 23-17 at start of 4th, won 24-23
●2008 at Indiana: down 34-28 at start of 4th, won 37-34
●2009 at Michigan State: down 27-20 with 7:33 to play, won 29-27
●2009 vs Troy: down 31-19 with 8:01 to play, won 44-41 in 2OT
●2011 at South Florida: down 34-30 with 1:27 to play, won 37-34
●2011 vs Vanderbilt: down 21-17 with 14:03 to play, won 31-24
●2012 vs Virginia Tech: down 24-20 with 1:49 to play, won 27-24
●2012 vs Duke: down 31-27 with 12:45 to play, won 48-34
Butch Jones, Close Games, and The Fourth Quarter Comeback - Rocky Top Talk
