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A wave of serene sound swept across campus Friday night as students gathered for a night of relaxation and music.

UT’s Campus Events Board, alongside the Center for Student Engagement, hosted this year’s second installment of their annual concert series in Fred Brown Amphitheater. The series, called The Local, focuses on musicians from Tennessee. This year’s line-up featured two artists, Bantug and Vacation Manor.

Students gathered in Fred Brown Courtyard as early as 6:30 p.m. as CEB members set up the sound stage. Though the concert-proper didn’t start until 7:20 p.m., attendees could still participate in activities like tie-dying or enjoy some of the free Petro’s chili.

Once the clock struck 7:20 p.m., the night began in full.

The soft, synthetic sound of Bantug provided a much-needed reprieve firm the stresses of the day. A wall of sound filled the courtyard, with the consistent guitar strumming and base notes serving as a backdrop to a meditative trance.

Bantug is native to Knoxville, and The Local gave them the opportunity to share their music with a large platform.

The Local concert series began four to five

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years ago when Shelby Goodsell, a former biomedical engineering student and member of CEB, created the event to promote muscians from the area.

Baylee Neely, the CEB Entertainment Committee Events Managing Chair, explained the importance of promoting the work of local musicians.

“Local artists don’t ever get the support that they need, money wise and recognition wise. So we try our best to give that to them here,” Neely said.

Neely also explained that the event aims to expose students to alternative forms of music.

“I think students get exposed to new types of music,” Neely said. “I know from going to Vacation Manor performs at The Local Concert things like this I got a whole [new] appreciation series on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. for what different music there is out, and I hope Lucas Swinehart / Daily Beacon they get something like that out of this.”

After Bantug wrapped up their dance of the whole duration of the performance.

As the night came to a close, a number of sound, attendees had the opportunity to grab more food, take another free t-shirt or visit one attendees left with greater knowledge about of the three clothes and jewelry vendors placed Knoxville’s local musical scene.

Kaitlyn Meadows, sophomore in biology, just outside the courtyard.

Around 15 minutes later, the second act, Va- said she appreciates how the event introduces people to lesser-known musicians. cation Manor, took the stage.

“I always enjoy coming to The Local. It’s a Vacation Manor’s alternative rock sound differed much from Bantug’s approach, offering good environment to see local bands, get local music and see local vendors,” Meadows said. “A variety to the event.

The band still emitted a contemplative and lot of these bands I hadn’t heard of before until calming tone. This kept everything relaxed for this. Now I really love some of them.”

For students in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or ROTC, the school day often begins at 5 a.m. Cadets wake up, put on their training uniforms and head out to the intramural field for physical training at 6 a.m.

But one thing they should not do, according to first-year cadet Crawford Emory, is eat breakfast before training. The intense combination of calisthenic exercises and cardio often causes young cadets to lose whatever they ate that morning.

“I made that mistake twice,” Emory said.

ROTC functions as an undergraduate training program for college students who want to become officers in the U.S. Army and Air Force.

The physical training that cadets must complete several times a week is just one of many aspects of the highly-regimented program that has been preparing students for service for around 150 years.

Often described by cadets as a program that requires great dedication, ROTC includes a 3-hour credit course wherein cadets put leadership and survival skills to the test while wearing full Army Combat Uniforms. ROTC also has a handbook of conduct that regulates many aspects of hygiene and behavior.

You will never see a male cadet with long hair or a beard, or a female cadet with her hair down.

Elizabeth Paez, a sophomore cadet in her first year of the program, notes that even the height of a cadet’s foot above the ground while marching is outlined in ROTC protocol.

“Everything in the Army is standardized to a T,” Paez said. “You have to have disciplined and driven. ... It definitely takes a certain kind of person to stick it out.”

Despite the perceived strictness of the program, however, cadets are quick to point out that any student with a desire to lead and to serve can make it in ROTC. The Corps does whip students into shape and asks that they balance training with a regular class schedule, but it also provides resources to help students reach their fullest potential.

“If you want to be there, show that you want to be there. Show that you want to be productive and a productive leader, and they’ll be happy to have you,” Emory said. “They genuinely want to see people succeed.”

ROTC also prepares students for life after graduation by developing strong leadership skills, as well as providing students with a plethora of practical knowledge, such as how to use a compass and protractor to locate critical areas.

Paez, who hopes to serve in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps after the military has paid for her law degree, says that ROTC provides

dedicated students with lessons that will help them succeed after graduation.

“One of my favorite mantras is ‘show up at the right time, in the right uniform, with the right attitude,’” Paez said.

After sophomore year, cadets are given the choice of either becoming contracted into the military or leaving the program.

Once contracted, cadets become part of the military and gain new authority within the program. After graduation, they can look forward to serving four years in active duty roles or eight years in the reserves. Many ROTC students, like Paez, will apply to graduate school during or after their service, which the military is often willing to pay for.

Besides requiring cadets to sacrifice the lazy mornings of college to wake for physical training, the ROTC program at UT seems to offer only benefits to its students, so long as they are willing to put in the necessary work.

For many years, top universities required that all male undergraduate students participated in the program, and it is not only the hyper athletic who participate. ROTC has aspiring lawyers, artists, scholars, doctors, accountants and every guy and girl in-between. And as for the fitness side of things, as long as you can pass the basic physical tests, which include push-ups, sit-ups and a 2-mile run, you are good to go.

“Once you’re in shape, nobody will bother you about anything,” Emory said.

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Voices Out Loud displays archive documenting decades of LGBTQ+ activism ALEXANDRA DEMARCO Campus News Editor

After UT’s Pride Center was defunded in 2016, Donna Braquet, the director of the Pride Center at the time, knew that she had to engage herself in another project she was passionate about. By that point, Braquet had worked as a UT librarian for over a decade, and she realized that with her experience in research and her involvement in the LGBTQ+ community, she had the perfect resources to create an archive detailing the history of LGBTQ+ activism in East Tennessee.

“I was trying to think of what is my next endeavor going to be, so it seemed like a natural fit, being a librarian and wanting to give back to the community,” Braquet said.

And thus, the Voices Out Loud Project was born with the aim of compiling materials for the archive. Wednesday evening, the Pride Center partnered with the project to host Knoxville Queer History at Hodges Library, in order to display the archive.

The physical archive is extensive; it contains hundreds of photographs, many by the late Jan Lynch, as well as hundreds of newspapers and news clippings. Dated editions of “USA Today,” “Knoxville Mercury,” “Metro

Pulse” and even the “Daily Beacon” were on display at the event. The archive also contains books written on LGBTQ+ activism and gear from pride parades, including bedazzled hats, sunglasses and t-shirts.

And, at the last table in the display, at the very end of the hallway, lies the tattered and torn gay pride flag that once hung outside of the Pride Center and was destroyed when the center was vandalized in 2016.

Activist Ed White spoke at the event. White has been an activist in the gay community for many decades, and throughout that time, he has been compiling physical memorabilia about the East Tennessee LGBTQ+ community and its activism endeavors. Many of the items in the archive are from White’s personal collection; his contributions make up about 90% of the archive.

“I’ve basically been waiting for something like this to come along all along. I’ve been stuffing things in boxes all my life and just knowing that given time, all of it’s going to be valuable—especially when we were involved in some of the early 90s part of the movement,”White said. “That was kind of this up-swelling in the movement where things got really busy.”

White explained that the archive plays an extremely important role by simply dis-

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playing the LGBTQ+ community that exists in East Tennessee. As a marginalized community, it is necessary that members of the LGBTQ+ community remain in the public eye in order to ensure that their needs are not ignored.

Additionally, White emphasized that history is never quite as far away as it seems to be. Progress is not linear, and remembering the importance of past activism will help modern activists continue to pursue their goals in times of discouragement.

“The things that were done a long time ago still affect what’s happening now, and of course, there’s always backsliding,” White said. “You can never assume that everything is secure as far as rights and everything goes.

There’s always going to be some points of backsliding, and knowing what’s been done in the past can help you move forward.”

UT student Zach Plaster currently works in McClung Museum and was one of the founders of Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee, the organization that organizes UT’s annual Sex Week. Plaster has been working on the archive with Braquet and agrees with White about history’s uncanny ability to repeat itself. The archive plays an essential role in allowing modern activists to learn from that history,

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The Pride Center set out di�erent merchandise of the LGBTQ+ community through the years during the Knoxville Queer History event in Hodges Library on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Kailee Harris / The Daily Beacon Plaster explained.

“A lot of the time when you’re going through these clippings, you’re reading about the exact same problems that we’re all facing now, so in one sense, I think that projects like this galvanize the community and give us a sense of belonging and family and home, and it also serves as a source of inspiration to keep making things better for us,” Plaster said.

The archive will be housed in Special Collections in Hodges Library, and the collection is also currently being digitized.

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Five activities in Knox to help you relax during Fall Break BEN WINIGER Staff Writer

Midterms are almost over, and Fall Break looms over the horizon. It’s time to visit family, catch up on sleep and recover from this stressful half of the semester.

However, not everyone can leave the city when break arrives, and some would prefer not to. For these people, here are some fun things within Knoxville to help you while away Fall Break.

Go to a concert A wide variety of live performances will take place during Fall Break, so why not check a few out?

Andy Grammer, the well-known pop rock singer, will perform at The Mill and Mine this Thursday at 8 p.m.

Classical fans also have a chance to enjoy their genre. The Tennessee Theater will host

a Grieg Piano Concerto from Oct. 17 to Oct. 18.

There’s also something for jam session fans, with the Might Oasis Jam session and the Scottish and Irish Sessions occurring at Paul’s Oasis Sports Grille and Boyd’s Jig and Reel respectively.

If these options don’t suit you, there are many more local names performing throughout the weekend. Look them up and check them out.

See a hockey game Though football’s taking a break, that doesn’t mean your love for sports should.

Fall is finally in full swing, and with it comes hockey. The Knoxville Ice Bears will begin their 2019 season this Friday with a match against the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs.

Hockey may be your favorite sport, or it may be one you’ve never considered watching. If you enjoy the sport, welcome back. This week will be the beginning of another great season.

If you haven’t experienced hockey, though, still consider checking it out. There’s always

something to be gained when you experience something new.

Movies on Market Square At first, seeing a movie over fall break seems rather dull. But Movies on Market Square is no movie-night in.

Movies on Market Square is an annual Knoxville event where locals transform Market Square into an outdoor movie theatre every Friday for six weeks.

Attendees, bringing chairs and blankets, picnic on the square while watching films both old and new with their fellow Knoxvillians.

Get yourself a blanket and a bucket of popcorn, and make yourself at home.

Fanboy Expo Knoxville’s center for all-things nerd will return this week from Oct. 18 to Oct. 20.

Fanboy Expo is Knoxville’s local comic, anime, sci-fi and entertainment convention. This event will be 2019’s second Fanboy Expo, the first having taken place in July.

Fall decorations adorn the city as the weather starts to cool.

Madison Castle / The Daily Beacon The Expo will feature cosplayers dressing as their favorite characters from fiction, professional and independent artists selling their wares and celebrity guests speaking and taking questions.

This event’s special guests include actress Christina Ricci, voice actor Freddie Prinz Jr. and comic book artist Tony Isabella.

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‘The Addams Family’ reboot comes so close to being good JAKE YODER Staff Writer

“You think your family is weird?”

America’s favorite spooky, kooky and all together ooky family is back, and this time, they’re animated.

“The Addams Family” has been a mainstay of American pop culture ever since the first episode of their television show aired back in 1964. The series continued to get rebooted or re-imagined for the remainder of the 20th century, with their last major motion picture “The Addams Family Reunion,” which was released in 1998.

It seemed as if the Addams would be, for the most part, left out of the current decade. Other than a Broadway musical, no major projects have been produced in the last 20 years. That was until this year’s animated film.

When the first trailer for the new movie dropped, I was immediately excited. As a huge fan of the 1991 “The Addams Family” and its sequel “Addams Family Values,” I was excited to see the creepy group return. However, that excitement was met with little but mediocrity.

“The Addams Family” sees Gomez, Mor-

ticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Lurch and Thing moving to the darkest, dankest place they could think of: New Jersey. While almost all of the family loves their mostly isolated life, Wednesday begins to long for something different. Her wish is granted when it is revealed that a brand-new community — Assimilation — is being built right down the street from the Addams.

This film felt like a rollercoaster that just went downhill. The film’s cold opening was absolutely wonderful, with a slew of dark, twisted gags and jokes that I was really surprised to see in a PG-rated movie.

As the film continued to show a day in the life of the family, I found myself consistently laughing and generally enjoying myself. The Addams were all wonderfully animated, and I was really digging the vibe of the film for the first 10 minutes or so.

However, this did not last.

Once the film introduced its actual plot, I knew I was in for another generic animated movie. The film tries to tell a story about being an individual and sticking out from the crowd, which seems like something I’ve seen a million times.

I wish I could say that it at least tells the story in a unique way, but it really doesn’t.

Aside from the Addams themselves, every character design in this film is hideous. This might have been the point, but it made it extremely hard for me to connect to any of the characters when I could barely stand to look at them.

One thing that really irks me about animated movies as of late is the apparent need to have the entire cast voiced by huge celebrities. Such is the case with this film, since almost every single character that speaks in the film is voiced by a celebrity. However, the cast does an alright job with what they were given.

“The Addams Family” is incredibly short, barely making it past 80 minutes. This short length was felt in the film, as everything seems to wrap up and end incredibly quickly. Seeing as how I really wasn’t enjoying myself towards the end, however, this might have been a blessing in disguise.

I didn’t hate this movie. If anything, I was just let down that so much potential went to waste. As the film went on, little jokes or gags consistently gave me hope that the film would turn itself around. Sadly, it never did.

There is enough to enjoy about this film to save it from being terrible, but its generic plot and — mostly — ugly character designs hold it back from being anything but mediocre.

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A Little Deeper: The conflict between Turkey and Kurdistan the past, but has now pulled financial, intelligence and military support from the group.

Why is Turkey invading the NES? Why would the U.S. pull support from the SDF? Who really is responsible for the current tension, and how does this affect the world at large? It’s a lot more complicated than you might think, and to get to the bottom of it, we need to look all the way back to the creation of the current Turkish state itself.

Empire to republic: Founding the modern Turkish state

STEPHEN STRONG Columnist

A short while ago, the United States began removing troops from northeastern Syria in anticipation of a Turkish offensive. This mostly Kurdish northeastern area of Syria, known as the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), is home to many semi-recognized and semi-independent autonomous regions and groups — among them being the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The United States supported the SDF in the conflict against ISIS, a mutual enemy, and has worked with related groups numerous times in

Turkey is the successor state to the Ottoman Empire, which was one of the Central Powers in WWI. The Ottomans, to put it bluntly, were pretty bad dudes who were credited with _the Armenian genocide, among others, over the course of WWI (all of which modern Turkey has refused to acknowledge).

After the war, the Allied Powers decided to partition the Ottoman empire into several new states with the Treaty of Sèvres. This treaty would have forced the empire to release all non-Turkish lands and make provisions for the creation of a Kurdish state (among others).

This treaty failed, somewhat spectacularly, when a Turkish nationalist movement ousted the Ottoman Sultan and demanded the return of lost territory. European powers then scrambled to appease the Turkish nationalists while attempting to retain control of the industry and natural resources that they had claimed for

themselves; towards this end, they created the new Treaty of Lausanne, which gave Turkey back the territory that was to be set aside for a new Kurdish state.

This treaty is responsible for the large Kurdish minority in Turkey and in other Middle Eastern countries, it has led to the near constant persecution of the Kurdish people in Turkey.

Something I would like to stress here is that at no point was the United States in anyway involved with the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire or the fate of its Kurdish population; those decisions lie nearly entirely with the British, French and Italian Tripartite along with a few other minor players. Now that we know a little about Turkey’s background, I want to look at the relationship between the United States and the combatants of this conflict.

The United States and Turkey Turkey is a charter member of the UN; an early member of NATO, the IMF and the World Bank; and a founding member of the OECD, OSCE, BSEC, OIC and G-20. Put more simply, Turkey is a major power in the Middle East and Europe and a major military and economic ally of the United States.

Even so, relations between Turkey and the U.S. are far from warm, due in part to Turkey’s semi-autocratic regime and oppressive domestic policies. Tensions between the U.S. and Turkey began to rise when the U.S. began back-

ing the SDF — a group which is considered terroristic by Turkey and is associated with several other terrorist groups — in the fight against ISIS. Relations between the U.S. and Turkey cooled even further when Turkey announced its intention to purchase military equipment from Russia.

In spite of these tensions, Turkey remains a key ally in building stability in the Middle East.

The United States and the SDF/NES The United States has a tenuous “arms length” relationship with the SDF and the NES. The United States allied itself with and supported the SDF in the conflict against the ISIS caliphate, to the chagrin of its Turkish ally, but does not recognize the sovereignty of the NES. The United States’ relationship with the SDF was mostly a matter of convenience, following the old adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

However, this relationship is complicated significantly by the SDF’s Kurdish identity.

For the most part, the United States has had very positive relations with Kurdish peoples; Kurdish minority groups have often worked with the US in the global war on terror. However, U.S.-Kurdish relations are not entirely positive.

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When it comes to the Third Saturday in October, not many people have experienced it quite like Jeremy Pruitt has.

After all, the second-year Tennessee head coach grew up virtually a stones throw away from the Volunteer state in Rainsville, Alabama.

From 1995 to 1996, Pruitt played defensive back for former Alabama head coach Gene Stallings before beginning his own career in coaching. This led him back to Tuscaloosa four different times before being named the head coach starting one of their biggest rivalries nearly two years ago.

On Saturday, Pruitt will lead his Tennessee team into Bryant-Denny Stadium against the top-ranked Crimson Tide for his first return to Tuscaloosa since serving as the defensive coordinator under Nick Saban in 2017.

“If you know anything about this rivalry, which I do, anybody that’s been associated with this rivalry in their lifetime knows it’s a pretty special game,” Pruitt said on Monday. “The third Saturday in October, this is the rivalry. This is the game.

“I grew up watching it, had the opportunity to play in it, coach in it on both sides, so this week kind of gets you going.”

It is true that the Tennessee-Alabama game, or the Third Saturday in October as it is historically known, was once one of college football’s premier rivalries. Realistically, there is very little chance the Vols (2-4, 1-2 SEC) can go in as 35.5 underdogs and win against an Alabama team (60, 3-0) that is scoring more than 50 points per game.

The Crimson Tide is coming off of a 47-28 rout of No. 24 Texas A&M, and that was one of their ‘closer’ games this season. Scoring lots of points has become Alabama’s identity in 2019, thanks to junior quarterback Tua Tagovailoa

who has already thrown for more than 2,000 yards and 27 touchdowns this season.

It helps having a pool of NFL-caliber wide receivers to throw to as well.

According to Pruitt, Alabama could score ‘100’ points on offense if they wanted to.

“I think Alabama is probably one of the best teams in the country,” Pruitt said. “It starts with their quarterbacks and wide receivers. There would be very few NFL teams that could rival that part of their football team. They have to work really hard to not score 100 points a game.

Coach Saban has been kind.”

A former high school coach himself, Pruitt could draw inspiration from a high school in Arkansas that does everything to stop the opposing offense from playing. Maybe Pruitt has his solution to keeping Alabama’s offense off of the field after all.

“I was at this high school over in Arkansas,” Pruitt said. “They always onside kick; they never punt. I’ve never seen them play, but I always hear people talk about it. So, we really kind of considered that as our game plan. Just don’t give them the ball, if we can do that.”

It’s hard to believe Pruitt would go that route, so it will be up to Tennessee’s defense, coming off of perhaps their best performance of the season against Mississippi State, to at least try to slow down one of the most prolific offenses in the nation.

Versus the Bulldogs, the Vols held SEC leading rusher Kylin Hill to less than 20 total yards, while recording seven sacks and three interceptions.

“I thought our guys played hard,” Pruitt said.

“The effort and toughness were not an issue.

They played hard and found a way. The defense did a nice job of controlling the line of scrimmage.”

They will need to match that performance and more to have a chance against Alabama.

The Vols and Crimson Tide are slated for a 9 p.m. ET kickoff in Tuscaloosa on Saturday. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN.

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The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Football grades: Vols earn high marks with big win over Mississippi State NOAH TAYLOR Sports Editor

The Tennessee football team did something on Saturday that they hadn’t done since Nov. 10, 2018: beat an SEC team.

The Vols (2-4, 1-2 SEC) were staring down the barrel of 1-6 a week ago, with what looked like a schedule with very few winnable games left.

Mississippi State (3-3, 1-2 SEC) was one of those games that Tennessee needed to win to even think about making a bowl game for the first time in three seasons.

They absolutely had to win to restore some optimism in the program. They did so in the form of a 20-10 victory that was more dominating than the final score indicated.

There were mistakes, but the Vols were able to overcome those mistakes for the first time in a long time. The defense kept the Bulldogs in check, while the offense was able to shut the door late.

Here are the grades for Tennessee after game six:

Quarterbacks

For the second-straight week true freshman Brian Maurer was given the starting nod.

Maurer had an impressive first half in a 43-14 loss to Georgia the week before and appeared to be on pace to do it again. In the first half against Mississippi State, he led a couple of impressive drives early but two of those drives ended in endzone interceptions.

Just before halftime and two plays before his second interception, Maurer was upended at the end of a 16-yard first down run, landing on the top of his head and getting up gingerly.

The diagnosis was a concussion, allowing former two-year starting quarterback Jarrett Guarnatano to come into the game.

With a 10-3 lead, Tennessee offensive coordinator Jim Chaney didn’t put too much on Guarantano. In fact, with Guarantano under center, the Vols ran nine-straight run plays before attempting a pass.

But when Guarantano did take a shot down field, it was big, hitting freshman wide receiver Ramel Keyton down the sideline for a 41-yard gain.

Guarantano finished the day with 106 yards through the air, including a game-sealing 39yard touchdown toss to Tyler Byrd late in the fourth quarter to make the score 20-10.

Grade: B

Wide Receivers

Speaking of Tyler Byrd, it might be a name you’ve forgotten over the years but the senior came through in a big way against Mississippi State.

Byrd had three catches for 56 yards and a late

touchdown. He also lead the team in receiving yards for the first time since the 2016 season.

As for the rest of the group it was a relatively quiet but effective day. Keyton had the big catch for 41-yards to set up a field goal in the third quarter and senior Jauan Jennings had three catches for 17 yards.

Grade: B

Running backs

Tennessee’s backfield had perhaps their best day of the season, rushing for nearly 130 yards and a touchdown in the win.

Junior running back Ty Chandler rushed for 63 yards and the Vols first touchdown in the first quarter, while Tim Jordan added 65 more yards on the ground.

The team ran for close to 200 yards thanks to a couple of big runs from Maruer and Jennings in the first half.

Grade: B+ Offensive Line This is a unit that has gotten better as the season has progressed, just like head coach Jeremy Pruitt said they would.

The line opened up holes for the run game while giving the quarterbacks time to throw and extend drives. The most telling statistic was that Mississippi State’s defense accounted for just one sack and three tackles for loss.

It wasn’t perfect, but Tennessee’s success at the line of scrimmage could be a deciding factor down the stretch with some winnable games left on the schedule.

Grade: B Secondary The Tennessee secondary came up with a season-high three interceptions on Saturday.

Freshman Trevon Flowers had one in the first half and safeties senior Nigel Warrior and redshirt junior Kenneth George Jr. came up with a pair in the second half.

Mississippi State quarterbacks Garrett Shrader and Tommy Stevens were forced to hold onto the ball with no receivers open, leading to sacks for the Vols defensive front.

The Bulldogs accounted for just 146 yards and a touchdown pass.

Grade: A Linebackers Tennessee’s defense racked up seven sacks against Mississippi State, with two of them coming from outside linebacker Darrell Taylor, who also had two tackles for loss.

Redshirt sophomore linebacker Kivon Bennett contributed with his first sack of the season and a tackle for loss, as well while senior Daniel Bituli also had a strong showing with seven total tackles.

The linebackers, along with the defensive line, held the SEC’s leading rusher, Mississippi

Josh Palmer, #5, and Marquez Calloway, #1, run toward the Tennessee sideline after an interception on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 in Neyland Stadium. Kenneth Richmond, Contributor State’s Kylin Hill, to just 19 yards for the entire game. Taking away Hill eliminated the biggest part of what the Bulldogs wanted to do offensively, which translated to a winning formula for the Vols’ defense.

Freshman Henry To’o To’o, who hasn’t made many mistakes in his rookie season, did draw an obvious targeting penalty and will sit out the first half against Alabama next week.

Other than that, the line-backing corps played a huge role for Tennessee.

Grade: A Defensive Line The most impressive thing about Tennessee’s performance on defense against Mississippi State was how every detail contributed to each other’s success.

The secondary locking down Bulldogs’ receivers allowed the defensive line and linebackers to generate a pass rush while the defensive line and linebackers limited Mississippi State’s run game from breaking through to the next level.

Of those seven sacks, the defensive line blasted through Mississippi State’s offensive front for three of them.

Grade: A Special Teams After missing his first field goal of the season against Georgia, Brent Cimaglia responded well with a 49-yard field goal just before the half to extend Tennessee’s lead to 10-3.

That field goal proved to be a big difference in the game as it allowed the Vols to maintain a two-possession lead, something Mississippi State’s offense could not overcome.

Grade: A

Coaching A lot of credit has to go to Tennessee’s coaching staff on all fronts.

Even after two gut-wrenching losses to Georgia State and BYU, Pruitt continued to stand by his claim that the team has improved from a year ago.

The results can now be seen and the coaches are doing it with a roster littered with inexperience.

If you look back two weeks ago with the dismissal of linebacker Jeremy Banks on top of a blowout loss to Florida and a 1-3 record, Pruitt and company have managed to, at least now, weather the storm and bring back a little optimism for the future.

Grade: B+

Overall Last season, Tennessee earned a big road win over a ranked Auburn team that they were overwhelmingly expected to lose to.

After that game, there was reason to believe that the Vols could reach six wins and make a bowl game.

Outside of a 24-7 win over a top-15 Kentucky team, Tennessee largely disappointed by losing four of their last six games, finishing 5-7 overall.

Top ranked Alabama is next, but the Vols can leave that game with a manageable schedule still in front of them.

A loss to Mississippi State would have made that future look far more bleak than it does now and that’s why the win, along with a good performance, meant so much to this program going into the second half of the season.

Grade: B