Tennessee led South Carolina from halftime until 1:17 was left and lost 27-24 in Columbia. I recorded my take: what went wrong in the last four minutes, the strip sack, a bad night for the officials, and why 6-2 is a long way from dead.

The short version: we had the doubters right where we wanted them, and we didn’t finish the job. We finished off ourselves. The good news is that the two toughest teams left on the schedule both have to come to Neyland.

More of my Vols takes are on YouTube and in my weekly column at TriStar Daily.