Tim Tebow has the answer for Tennessee football’s issues

Tim Tebow knows how to fix all of Tennessee football’s ongoing football issues.

Tim Tebow is not a doctor, but he has a cure to what has been ailing Tennessee football.

It is not a cowbell, but it is accountability. The legendary former starting quarterback for the Florida Gators was critical of his former SEC East rival Tennessee Volunteers. He has seen more than enough out of fifth-year senior Jarrett Guarantano as the Tennessee starter. His lack of juice and overall dynamism is why the Vols will drop to 2-3 on the year after a solid 2-0 start to 2020.

“You’ve got to find a quarterback because that’s the position that makes everybody around the rest of the field, offense, defense, special teams – better or worse,” said Tebow on SEC Nation. “Right now, from the second to the fourth quarter last week, they were demoralized.”

“That Tennessee team couldn’t have played worse because of how the quarterback position handled that game. You can find another guy that can make everybody play better and give yourself a shot in the big game. Right now, in the big game, they haven’t had a shot. That’s why they have to make a change.”

Will Jeremy Pruitt finally accept that he has to make a change at quarterback?

Even though his performance vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide wasn’t the worst thing in the world, it wasn’t nearly enough to keep pace with Mac Jones and the high-octane offense of Steve Sarkisian. While he won’t play for the Vols again next year, Tennessee won’t beat anybody good with the erratic nature in which Guarantano has played the quarterback position for years now.

Had he played better vs. the Georgia Bulldogs a few weeks ago, maybe the Vols get to 3-0? Had seemingly anyone else on the Tennessee roster started over Guarantano last week vs. the Kentucky Wildcats, that would have been a victory in a huge rivalry series for the Vols. As it stands, Tennessee will once again have to watch the SEC Championship game at home from the couch.

While Pruitt may claim his program is winning hand over fist on the recruiting trails, none of that matters if you continually start a bottom-half quarterback every week against SEC competition. You cannot continually put your team at this kind of tactical disadvantage and beat anyone of substance. The Missouri Tigers and the South Carolina Gamecocks are not teams of substance.

Tennessee has a bye before playing Arkansas on the road, so maybe a change is coming soon?

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