Tennessee embracing a physical approach meant to wear opponents down

Tennessee is thriving on getting opponents to tap out, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report using that phrase to describe the Volunteers' approach. The description points to a team succeeding by applying sustained pressure until the other side gives way.

The material available for this report does not include the specific examples, quotes, or games the original story used to support that characterization. It presents the idea itself as the takeaway: Tennessee's success is being linked to persistence and wear-down effect rather than a single play or moment.

For the Volunteers, that identity, if it holds, matters late in games and across the remaining schedule, where depth and conditioning often decide close outcomes.