Tenne see outlasted Alabama in a shootout inside of Neyland Stadium on Saturday night. Following the 52-49 victory, Josh Heupel discu sed the Houston Astros Jersey win and more with the media. Below is everything he had to say."Sorry, I'm a little bit late. During the week, I don't know that I downplayed it, but I certainly didn't recognize it. And felt it and knew it from the moment that I got here. Tonight, obviously, was for our players, but it's for our former players, it's for our donors, it's for our fans. I know how much this has meant to the people of Tenne see and Vol Nation. So excited that we're coming out with a win for everybody involved. It was a great night. Man, I think it just speaks to the mentality, the growth and the progre s of the individuals inside of our locker room and collectively as a team. It speaks to our coaching staff, Coach (Alex) Golesh, Coach (Tim) Banks, Coach (Mike) Ekeler, our coordinators, and every a sistant coach, our young coaches too, just the growth inside of our program from the time that we got here. The ability to be resilient. It wasn't pretty in the second half. There was a lot of things that we didn't do at the level that we're capable of. But our kids continue to reset and go play and believe. And ultimately find a way when it ticks to zero to be on the right side of the scoreboard. So really proud of them. Excited to be able to celebrate with everybody tonight.""The ability to finish a half or a game the way that we did offensively, today and the games that you're speaking about, it starts with your quarterback, him being able to be decisive, take care of the ball. You have to trust in him. Five guys up front doing a phenomenal job protecting tonight, against a defensive line as good as anybody in the country. Then guys out on the perimeter making Francisco Liriano Jersey plays. Ramel Keyton, huge catch. Bru (McCoy) setting (the game-winning field goal) up. How about Chase McGrath? Obviously in the middle part of the football game (the mi sed extra point), one that he wants to have back. I went over and talked to him and he gave me the look like get away from me, I'm good, you don't need to talk to me. You know what I mean? He's a competitor. For him to go out and finish it tonight that way, it's just fitting. Really proud of that.""The scene after the game, our administration had a plan. We were trying to make sure our team was safe, our staff were safe. Man, what an unbelievable scene. As that thing ends, shoot, I'm running out in the middle of the field. But you can see the swarm of orange coming down (onto the field). The orange out was phenomenal tonight. But God, the energy from our fans, man. Student body, our entire, entire stadium, it was electric. Vol Walk is always the most unique thing in college sports in my opinion. Until you experience it, it's just words, but it truly is. Tonight's Vol Walk was unlike anything I could ever imagine. The sea (of people) when I turned left with my kids was so deep. Man, what an awesome night for Vol Nation.""Man, the guy is playing at an unbelievable level. Smart, tough, competitive, decisive. Accurate with the football short, medium, and deep. Guy that controlled the game for us. And used his feet when he had to. He's the key to the ignition that makes us go, man.""I do think our program, our players, our coaches are calm in the storm. We talk a lot about it. We talked about it this week. Sixty minutes. It doesn't matter what it looks like in the beginning, the middle, the end. Late third, early fourth, man it didn't look good. But our guys just continued to reset. The greatest thing I can say is when they're coming off the field after something doesn't go right, man, they've already reset. That's true with the offense with the fumble, defensively they give up a score. They're ready to go compete the next Andy Pettitte Jersey time. That speaks to the culture in the program. That speaks to our coaching staff. I mentioned our coordinators. Our entire coaching staff does a phenomenal job. It speaks to the leadership, too. And Hendon is a big part of that.""I smoked it slow, but it was dang good. It was a great night, man. So much fun. From former players to our current players, guys that just finished a year ago are a huge part of this culture and what this program has been able to do this year. But just that trajectory from last year. Man, it was a great night.""I'm going to say no to that.""Big picture, this means that we were the best team on the field this game. And that is our goal every single week. There are so many uncontrollables. Control what we can control. It doesn't change from week to week. This journey is just beginning. Good teams get Jose Cruz Jr. Jersey better throughout the course of the season. We're halfway of the regular season. We're just beginning. We've got guys we've got to get back healthy. We've got to continue to improve in all areas. You guys saw it, there are a lot of things, starting with me, to our players, that we can be better at. We're glad to get this one, but this is just this one. Enjoy it today. Tomorrow our staff will flip the switch and start correcting things at 10 o'clock in the morning. And our players will flip the switch Monday. But they should, everybody should, enjoy it tonight."Scroll to Continue"This is a great one. It's special. Obviously the opponent, the way it transpired, back and forth and being on the wrong side of it for most of the fourth quarter, then guys resetting and finishing it the right way. Special for Chase (McGrath) to finish it the way he did. Obviously the two big completions, too.""I think we have good leadership within our locker room. It starts there. Coaches aren't a whole lot different year to year. Leadership inside, accountability. I think that's a huge part of it. We have special leaders on both sides of the football. I think that's a big place of where it starts. This group continues to believe. They've been smart enough and mature enough to be able to be real and understand what the video looks like and continue to improve. Their practice habits are one of the reasons that I do love this team. They enjoy being out on the gra s together and competing and getting better during the course of the week.""Man, I think that's just one of the great stories. A year ago, you guys all know he wanted to be a great player. You've heard me say it. He's worked to be a great player this year. Preparation meets opportunity; you're ready to Carlos Correa Jersey go smash it. Tonight he had opportunities and he played really good football, man. Really special what he did tonight. Obviously Hendon being a big part of that too.""Good player making plays. They're good structurally and obviously have good personnel, too.""To be honest, I probably got a better sense of it last year, walking off the field, seeing the smoke in the stands. Understanding the magnitude a little bit. This is one of the games. It was