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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Joshua Dobbs connected with Josh Malone on two of his three touchdown passes and John Kelly scored on a 73-yard run Saturday as Tennessee snapped a three-game skid in a 55-0 blowout of Tennessee Tech.The lopsided victory over a Football Championship Subdivision team followed a tumultuous period for Tennessee. The Volunteers fell 24-21 at two-touchdown underdog South Carolina last week, and Tennessee coach Butch Jones announced Monday that leading rusher Jalen Hurd had left the team.Yet Jones insisted after the game that there was no drama inside our building this week even as the Vols encountered the most criticism theyd received all season.Our team was very focused, Jones said. There wasnt anything in our building in terms of distraction or clutter. Thats why Im proud of our players. They came every day, they worked extremely hard, they communicated. ... They were a very driven and a very focused football team.Tennessee (6-3) ended a season-long pattern of slow starts by producing six touchdowns and one field goal on its first eight possessions. Dobbs completed his first 11 passes and ended up 12 of 13 for 183 yards before exiting midway through the second quarter.The Volunteers had been outscored 83-24 in the opening quarter of their first eight games, but they led 21-0 after the first period. Tennessee extended the margin to 28-0 when Dobbs threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jauan Jennings on the opening play of the second quarter.Its something weve harped on all season, so it was good to come out and play fast at the beginning of the game and then sustain that throughout the first half, Dobbs said.Tennessees first two series ended with touchdown passes of 30 and 43 yards from Dobbs to Malone, who had five catches for a career-high 112 yards. Tennessee reached the end zone on each of its first four drives.Kelly made his first career start and ran for 104 yards on just seven carries.Kellys 73-yard burst through the right side of the line in the first quarter was Tennessees longest offensive play this season and its longest run from scrimmage since LaMarcus Cokers 87-yarder against Vanderbilt in 2006.They made those big plays early, and it put us in a hole, Tennessee Tech coach Marcus Satterfield said.Carlin Fils-aime added two touchdown runs and Marquez Callaway scored on a 62-yard punt return as Tennessee recorded its biggest margin of victory since a 63-7 triumph over Western Kentucky in 2009.Tennessee Tech received $475,000 for making the 100-mile trip from its Cookeville campus to Knoxville. The Golden Eagles (3-6) has never beaten a Football Bowl Subdivision team in 31 attempts.THE TAKEAWAYTennessee Tech: The Golden Eagles controlled the ball for over 41 minutes but still failed to score as they rushed for just 60 yards on 38 carries.Tennessee: Kellys productivity provided evidence that Tennessees rushing attack will withstand the loss of Hurd.Tennessee also finally protected the football. After throwing 11 interceptions and losing nine fumbles in its first eight games, Tennessee didnt commit a single turnover Saturday.UP NEXTTennessee Tech returns to FCS competition and visits Tennessee State next Saturday.Tennessee hosts Kentucky next Saturday. Wholesale Custom Jets Shirts ., and Rudi Swiegers of Kipling, Sask., took sixth spot on Saturday in pairs at the NHK Trophy ISU Grand Prix figure skating competition. Quinnen Williams Jersey Large .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. http://www.customjetsjersey.com/ .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. Custom Jets Jersey China .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Cheap Jets Jerseys .com) - Following a late-game loss to the reigning NBA champs, the Toronto Raptors will look to sustain their recent high-level play as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers. Its safe to say?LeBron James is not a fan of?Cleveland Cavaliers?teammate Kevin Loves sneakers, circa 2006.?King James tweeted his thoughts on a Slam Magazine throwback picture of Love from high school. LeBron could only laugh.This isnt the first time LeBron has tweeted about Love, but this one appears too be more in jest -- and certainly?not as cryptic?-- than a tweet from February urging Love to FIT-INLove, like LeBron, currently rocks Nike shoes.dddddddddddd-- Rachel Marcus ' ' '