Jeremy Pruitt is a bad ass.

Tennessee's first-year head coach knew exactly what Auburn was doing offensively during Saturday's win on the Plains and even called out the Tigers' predictable offense play-for-play during their final drive winding down the fourth quarter.

Knoxville area sports anchor Caleb Noe caught Pruitt giving directions to his defensive players from the sideline at Jordan-Hare and the video is going viral:

Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt is a defensive mind, right?

Watch this play from Auburn’s final offensive drive.



At the beginning, you can hear Pruitt yell “BAYLEN IT’S COMING TO YOUR GUY!”



Sure enough... pic.twitter.com/n0G10pTLMq — Caleb Noe (@wvltCaleb) October 16, 2018

The echoes something SEC Network analyst and former Vanderbilt quarterback Jordan Rodgers noticed on film watching the Tigers battle the Vols — Auburn was giving away its plays before the snap.

“Not only do they tip run pass based on personnel but, they don’t even attempt to use the middle of the field,” Rodgers tweeted. “Scheme has to change.”

Saturday's win for Tennessee was the program's first over an SEC opponent in nearly two seasons.

“I think our kids have really tried to improve,” Pruitt told a local radio station. “We’ve challenged them every step of the way, and I think when they watch the tape (Monday), they’ll see that we didn’t play as good as we possibly could. Auburn had something to do with that. But we’ve got to play better if we’re going to have a chance down the road.

“We’re not even close to playing our best football. We’ve just got to continue to work hard every day and do the little things and the details, and hopefully good things will happen.”

In consecutive games, Auburn's offense has fallen flat and Gus Malzahn, whose future has come into question this week following a disappointing 4-3 start, isn't happy. Much of the issues stem from the lack of a running game and consistent struggles up front at the line of scrimmage.

“I think we’ve got to look at everything right now,” Malzahn said over the weekend. “We didn’t protect very well. I did think we ran the football good in the first half. In the second half we didn’t run it that much. The third quarter we didn’t have the ball that much. We some three and outs and the defense was on the field a long time. We need to look at everything--from an offensive line standpoint, for really all positions. Turning the ball over three times at home, not good.”

Tigers quarterback Jarrett Stidham turned it over three times against Tennessee and never found a rhythm. Only Arkansas (15) has more giveaway than the Tigers (12) this season.

Auburn is averaging 376.1 yards per game this season, its lowest output since 2015.