Tennessee (5-4, 3-3 SEC) will host No. 1 Georgia (9-0, 7-0 SEC) Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. EST and CBS will televise the Southeastern Conference East division matchup.
Ahead of Saturday’s contest, sixth-year Georgia head coach Kirby Smart discussed defending Tennessee’s offense under Josh Heupel.
“I think it’s the most in the country, when you look at it and talk to people, because everybody talks across the country and tries to defend it,” Smart said of trying to defend Tennessee’s offense. “It’s so fast you can’t really simulate it in your practices, so you have to try and find a creative way to practice for it. It’s so different than the triple option, I’m not trying to compare it to that, but it’s so different that it’s hard to prepare for. You can’t simulate it with your team unless you do it. We don’t do that as well as they do it, so it makes it tough to prepare for.
“Your players really have to buy in, they have to know it’s important to play that way against that tempo and you’ve got to work really hard at it. The challenge will be there this week for offense, defense and special teams, because what they do doesn’t just affect the defense, it affects your offense and special teams.”
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