No. 16 Tennessee (6-2, 3-2 SEC) will host UConn (1-7) on Saturday at Neyland Stadium in Week 10 (noon EDT, SEC Network).
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Jim Mora is in his second season as UConn’s head coach. In his first season, he guided the Huskies to its first bowl game since 2015.
The Huskies have played in five one-possession games in 2023, while having a starting quarterback being injured in the first quarter of game two and a starting tight end being hurt in the first quarter of game two.
Mora discussed UConn’s upcoming game against Tennessee with Vols Wire.
“They will fight you,” Mora said of his team. “They don’t give up and they just have a great will. They work hard and we just haven’t been able to play through yet. It’s been really difficult, but at the same time, I’ve seen some really great qualities come out in our team when we have faced the adversities that we have faced. I think you can really build on that.
“We are a lot better team than we were at any point last year. If you were to not look at the score and watched how we played, you would realize that. The problem is, we are always judged by the end result that people look at. For us, for me, it is so important to look beyond the score and see if we are improving. If we are improving, I know we are heading in the right direction and doing it the right way. If we were not improving, if guys were jumping off the ship, if we were not playing with great effort, if we were undisciplined, if we were not practicing hard and preparing the right way, and getting beat, then I would say we got a problem. The problem right now, we have not been able to breakthrough any of those tight games.”
Mora also discussed his coaching career and Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. His discussion is listed below.