KNOXVILLE — Tennessee will kick off the 2020 season at South Carolina on Sept. 26.
The Vols opened fall training camp Monday in preparation for a 10-game conference-only schedule.
Third-year Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt discussed opening the season at South Carolina and his team developing before the first contest.
“It’s a long time until we play South Carolina,” Pruitt said after the Vols’ first practice of fall training camp. “We have lots of things that we need to fix here at Tennessee and we have 24 more practices to help develop our team, and we have to work hard to do that. We’ll start focusing on South Carolina as we get closer to that time.
“Coach (Will) Muschamp, to me, has always done a fantastic job. He’s one of the best defensive coaches in college football. He’s hired Mike Bobo to be his offensive coordinator, who’s a good friend of mine and I think is one of the best guys across the country. I know that they have a talented roster, but right now we need to focus on us.”