KNOXVILLE — No. 12 Tennessee (2-0, 2-0 SEC) is set for a marquee matchup at No. 3 Georgia (2-0, 2-0 SEC) in Week 3 of SEC action.
Ahead of the contest, third-year Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt previewed Georgia.
“When you look at Georgia this week, I think it’s one of the better teams that I’ve seen in college football over the last couple of years,” Pruitt said. “I think these guys have a lot of team speed. They’re big. They’re physical at the line of scrimmage and out on the perimeter they’ve got good running backs. Good skill players that get the guys the ball and give you multiple looks.
“On the defensive side, (they) create a lot of negative plays. Special teams, because of their athleticism, they’ve got good returners. They’ve got good speed and they’re physical on the coverage team, so they don’t have a weakness. It’ll be a tremendous challenge for us, but it’s something we’re looking forward to.”
Kick off is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT with CBS televising the contest.
“Georgia’s got a really good football team. They’re very well coached. They’ve got good players. They’re going to be there Saturday, so we need to focus on the things that we can control, which is us. We’ve got lots of things that we need to work on. We started working on them last night and we’ll continue through the rest of the week.” — Jeremy Pruitt on what challenges Georgia will present.
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