Tennessee hosts Bowling Green Thursday at Neyland Stadium (8 p.m. EDT, SEC Network).
Ahead of Thursday’s contest, Josh Heupel discussed going into his first game as Tennessee’s head coach.
“It’s the first time that we get to compete together as a program,” Heupel said. “We have experienced a lot of things on the practice field and outside of football with team building. We have tried to create some adverse situations, but this will be our first time to go do it in a live situation. We will find out who we are. It’s that point in training camp when it’s time to go hit somebody wearing another color.
“We will make some mistakes, but will also make a bunch of plays. We will have fun competing together. We will learn how to handle adversity and how to communicate with each other. We are in a really good spot. I love the group that we are working with. They bought in to doing it the right way. Every year is a different journey. This is week one of our new journey, and I’m excited to kick it off. Anticipation is the word I’d use, and I’m excited about the opportunity.”
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