KNOXVILLE — Tennessee (2-4, 2-4 SEC) was scheduled to play Texas A&M (5-1, 5-1 SEC) Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
Even though Saturday’s contest with the Aggies was postponed, third-year Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt still took part in his weekly “Vol Calls” radio appearance.
Pruitt discussed how his team had a good day of practice Wednesday and not having a game this week helps some of the younger student-athletes getting more reps.
“I think it’s a great opportunity for everybody, but absolutely the younger guys, too,” Pruitt said. “The circumstances, not just here at Tennessee, just talking to the other guys in the league, it’s been a very unusual fall, summer and fall. Just getting these guys kind of in a rhythm has been tough, not just for us, everybody.
“I think these next couple of days, especially for our quarterbacks, our wide receivers, I thought today was probably the best practice we’ve had with our quarterbacks, our wide receivers, with timing, more understanding of what we’re doing. It was good, it was good for all these younger guys, and even the older guys.”
Redshirt senior quarterback Jarrett Guarantano remains in concussion protocol after suffering a head injury and exiting last week’s game at Arkansas.
“He did not practice today, so we’ll wait until doc says that he can come back,” Pruitt said of Guarantano.
Tennessee is scheduled to return to action Nov. 21 at Auburn.