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Pruitt: We’ve had a good start to the week. We need to finish out the week. The game this week is why you come to Tennessee, to play in games like this.
Big thing staff has been working on is getting our guys to have the right mindset.
On JJ Peterson – big difference between training back home and training with coach Fitz. He’s working hard and coming along.
On the new redshirt rule - We’re trying to win every game so that’s our first concern. We’ll use anyone who can help us win.
First thing for the offensive line to improve on this week is no penalties. Second thing is no mental errors. The line is a unit of 5 guys so the longer these guys play together the better they will get.
Vol Navy has already started arriving.
Caller asks again about the offensive line – Pruitt says the guys are getting better. He likes our guys. Caller was asking about size – Pruitt said when you look at Jahmir beside Trey, Jahmir looks like he’s 14.
Caller asks about Pruitt’s impression of the Vol Walk
It’s one of the most impressive sights I’ve ever seen. You can see and feel the passion of this fanbase. I had told our guys they were going about it the wrong way if they were waiting for the Vol walk to get up for the game. I was wrong. You can feel it more than I ever imagined.
Mullen’s teams stress special teams. We need to find a way to create an edge for us in the kicking game Saturday. Our kickers have been solid. We had a muffed punt last week. We can’t do that this week.
On Jordan Allen – working hard, coming along, best football is ahead of him.
Has confidence in both quarterbacks.
Caller asks about putting pressure on Franks – They keep 7 guys in a lot to protect him. Most of the pressure stats people are talking about happened when they were playing from behind against Kentucky.
Very familiar with the staff at Florida. Says Franks is a really good athlete, he can run and he can throw it from here to that bridge over there. (Bob adds, “yeah, we saw that last year.”)
Do you think our OLine will attack pretty well against Florida? Pruitt says our guys have improved every week. Grantham’s defense presents some challenges but if our guys play together we’ll be fine.
Expectation is for us to be at our best this week. We’ve had good practices so far this week, we need to finish that off and I think we’ll play well on Saturday.
Florida’s defense schematically is similar to ours so our guys are more familiar with what to expect.
Caller calls in slamming our former bricklayer is very fired up for Pruitt being here and knows he’s going to have our guys ready to punch some gators in the mouth this weekend. The guy was really fired up. Pruitt said he might consider bringing the guy in to talk to our team on Friday night.
Caller asks about the transition from coordinator to head coach. Said he trusts the guys with the other units and still spends more focus coaching defense during the games but he’s in on Sunday nights starting out breaking down special teams films and goes through the whole game.
Bob asks about the Burnout factor. Working a lot of hours probably needs to do a better job of managing his hours as the season goes along.
Caller asks about attitude on defense. Pruitt says intangibles are incredibly important to earning respect on the football field.
Says wants the 98 guys to rub off on our guys. They set the standard for Tennessee football and we want them to influence our players. Want them to come around as often as they can.
Practice Thursday, walk thru Friday – ready to play on Saturday.
Pruitt: We’ve had a good start to the week. We need to finish out the week. The game this week is why you come to Tennessee, to play in games like this.
Big thing staff has been working on is getting our guys to have the right mindset.
On JJ Peterson – big difference between training back home and training with coach Fitz. He’s working hard and coming along.
On the new redshirt rule - We’re trying to win every game so that’s our first concern. We’ll use anyone who can help us win.
First thing for the offensive line to improve on this week is no penalties. Second thing is no mental errors. The line is a unit of 5 guys so the longer these guys play together the better they will get.
Vol Navy has already started arriving.
Caller asks again about the offensive line – Pruitt says the guys are getting better. He likes our guys. Caller was asking about size – Pruitt said when you look at Jahmir beside Trey, Jahmir looks like he’s 14.
Caller asks about Pruitt’s impression of the Vol Walk
It’s one of the most impressive sights I’ve ever seen. You can see and feel the passion of this fanbase. I had told our guys they were going about it the wrong way if they were waiting for the Vol walk to get up for the game. I was wrong. You can feel it more than I ever imagined.
Mullen’s teams stress special teams. We need to find a way to create an edge for us in the kicking game Saturday. Our kickers have been solid. We had a muffed punt last week. We can’t do that this week.
On Jordan Allen – working hard, coming along, best football is ahead of him.
Has confidence in both quarterbacks.
Caller asks about putting pressure on Franks – They keep 7 guys in a lot to protect him. Most of the pressure stats people are talking about happened when they were playing from behind against Kentucky.
Very familiar with the staff at Florida. Says Franks is a really good athlete, he can run and he can throw it from here to that bridge over there. (Bob adds, “yeah, we saw that last year.”)
Do you think our OLine will attack pretty well against Florida? Pruitt says our guys have improved every week. Grantham’s defense presents some challenges but if our guys play together we’ll be fine.
Expectation is for us to be at our best this week. We’ve had good practices so far this week, we need to finish that off and I think we’ll play well on Saturday.
Florida’s defense schematically is similar to ours so our guys are more familiar with what to expect.
Caller calls in slamming our former bricklayer is very fired up for Pruitt being here and knows he’s going to have our guys ready to punch some gators in the mouth this weekend. The guy was really fired up. Pruitt said he might consider bringing the guy in to talk to our team on Friday night.
Caller asks about the transition from coordinator to head coach. Said he trusts the guys with the other units and still spends more focus coaching defense during the games but he’s in on Sunday nights starting out breaking down special teams films and goes through the whole game.
Bob asks about the Burnout factor. Working a lot of hours probably needs to do a better job of managing his hours as the season goes along.
Caller asks about attitude on defense. Pruitt says intangibles are incredibly important to earning respect on the football field.
Says wants the 98 guys to rub off on our guys. They set the standard for Tennessee football and we want them to influence our players. Want them to come around as often as they can.
Practice Thursday, walk thru Friday – ready to play on Saturday.
It’s not an EXCUSE, it’s the reality of the situation. He isn’t sharp at LT as he wouldn’t be sharp at OG...he’s playing off the rust. The “playing badly” is your new narrative. You let know it all VN experts and the ones paid to pretend they are in recruiting dominate your thinking...that’s on you. Trey was the number one ranked player on ESPN. They never hand that out to interior linemen. They projected him as an elite LT until he committed to UT, then they scrambled to project him as an OG. If he had picked Bama or OSU as projected, they would have held pat. I’ve always stated that your best OL doesn’t have to play LT as long as there is somebody ADEQUATE to man the spot...we don’t have that option. That’s why he took over last season and was playing well. Leave him in place and he’ll excel there...he’s that good. He’s the Bruce Matthews or Larry Allen of our time. They both played OG but could have been All-Pros ANYWHERE on the line. That’s generational talent. So quit your contrived belly-aching and our coaches will play him where he’s NEEDED.
