Tennessee’s Brent Brewer (17) takes down Montana’s Cam Warren during their Sept. 3 game at Neyland Stadium.KNOXVILLE — It’s no longer the same ol’ Florida.
Or at least that’s what the Tennessee defense is preparing for this week.
Between Florida’s new offense and the 16th-ranked Gators’ vanilla approach in their first two games, the Volunteers aren’t sure exactly what to expect when the Southeastern Conference East Division rivals meet Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Gainesville.
“We really don’t know everything that’s going to come,” sophomore safety Brent Brewer said Monday at UT’s weekly news conference. “There’s probably going to be a lot of surprises — a lot of different motions and things like that — so we’ve got to be ready for everything.”
When new Florida coach Will Muschamp hired Charlie Weis away from the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs to be the Gators’ offensive coordinator, it signaled the start of the transition from a spread-option offense under former coach Urban Meyer to a more traditional pro-style offense.