Tennessee coach Derek DooleyKNOXVILLE — All Tennessee’s defense needed was a look at the box score.
The number probably jumped so far off the page that the Volunteers’ defenders entered their first video work of the week with anticipation running high.
The Vols hope to replicate what Texas A&M did to Florida last weekend, when the Aggies sacked Gators quarterback Jeff Driskel eight times.
“I’d say we’re licking our chops for every quarterback,” Tennessee linebacker A.J. Johnson said after Tuesday morning’s practice. “They were hustling after the ball. I know he’s a sophomore [in his] first year of really playing, so we’re trying to get at him and hit him a lot.”
Tennessee has four sacks through two games, which is a fourth of what they had all of last season. The Vols hit North Carolina State quarterback Mike Glennon a dozen times and neared a similar mark against Georgia State’s Ben McLane. The 6-foot-4, 237-pound Driskel is a better athlete and more dangerous runner than both previous opposing quarterbacks.