KNOXVILLE – University of Tennessee defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox simply smiles when people tell him all spread offenses are similar.
Oversimplification to that degree isn’t much different than telling a mechanic that all four-door cars have the same motor, telling a chef that all pasta uses the same spices or telling a movie critic that every John Wayne film has the same plot.
In short, it’s completely inaccurate.
The Volunteers might get some small benefit from playing spread-oriented Oregon one week before spread-oriented Florida, but it would be just that – small.
“It’s a different kind of animal this week,” Wilcox said after UT’s Wednesday practice.