KNOXVILLE – “We got a lot better as a football team.”
University of Tennessee senior tight end Ethan Wolf didn’t hesitate in his assessment of Team 121 on Wednesday afternoon. Instead, he smiled – as if he already knew what the rest of country will learn Monday night at 8, when the Volunteers face Georgia Tech on national television inside Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the season opener for both.
Coaches converse in coachspeak, especially Tennessee’s Butch “Coach Cliché” Jones. It’s all about saying as little as possible in as few words as necessary. Such as, to pull but three such gems from Jones’ news conference Wednesday that focused on the opener:
1. “This will be what a game of complementary football is all about.”
2. “We will have to be able to get off the field defensively.”