KNOXVILLE – Jeremy Pruitt came away from the Tennessee football program’s Anderson Training Center encouraged on Sunday, the day after his team dropped a deflating 47-21 contest to Florida.
“I’m walking through the offices, and our offices are littered with our players watching tape,” Pruitt said Monday. “I had no idea they were up there.”
The first-year Tennessee coach later said, “I think a lot of our guys are itching to get going again, which is a good thing.”
Getting going again requires facing a brutal truth.
Tennessee is gearing up for what is perhaps the toughest three-game stretch any college football team will face this season. The gauntlet begins Saturday at Georgia, when the Volunteers (2-2, 0-1 SEC) face the second-ranked Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0) at 3:30 p.m.