It’s now t-minus a dozen days and counting until the Tennessee Volunteers kick off their 2023 football season Sept. 2 against Virginia inside Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
Josh Heupel met with the media following Monday’s practice, with his next scheduled gathering signifying the start of game week.
“This is really pretty much the end of our true training camp,” Heupel said. “We’ll push forward and still get a lot of good-on-good work, but we’ll start moving slowly towards more preparation for Virginia. I love what these guys have done through the practices we’ve had, but good teams continue to get better throughout the season, and we’ve got to continue to push here.
“It’s 12 days until we kick off, and I’m excited about that opportunity, but there is still a lot of ground to cover.”
Tennessee’s opener has a noon start, and it will be televised by ABC.