Two of the Deep South’s top college football program builders will match wits Saturday night when Josh Heupel takes his No. 18 Tennessee Volunteers into historic Bobby Dodd Stadium to challenge Brent Key’s Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
It’s the first meeting between these two teams on Georgia Tech’s campus since 1986.
“This is a great opportunity against a really good opponent,” Heupel said during Monday’s weekly news conference. “There are a lot of steps forward that we need to take as a program to be ready for Saturday night to play our best football. I’ve got a ton of respect for Georgia Tech and what they’ve done down there and the program that they’ve built.
“I know it will be a great environment.”
Saturday’s game is scheduled to kick off at 7 on ESPN.