Tennessee Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel helped turn things around Volunteersfootball program. Heupel is 35-13, including 19-11 over three-plus seasons as Tennessee’s head coach, but he has yet to beat the Georgia Bulldogs and is 0-3 against Smart Kirby.
“I’m preparing to face a great opponent. You really watch him in every phase of the football game – extremely talented, extremely well coached,” Heupel said of Georgia. “They play hard. They play fundamentally well. They make you win in every way, and it’s going to be a great environment and a great opportunity for everyone within this program.”
No. 7 Tennessee leads the SEC Ranking currently with an 8-1 record, including 5-1 in SEC games. No. 12 Georgia looks to stay alive in the SEC championship race with a win over Tennessee. The Bulldogs are 7-2 and 5-2 in conference play.
“He’s an extremely talented quarterback,” Heupel said of Georgia quarterback Carson Beck. “Playing quarterback, man, sometimes what people see is not just the quarterback play. It’s got to be all 11 playing together. He’s a really good football player.”
Georgia’s offensive unit needs to play better if the Bulldogs want to win against a talented Tennessee defense that allows the fifth fewest points and yards per game.
“More prepared,” Heupel said, comparing the 2022 Georgia-Tennessee to the 2024 version. “We’ve been in all of our systems longer. This football game is different than the last. We’re still playing a great opponent. “
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Georgia ended up winning the national championship after beating No. 1 Tennessee in Athens during the 2022 season.
“You have to do a great job protecting, but that also starts with having the ability to run the football,” Heupel said of UGA’s defense. “If you’re one-dimensional, they’re going to make it difficult for you all night.”
“You look at the Georgia defense and their front still looks like a Georgia front,” Heupel continued. “They move like they always move. Their linebackers are athletic, big, physical and they have elite athletes on the back end. What you see on video is a typical Georgia defense.”
Georgia hosts Tennessee at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 16.
This article was originally published on Bulldogs Wire: What Tennessee’s Josh Heupel said about Georgia
