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| Tennessee wrapped up its first week of spring practice Saturday with another extended workout at Haslam Field -- highlighted by the popular "Tennessee Drill." Head coach Phillip Fulmer capped the team's first day of full contact with the one-on-one hitting and tackling drill, made all the more intense and entertaining by the hoots and hollers of encircled teammates.
"We've got a few guys who know a little bit about what it's supposed to be to play college football," Fulmer said. "Those guys are out there trying to be leaders and trying to be good examples. "But we've got a whole bunch who don't really understand what it really takes to play at this level. They're going to be challenged for the next 13 days, considerably, every day if we're going to get better." Fulmer said he expects those younger players to impress the coaching staff, not wait around to be asked to take certain challenges. "We're going to have some miserable guys. They say you comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. We've got too guys who are many comfortable right now with where they are. They're just trying to go through the motions of being a college football player rather than get down to trying to be the kind of man who contributes to the team. "We're going to sort those guys out. If it takes the same five offensive linemen and the same four defensive linemen playing the entire game, that's what we'll do." The Vols spent 2 1/2 hours on the practice field Saturday for the second straight afternoon, capping the first of five weeks of spring practice. Fulmer said it's the fundamentals that mean the most right now. "There are three things we can control -- our attitude, our effort and our toughness," Fulmer said. "Every man can control that. It comes down to getting in front of the whole team and stepping up. We've got some guys who do and some guys who don't yet understand how." Tennessee practices again Tuesday and Thursday, with Saturday likely the first spring scrimmage date. The EdAmerica Orange and White Game takes place March 31. |
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Georgia Bulldogs Football
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11:59 pm
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Sanford Stadium
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Tennessee Vols Football
vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs Football
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11:59 pm
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Neyland Stadium
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Tennessee Vols Football
vs. Alabama Crimson Tide Football
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11:59 pm
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Neyland Stadium
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South Carolina Gamecocks Football
vs. Tennessee Vols Football
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11:59 pm
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Williams-Brice Stadium
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Tennessee Vols Football
vs. Wyoming Cowboys Football
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11:59 pm
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Neyland Stadium
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Vanderbilt Commodores Football
vs. Tennessee Vols Football
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8:00 pm
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Dudley Field
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Vanderbilt Commodores Football
vs. Tennessee Vols Football
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11:59 pm
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Vanderbilt Stadium
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Tennessee Vols Football
vs. Kentucky Wildcats Football
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11:59 pm
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Neyland Stadium
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| Team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bill Youmans headed Friday's arthroscopic procedures team at UT Medical Center. Lower back specialist Dr. Robert Watkins handled the Mitchell surgery in California.
Head coach Phillip Fulmer said Friday that despite the rash of injuries, he still hopes to have a full game-type scrimmage for next Saturday's Edamerica Orange and White Game at Neyland Stadium (3 p.m. Eastern time). "We want to try to have a draft and split up teams like we did last year," Fulmer said. "But it's going to require a considerable amount of work. I'm not sure we can do it because we've got so many injuries and I want it to be a productive day for us." Fulmer said the final decision likely would come Monday. The Vols included scrimmage work in Friday's two-hour practice that wrapped up their fourth week of spring drills. Tennessee returns to Haslam Field Tuesday and Thursday of next week in preparation for Saturday's finale. |