University of Georgia Athletics
Bulldogs Improve In Preparation For Volunteers
October 04, 2011 | Football
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Oct. 4, 2011
ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia Bulldogs (3-2, 2-1 SEC) practiced in full pads for more than two hours on Tuesday afternoon, their most physical session prior to this weekend's matchup with Tennessee (3-1, 0-1 SEC) at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.
"It was a good day," head coach Mark Richt said. "We got better today. The scout team did a good job giving us a very solid look. I thought the focus was very good. I would definitely say we got better today."
Richt discussed the date with Tennessee at length during the Bulldogs' weekly press conference conducted earlier in the afternoon.
"It's a very tough place to win - at least it has been for us the last two times we were there," Richt said. "We pretty much got drubbed there. We didn't put up much of a fight the last two times we were in their house, so we need to try to hopefully change that. It will be a challenge for us; we know that and we are looking forward to it.
"Playing there at their place, having to deal with all the crowd noise, having to deal with the things you have to deal with on the road, it's going to make for a heck of a ballgame," Richt added. "I know that two years ago we got beat pretty bad. Last year, we beat them pretty good here, so you can't go by what happened last year. You have to play this year's game and that's what we are getting ready to do."
Saturday's game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 with kickoff slated for roughly 7 p.m. ET.
