[JRL]

By Roger Clarkson | Staff Writer | Story updated at 11:26 PM on Tuesday, October 2, 2007
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Volunteers split their first four games of 2007 and limped into last week's bye physically beat up and emotionally battered, so the week off before Saturday's game against No. 12 Georgia came at the right time.
What's more, Auburn's win at Florida this past Saturday put Tennessee back in the SEC East race and energized the team.
"The open date came at a great time for us," Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said. "We had a lot of work to do. We really had to work on our fundamentals. We had to do a lot of healing up. It gave us a chance to improve as a football team because we're going to really get tested by Georgia."
Auburn's win over Florida gave the Volunteers a sense of urgency. It opened the SEC East race to one-loss team, and Tennessee's one conference loss came against Florida on Sept. 15.

OnlineAthens.com | DogBytes | Football | Volunteers use bye week to heal, scout Bulldogs 10/03/07

[Tuck4Bama]

The Vols needed improvement on defense. It will be interesting to see how they were able to adjust after a bye week.

[JRL]

It scares me to think they have had an extra week to prepare.

[Tuck4Bama]

Originally Posted by JRL

It scares me to think they have had an extra week to prepare.

Five different teams either have or have had a bye week before playing Bama this season.

[dawgmeat]

It will be no competition for Georgia against Tennessee this week..would love to have seen Fat Phil teaching those 350# Vols how to tackle a rotisserie chicken.

[JRL]

Originally Posted by Tuck4Bama

Five different teams either have or have had a bye week before playing Bama this season.

Really - That makes it tough.

[garron]

Originally Posted by dawgmeat

It will be no competition for Georgia against Tennessee this week.

I hope you're right but being overly confident makes us ripe for a loss.