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FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt yells at an official during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Florida in Knoxville, Tenn. Pruitt, a former defensive coordinator on Saban's Alabama staff, faces the toughest challenge of his debut season as head coach Saturday when Tennessee hosts the top-ranked Crimson Tide. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Vols’ coach says this could be Saban’s best Alabama team

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Auburn linebacker Darrell Williams (49) drags down Tennessee running back Tim Jordan (9) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in Auburn, Ala. Auburn linebacker Montavious Atkinson (48) trails on the play. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Guarantano leads Tennessee to upset of No. 21 Auburn, 30-24

By NATHAN KING - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2018, file photo, Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt yells to his players during an NCAA college football game against Georgia in Athens, Ga. Tennessee has received a reality check the last couple of months on how much work it needs to do before the Volunteers return to relevance in the Southeastern Conference. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

No 21 Auburn tries to rebound against Tennessee

By JOHN ZENOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2018, file photo, Tennessee's Trevon Flowers (25) intercepts a pass as he and Alontae Taylor (6) defend against Georgia wide receiver Riley Ridley (8) during an NCAA college football game in Athens, Ga. Flowers has a broken collarbone that will sideline him for the next few weeks, hindering the depth of the Volunteers' young secondary as they deal with the toughest portion of their schedule. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Tennessee DB Trevon Flowers has broken collarbone

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Vols focusing on fundamentals as they attempt to end slide

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt directs his team during an NCAA college football game against Florida, in Knoxville, Tenn. Georgia head coach Kirby Smart says he sees the identity that Pruitt is trying to build at Tennessee as these two former Alabama defensive coordinators and ex-colleagues prepare to face off. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Tennessee’s Pruitt, Georgia’s Smart have much in common

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. (34) returns an interception for a touchdown as East Tennessee State University's Greg McCloud (58) tries to make the tackle during an NCAA college football game in Knoxville, Tenn. Statistics suggest Tennessee's defense has improved quite a bit the last couple of weeks and heads into Southeastern Conference competition with momentum. Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt sees it differently. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Pruitt says Tennessee defense must force more turnovers

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Tennessee running back Ty Chandler (8) runs away from UTEP defensive back Broderick Harrell (4) as quarterback Keller Chryst (19) trails during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Chandler’s big day helps Tennessee trounce UTEP 24-0

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE- In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano (2) hands the ball off to running back Tim Jordan (9) during the first half of an NCAA college football game against East Tennessee State University in Knoxville, Tenn. While Guarantano has started Tennessee’s first two games at quarterback after beating out Stanford graduate transfer Keller Chryst in the preseason, Tennessee has continued experimenting on the offensive line and running back. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Tennessee sorting out options on O-line, at running back

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt is seen in the first half of an NCAA college football game against East Tennessee State University Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Vols avoid turnovers, penalties in first games under Pruitt

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt, right, greets Kivon Bennett (95) before an NCAA college football game against West Virginia in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. Tennessee believes it can play much better than it showed in a 40-14 season-opening loss to West Virginia. The Volunteers are hoping the lessons learned in that humbling defeat to open Jeremy Pruitt's coaching tenure can pay dividends the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

First-year coaches face off as Tennessee hosts ETSU

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2018, file photo, Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt directs his team against West Virginia in an NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C. Tennessee's home opener with East Tennessee State matches two first-year coaches and former colleagues against each other. Tennessee's Jeremy Pruitt was a defensive coordinator and ETSU's Randy Sanders was quarterbacks coach on Florida State's 2013 national championship team. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Tennessee-ETSU game features matchup of ex-FSU assistants

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Tennessee C Brandon Kennedy out for season with ACL injury

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

West Virginia's Will Grier (7) looks to pass against Tennessee in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Grier leads No. 17 West Virginia past Tennessee 40-14

By STEVE REED - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, Alabama head coach Nick Saban holds The Coaches Trophy after the BCS National Championship college football game against Notre Dame, in Miami. The decade-long chase to catch Alabama has caused patience to wear thin across the rest of the Southeastern Conference. As Nick Saban and Alabama chase their sixth national title in 10 seasons this year, five of the SEC’s other 13 programs have new coaches. It represents the league’s highest turnover since 1946, when the SEC had six new coaches. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Alabama’s reign causes SEC foes to lose patience in coaches

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 18, 2018, file photo, Tennessee NCAA college football head coach Jeremy Pruitt speaks during Southeastern Conference Media Days in Atlanta. Tennessee's quarterback situation remains a mystery less than a week before the first game of Pruitt's coaching tenure. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Pruitt’s challenge: Instill winning mindset into Vols

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 18, 2018, file photo, Tennessee NCAA college football head coach Jeremy Pruitt speaks during Southeastern Conference Media Days in Atlanta. Tennessee's quarterback situation remains a mystery less than a week before the first game of Pruitt's coaching tenure. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Tennessee QB situation remains uncertain heading into opener

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2018, file photo, Tennessee's athletic director Phillip Fulmer watches during the first day of spring NCAA college football practice, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer says his new position didn’t require much in the way of on-the-job training. Fulmer was hired in December to salvage a football coaching search that had gone awry. Fulmer, a Tennessee alum who coached the Volunteers’ football team to the 1998 national title, understands his No. 1 goal is to make sure the football program becomes competitive again. Now that he’s had nearly nine months on the job and has watched first-year football coach Jeremy Pruitt at work, Fulmer’s more comfortable than ever in his new role. (Caitie McMekin/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, File)

Vols’ Fulmer says he’s comfortable, confident in AD role

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2017, file photo, Tennessee defensive back Nigel Warrior (18) tackles Vanderbilt running back Ralph Webb (7) in an NCAA college football game in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee's defense will learn in a hurry just how far its defense has come under new coach Jeremy Pruitt - and how far it still has to go. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

Tennessee defense facing big test to open Pruitt’s tenure

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

New staff offers second chance for Tennessee’s upperclassmen

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press