No. 15 Tennessee faces Chattanooga, aims for ‘elite’ running game

Tennessee is pegged to do good things this season, and getting off to a strong start will be one of the requirements for that to come to fruition. The No. 15 Volunteers will take on visiting Chattanooga in an intrastate opener Saturday afternoon at Knoxville, Tenn. “We get to go play ball,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said about the arrival of game week. “Good teams get better throughout the course of the season. We still have a lot of things we have to clean up.” The Volunteers will look for signs of domination in the first game of the season. “When we get into the season, you have to be elite running the football,” Heupel said. “Defensively, you have to be able to match people out.” Tennessee, coming off a 9-4 season, will begin the season with a top-15 ranking in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2003 and 2004. “As you get into the season, I think everybody is grasping their role, working and competing for the role that they want,” Heupel said. “At the same time,…..

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