Tennessee and Virginia are set to battle it out in Nashville on Saturday, kicking off the 2023 campaign for both programs. It’s a game that’s going to feature two teams on opposite ends of the spectrum — one that’s trying to rise to the top of the SEC and one that simply trying to find their way.
Virginia head coach Tony Elliott is well aware of the challenge that he’s up against.
“They’re good — they’re really good,” Elliott said on Tuesday. “And what they do is, people talk about the pace, but it’s as much of how they spread the field.