KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee doesn’t mind adopting an underdog mentality a year after the Volunteers failed to meet preseason expectations.
The Volunteers have been picked to finish third in the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division by the league’s media. They didn’t have any first-team selections on the media’s preseason all-SEC team.
One year ago, Tennessee was the preseason East favorite but ended up splitting its eight conference games.
”Right now we’re in the weeds,” senior safety Todd Kelly Jr. said. ”No one’s really seeing us, almost like a snake in the grass. Our goal is to end up biting somebody at the end of the day and making them pay.