Here the full transcript ofTennessee Volunteers coach Josh Heupel press conference as they prepare to host the Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday:Obviously this is why you come to Tennessee and why you want to be in this league. We gotta big-time matchup this weekend, really excited. You know GameDay and SEC Nation in the environment, they will be here on Saturday. Really excited about that and our players have earned the right to build, to get to this point to play a game like this. So preparation is going to be critical in this is really good. Offense, defense, special teams, theyve got really good personnel and in all three phases of the game. [It will obviously be a huge test for us, but our players are excited and this morning was good preparation, wed have a great week of practice and get ready to play our best with success: The expectations that we should be concerned about are our own expectations. The reason our kids have gotten better and continue to build is because theyve paid attention to things that matter this week https://www.volunteersstore.com/Omarr_Norman_lott_Jersey. We gotta prepare the right way. Weve got to practice well and the playing part of it will take care of itself. The outside noise has no bearing on how we play, and let go compete and be our best on game Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. :Long. Athletic. Disruptive in the run game, and in the pass game he got the ability to play on an edge and cause havoc. Between their personnel being good enough to win a lot of one-on-one matchups and then all their pressures and all their games up front you gotta do a really good job. You have to win the one-on-one matchups and then you gotta do a great job working together as all five rewarding was it to see offensive improvement from Florida game to LSU win? I like that we continue to get better. You know, I told our players today and I said at the end of last week too, our practices on the playing surface were really good last week. We continue to get better, [and thats what good teams do throughout the course of the season. Their focus, their urgency, their energy are all things that led to us playing the way that we did last Saturday. And so points of emphasis that our coaching staff has every single week, being critical of yourself, continuing to challenge yourself and grow take coaching has allowed us to continue to grow the four minute-drill. Were really excited about the amount of time that we were able to chew up and eat on the clock –still wanna go finish that drive and punch it in, but there were a lot of positives during the course of that dive: physicality, playing with technique and our running backs did a really good job on safety Jaylen McCollough: No, I dont. We learned a bit, you know, really late yesterday and as we gather more information then Ill have more for special teams: Yeah, two huge plays early in that football game. [Will Brooks, he being able to scoop that fumble up on the sideline I dont think anybody understands how difficult of play that is to be running full speed, you know, have the ball come out last second right on the sideline and be able to stay in, catch it, get down and get hit. Great play by him. And then the punt return was a huge play to see [Dee Williams out there, and weve talked about him. Ive talked about him I have great trust and belief in him, but for him to go out and do it right away it was awesome to see for him, and then the ten other guys on that teams is going to be critical on this one, field positions critical. Obviously what theyre doing with their punt returner is special and we gotta do a great job on all of our cover is wide receiver Cedric Tillmandoing? Cedrics doing good. Part of the reason why he had the surgery is to try and be back for this one. He continuing to progress over the weekend and so well monitor him and you know at the end of the day our medical team, like I said last week, our medical team and Cedric will make the right decision for him for now and in the future too. What are your options at strong safety? We figured out the guys that have played at that position, we have flexibility in in the secondary, guys who have been trained to play multiple positions, you know? So well see as the week unfolds here, but I have a great trust in all those the opening kickoff against LSU resulting in a fumble: The sun might have been a factor. Where it was at, in the stadium, was part the decision process for us if we won the coin flip, but I cant tell you what exactly was the reason why he didnt catch was left tackle Gerald Mincey unavailable on Saturday and what his status?He just wasnt available. We anticipate him being ready to play in this Jeremiah Crawford, who rotated with Dayne Davis at left tackle against LSU:High-level execution. Did a good job in the run game Isaiah Inge Jersey. You know combinations working with the guard and some of his man blocking, did a really nice job in pass protection, too. So I mean you saw we didnt change the way we played, we didnt change anything.