Tennessee-Memphis

Nov. 5, 2001

Game 8

Fulmer Q&A
Tennessee vs. Memphis
Nov. 10
Neyland Stadium
(2 p.m./Eastern)

1. What do you expect from Memphis when the Tigers invade Neyland Stadium Saturday afternoon for Homecoming?
A - "If history teaches us anything, we will be expecting a tough football game. Memphis is a good-looking team physically on both offense and defense. They give you problems with formations and a no-huddle type offense. It's a challenge to make the changes we need to make quickly. Defensively, Memphis is a blitzing, pressure-type football team. We need to be a complete football team against Memphis."

2. What did the Vols learn in the Notre Dame game that will help get them prepared for the Memphis game at UT Saturday afternoon?
A - "You draw from your experiences throughout the year. We continue to show resolve to make the plays that we need to win games. The Notre Dame game showed there are areas in which we need to improve in order to go from a pretty good team to a real good team. We need to make our fundamentals better, as well as prepare our schemes for use against Memphis."

3. When you mentioned a lack of consistency by the Vols after the Notre Dame game, what steps were you thinking of as necessary to help the situation?
A - "As a staff you always go back after each game and attack the problems that you faced. Some fundamental improvements will make us better. I expect us to be much improved by the time we play Memphis."

4. With late developing victories becoming routine, is it a point of pride with the Vols to think of the fourth quarter as belonging to them?
A - "I think the fourth quarter has paid big dividends. I think our team has shown it is well-conditioned. As the game goes on, they get a feel for what needs to be done. It shows resolve, also. But from a coach's standpoint, I'd rather get off to a fast start and have consistency throughout the game."

5. How unusual is it for a staff to draw up plays on the sideline as was done for the final touchdown against Notre Dame?
A - "I wouldn't say it's unusual, although it's not done every day. We were fortunate in the Notre Dame situation that we had a senior tight end who knew exactly what we were going to do and a quarterback who also understood what we were talking about."

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