University of Tennessee Athletics
Looking To Turn Things Around Again
September 25, 2008 | Football
Sept. 25, 2008
BY Jonathan Crompton, For SN Today
This is a big game coming up. It's obviously going to be tough, playing at Auburn, in a hostile environment with their fans. But it's an important game for us, because we have to get back on track after last week. We're in the middle of a tough conference stretch, but year in and year out, that's how it is in the SEC. That's how we view it.
I'm definitely looking forward to this weekend. I've never been to Auburn. I hear it gets pretty loud there. That's what you look forward to, especially in the SEC, because you get to play in some of the loudest stadiums in the country. It'll be fun. We travel well with our fans, so that should help us out.
Playing against Auburn will be different because we don't play them every year, since they're in the West. It's still going to be a great game to watch and play in. It's just big-time football.
We're definitely well into the game plan now for Auburn. We come in on Sundays, do our corrections, and have Mondays off so we can get our legs back. Then we come back Tuesday and are fully ready to go.
It was tough to watch the film from the Florida game, but after that, it was good to get back practicing again, to get that taste out of our mouths. That's how we are here. We have a tough, mental mindset about things. We were in the same boat last year, but we turned it around, won the division and went to the SEC Championship game. We're going to try to turn it around this year. It's a matter of how well we prepare and how well we play each Saturday.
-- As told to Benson Taylor
Other Crompton diary entries:
Looking to erase memories of 59-20
'Neyland Stadium is going to be packed'
OT loss to UCLA was hard way to start season
Tennessee vs. UCLA: 'The whole country is going to be watching'
My summer vacation
