Vols DL Omari Thomas previews Chattanooga | Tennessee Football

last first game for you what do you remember most about that first season opener that you had with the Falls um for me my first season opener it was actually in South um South Carolina for my first you know game ever in college so I'm glad it's able to be in Knoxville for the first last first game officially so I'm happy I'm excited for it we know coach Garner has a high standard for all you guys but how do you what kind of Camp do you think your group has had and who are a couple of guys that maybe have stood out in Camp I think um our group has had a pretty good camp I feel like we came in every day just trying to grow um not getting complacent within the work and between those Dog Days of fall Camp just still coming out regardless whether the tempos went down or not we still just continue to get those mental rips and grow and everything like that guys in the room that's done a great job Elijah Simmons Bryson e Omar Dum all those guys have just came the camp every day just pushing each other pushing me I'm pushing them we all just trying to grow together and just be dominant dominant D line that's what we want to be more kind of back on that first game note you've been through several first games but kind of your last ride here only few more games of knan how do you manage all those emotions heading into another big year uh I I mean I just go Day by Day game by game and I just take everything again so that way I'm know I'm being able to get the full experience out of it but I know it's time to actually is a big year for everybody on this team we trying to do a lot of great things and we just want to continue to grow every week and be in those moments but at the same time take everything in experience the Vol walk the fans like those are things that you won't get back so it'll be a beautiful moment to be a part of Amar the fact that you guys have so many veterans who've been around for a while on the defensive line can you tell a difference in how coach Garner coaches you guys because of that and is there a difference in kind of how you hold one another accountable within the room uh I feel like um Coach G he's going to be Co G he's been the same guy since we got here um us getting older we just learned to be more knowledgeable of the game and just take our game to The Next Step whereas that's learning how to play off each other rather than just being out there by yourself just different things that goes into it to help elevate your game that's how Coach G has been teaching us everything like that but it's it is is I'm excited I'm excited I'm really excited P the we've heard a lot about how the defensive line challenges the o line but how has the o line challenged you guys in Fall Camp um they've challenged us every day they come out every day ready to work no matter who out there on that offensive line they come out ready to go hard at us we go hard at them so it's good to just be able to compete and go against a good offensive line like we have a good quarterback good offense in general like we have so it's good we want to go out there like I said we compete every day especially in camp out of camp now we practice still compete in practice so it's good for us and I feel like it's gonna really help both of us down the line of the season has anything changed with your minute made routine flavors anything like that no I keep it the same blue uh blue raspberry Min made blue raspberry but I still do it every game I got to