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Tennessee versus Georgia Tech live stream live score updates college football 2017 Tennessee and Georgia meet in a neutral site non-conference game at the mercedes-benz Stadium in Atlanta on Monday September 4th kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. central on ESPN Tennessee which went nine for last season is a four point favorite to beat Georgia Tech which also went nine for in 2016 the teams last played in 1987 when the volunteers 129 15 in Knoxville preview Butch Jones is feeling the heat on Rocky Top heading into his fifth season as Tennessee's coach Jones desperately needs a breakout performance to show he's got the volunteers on the right track the loss to Georgia Tech in Monday's prime-time opener at 1.5 billion dollar mercedes-benz stadium would be a huge step in the wrong direction it's a great opportunity for our football team for our football program to go to Atlanta and play against a very very good football team in a great environment a great new stadium Jones said trying to keep things positive while only the first game in a very long season this will surely set the tone for both programs live streaming for Tennessee Georgia Tech is available via watch ESPN Georgia Tech wants to build on a strong finish to 2016 with another victory over a Southeastern Conference team the Yellow Jackets went 3-0 a year ago against the SEC including season-ending victories over Georgia and Kentucky it's a huge deal said Parker Braun an offensive guard for the Atlantic Coast Conference school it's another good opportunity to play in SEC team we don't get very many opportunities to do that so when we do play a team from the SEC it's important to show what we can do on our side Jones has done his best to shield Tennessee's players from the chatter outside the program which hasn't won a conference title since its national championship winning season in 1998 all of us want to win tight and Ethan Wolfe said we don't feel pressure that we have to go out and win for whoever it's all about us and it's all about the work that we put in and how much we love to play this game the pressure is not really as heavy as you'd think the game was shrouded in mystery at the most prominent position on the field both teams had to replace experienced quarterbacks joshua dobbs at tennessee Justin Thomas at Georgia Tech neither coach had named a starter I want them competing said Jones who will go with either little-used junior Quinten dormady or redshirt freshman jarrett warrant ah no they may compete all the way through pregame warmups I think that's healthy for quarterbacks were listed as possible starters for the Yellow Jackets though it seemed likely either Matthew Jordan or tackling Marshall would get the nod redshirt freshman Lucas Johnson and Jay Jones were also competing for playing time it will be one of those four guys coach Paul Johnson said coyly I promise some things to watch for when the voles take on the Yellow Jackets in the second chick-fil-a kickoff game of the Labor Day weekend defensive was Tennessee gave up far too many long runs down the stretch which doesn't bode well facing Georgia Tech's challenging offense the Yellowjackets ranked 10th nationally a year ago with an average of 250 eight point one yards per game on the ground it is imperative that the voles stay in their gaps and don't bite on the option fix that allow the run oriented scheme to break long plays not as big of a concern for Tennessee is having nobody on the roster with more two and a half sacks a year ago Georgia Tech averaged only twelve point three passes per game last season missing in action Dedrick Mills who was Georgia Tech's leading rusher and MVP of the tax slayer Bowl was kicked off the team a couple of weeks ago for violating athletic department rules he'll be replaced by curve on Benson who has never run the ball in a college game Tennessee has its own worries offensive lineman chance Hall went down with a season-ending knee injury starting left tackle drew Richmond was suspended for the opener and linebacker Darrin Kirkland junior won't play because of a knee injury getting their kicks Georgia Tech is one of only six FBS programs without a single player who has attempted a field goal ur punt at the college level freshman Presley Harvin 3-1 the punting job but Johnson has not announced who would handle the kicking duties freshman Brenton King or so foe more Sean Davis Tennessee is in good shape at punter with Trevor Daniel but it's kicking CID situation was also up in the air with incumbent Aaron medley facing a strong challenge from freshman Brent's in maglia voles on the ball Tennessee's new quarterback will have a couple of impressive weapons at his disposal John Kelly rushed for 630 yards last season including 515 over his final six games John Jennings had 40 receptions and 7 TD s including a Hail Mary touchdown reception as time expired to beat Georgia