Josh Heupel speaks on Mississippi State ahead of Week 5 trip to Starkville
By Ethan Stone
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Josh Heupel travels to Starkville, Mississippi for the first time as Tennessee’s head coach this Saturday.
Tennessee faces Mississippi State, which started the year 4-0 and has already doubled its win total from last season. The Bulldogs are balanced, have good quarterback play with Blake Shapen under center, and already knocked off Arizona State in Week 2.
During Wednesday’s SEC teleconference, Heupel had the following to say regarding Tennessee’s Week 5 opponent:
“You look at how Mississippi State’s playing defensively, doing a really good job,” Heupel said. “Haven’t given up much of anything here to start the season. Playing really good run defense and playing good pass defense, too. And offensively, obviously playing extremely efficient. Do a good job in the run game and have speed out on the perimeter and a quarterback that’s playing at a really high level and their special teams have done a really good job too. So huge test for us. Should be a great environment down there and our first road SEC game this year. Looking forward to it.”
And of course, Heupel had to address the cowbells. When asked if Tennessee is preparing for the cowbells with artificial noise at practice, Heupel said the following:
“Yeah, we know we’re going to see a lot of cowbell, or hear a lot of cowbell on Saturday. It’s one of the things that makes college football special is just the traditions that reside at each university.”
Kickoff for Saturday’s game is set for 4:15 p.m. on SEC Network.
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
