Vols hold 'clean' second scrimmage ahead of opening game

Tennessee is approaching game week to open the 2024 season under fourth-year head coach Josh Heupel.

The Vols held a second scrimmage during fall training camp on Thursday. Heupel said the scrimmage was clean for his team at Neyland Stadium.

“From an operation side of it, I’m just talking sideline communication, we tried to take TV timeouts, be intentional working iPad usage, finish it with a mock halftime for the coaches and players,” Heupel said. “Organizationally, I thought it was really clean. We played clean football. Had a crew out at the scrimmage and did not have really many penalties at all over the course of it, so I really liked that. Both sides of the football, guys made some plays.”

Tennessee will host Chattanooga on Aug. 31 to kick off the upcoming campaign (12:45 p.m. EDT, SEC Network).