Lane Kiffin's not ready to hurry into a decision about his hurry-up offense just because Tennessee had some success by going up-tempo against Auburn last week."It's easy to sit here after that game and say 'We should be in a two-minute (offense) all the time, in no-huddle,' " the Tennessee coach said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
Kiffin declined to commit to a wholesale change of his offense as the Vols prepare to play Georgia at Neyland Stadium on Saturday (TV: WVLT, 12:21 p.m.). He knows the downfalls of up-tempo.
"You struggle sometimes getting into a rhythm of running play-action," Kiffin said. "If you are that, you better be a good pass protection team and you better make plays down the field because your run game is going to be limited."
Kiffin said pass rushers will be licking their chops at a hurry-up offense. Center Cody Sullins, who handles UT's blocking calls, doesn't seem to mind.
"It energized us," Sullins said of the attack, which helped UT close the margin of defeat last week thanks to vastly improved play from quarterback Jonathan Crompton.
"We run the two-minute offense in practice a lot. We were used to it. We knew what we were doing. It kind of caught Auburn off guard. I think they had some trouble lining up and I think it made them tired."
That won't always be the case as defenses spend more time preparing for the Vols' fast-paced look. UT, however, doesn't have much to lose. It can utilize the no-huddle without much preparation.
"It's real easy to have ready because you always prepare for two-minute (situations) every week," Kiffin said. "It could be something down the road that we look to do. It all depends on how the game is going."The SEC Rocks!
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