Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Tennessee change
Redshirt freshman quarterback Jarrett Guarantano will start for Tennessee against South Carolina, Volunteers Coach Butch Jones announced.
Guarantano will start in place of Quinten Dormady after Georgia beat Tennessee 41-0 on Sept. 30. The Vols had an open date last week.
“Quinten did some very, very good things, and like I’ve continued to say all year long, a lot of times the quarterback is a by-product of execution of everyone around them,” Jones said. “But Jarrett’s worked very hard, and he’ll have that opportunity on Saturday.”
Guarantano has completed 12 of 24 passes for 54 yards for 1 touchdown without an interception as Dormady’s backup and is more of a running threat.
Dormady had 8 turnovers — 6 interceptions and 2 fumbles — in Tennessee’s past four games since the Vols opened with a 42-41 double-overtime victory against Georgia Tech.
“We just felt Jarrett has earned the opportunity,” Jones said. “We need to score points in this conference.” home games.
LSU Coach Ed Orgeron urged fans to get their pregame routine going a little earlier with a 2:30 p.m. kickoff.
“There’s a lot of things that we don’t like that we have to do in life,” Orgeron said. “So hopefully they can get up a little earlier, put a little something in their coffee to make them come up, and let’s go.”