Pretty good barometer of where the Tennessee defense needs to be headed, it's not just the highly rated players that Alabama has on the defensive side, they have coaches that can teach the technique, the methodology for making an open field tackle, the ability to wrap up a running back, the angles to close on to make a play, the necessary schemes to push Georgia into several 3 and outs in the first half,
If the playoff this year includes Georgia, Alabama and Texas, that could very easily be replicated again next year when the playoff expands to 12 teams, requiring Tennessee to further accelerate the ability to go better than .500 in the conference sooner rather than later,