By now, you've heard it all when it comes to No. 3 Tenne see's offense.Head coach Josh Heupel has the Volunteers moving at light speed. Quarterback Hendon Hooker is a candidate for the Heisman. Wide receiver Jaylin Jacoby Ellsbury Jersey Hyatt is cooking every defensive back in sight.As Kentucky offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello put it, the Vols are "a different animal."Luckily for Scangarello, stopping Hooker and Co on Saturday night in Knoxville is not his job. Enter defensive coordinator Brad White:Its going to be like a heavyweight bout. Theres going to be a punch and a punch, and its just going to keep going back and forth," White said following UK's practice on Wednesday. At the end of the day, were just gonna have to punch until the end and see what happens.Going punch for punch with an offense averaging 50.1 points-per-game maybe isn't the best philosophy, but the Wildcats are likely the sturdiest defense that'll enter Neyland Stadium Giancarlo Stanton Jersey all year.Over 100,000 strong will be belting Rocky Top come the primetime kickoff, but Kentucky is no stranger to a hostile environment. In week two, the Cats fought back to take down Florida 26-16 in The Swamp. Three weeks later, UK was a fumble away from defeating Ole Mi s in Oxford.The Wildcats were underdogs in both of those contests. They'll enter Knoxville around a 12.5-point underdog, but frankly, they wouldn't want it any other way. The Kentucky program has made a living off of being counted out, so Saturday won't be any different.Were not thinking about anything other than being the best versions of ourselves, White said. We know that weve gone into tough environments. We know that when we went down to Florida not many people were counting us as a defense that could hang with them much. So yeah, I think theres a little bit of Derek Jeter Jersey a chip.""We're very excited to take on this challenge of a good offensive team," linebacker Jordan Wright said. "Just got to be humble, locked in on film and respecting our game and also their game too, knowing we can play with them, boys."Handling the firepower that comes from Heupel's offense is almost too big of a challenge for any defense. You have to acknowledge that the Vols are going to burn you for a couple of big plays through four quarters, there's no way around it.In order to try and limit some of those chunk plays, the Cats will need to get pre sure on Hooker when he drops back to pa s."You need to be able to affect the quarterback. Some of these routes are deeper developing routes, and it takes a little bit of time. They're going to need to affect that pocket," White said. "If it's just a clean pocket where it turns into a seven-on-seven game, I don't know if there's any secondary in the country that can just sort of sit there and hang with that."That's easier said than done for Kentucky, however. The Cats have just nine sacks on the year, and not a single defender has been able to notch more than one through the first seven games of the season. That might have to change if Kentucky wants to give its offense a chance to win the game on Saturday."What Hooker's done so well is create plays sort of off schedule," White said. "His scrambles have created some really big momentum shifters. And so they first have Phil Rizzuto Jersey to do a good job of understanding where he is in the pocket and how he moves around."Scroll to ContinueKentucky has held its last 11 opponents to 24 points or fewer, going 9-2 in that time. They'veallowed 30 or fewer points in 53 of its last 59 games. Tenne see however,has scored 30 points in 10 straight games, which doesn't bode well for Mark Stoops led teams, as the Cats are7-32 under the 10th-year head coach when allowing more than 30 points.It's going to be a battle of strengths inside Neyland Stadium. The Wildcats understand the test that awaits, and they know how challenging it Thurman Munson Jersey will be to get back to Lexington with what would be the biggest win of the Stoops era.As always, Kentucky will be ready to step up to the challenge:They understand the task that we have ahead of them, but they are not afraid," White said. "Theyre going to come out, and theyre going to play fast. Well see what happens from there.