Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Daily Times:Vols study Cal OC Dunbar, prep for skilled Bears

by John Brice

KNOXVILLE -- As Tennessee coaches and players began compiling film for their season-opener against California, they turned to the Big Ten Conference. That's where Cal offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar spent the previous four seasons serving Northwestern in the same capacity. Dunbar turned the Wildcats into an offensive juggernaut with his spread-the-field attack, which ranked fourth last season in the NCAA at 500.3 yards per game. ``We looked at a bunch of tapes from Cal and a bunch of tapes from Northwestern,'' UT defensive coordinator John Chavis said. ``You don't really know what you're going to see. You don't know how he (Dunbar) is going to use the personnel, but you've got to get ready to play.''

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