Tennessee AD confident in orange crowd vs. Georgia Tech in Atlanta

Don't count Tennessee athletic director John Currie as one who believes Georgia Tech will have home-field advantage in their game in Atlanta to kick off the season.

Currie spoke to Knoxville's WKGN-AM 1340 on Wednesday and said he feels orange will be the most noticeable color in the stands.

"It's a neutral site game and the Vol nation will be in there in force, and I'll bet you orange will be the predominant shade, but we're still the team that's got to get on the bus for three hours," Currie said, according to Mike Griffith of SEC Country. "I'm proud and pleased with the way our staff is going about preparing for that, and I know our team is going to be ready to play."

Given Georgia Tech's proximity to the stadium, one would think the crowd would be on the Yellow Jackets' side during the contest. That being said, Griffith points out that Tennessee's largest alumni base resides in Atlanta.

Despite Currie's confidence in the crowd, he conceded it will be a tough matchup as the team attempts to find a successor for quarterback Josh Dobbs.

"This is a tough business, we got new quarterbacks coming this year, excited about them, the quarterbacks in our program that are competing for our job," Currie said. "It's a big transition opportunity for us, and we have an extraordinarily difficult schedule, having to go down to Atlanta to play in that game against Georgia Tech."