Per Hubbs, Bituli and McDowell are starting LB for Gators

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As for the matchup, look for more Daniel Bituli and Kyle Phillips on Saturday. We expect Tennessee to rotate more athletic playmakers to combat Florida’s speed on offense. Bituli is slated to to make his first-career start at middle linebacker, while Phillips will play a lot, particularly more snaps than he saw a week ago when Butch Jones called him Tennessee's best defensive lineman against Indiana State. The coaches also felt like Shy Tuttle had a some solid snaps as he continues to knock off rust. Tuttle has done a great job getting back. Can he return to his old form still is unknown, but having him back in the rotation is huge for the defense.

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Speaking of the defense, it was as simple as it could be a week ago including having their defensive ends playing more contain at the line of scrimmage than attacking off the edge. But that's all in the past. Defensive coordinator Bob Shoop will show a variety of different looks and will be aggressive with his blitzes. The question is can the defensive line win in the trenches.

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After not playing at all in Week 1, Shaq Wiggins played 2-4 snaps on Saturday against Indiana State and plenty of people saw how upset Wiggins was with the lack of playing time. Wiggins is getting healthy and has had a better week of practice in all phases putting him in a position to get potentially get more playing time this week. Defensive back Justin Martin is healthy after getting banged up in the second half last week. He should start opposite of Emmanuel Mosley.

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