They beat 7 ranked teams this year, which I believe was the most in the country. He faced some very good defensive fronts this year including A&M, Penn State and Louisville who had 3 guys who will be drafted on day 2 or 3.
Georgia's DL was very good and Ohio State's was tops in the nation, but...
ND beat 7 ranked teams this year, so there was plenty of good competition he faced, including a very good A&M front 7 and Penn State. Louisville had 3 guys on their DL who are projected
Hey all - UT fan and ND grad here - Pendleton is a solid pickup for the Vols. As mentioned, we lost our starting LT in fall camp and shuffled the OL prior to the opener at TA&M. Pendleton won the job and played fairly well for the first 7 games.
When we got some vets back, he got bumped but...
Michigan's issue is they had horrible QB play at the beginning of the season. They have 4 projected 1st rounders on defense who all sat out the bowl game and they still beat Bama. I'd say their defense was elite and their offense played just well enough to win their last few games.
The Vols...