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Cole Cubelic picking the Vols as The only away team to win this week!
Cole Cubelic, SEC Network Analyst
"If you take the bi-teams out of it, and you just go seeds 5 through 12, who is the team—seeds 5 through 12—to win it all that you have the most confidence in?
I think it's Tennessee, because they have a defensive line that can be dominant. And it's not just on the edges. Everybody knows about James Pierce. Joseph's on the other end; he can be a terror also. But inside, they're as frightening as any team in college football, and they go about seven deep at defensive tackle. And I'm talking BEHEMOTHS that can come in that there's just not a lot you can do about. They went to this offseason with the main emphasis of becoming more physical with bigger personnel and being able to win different style fights. They've done that a few times this year. They've been in some closer games where they had to grind out some yards, and they've done it. I think Dylan Sampson, a top three running back in college football, they have dynamic receivers and a quarterback who has gotten off to some slow starts, and Nico Iamaleava, but when he gets going he throws a beautiful ball. He's got a little bit extra mobility I think they can still add to if they want to this postseason. So I would go Tennessee. And it's... they can get a little sloppy up front on the offensive line. Nico's been a little bit erratic at times. Those things would have to clean themselves up, but that would be the team that I think they just have more people at more positions that can take over a game. Ohio State, their running backs can take over a game, edge rushers can take over a game, one receiver can take over a game. I think Tennessee has an entire d-line, one edge rusher, maybe a quarterback, a running back, and possibly a receiver, as well.
So you got Tennessee on the road, Clemson on the road, SMU on the road, Indiana on the road, how many road teams do you think will end up advancing to the second round?
Tennessee will be the only one."
Cole Cubelic, SEC Network Analyst
"If you take the bi-teams out of it, and you just go seeds 5 through 12, who is the team—seeds 5 through 12—to win it all that you have the most confidence in?
I think it's Tennessee, because they have a defensive line that can be dominant. And it's not just on the edges. Everybody knows about James Pierce. Joseph's on the other end; he can be a terror also. But inside, they're as frightening as any team in college football, and they go about seven deep at defensive tackle. And I'm talking BEHEMOTHS that can come in that there's just not a lot you can do about. They went to this offseason with the main emphasis of becoming more physical with bigger personnel and being able to win different style fights. They've done that a few times this year. They've been in some closer games where they had to grind out some yards, and they've done it. I think Dylan Sampson, a top three running back in college football, they have dynamic receivers and a quarterback who has gotten off to some slow starts, and Nico Iamaleava, but when he gets going he throws a beautiful ball. He's got a little bit extra mobility I think they can still add to if they want to this postseason. So I would go Tennessee. And it's... they can get a little sloppy up front on the offensive line. Nico's been a little bit erratic at times. Those things would have to clean themselves up, but that would be the team that I think they just have more people at more positions that can take over a game. Ohio State, their running backs can take over a game, edge rushers can take over a game, one receiver can take over a game. I think Tennessee has an entire d-line, one edge rusher, maybe a quarterback, a running back, and possibly a receiver, as well.
So you got Tennessee on the road, Clemson on the road, SMU on the road, Indiana on the road, how many road teams do you think will end up advancing to the second round?
Tennessee will be the only one."
