If your looking for hope don't...this team will be LUCKY to win two more games!I just don't understand how this team is this bad NIU is the worst team on our card and we beat them 13-9 are u kidding me.We may not win an SEC game this year.I bet none of us seen that coming!Here is some news on the team we just beat 13-9 with their 3rd sting QB!
The Vols converted only 3 of 13 third down opportunities and had an embarrassing 225 yards total offense and nine first downs at home and against a team that lost to Toledo last year 70-21, a week after losing to Wisconsin 45-3. NIU allowed an average of 30.8 points in 2007 against a schedule that was loaded with MAC opponents.
By the way, all 11 of the Huskies defensive starters returned this season so though a year older theyre only marginally better. Minnesota, which went 1-11 in 2007, scored 31 points and amassed 425 yards against NIU in the season opener. The Gophers sliced up the Huskies secondary to to the tune of 24-of-37 passing and 298 yards, no interceptions and a TD. MAC opponent Western Michigan scored 29 in a game two loss for the Huskies last month in which it rushed for 198 yards in 32 carries and completed 21 of 30 passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns. Quarterbacks have registered an efficiency rating of 113.62. in the first five games vs. NIU. The Vols rushed for 69 yards in 32 carries against the Huskies.