Tennessee -28 seems a little much.....

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DaytonLawVol

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New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
 
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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How much money are you giving Vegas? ;)
 
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Sea Ray said:
We're favored by 28 pts vs UVa. If that's a toss up then we're really in trouble.

On another note, can we really clear that point spread? That seems like an awful lot on Opening Day vs a power 5 team
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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At QB, Milton’s last two games were good. Tilman didn’t play most of last year so we have our #2, #3 and #4 WRs (same group that started in Orange Bowl) and Thornton. Fans will be overwhelmingly Tennessee fans so no issue there.
 
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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dont forget the HOT weather at 11 am - 3 pm
 
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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The WR bullet point shouldn't even be on your list. Donte is the transfer, a good one at that, the rest have significant playing time from last season and played dang well
 
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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Mostly new group of wide receivers?? Wait, what??
 
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Sarms58 said:
We just need to outscore them one TD per quarter. Can we score 2 TDs per quarter and hold them to 1 TD per quarter? If not, we're in for a long season.
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TBH, I'm a bit of a chicken little with the OL situation; that's the only way I see Virginia covering 28. And if they do, then yes I think it's a really bad sign for the rest of the season.
 
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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I'll gladly give them to you. Virginia's win total is 3 1/2...that's right as in predicted over/under on total number of wins...3 1/2. It's the second lowest in all of Power 5.
 
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We might win 42-7. Either way i think we cover. Virginia's defense is the best unit but they havent seen an offense like this. And thinking going against your offense every day is going to prepare you for the josh heupel offense is a mixture of disaster. Give me the vols to cover.
 
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The only reason you would not bet on TN to cover is because YOU NEVER bet on your own team. Other than that, the line makes a lot of sense from a betting perspective. Both teams are polar opposites with UT having the edge pretty much everywhere.

- Neutral site game that is not really a neutral site in Nashville.
- UT is coming off their best season in forever and Heupel has UT headed in the right direction for the foreseeable future.
- UVA is bad....as in really bad. Cavaliers finished 3-7 last year trotting out one of the worst offenses in CFB. Many of the projections I have read have them finishing dead last in the ACC.
- Tony Elliott is supposed to be a good offensive coach. Problem is, UVA has no real offensive identity other than being horrible.
- Their best win last year was against a horrendous GA TECH team. UVA scored a grand total of 16 points against Tech.
- UVA's roster apparently got even worse from last year to this season.

UT would have to turn the ball over 5 or 6 times for this to be even remotely close.

GBO!!
 
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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I mean they lost some of their best players last year. Coming off of a emotional loss of life and other stuff. It could get ugly.
 
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If we're able to run the ball on them, this is going to get ugly quick (i.e. that Vandy game last season). UVA has to force Milton to win this one through the air and get several turnovers.
 
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DaytonLawVol said:
New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.
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I watched Virgina play one game last year and they were bad, I mean really bad on offense, like a bad high school team level bad.
Their D seemed respectable, but it's hard to tell because the offense they were playing aginst was also really bad.
 
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I still think this team averages a few less points this year than last, simply because I think the running game may be used more to control the TOP. I think it's gonna be more like a 35-7 or 35-14 dub, while rushing for 250+ yards
 
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