The Official #15 Tennessee vs. Ohio Game Thread, 12:00 pm ET, SEC Network

[YankeeVol]

#15 Tennessee Volunteers: 2-0 (0-0 SEC)

vs.


Ohio Bobcats: 1-1 (0-0 MAC)

12:00 PM ET, September 17, 2016
Neyland Stadium (102,455), Knoxville, TN


Weather: 76 degrees / Precip: 11%
Line: UT -27
O/U: 58


Vol Village: 8:30am ET
Vol Walk: 9:45am ET
Gates Open: 10:00m ET
Band March: 10:20m ET
Kickoff: 12:00pm ET


TV: SEC Network
Radio: Vol Network
Satellite Radio: Sirius Ch. 113 // XM Ch. 190
Online: WatchESPN

 

[YankeeVol]

Senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs rushed for 106 yards and two scores against Virginia Tech, setting the Tennessee career record for rushing yards by a quarterback. Dobbs now has 1,431 yards on the ground, moving him past Jimmy Streater at 1,374 career yards.

With 207 total yards against VT, Dobbs now owns 5,974 career yards. That figure moves him into sixth all-time at UT.

 

[YankeeVol]

• After last week’s 45-24 win over Virginia Tech in the Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol, Tennessee has now won eight consecutive games dating to the 2015 season.

• It is the longest UT win streak since the Vols won 14 in a row, spanning a 13-0 1998 season to a victorious first game in 1999.

• The winning streak also matches the longest of Butch Jones’ head coaching career (2011-2012 Cincinnati).

 

[YankeeVol]

Tennessee forced five fumbles in its win over Virginia Tech in the Battle at Bristol. The Vols recovered all five loose balls.

It was the first time Tennessee had forced an opponent into five turnovers since it did so against Western Kentucky on Sept. 7, 2013.

Sophomore safety Micah Abernathy, who was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week, set a Tennessee single game record with three fumble recoveries against Virginia Tech.

The previous record was two recovered fumbles, achieved most recently by Eric Westmoreland against Wyoming in 1999.

 

[YankeeVol]

Ohio, located in Athens, is a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and is 1-1 on the season following a triple-overtime loss to Texas State (54-56) and a win on the road at Kansas (37-21).

The Bobcats feature one of the top offenses in the country through two games, averaging 45.4 points and 563.0 yards of total offense per game. Those figures rank 21st and 12th in the FBS, respectively.

Leading the attack is quarterback Greg Windham, who has thrown for 560 yards and five touchdowns with only one interception. Windham is also the team's second-leading rusher, averaging 91.5 ypg and 7.6 ypc.

In the win over Kansas, Windham passed for 167 yards and a touchdown while also running for 146 yards and another score. For his efforts, Windham was named MAC Eastern Division Offensive Player of the Week.

Windham's favorite target is wide receiver Papi White, who is averaging 77.0 ypg and 17.1 ypc. White has one touchdown reception.

Ohio's offensive line has yet to allow a sack this season.

Leading Ohio on the ground is Dorian Brown. He is averaging 93.0 ypg and rushed for 122 yards in last week's win over Kansas.

 

[malinoisvol]

First page! WOOOOO!

Thanks, Yank!!!

 

[VolPack22]

Hate being that guy but I don't think Ohio is 0-0... Other than that great job and thanks for the info as always!

 

[MAD]

Beat The Buckeyes!

 

[Volunteer Pride]

Wgwtfa

 

[YankeeVol]

V

 

[vols72]

Wgwtfa

You forgot the #

 

[Grey_pilgrim]

S

 

[MAD]

Our cheerleaders need help.

 

[SandoVOL]

This is their superbowl ya?

 

[Grey_pilgrim]

Our cheerleaders need help.

It's a noon kickoff. Gotta start pregaming early.

 

[VolinDalton]

Beat The Buckeyes!

 

[VolinDalton]

If Windham comes into Neyland trying to be cute like he was against Kansas, he's gonna be in for a heck of a surprise. His little dancing around he did before kneeling in the victory formation at the end of that game was just classless. He will get a quick attitude adjustment if he thinks he's going to play cutesy on this field.

 

[MAD]

The football team might not be good but their band has a lot of fun. I always liked when they played the Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin.
[youtube]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-faAAHTC9uo[/youtube]

 

[MAD]

Hope Smokey will be okay, that OU Bobcat is a bad mofo.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/lZWvFmjEdDk[/youtube]

 

[YankeeVol]

Someone is drunk :toast:

 

[StarRaider]

I like this one because the mascot had this planned out for years.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JKD65hhsho[/youtube]

Here ya go.

 

[508mikey]

Hope Smokey will be okay, that OU Bobcat is a bad mofo.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/lZWvFmjEdDk[/youtube]

Smokey stays by an AC - I hope - It says 76 degrees on that game page but all the weather sites are showing 90

 

[YankeeVol]

Smokey stays by an AC - I hope - It says 76 degrees on that game page but all the weather sites are showing 90

That's the high for the day. At game time, it's forcasted to be 76.

 

[joevol33]

Boom! I'll get to see kickoff, but gotta go to a funeral.

 

[Escape Goat]

No game should start this early. Absolutely BS