AlaskanVol66
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I’ll take over/under 51.5 for a thousand Alex.Per 247 Sports
Tennessee ended the regular season with five straight wins. Las Vegas isn't sure if that winning streak will continue in the Taxslayer Gator Bowl.
Tennessee (7-5, 5-3) and Indiana (8-4, 5-4) opened as pick'em for the Jan. 2 game (7 p.m. Eastern Time, ESPN) at TIAA Bank Stadium in Jacksonville, with the over/under at 51.5 according to Circa Sports at the Golden Gate Hotel in Las Vegas.
The two programs have met just once on the football field, with Tennessee winning 27-22 in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Jan. 2, 1988.
Give Chaney and Pruitt multiple weeks to prepare for an opponent and I expect them to have a strong game plan for exposing some weaknesses. I see us winning something like 34-17. If this were played in the flow of the regular season I think it would be a lot closer but we have the better coaching staff and they are getting plenty of time to prepare.
So far we are all in agreement that under is the way to bet. I also bet someone will be here soon to disagree with us LOL.$h!t, if Butch can stomp the big10 in bowl games, Pruitt should light em up. Oh wait, er, he had Dobbs.
In all seriousness, I don't expect them to score over 20 on us. JG averages 24pts a game. Therefore my prediction, 24-20 Vols. If he has a good day, 28-20.
Nobody truly knows what they have at the start of the season. Bowl Season is completely different than the first game of the season. You know what you have and you know what works and doesn’t work. Look at the first half of the UGA game and the Missouri game. I don’t think it’s any surprise that we played well against those teams coming off bye weeks. And that was against SEC competition. Indiana is no better than Missouri, in fact, I think they are worse because an 8 win Big 10 team would probably be a 5 or 6 win team in the SEC at best. This may be a close game for a half but our defense will wear on them as the game goes on and I see us pulling away in the second half.Hate to throw a wet blanket on your statement, but they had a looong time to get ready for the first two game of this season. Granted, they had no tract record to work from like they will have for this bowl game. But,,,,