VOLS open a 4 Point Favorite vs OU

[JMSqb11]

You’re speaking in absolutes again. I don’t think we’ll ever know because the chances of both being 10-2 are very slim.

10-2 Vandy and 10-2 Tennessee will be ranked based on the head to head.

 

[90 Vol]

A defense that just gave up 34 at home....

Who gave up 34 at home?

 

[JMSqb11]

Who gave up 34 at home?

Oklahoma.

 

[90 Vol]

Oklahoma.

Gotcha. I think we take care of business against Oklahoma at Neyland. We'll need to score in the 40's to win, but I'm confident that we will.

 

[VolCalls]

10-2 Vandy and 10-2 Tennessee will be ranked based on the head to head.

It’s possible, but would be a large shake-up in the rankings over one game as compared to the body of work, as well as what else happens that weekend. Would be interesting.

 

[FBtime]

Mateer hasn't been the same since he came back from injury. Hopefully that trend continues.

 

[Peradox1K]

We need to get back to sacking the QB! All of a sudden, we just cut down on bringing pressure, and it hasn’t help the overall performance of our Defense.

Sack to the future!

 

[PEPPERJAX]

We need to get back to sacking the QB! All of a sudden, we just cut down on bringing pressure, and it hasn’t help the overall performance of our Defense.

It is definitely an area UT's defense can take advantage of against OU because of how banged up their OL is right now. In the last game, UK's OC did a good job coaching up their QB to get rid of the ball quickly out to the perimeter where our defense has issues tackling in space.

 

[volfan411]

Ole Miss' offense isn't as good as ours. So Ole Miss hung 34 on OU in Norman.

Tennessee should atleast get to 40 points against them in Neyland.

So once again, how do we know that they will OU will put up 40?

We have given up an average of 36 PPG in SEC play so maybe it is not 40 but it will be darn close.

The good news is we are averaging 42 PPG so I expect a win in a shootout. Bet the over!!!

 

[deatojl]

We have given up an average of 36 PPG in SEC play so maybe it is not 40 but it will be darn close.

The good news is we are averaging 42 PPG so I expect a win in a shootout. Bet the over!!!

Well, as porous as our defense has been, we have only given up 40 points in one game and it took an OT TD for Georgia to get there. Kentucky is the only offense we have faced in SEC play that scores fewer points than Oklahoma and it is a night game in Neyland against an OL that has allowed 16 sacks in 8 games and a QB who has struggled passing the ball since his surgery. While I don't expect us to shut them down by any means, I could see us keeping them somewhere in the 20-30 point range.

 

[Mccage]

No. No we don’t. Because in theory, Vandy for all we know could be a 10-1 top 8 team when we play them. Beating them would warrant multiple spots jump.

If ND wins out, we beat Vandy ND will move up too….one spot above us

 

[JMSqb11]

If ND wins out, we beat Vandy ND will move up too….one spot above us

Tennessee beating a top 8 10-1 Vandy would get a bigger jump in standings than Notre Dame beating a 7 loss Stanford team.

To be fair, everything is being talked about in the polling environment which is irrelevant. It is all where the CFP committee does the initial rankings.

For all we know, they'll drop us below all the 1 loss teams and could have Notre Dame well in the high teens position.

Because the CFP Committee won't use the polls

 

[deatojl]

Everything will sort itself out over the last four games. If we are a 10-2 SEC team, we will get into the playoffs.