tOfficial '2015 Tennessee Volunteers' Football Thread

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[UKnation87]

Vols win 52-21

Man, that was an ass kickin'.... congrats on the nice win.

 

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Tennessee bowl projections:

SB Nation: Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin.
CBSports: Belk Bowl vs. NC State.
SDS: Music City vs. North Carolina.
ESPN: Belk vs. North Carolina / Music City vs. Indiana.
Phil Steele: Belk vs. Pittsburgh

 

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Phil Steele's SEC Power Rankings:

1. Alabama
2. Tennessee
3. Florida
4. LSU
5. Ole Miss
6. Mississippi State
7. Arkansas
8. Georgia
9. Texas A&M
10. Auburn
11. South Carolina
12. Missouri
13. Vanderbilt
14. Kentucky

Phil Steele

 

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[Tin Man]

Tennessee bowl projections:

SB Nation: Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin.
CBSports: Belk Bowl vs. NC State.
SDS: Music City vs. North Carolina.
ESPN: Belk vs. North Carolina / Music City vs. Indiana.
Phil Steele: Belk vs. Pittsburgh

I'd say SB Nation expects UTK to win out, and they are paying attention to the games played, not just basing Bowl placement predictions on projected won/loss records. Tennessee travels well, pulls eyes to TV screens, and deserve pairing with a B1G opponent in one of the NYD Bowls. Unless the Vols stumble in their remaining schedule, they deserve better than a working-Wednesday afternoon game (Belk) vs some ACC also ran.

 

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This site has Tennessee with the #1 SoS so far:

NCAA College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings & Ratings

 

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Tennessee opens as a 40-point favorite over UNT.

 

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Tennessee @ Mizzou game will be at 6:15 PM CT on ESPN.

 

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The Vols' coaches aren't particularly thrilled with it but won't have a ton of choice in terms of playing starters more than they'd prefer this weekend. The lack of depth is significant, and Tennessee won't risk it with Jashon Robertson and not expected to test Preston Williams this week, either. Brett Kendrick and Marquez North are expected to try to be available while defensively, the Vols should have both Stephen Griffin and Darrell Miller but may not have Elliott Berry. North has been better everyday this week compared to last week, but the final test for him won't come until Saturday's warm-up's where last week spasms prevented him from going. This week, North's treatment routine was altered in hopes of the back responding more favorably. With the unknowns with North and the continued shut down of Williams. There aren't a lot of receivers to sub and they would like to get some guys particularly Josh Malone and Josh Smith some rest as those two have logged the most reps at the position.

And though he's redshirting, Drew Richmond didn't dress last week with a foot injury and isn't likely to dress this week, either. Venzell Boulware should dress while he goes through a redshirt season. Coaches have raved about Boulware really since the open date. In fact, he won one of the program's grinder awards last week for his work in the weight room.

- Hubbs

 

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