Early betting lines released for Florida/Bama/Georgia

#26
#26
Man, I’m taking UT to cover the 9.5 vs Bama all day. We usually play pretty well in Tuscaloosa when we have a solid team. It will be difficult to win, but I wouldn’t be shocked if we did. Losing by double digits would shock me.

The Swamp, on the other hand, scares me. Not touching that line with a 10 foot pole. Murphy’s Law is in effect down there. We can all go through the list of games in our heads where you’re not only stunned UT lost, but the way they lost boggles the mind.
 
#28
#28
My biggest fear this season is that fans in Neyland will go into every game expecting fireworks (on the field) and if we come up against a defense that stymies us for awhile, the entitled boo-birds will come out.

Some day that entitled mindset's gonna cost us some highly valued recruit. We fans need a "giving our all for Tennessee" mindset, too.
 
#32
#32
The single most important position that dictates a season is quarterback play. Tennessee is coming into this season with a better QB than either Bama or Georgia.
I think Milton proved he is a different QB with the Vanderbilt and Clemson games. He took being benched for Hendon on the chin and he did not transfer. He stayed and has gotten a grip of Heupel's system. Milton has something to prove..
Not to mention that is something does happen with Milton.......Nico could come in and be just as good as any QB Bama is going to field this season.
Let's not overlook that when we started last season Hyatt was not our top receiver, it was Tillman. There is no way a preseason betting line can be accurate especially with the NIL. Donte' Thornton can be a game changer-- our new Hyatt.
 
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#34
#34
I’m tempted to jump all over that Georgia game line. No way they are coming to Knoxville and winning by more than 7.
 
#35
#35
Seems about right honestly for right now. Either way, I’m taking the points or outright on Bama and Georgia. Florida game hard to judge. Been plenty of seasons where we went down there with the better team, like this year, and lost because we laid an egg. Don’t think it’s a problem now but hard to move past that.
 
#37
#37
Just an early BS opinion at this point. Injuries and other circumstances could really change situations between now and those game times………
 
#38
#38
Bet the house. Tennessee is not losing this year and the reason why will be a surprise to most. . .

The reason will be our defense. When it improves in year 3 as much over year 2 as it did from y1 to y2, no one will be able to compete, no one. A 7pt defensive improvement (the same as y2 over y1) puts us at 15ppg allowed. No one is holding the 3rd year Vols offense to less than 15pts.
 
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#39
#39
I'm not sure what people expect. Alabama has been an elite program for a while so their betting lines are going to be on the high side because the oddsmakers don't want the risk of giving generous lines to Alabama. The perception is that UT lost Hooker and some big time receivers while Saban will reload like he always has up to this point. Basically our win last year is viewed by others as a one off, fluke occurrence.

If anything, I find the line being under 10 to be highly, highly encouraging. I think Alabama has real problems at QB and that everyone else is catching up.
 
#40
#40
The concerning part is that Georgia has 9 commits in the top 100 on 247 and will add more. Tn has 1. The talent gap needs to be much closer.
 
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