I believe they're going to throw a little more than with Michigan, but I also believe they're still going to try and run early to open up the passing lanes. Ryan wants to prove they can run the ball and seems determined to keep doing it. We've been vulnerable across the middle with TEs so I'd expect they'll try that some. They're probably going to try and confuse our young linebackers to slow them down. On defense I predict they'll try to stop the run as priority number one. They will dare us to throw the ball and then start disguising drop back coverage and blitzes to try to force a mistake by Nico.
If Nico can make the open throws and our defense can generate a pass rush that doesn't take 10 seconds to get home I think we have a really good chance to win this game. Go Vols!