Tennessee -28 seems a little much.....

[FBtime]

If we "only" beat Virginia 42-17 and dont cover the spread, the reaction on this site will be hysterical. Yall clearly werent paying attention from 2002 - 2021 and it shows.

Interesting...wasn't aware we had the same coach and dearth of talent from those years

 

[EZE]

New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.

My Heupel rule in Vegas…always take the Vols on big spreads like this. He buries inferior teams.

With that said, Milton is a wild card right now.

 

[Volfan39]

If we "only" beat Virginia 42-17 and dont cover the spread, the reaction on this site will be hysterical. Yall clearly werent paying attention from 2002 - 2021 and it shows.

I just don’t think you realize how bad Virginia is. They are worse than vandy and we beat them by 56 last year. This ain’t the same team from two years ago.

 

[terrypedigo]

Mark it down VOLS by 40; bet the house and you will have 2.

 

[farmdogvol]

Let me restate....losing the Biletnikoff Trophy winner and Cedric Tillman isnt something to scorff at.

Tillman missed most of last season, Keyton did just fine against UF and Bama. White did just fine against Clemson in the bowl game. UT just reloaded at WR and will run free against UVA just like they did against most everybody last year. The UVA DC is not even preparing for UT's offense. He is practicing against UVA's 2 minute offense.

 

[KPT_VFL]

UVA is one of the worst P5 teams this year.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

2022 Vols points per game: 46 (1st of 131)
2022 Cavs points per game: 17 (126th of 131)

46 - 17 = 29.

Is it at all surprising Vegas picked 28 ppg as the margin?

I mean, does it REALLY seem "a little much" to you? Really?

 

[Erich]

The stats say cover but I’m not sure the stats are what drives this. Does CJH want to use this game as a “pre season” warm up to gel or go for crazy points to kick the polls? I’m guessing the former. But still may cover.

 

[NeverWe'llSever]

Easy W

 

[jcvols24]

Outside of a very select few, coaches that come across Heupel's offense for the very first time are generally shell shocked at just how poorly they prepared for it. Without superior talent advantages to overcome this, I'd guess UVA is in for a very long afternoon.

 

[BigBadVol]

Plus their idiot coach has said no special preparation for TN’s fast paced offense. OK. Says their offense also works at pace during practice. He’s comparing VA’s offense to TN’s. Delusional. I can see TN being up 28 at the half.

 

[Volador]

If I want to gamble, I’ll either get married again or go to a casino and play blackjack. One of those, my odds would be pretty good. The other, along with betting on or against the volunteers, would be near suicide

 

[BigALWiLson]

If we "only" beat Virginia 42-17 and dont cover the spread, the reaction on this site will be hysterical. Yall clearly werent paying attention from 2002 - 2021 and it shows.

This is a real staff with kids that give a damn. I'm not sure abput 28 points in game one but at the same time I know what they are capable of.... See Clemson

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

This is a real staff with kids that give a damn. I'm not sure abput 28 points in game one but at the same time I know what they are capable of.... See Clemson

Speaking of… I’m gleefully watching that beatdown yet again as I type this

 

[norrislakevol]

Virginia has as much talent on paper as Vandy does. We will crush them. Take the Vols and the points.

 

[MurphyVol]

New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.

Seems high ... for the first half

 

[BruisedOrange]

So, in an effort to keep Tennessee money in the state of Tennessee, let me make the case for UVA covering the spread:

- This season (and last spring) Coach Elliott is now coaching the players who want to play for him in his offense. Was not true last season.

- The tragedies of last season have been mourned, and have now been re-shaped into motivation, through spring & summer conditioning and now prep for this season. UVA players--whatever their skill level--are going to give their all in Nashville.

- Teams cannot duplicate our offensive speed in practice when they have 1-2 weeks to prepare. But UVA has had all spring and summer to prepare. Disregard Elliott's comments---their practice team has been working on a dozen Tennessee plays from multiple formations to run as fast as possible in practice. No one's defense will be more mentally prepared for us than UVA.

- We'll see how fast our offense can run behind a backup center. Kudos to him if he can make all the blocking calls correctly and quickly. But, knowing Mays won't be in there, UVA will be inserting some quick-shift stunts into their defensive game plan.

- We've improved our roster on the defensive line, but have we replaced Byron Young's speed and skill set? I think we'll see better push up front, but will that culminate in sacks... will the push be enough to hurry the passer and give our questionable DBs a much needed edge?

I have no idea if we'll dominate or find ourselves in a contest. But I'll offer this as a prediction:
If we cover the spread, it will be due to points coming out of special teams play.

 

[BigBadVol]

Virginia has as much talent on paper as Vandy does. We will crush them. Take the Vols and the points.

Vandy has talent? Who knew?

 

[Volfan39]

So, in an effort to keep Tennessee money in the state of Tennessee, let me make the case for UVA covering the spread:

- This season (and last spring) Coach Elliott is now coaching the players who want to play for him in his offense. Was not true last season.

- The tragedies of last season have been mourned, and have now been re-shaped into motivation, through spring & summer conditioning and now prep for this season. UVA players--whatever their skill level--are going to give their all in Nashville.

- Teams cannot duplicate our offensive speed in practice when they have 1-2 weeks to prepare. But UVA has had all spring and summer to prepare. Disregard Elliott's comments---their practice team has been working on a dozen Tennessee plays from multiple formations to run as fast as possible in practice. No one's defense will be more mentally prepared for us than UVA.

- We'll see how fast our offense can run behind a backup center. Kudos to him if he can make all the blocking calls correctly and quickly. But, knowing Mays won't be in there, UVA will be inserting some quick-shift stunts into their defensive game plan.

- We've improved our roster on the defensive line, but have we replaced Byron Young's speed and skill set? I think we'll see better push up front, but will that culminate in sacks... will the push be enough to hurry the passer and give our questionable DBs a much needed edge?

I have no idea if we'll dominate or find ourselves in a contest. But I'll offer this as a prediction:
If we cover the spread, it will be due to points coming out of special teams play.

We may not cover but this game will never be in doubt. I truly can’t even comprehend why people would ever think this game will be close other than have BVS. They also lost there 3 best defensive players to the portal but nobody ever seems to mention that

 

[tennesseeduke]

In the fis

New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points
/QUOTE]
In the first half-28 might be tight!

 

[rdk4121]

We beat Vandy 56-0 last year with a poor game from Joe. I think Vandy is much better than this Virginia team.

I wouldn't say Vandy is much better, but certainly pretty similar, and your point stands. We should beat them handedly

 

[VFL-82-JP]

I have no idea if we'll dominate or find ourselves in a contest. But I'll offer this as a prediction:
If we cover the spread, it will be due to points coming out of special teams play.

Friend, I'd bet you that our offense outscores their offense by 28 points. Leaving defensive fireworks and special teams points out of it.

That's just the difference in these two teams' capacities for scoring.

Go Vols!

p.s. We'll dominate. Of that, there should be no doubt.

 

[vegasvolfan]

New starting QB that we have seen really good from and really bad from in the past.
Offensive line changes/injuries.
A mostly new group of starting wide receivers.
A neutral field (Nashville...but still)

Virginia is a Power 5 team, albeit a pretty bad one. The spread is a full 4 touchdowns?!

Give me the 28 points.

Not a game I would bet on. For starters, I don’t bet on games my team plays in. Two, too many new pieces this year beginning with a QB that hasn’t proven he is consistent yet. Three, it’s on the road. Four… well that’s just it four touchdown spread?

Now if we pick up where we left off, we should smash them, but I just wouldn’t pick this game to bet on and would want to wait and see IF I were a betting man on our games.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

So, in an effort to keep Tennessee money in the state of Tennessee, let me make the case for UVA covering the spread:

- This season (and last spring) Coach Elliott is now coaching the players who want to play for him in his offense. Was not true last season.

- The tragedies of last season have been mourned, and have now been re-shaped into motivation, through spring & summer conditioning and now prep for this season. UVA players--whatever their skill level--are going to give their all in Nashville.

- Teams cannot duplicate our offensive speed in practice when they have 1-2 weeks to prepare. But UVA has had all spring and summer to prepare. Disregard Elliott's comments---their practice team has been working on a dozen Tennessee plays from multiple formations to run as fast as possible in practice. No one's defense will be more mentally prepared for us than UVA.

- We'll see how fast our offense can run behind a backup center. Kudos to him if he can make all the blocking calls correctly and quickly. But, knowing Mays won't be in there, UVA will be inserting some quick-shift stunts into their defensive game plan.

- We've improved our roster on the defensive line, but have we replaced Byron Young's speed and skill set? I think we'll see better push up front, but will that culminate in sacks... will the push be enough to hurry the passer and give our questionable DBs a much needed edge?

I have no idea if we'll dominate or find ourselves in a contest. But I'll offer this as a prediction:
If we cover the spread, it will be due to points coming out of special teams play.

Don’t come in here with any type of logical reasoning. I expressed some skepticism a few days ago and was criticized.

 

[Volfan39]

Don’t come in here with any type of logical reasoning. I expressed some skepticism a few days ago and was criticized.

I just truly don’t think they have the horses. They may keep it close in the first half but I think Tennessee pulls away in the 4th. But I think it’s a game where Tennessee knows the game was closer than the score indicates. I say Tennessee by 25 but feels like a two score game.