The Official #7 Tennessee @ #12 Georgia Game Thread, 7:30 PM ET, ABC

#153
#153
DaddyChad said:
Not to rain on the parade but Georgia hasn’t lost at home since 2019. Time for Heupel to take the next step and win vs Georgia.
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And who was the power house that came into Athens and beat them in 2019…..a NC contender? Nope. Maybe a Top 5 team? Nope. It was freaking unranked South Carolina. Vols have the ability to win…..just have to show up with the desire and walk away with hedge twigs in your helmet.
 
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#154
#154
My biggest concern about today is that we take designed Nico run plays and QB scramble off the table because of his situation. If I’m UGA I plan on him not running much if it all. They crash ends when we run counters to take Dylan away and pin their ears in passing downs to either hit Nico or force him to throw it away.

If Nico is playing I want to see the playbook not restricted. We’ll see.
 
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Final thoughts from a rival. I think the play of the GA o-line will be the tale of this game. If they play well, GA wins convincingly. If not, the TN front 7 will wreak havoc and GA will struggle to score. I give us the edge being in Athens, but the TN defense has a chance to take the crowd out of the game if our line struggles. Going to be interesting and I think a 4 quarter game.

Also, of course I hope GA destroys TN, but I wish you Vols good fortune in the injury aspect of this game. May all of our players remain healthy. Also, I hope all of you attending the game are treated very well by our GA fans.
 
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Proud Army Wife said:
Tbh, I’m done with setting myself up to expect good things for TN fb. The cfp committee pretty much told us exactly what they think with the rankings. We’ll be left out.
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My hope is we only drop 3-4 spots if it’s a close game. But I’m starting to think UGA beats the spread.

We need Ohio State to trounce Indiana and aTm demolish Texas, imo.

Notre Dame and Indiana are the thorns in our side as the committee loves them. Bama is Bama and the many in the media has recently crowned them the jewel of the SEC though LSU is down and TN beat them by a TD.

Go Vols!
 
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vol94 said:
My hope is we only drop 3-4 spots if it’s a close game. But I’m starting to think UGA beats the spread.

We need Ohio State to trounce Indiana and aTm demolish Texas, imo.

Notre Dame and Indiana are the thorns in our side as the committee loves them. Bama is Bama and the many in the media has recently crowned them the jewel of the SEC though LSU is down and TN beat them by a TD.

Go Vols!
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This is a must win to hit the playoffs.
 
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#164
DirtyDawg said:
Final thoughts from a rival. I think the play of the GA o-line will be the tale of this game. If they play well, GA wins convincingly. If not, the TN front 7 will wreak havoc and GA will struggle to score. I give us the edge being in Athens, but the TN defense has a chance to take the crowd out of the game if our line struggles. Going to be interesting and I think a 4 quarter game.

Also, of course I hope GA destroys TN, but I wish you Vols good fortune in the injury aspect of this game. May all of our players remain healthy. Also, I hope all of you attending the game are treated very well by our GA fans.
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Sorry but I’m gonna have to disagree even though you’re a respected rival poster. Georgia will not win convincingly no matter how your OL plays. There are elite athletes all over the field for both teams, this isn’t gonna be about “what Georgia didn’t do”. This UT defensive line has been giving people problems all year.
 
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Orange931 said:
Sorry but I’m gonna have to disagree even though you’re a respected rival poster. Georgia will not win convincingly no matter how your OL plays. There are elite athletes all over the field for both teams, this isn’t gonna be about “what Georgia didn’t do”. This UT defensive line has been giving people problems all year.
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I didn’t mean it like it sounded. If our line struggles it could just be because of the TN defense playing very well. So I could have said that the TN front 7 will be the tale.

Also, I failed to mention another worry. If TN gets after Beck, how many turnovers will they cause? It’s a problem for us.
 
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DirtyDawg said:
Final thoughts from a rival. I think the play of the GA o-line will be the tale of this game. If they play well, GA wins convincingly. If not, the TN front 7 will wreak havoc and GA will struggle to score. I give us the edge being in Athens, but the TN defense has a chance to take the crowd out of the game if our line struggles. Going to be interesting and I think a 4 quarter game.

Also, of course I hope GA destroys TN, but I wish you Vols good fortune in the injury aspect of this game. May all of our players remain healthy. Also, I hope all of you attending the game are treated very well by our GA fans.
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This will come down to Nico, our o-line and the Vols receivers.

We will have to see how the dawgs o-line holds up to a 12 man deep d-line.
 
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vol94 said:
My hope is we only drop 3-4 spots if it’s a close game. But I’m starting to think UGA beats the spread.

We need Ohio State to trounce Indiana and aTm demolish Texas, imo.

Notre Dame and Indiana are the thorns in our side as the committee loves them. Bama is Bama and the many in the media has recently crowned them the jewel of the SEC though LSU is down and TN beat them by a TD.

Go Vols!
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I doubt they beat the spread unless we just absolutely crap the bed, though we certainly showed we’re capable of that with the Arkansas game 🥴
 
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DirtyDawg said:
I didn’t mean it like it sounded. If our line struggles it could just be because of the TN defense playing very well. So I could have said that the TN front 7 will be the tale.

Also, I failed to mention another worry. If TN gets after Beck, how many turnovers will they cause? It’s a problem for us.
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This is gonna be a great slugfest. I have y’all winning by 7-10, I just don’t see anybody running away with this one.
 
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Orange931 said:
This is gonna be a great slugfest. I have y’all winning by 7-10, I just don’t see anybody running away with this one.
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I agree. Like I said, I give the home team a little edge, but I think it will be a 7-10 point win for one of us.

The difference could be TN’s ability to run the ball. With our line struggles and so many injuries at RB, can we run the Ball? Our Freshman Frazier is going to be great, but he has been fumbling. We have another freshman in Phillips Jr. He might be great one day but he has yet to play.
 
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DirtyDawg said:
I didn’t mean it like it sounded. If our line struggles it could just be because of the TN defense playing very well. So I could have said that the TN front 7 will be the tale.

Also, I failed to mention another worry. If TN gets after Beck, how many turnovers will they cause? It’s a problem for us.
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Hopefully both sides will avoid injuries. I'm thinking that this will be a low-scoring defensive battle from start to finish, with neither QB able to get settled in the pocket.

What are your thoughts on Georgia's depleted RB room? Not necessarily in terms of yardage/TD production, but moreso with regard to picking up pressure in the backfield?
 
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scottchatt said:
And who was the power house that came into Athens and beat them in 2019…..a NC contender? Nope. Maybe a Top 5 team? Nope. It was freaking unranked South Carolina. Vols have the ability to win…..just have to show up with the desire and walk away with hedge twigs in your helmet.
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Oh I fully expect we should win. We’re the better team. Just pointing out even when you have the better team it’s not an easy place to play
 
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tbh said:
Hopefully both sides will avoid injuries. I'm thinking that this will be a low-scoring defensive battle from start to finish, with neither QB able to get settled in the pocket.

What are your thoughts on Georgia's depleted RB room? Not necessarily in terms of yardage/TD production, but moreso with regard to picking up pressure in the backfield?
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This is the biggest problem. It takes awhile to learn to pick up pressure as a RB. Our freshman are very talented but can they do this yet, do they know how to adjust to different blitzes and help on front four pressure?

Short answer is that we might struggle here, and with a struggling line it could be big trouble. Might see us in a lot of 12 or even 13 personnel with a TE’s off the line or in the backfield even.

It’s a great question, and an issue I’m very concerned about.
 
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