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I know what you did last week: a look at the Tennessee Volunteers' upcoming opponents

A quick recap of what all of the Vols' future opponents did last week, with animated drive charts.

Northern Illinois

  • Shut out Eastern Michigan on the road, 37-0.
  • EMU's starting QB left the game early with a shoulder injury.
  • Me'Co Brown, NIU's leader in all-purpose and rushing yards, rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown.
  • QB Dan Nicholson was 11-15 for 92 yards.
  • Roughly 17,000 people attended this game. The Huskies may see four times that number this Saturday at Neyland. Maybe.

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Rank
Team
WL
SOS
PED
RD
3DO
TD
PEO
EXP
OPPG
TO
3DD
AVG R
W AVG
60
Northern Ill.
63
75
41
42
10
30
28
9
22
52
27
36.27
191.94

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Georgia v. Alabama

  • Alabama stomped Georgia in Athens, 41-30.
  • The Tide began the game an astounding 31-0 before the break. Georgia showed some signs of life in the second, but this game wasn't nearly as close as the score indicates.
  • Alabama scored on its first five possessions. They have not trailed an opponent all season.
  • Tide QB John Parker Wilson was 13-16 for 205 yards and a TD. RB Glen Coffee had 23 carries for 86 yards and two TDs. WR Julio Jones caught five balls for 94 yards and one TD. Balance, anyone?
  • Georgia QB Matthew Stafford went 24-42 for 274 yards, two TDs, and one INT. Dawg playmakers RB Knowshon Moreno and WR A.J. Green were held to 34 and 88 yards respectively.
  • Remember all of the pre-season hype about Georgia? And the in-season hype about Georgia? Now they're starting to parrot things like this: "Georgia has played three games between Top 10 teams in the long history of Sanford Stadium. The Bulldogs have lost all three. Georgia has alos lost five ot its last six home games against Top 10 teams." Sound sorta kinda familiar?
  • Moreno suffered a contusion and may miss the Tennessee game, but the Dawgs have a week off to lick their wounds and prepare for Tennessee.
Rank
Team
WL
SOS
PED
RD
3DO
TD
PEO
EXP
OPPG
TO
3DD
AVG R
W AVG
3
Alabama
1
41
18
3
14
18
42
95
15
57
13
28.82
58.97
11
Georgia
19
7
69
6
27
22
30
90
39
30
37
34.18
88.22

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Mississippi State

  • Lost at LSU, 24-34.
  • The Bulldogs trailed only 17-10 at halftime and by only 10 points during most of the fourth quarter. They rushed for 110 yards against an LSU defense that had been giving up an average of only 55.3 yards per game. Anthony Dixon and Christian Ducre each had rushing TDs.
  • The Bulldogs fell to 1-4 for the sixth time in the last eight years.
Rank
Team
WL
SOS
PED
RD
3DO
TD
PEO
EXP
OPPG
TO
3DD
AVG R
W AVG
108
Mississippi St.
107
22
25
93
99
51
90
38
52
104
29
64.55
312.61

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Alabama

  • See above.

South Carolina

  • Beat UAB at home, 26-13.
  • Troubled QB Stephen Garcia entered the game on the Gamecocks' second possession, and over the next five possessions accounted for all but six of South Carolina's yards. He either passed or ran the ball on 26 of the next 32 plays. He finished 13-20 for 131 yards with another 86 yards rushing. Most of his rushing yards came not on designed plays, but on scrambles after he couldn't find anyone open.
  • The defense held UAB to 207 total yards and forced three turnovers.
Rank
Team
WL
SOS
PED
RD
3DO
TD
PEO
EXP
OPPG
TO
3DD
AVG R
W AVG
48
South Carolina
50
55
6
39
31
1
84
26
11
79
43
38.64
155.21

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Wyoming

  • Lost 45-16 at Bowling Green.
  • Wyoming is struggling offensively, especially in the passing game. Huh. Seems like I've written that sentence recently.
  • In its two other losses this season, the Cowboys have had 11 turnovers, including six interceptions. Will somebody please stop with the deja vu already?
Rank
Team
WL
SOS
PED
RD
3DO
TD
PEO
EXP
OPPG
TO
3DD
AVG R
W AVG
87
Wyoming
83
83
73
57
95
43
119
26
90
115
24
73.45
265.49

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Vanderbilt

  • Bye

Kentucky

  • Beat Western Kentucky at home, 41-3.
  • QB Mike Hartline went 19-30 for 172 yards, one TD, and one INT.
  • RBs Alfonso Smith and Tony Dixon rushed for 67 and 45 yards respectively, and they had three TDs between them.
  • The Kentucky defense held Western Kentucky's QBs to 15 yards passing. See? It could be worse.
  • Derrick Locke had a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD.
Rank
Team
WL
SOS
PED
RD
3DO
TD
PEO
EXP
OPPG
TO
3DD
AVG R
W AVG
29
Kentucky
1
106
3
13
77
4
89
38
1
73
5
37.27
117.47

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