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Your Braynography for the week. Why the fireworks? Because Kingsburg is undefeated and has at least a share of their league's championship. (Note that Bray can scramble and stiff-arm. And the throws. Oh, wow, the throws. On fourth and 12, even.) Go to YouTube to see the HD if you want; it's pretty good quality.

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Jonathan Crompton and other Volunteers slowly climbing national rankings

Tennessee is trending upward, appearing to have successfully navigated the meat of the Kiffin Chimera's learning curve. Despite a pretty big hole they dug for themselves early on, several Volunteers are slowly climbing the national rankings in several major statistical categories. Have a look:

Offense

Note that we have no receivers ranked nationally in receptions per game, receiving yards per game, or total receiving yards, which must mean that Crompton is spreading the ball around and the driving force in the passing game.

Defense

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Tennessee 56 Tiger High 28: Lane Kiffin does whatever he wants

Bryce Brown, with the return of the over-the-pile dive for six.

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Bryce Brown, with the return of the over-the-pile dive for six.


If you didn't see it and you're only looking at the final or the box score, the real numbers aren't the double-up on the scoreboard, or the fact that Memphis gained 401 yards and scored more points against Tennessee's defense than anyone has all season.  Any eyebrow-raising is reserved for next season.

Because the real story of this game was told in the first thirty minutes and the first two drives of the second half.  Tennessee had eight possessions in that span, and scored touchdowns on seven of them.  We still don't know if we can kick field goals, because Lane Kiffin and the Vols weren't playing that game tonight.

Instead of settling at any point in the first half, Kiffin and the Vols went for the throat from the first play.  After David Oku set the tone with a 69 yard return on the opening kick, the Vols ran a trick play on their first snap, an incomplete halfback pass.  No matter, the Vols scored five plays later, and we were off to the races.

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Tennessee races to huge early lead against Memphis, coasts to 56-28 win

 

Don't let the final score or total stats fool you. The Tennessee Volunteers 56-28 complete and utter beatdown of the Memphis Tigers was over long before the first half came to a close.

First half stats:

  • 382 yards total offense
  • 305 passing yards
  • 5 touchdowns from Jonathan Crompton
  • 18 first downs
  • Four trick plays, including a surprise onside kick that would have been successful if not for an offsides penalty
  • A 28-point second quarter
  • A 42-7 halftime lead

All of that allowed us Vol fans to see something we hadn't seen in years: an entire second half devoted to getting the backups real live reps, and a leisurely close to a game that had even the most knowledgeable of us crawling through the roster to see who was on the field. Just remind yourself that the buzz kill in the second half was because we are simply not used to being so far ahead that we burn game time preparing for next season.

And yes, it feels good.

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Tennessee Volunteers vs. Memphis Tigers: 2nd half game thread

Tennessee logo   Tennessee logo
104
Net Yards
382
52
Rush Yards
77
52
Pass Yards
305
7
1st Downs
18
11:23
TOP
18:37
0/5
3rd downs
5/8
0/0
4td downs
2/3
1
INT thrown
0
1/4
Sacks/yards
2/16

 

So what do you do here? Put in Stephens or let Crompton try to make up for lost time with a 700 yard game? I say the latter. Sorry, Nick. See you next year.

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Tennessee Volunteers vs. Memphis Tigers: open game thread

Memphis logo
NR (BlogPoll)

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Tennessee logo
NR (BlogPoll)

Kickoff: 7 p.m. EST
Television: ESPNU
Eric Collins, Brock Huard
Vol Network Radio: Free Audio | Station List
Bob Kesling, Tim Priest and Mike Stowell
Live Video Streaming: ESPN360.com
Satellite Radio: XM Radio: 199 | Sirius Radio: 219
Live Stats: Gametracker
Game Day Information
Game Day Activities/Timing Schedule

Jackson the Mule says . . .
Jackson the Mule
. . .
my father was a Tennessee Walking Mule.

 

VolnVA wins this week's Hail Mary Haiku with the following:

Memphis Tigers are
More like paper tigers, so
They will be shredded

Leave your pre-, in-, and post-game comments below.

Go Vols!

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ESPN College GameDay and early games open thread

With yet another night game for the Vols, there's a full day of football before things get serious against Memphis. Here's one recommended viewing schedule for Vol fans again:

Watch these live

South Carolina
@
Arkansas 12:21 p.m. SECN
LSU
@
Alabama 3:30 p.m. CBS
Memphis
@
Tennessee 7:00 p.m. ESPNU


Flip between/DVR these

Ohio State
@
Penn State 3:30 p.m. ABC
Vanderbilt
@
Florida 7:15 p.m. ESPN2

 

All times EST

Of course, the day kicks off again with ESPN College GameDay, which starts at 10:00 and shoots live from. . . wha? . . . Colorado Springs for the Army-Air Force game. Huh. Comments on that?

Quick question, as a Vol fan, who are you rooting for in the LSU-Alabama game? LSU, because you hate Alabama, or Alabama, because that would be the first domino to fall in the unlikely scenario Tennessee finishes the season the third best team in the SEC?

Leave your comments on GameDay and/or the early games below.

 

Poll
Who do you want to win the LSU-Alabama game?
LSU
55 votes
Alabama
40 votes

95 votes | Poll has closed

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