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October 20 , 2007, 12:30 p.m. EST
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No. 20 (BlogPoll) |
NR (BlogPoll) |
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Tennessee rush
v. Alabama defense |
Tennessee pass
v. Alabama defense |
Alabama rush
v. Tennessee defense |
Alabama pass
v. Tennessee defense |
| 62 | 25 | 66 | 70 |
| 40 | 36 | 45 | 62 |
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Field Goals
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Tennessee punting
v. Alabama punt return |
Alabama punting
v. Tennessee punt return |
Intangibles |
| T-6 | 56 | 89 | |
| T-17 | 9 | 82 | |
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Yikes. Well, perhaps the respective schedules make the numbers look better:
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ALABAMA
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DATE
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OPPONENT
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RESULT/TIME
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| 09/01 | W Carolina | W 52-6 |
| 09/08 | at Vanderbilt | W 24-10 |
| 09/15 | #16 Arkansas | W 41-38 |
| 09/22 | #22 Georgia | L 26-23 |
| 09/29 | at Florida St | L 21-14 |
| 10/06 | Houston | W 30-24 |
| 10/13 | at Ole Miss | W 27-24 |
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TENNESSEE
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DATE
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OPPONENT
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RESULT/TIME
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| 09/01 | at #12 California | L 45-31 |
| 09/08 | So Miss | W 39-19 |
| 09/15 | at #5 Florida | L 59-20 |
| 09/22 | Arkansas St | W 48-27 |
| 10/06 | #12 Georgia | W 35-14 |
| 10/13 | at Miss St | W 33-21 |
Okay, so two losses each, ours to #12 Cal and #5 Florida and theirs to #22 Georgia (who we beat badly) and unranked FSU. One win versus a ranked team each, ours a blowout over #12 Georgia and theirs in a close one over #16 Arkansas. The other games: wins over Southern Miss, Arkansas State, and Mississippi State for us and wins over Western Carolina, Vanderbilt, Houston, and Ole Miss for them.
Call it a slightly better schedule for the Vols, but when our only advantages are in field goals and in the passing game, there is cause for concern, and with a new no-nonsense sheriff in T-Town, Fulmer's stranglehold on the Crimson Tide may be at its end. Still, Tennessee is trending upward and may be a better team than its cumulative season stats indicate.
With the crazy schedule this week, I never got around to opening the voting for the Hail Mary Haiku, so I'm just going to pick a winner myself this week. Congrats to ttocswob again this week for Tiedyed:
Tiedyed
Touchdown, Tennessee!
Then they are tied - overtime!
Turnover! ....Tide died!
by ttocswob
Hmm, this is a pick 'em, and I'm going with the team trending upward: Vols, 24-21.
Leave your predictions and pre-, in-, and post-game thoughts below.
Go Vols!