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

By Joel Hollingsworth Sep 30, 2008, 7:22am EDT

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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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