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How Tennessee's Future Opponents Did This Week

By Joel Hollingsworth
Robert Mayer-US PRESSWIRE - Presswire

I Know What You Did Last Week: A quick look at how Tennessee's remaining opponents performed this past weekend.

Akron Zips

  • Week 1: Lost big to UCF, 56-14.
  • Week 2: Lost to FIU, 41-38.
  • Week 3: Beat the Morgan State Bears, 66-6.
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  • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: THE SAME. If I had ever heard of the Morgan State Bears, I'd be more worried, but for all I know, it's a team of actual bears. Which could be dangerous, of course, but I'm guessing they'd lose on penalties alone.

@Georgia Bulldogs

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  • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: WORSE. The first and only play on that video link immediately above is an end around. Now you feel worse, too, right?

@Mississippi State Bulldogs

  • Week 1: Clobbered Jackson State, 56-9.
  • Week 2: Beat Auburn, 28-10.
  • Week 3: Beat the Trojan Troys Trojans, 30-24.
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  • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: UM . . . BETTER ABOUT MISSISSIPPI STATE AND WORSE ABOUT TROY?

Alabama Crimson Tide

  • Week 1: Sheesh, I hate these guys. Embarrassed Michigan, 41-14 in front of a ginormous mirror and a national television audience.
  • Week 2: Beat Western Kentucky, 35-0.
  • Week 3: Beat a headless Arkansas Razorbacks team, 52-0.
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  • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: THE SAME KIND OF BAD. Vols lose.

@South Carolina Gamecocks

  • Week 1: Squeaked (squoke? It is a chicken.) by Vandy, 17-13.
  • Week 2: Beat East Carolina, 48-10.
  • Beat the UAB Blazers, 49-6.
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  • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: WORSE. It's partly us. Also, Connor Shaw got hurt, but his backup led the team to their final 35 points.

Troy Trojans

  • Week 1: Beat UAB, 39-29.
  • Week 2: Lost to the Ragin' Cajuns, 37-24.
  • Week 3: Lost to Mississippi State, 30-24.
  • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: SLIGHTLY WORSE.

Missouri Tigers

  • Week 1: Beat SE Louisiana Lions, whoever they are, 62-10.
  • Week 2: Lost to Georgia, 41-20.
  • Beat Arizona State, 24-20.

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  • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: BETTER, ACTUALLY. Be sure to watch the drive chart on that one. They could have easily lost right there at the end.

    • @Vanderbilt Commodores

    • Week1: Lost in the aforementioned squeaker to South Carolina, 17-13.
    • Week 2: Lost to Northwestern, 23-13.
    • Week 3: Beat the Presbyterian Blue Hose, 58-0.
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    • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: THE SAME WAY HE FELT PRESEASON. Put the Blue Hose in the same category as the Morgan State Bears except that I have heard of them. But the reason I remember them is "Blue Hose."

    Kentucky Wildcats

    • Week 1: Lost to Louisville, 32-14.
    • Week 2: Beat Kent State, 47-14.
    • Week 3: Lost to Western Kentucky in OT, 32-31.
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    • Joel feels __________ about this game this week: BETTER. The drive chart is a little confused about overtime in this one, but man, that is painful to watch. They were completely ineffective. Against Western Kentucky. Then they came back to tie. Only to lose in overtime. At home.

    Conclusion after Week One

    Much to my surprise, I'm not really changing any of my preseason predictions after getting Florida wrong. Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina are still down as almost certain losses. The questionable games are Mississippi State and Missouri, and although I'm not feeling quite as good about our own team, neither neither the Bulldogs nor the Tigers did anything this week to make me more wary of them.

    Opponent Preseason Prediction Revised Prediction Result
    NC State W W W
    Georgia State W W W
    Florida W W L
    Akron W W
    Georgia L L
    Mississippi St. W W
    Alabama L L
    South Carolina L L
    Troy W W
    Missouri W W
    Vanderbilt W W
    Kentucky W W
    Record 9-3 8-4

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