Tennessee hosts Alabama this third week in October coming off a huge win in Auburn. I don’t recall ever playing the Tigers and Tide in consecutive weeks even during the era when both were annual rival games. There are good reasons why they were not scheduled back to back but …
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An old rival, for many years prior to the SEC expanding in 1992 and moving to division play, the Auburn Tigers were usually the Vols first conference opponent. I had the opportunity to coach in ten of these games and without question they were the most physical opponent we played …
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This is a very good time for an open week after two physical SEC East rivals and prior to two physical SEC opponents from the West. The good news on the injury front is there seems to be little news on the injury front …..and no news is usually good …
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This trip to Athens was going to be difficult regardless of what happened last week against Florida. Georgia is clearly the top Dawg in the east and one of the top five teams in all of college football this young season. However after last Saturday’s loss to the Gators this …
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The Vols have spent the last three weeks, including two games with ETSU and UTEP, and practice this week preparing for the SEC schedule that starts Saturday against Florida. This staff now knows what the playing rotation for each position group is and what they are capable of doing from …
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Last week accomplished what was hoped for in the progression of this 2018 team. A win was never in doubt from the day the ETSU game was scheduled but more importantly for the future of this season significant improvement and the increased identifying of players who can “play” was a …
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Coach Doug Mathews
