re: Georgia "projected as 10.5 Point Favorite over Tennessee"

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Well, I keep forgetting that Pitt was a powerhouse. And that vaunted defense of yours. No way ya'll can lose.

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Yeah yeah, we still haven't beaten anyone. With the most wins in the country over ranked teams, we still haven't beaten anyone.

And if we skulldrag Georgia like we did Alabama, goobers like you will still be claiming we haven't beaten anyone.

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Congrats on finally winning a game that mattered for the 1st time in 20 years though

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Embarrassing you on your home field five years ago was pretty meaningful.

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McKinstry interception, no flag till he was 30 yards downfield

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hahahah still melting!!!

Glorious!

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First games of the year typically mean very little in college football. Especially ones against a team with a new QB in their system Bo Nix.

Teams make their biggest improvements in weeks 3 to 5 usually.

I have the vols winning 58 to 41 over UGA. We will have our most clutch WR Cedric Tilman back and will probably be healthier on defense as well.

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Oregon scored 70 points in their next game.

The reality is simple. UGA's offense and defense are both elite this year. The only things that have slowed them down this season is where UGA was -2 in turnovers (giving opponents short fields making it easier to score) and when UGA had issues getting into the end zone and settled for FG's. That has happened in 2 games... in which UGA punted a grand total of 3 times.

Yes, UGA could have a bad game against TN. If they do... TN could win. But that's what UT needs to win... UGA to play poorly. If UGA plays well and UT plays well, UGA will win by a couple of scores (which is what the line says)

Should be a good game.

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Your personnel is largely the same, and your makeup is largely the same. This time you’re on the road against a much better roster. We shall see

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You lost half your starters and its somehow a better roster? Cool, cool

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Hoping the team is focused on UT-Martin this week and KY next.

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fricking this. I don't give a flying frick about the UGA game right now. I'd like to be 7-0 after Saturday, and then focus on getting our 8th win against Kentucky, then we can worry about UGA.

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I love how Ugay fans are downing Pitt and even Bama in some cases, but they aren't mentioning the literal dogfight they were in back to back weeks against WWE tag team champions Kent State and Mizzou...

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I mean we took down BAMA - why in the world would you bring up Pitt after that?

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I love how Ugay fans are downing Pitt and even Bama in some cases, but they aren't mentioning the literal dogfight they were in back to back weeks against WWE tag team champions Kent State and Mizzou...

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I haven't dogged Pitt other than to say it was a road game (like UGA vs Mizzou. Or Bama vs Texas and Bama vs Tenn).

And I haven't seen UGA fans downplay Kent St or mizzou. Minus 2 in the turnover margin is not a recipe for blowing out an opponent (despite putting up 525 yards total offense to Kent's 281. Or 481 yards total offense to Mizzou's 294).

I appreciate your contribution to the thread. Thoughtful and provoking.

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Ugay

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OkefenokeeKid

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How original.

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On paper, because of your defensive rankings and stats you should win. But so should have Bama as well.

I like the way we matchup against UGA though and believe we can force you to play our game, not your's. I also believe your secondary is big time overrated.

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I actually think UGA matches up much better with UT than Bama.

Prior to the Bama/UT game, UGA was well ahead of Bama in passing stats this year. I know in their heads people think Bama = Pass and UGA = Run, but this year it has been the opposite (until Bama faced UT's secondar).

The thing is, UGA's done this with an extremely versatile offensive attack. They use RB's, TE's and WR's all in various depth routes and all across the field. They are designed to find the pass defense's weakness and exploit it, be it LB's, CB's, S's or whatever.

UGA's also done this without Arian Smith for most of the year (got his first action against Vandy) and without AD Mitchell since the second game of the year. These are UGA's top 2 deep threats and 2 of their top 3 WR's overall. Both are expected to be back at full speed for UF, a week before UT. Because of this meaningful PT has gone to Dillon Bell and Jackson Meeks at WR... which will only help later in the year.

On the other side of the ball, UGA hasn't shown vulnerability to the pass this year. Their largest amount given up was to SC on the road, at 214 yards. A big part of that was in garbage time (76 yards by SC's backup against UGA's 3rd string)

The real issue has been the Jalen Carter injury. He was playing a bit gimpy all year then got chop blocked against Mizzou which has kept him out. UGA gets less push without him in there. Still solid against the run, but puts less pressure on the passing game.

The thing about UGA this year is that we don't have a specific game style. Our offense seeks out what your defense is weak against and does that. Sometimes that's passing to backs out of the backfield like we did against Oregon. Sometimes that's passing to TE's and running smash mouth like we eventually did in the second half to beat Mizzou. Sometimes it's mostly run focused like against Auburn. And sometimes we go mainly on WR routes like against Vandy.

UGA's offense doesn't have a style other than to take what's given. And they're capable of that regardless of what is given.

On defense, UGA is 3rd in total defense, 5th in rushing defense, 8th in passing defense and 2nd in scoring defense nationally.

They haven't really shown a weakness to be exploited to date.

The reality is to win, UT has to keep UGA to FG's in the redzone rather than TD's and be positive in turnover margin. There's not really anything matchup wise that helps them. If both teams bring their A game or their C game (or any equally graded game), UGA wins. UT has to hope UGA makes mistakes to allow them a shot.

Georgia covers this line easily. Tenner had to play a perfect game to beat Bama in a down year.