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Tennessee Football Gets GOOD NEWS Before Georgia Tech vs Vols! · SEC Football Addiction

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  Speaker 1: I was going to say, speaking of quarterbacks, I am
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  Speaker 1: dying to see Faison Brandon for the University of Tennessee
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  Speaker 1: up against Georgia Tech. This game coverage presented by PrizePix here.
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  Speaker 1: TJ is going to sit this one out in respect
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  Speaker 1: to the ACC because of everything that has happened with
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  Speaker 1: his Florida State Devils this week. But, Cole, I'll go
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  Speaker 1: to you first here with Faison Brandon. His first road
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  Speaker 1: game is something we talked about during the offseason was, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they got to figure out their quarterback situation.
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  Speaker 1: The home opener is not going to be something that
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  Speaker 1: really keeps them up at night. But it's like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: you're going on the road against Georgia Tech, and then
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  Speaker 1: pretty early on in the season, you're tested within SEC play.
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  Speaker 1: So what do you expect from Faison Brandon against Georgia Tech,
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  Speaker 1: who struggled, which is putting it mildly, against Colorado?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, if you would have told me that Colorado was
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  Speaker 2: the more physically imposing team, I would have scoffed. We
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  Speaker 2: also have the viral video of what happened with the
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  Speaker 2: strength and conditioning coach.
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  Speaker 3: And that's not a.
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  Speaker 2: Shot at her whatsoever. It's just you think a certain way,
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  Speaker 2: and that's the way your brain is wired. And you
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  Speaker 2: think that Brent Key is not going to allow his
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  Speaker 2: team to be complacent in the most obvious area, physicality.
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  Speaker 2: And they got worked in the trenches. So they did.
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  Speaker 2: They were terrible in run defense. And one thing that
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  Speaker 2: I thought was going to be such a major win
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  Speaker 2: for a program like Georgia Tech is is that they'd
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  Speaker 2: be able to run the football, especially with what you
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  Speaker 2: got with Justice Haynes as your lead back. They were
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  Speaker 2: outrushed 153-89, and you got a better running back in
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  Speaker 2: college football than Deshaun Bishop sitting in Knoxville, Tennessee. And
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  Speaker 2: you got some good depth behind him, too. So the
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  Speaker 2: one thing that I think is going to be really
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  Speaker 2: important in this game, if you are Josh Heupel and company,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to have to have the rushing attack set
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  Speaker 2: up to pass. And that's a good thing because of
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  Speaker 2: most of these offenses that we're so accustomed to seeing,
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  Speaker 2: the Alex Goloshes, partially the Lane Kiffins, the Jeff Lebbies,
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  Speaker 2: and Josh Heupel, they use the run to set up
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  Speaker 2: to pass. They're very much a run-oriented unit that allows
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  Speaker 2: themselves to get the explosive plays downfield. So I want
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  Speaker 2: to be able to see Josh Heupel kind of go
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  Speaker 2: after this defensive line the way that Colorado did with
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  Speaker 2: Brennan Marion last week and be able to kind of
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  Speaker 2: tire them out. So where you have them now having
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  Speaker 2: to make some plays to where you're throwing a linebacker
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  Speaker 2: or maybe a safety closer towards the line of scrimmage
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  Speaker 2: just to be able to take away the rushing element,
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  Speaker 2: which you're not really doing. What you're doing is you're
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  Speaker 2: now allowing yourself to find the defense in the trap
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  Speaker 2: and and take that deep shot down the field to
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  Speaker 2: a Mike Matthews, to a Braylon Staley, to a TK Keys,
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  Speaker 2: to whoever is the next big-time receiver. And we know
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  Speaker 2: that Faison Brandon is able to make those throws. The
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  Speaker 2: big question that I have is, can you simplify this
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  Speaker 2: offense enough to make sure that the road environment... Is
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  Speaker 2: it going to be too much for Faison Brandon? I'm
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  Speaker 2: not saying that Faison Brandon is going to be bad
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  Speaker 2: in this game. What I am saying is Faison Brandon
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  Speaker 2: is going to have a tougher test against Georgia Tech
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  Speaker 2: than he had against the Furman Paladins. That's just the
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  Speaker 2: bottom line because it's the level of competition. But I
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  Speaker 2: still believe that he's going to make the right reads.
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  Speaker 2: I still believe that he's going to be accurate. I
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  Speaker 2: think decision making is going to be really poignant in
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  Speaker 2: this game, especially on third on execution. Can you have
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  Speaker 2: a game plan that allows yourself to basically make Faison
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  Speaker 2: Brannan an asset of this offense, but not the driving
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  Speaker 2: force of this offense? And this is one of those
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  Speaker 2: games where you say to yourself, we have a Deshaun Bishop.
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  Speaker 2: We need Deshaun Bishop to be able to do what
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  Speaker 2: Deshaun Bishop does best.
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  Speaker 4: I think what's really interesting and man, I've been struggling
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  Speaker 4: with my voice all day and then I had about
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  Speaker 4: a coughing fit.
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  Speaker 3: So if something happens to me to the guys, it
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  Speaker 3: was Mike Norvell.
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  Speaker 4: Um, but I felt like Joffrey on the, uh, on
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  Speaker 4: that episode where he was just like, I can't breathe.
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  Speaker 3: Um, but yeah, I think what's.
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  Speaker 4: Interesting is when we over react a lot of times
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  Speaker 4: to week one, what I do think is probably not
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  Speaker 4: an overreaction is, and I hate to say this cause
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  Speaker 4: their fans are so nice. I just don't think Georgia
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  Speaker 4: tech's very good. And I don't think they're going to
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  Speaker 4: be very good this year. And I hope that's not mean.
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  Speaker 4: I'd love to see them figure it out. But remember
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  Speaker 4: how we talked in the Michigan game?
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  Speaker 3: If there was a.
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  Speaker 4: Now, maybe it's not quite the same because it is
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  Speaker 4: still a true freshman. But can you think of a
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  Speaker 4: coach you'd rather play less if your defense is not
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  Speaker 4: very good? Can you think of a coach you'd rather
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  Speaker 4: play less than Josh Heupel coming in town?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Like, this offense... Again, it was against Furman. I get it.
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  Speaker 4: But when you look at Bishop and you look at
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  Speaker 4: that offensive line and you look at the weapons and
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  Speaker 4: you look at the talent that phase on has, and
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  Speaker 4: I know it's just going to be a second game.
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  Speaker 4: I think this has a chance to get kind of ugly,
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  Speaker 4: kind of quick. And if Georgia tech doesn't, maybe Colorado
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  Speaker 4: is a better team. Hey, guys, I'll get right back
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  Speaker 3: Then they have been, but I was stunned watching that
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  Speaker 3: game on Thursday. And I still don't even believe that
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  Speaker 3: that game went down like it did.
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  Speaker 4: Georgia Tech just, I, again, like we've said with every team,
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  Speaker 4: like you kind of get challenged and, It's kind of
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  Speaker 4: like the NFL. You're never as bad as you were
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  Speaker 4: the last week, and you're never as good as you
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  Speaker 4: were the last week. It kind of evens out. I
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  Speaker 4: expect Georgia Tech to play better. I don't think this
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  Speaker 4: is a very good matchup. And for a Tennessee defense
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  Speaker 4: that's got a lot of change, with guys being out,
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  Speaker 4: thank God Carter's back this week. Big shout-out to him.
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  Speaker 4: I saw the fundraising stuff that he was doing to
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  Speaker 4: give back. Just an excellent human being. With him being
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  Speaker 4: back and just another kind of tune-up game for Jim
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  Speaker 4: Knowles to try and get this defense right before Texas
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  Speaker 4: comes to town. I think this is a game where
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  Speaker 4: Jim Knowles' defense could look really good again because they
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  Speaker 4: still do have talent. And it's a Georgia Tech offense
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  Speaker 4: that really, I mean, when was the last time Georgia
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  Speaker 4: Tech didn't score a touchdown? I mean, they got the
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  Speaker 4: kick return, but they didn't score a touchdown at home
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  Speaker 4: against the Colorado Buffaloes.
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  Speaker 2: They got out physically gained by Colorado, but Brent Key
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  Speaker 2: is your head coach.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they were so bad in the trenches. And I'm
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  Speaker 4: not trying to pile on or be a jerk. The
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  Speaker 4: Georgia Tech fans are so nice, but like, I am
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  Speaker 4: shocked that their trenches were so bad against Colorado, Colorado
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  Speaker 4: who replaced their whole offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: You had Jordan scene go to LSU.
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  Speaker 4: Like they don't have like a bunch of household names
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  Speaker 4: that are just, this isn't like 2022 or 23.
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  Speaker 3: Colorado where they were winning with a hundred and all
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  Speaker 3: those guys. This is crazy, man.
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  Speaker 4: And so I'll tell you what, Tennessee has got some
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  Speaker 4: pieces missing on defense for sure. But if Colorado hasn't
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  Speaker 4: figured things out in this nine days between games, it's
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  Speaker 4: going to be, or, you know, Georgia Tech, sorry, hasn't
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  Speaker 4: figured things out, but since the Colorado game, I think
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  Speaker 4: it's got a chance to get ugly and they're, they're
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  Speaker 4: going to need to, you know, I don't know, pull
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  Speaker 4: something within themselves because if not, it's going to be
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  Speaker 4: not good.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, I apologize. I get numbers mixed up
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  Speaker 2: from time to time. It was 183 to 51 in
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  Speaker 2: Russian guards, not 151 to 83 in Russian guards. So
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  Speaker 2: my apologies, they outworked them in Colorado and they had
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  Speaker 2: more efficient running backs. And again, You're talking about Deshaun
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  Speaker 2: Bishop that is a premier running back in college football. Like,
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  Speaker 2: the only reason we don't talk about him at the
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  Speaker 2: same level of Jaden Baugh and Kiwan Lacey and Ahmad
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  Speaker 2: Hardy is because of they're just more popular names in
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  Speaker 2: the grand scheme of things. Deshaun Bishop's right up there
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  Speaker 2: with them, and he had a good season last year.
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  Speaker 2: And you really got to try, like, here's my thing
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  Speaker 2: for you guys. I didn't think Alberto Mendoza played bad.
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  Speaker 2: I thought that he was actually one of the big
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  Speaker 2: reasons why you probably had a shot in that game,
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  Speaker 2: especially late with some of the throws he made. But
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  Speaker 2: if you weren't able to have good protection up front,
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't matter because this is still a defensive line
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  Speaker 2: that can get after you. It may not be as
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  Speaker 2: potent as it was last season, but it still can
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  Speaker 2: get after you.
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  Speaker 1: There were some game management issues as well for Georgia
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  Speaker 1: Tech down the stretch there against Colorado. Juju Lewis played
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  Speaker 1: a horrible game until the fourth quarter, and he really
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  Speaker 1: did a nice job there on that last drive. I
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  Speaker 1: don't expect Faison Brandon to do that. I think he
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  Speaker 1: will be more consistent. I don't think we realize from
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  Speaker 1: the outside, looking in how big it is for this
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  Speaker 1: program to get Arian Carter back to TJ mentioned. I
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  Speaker 1: feel like he will be out for blood. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like the defense will be out for blood. Not that
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  Speaker 1: this is some deep seated rivalry game or anything. Atlanta
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  Speaker 1: isn't the toughest place to play and all due respect
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  Speaker 1: to Georgia tech. So I like Texas and Texas. I
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  Speaker 1: like Tennessee in this. I like Tennessee to cover. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it's going to be LSU Clemson by any means,
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  Speaker 1: but I think Tennessee is comfortable.
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  Speaker 2: I think that you will see some good from Georgia
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  Speaker 2: Tech's offense.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: But not enough to make you feel confident in this game.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to learn a little bit more about what
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  Speaker 2: are the faults of Jim Knowles' defense that may not
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  Speaker 2: be corrected by the time you take on Texas.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm with Tom.
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  Speaker 2: I think Tennessee rolls. I think Tennessee wins by 14
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  Speaker 2: and they beat the cover.
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  Speaker 3: I think this is a perfect spot for Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 4: Mostly because this to me does not feel like a
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  Speaker 4: game that should be super big in doubt.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think you can have a couple of
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  Speaker 3: mistakes in this game.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know that you want to try and replicate
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  Speaker 4: what SMU did with four turnovers, but I think this
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  Speaker 4: is a game where you can try some things offensively
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  Speaker 4: and defensively to learn what you need to do against Texas.
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  Speaker 4: Because I'll just tell you, they're going to be undefeated
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  Speaker 4: going to that Texas game. And I think the Longhorns win. Just,
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  Speaker 4: being honest with you, I think there's too big of
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  Speaker 4: a talent gap, but if they were to win that,
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  Speaker 4: we started looking at Tennessee in a completely different light boys.
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  Speaker 4: We start saying, yep, Tennessee could go to the playoff.
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  Speaker 3: Like if they can beat Texas, they can beat anybody
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  Speaker 3: else on that schedule. There's no doubt.
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  Speaker 4: And so to me, it is, man, what can you
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  Speaker 4: learn about yourself between now and that Texas game? I
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  Speaker 4: think on the 26th to set yourself up for it.
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  Speaker 4: And maybe there's nothing right. Maybe Texas is just too tolerable.
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  Speaker 4: of a bridge to climb, but I do think that
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  Speaker 4: it's just such a great opportunity for Tennessee because you
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  Speaker 4: were thinking this.
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  Speaker 3: Game would be a lot tougher.
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  Speaker 4: When we looked at it in the off season, it
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  Speaker 4: certainly wasn't a 14 or 13 and a half point
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  Speaker 4: spread like it is right now. You can try some things.
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  Speaker 4: You can learn some things about your defense. You can,
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  Speaker 4: do your very best with phase on to put him
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  Speaker 4: in good situations. But if he makes a mistake or two,
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  Speaker 4: as long as it's not detrimental, I think this is
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  Speaker 4: a great spot for Tennessee. And yeah, I think they
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  Speaker 4: went by 17. I don't have a specific score, but
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  Speaker 4: I've got them covering as well.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, if, if Tennessee beats Texas in week four,
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  Speaker 2: I will change my tune on which quarterback would I
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  Speaker 2: rather have to phase on Brandon? I will like, if
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  Speaker 2: you're able to go beat Texas and coach booms defense,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry. Like at that point, I know Alabama's got
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  Speaker 2: a guy in Keelan Russell, but there are very few
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  Speaker 2: teams I think are going to be able to put
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  Speaker 2: a lot of points up on Texas defensive front this year.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.