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Tennessee Expert REVEALS KEY DETAILS After VOLS Make BIG CHANGE! | Arkansas | QB CONTROVERSY? · SEC Football Addiction

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  Speaker 1: Sports Talk Jay on with us. Jay, we just talked
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  Speaker 1: about this on your show, but I want to get
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  Speaker 1: your take on it too. Do you think there's a
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  Speaker 1: path back for Faison to come back and be what
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff thought he would be before this season?
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  Speaker 1: I want to talk about Arkansas too here in just
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  Speaker 1: a moment, but Do you think he can get back
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  Speaker 1: to normal-ish? How much does the injury impact things? Where
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  Speaker 1: are you on him?
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  Speaker 2: This is a tough one because it's so hard to
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  Speaker 2: judge what somebody's going to do as a true freshman.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, there's absolutely a path back for him.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there's any question because of that, because
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  Speaker 2: he's only 18. Because I watched Peyton Manning struggle as
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  Speaker 2: a freshman. I mean, big time, he was not any
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  Speaker 2: type of phenom out there whatsoever. His stats weren't great.
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  Speaker 2: And he was thrown in there. He was the third
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  Speaker 2: string guy after we had our starter got hurt and
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  Speaker 2: then the backup. So, yeah, I think there's a path back.
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  Speaker 2: But we're already into a nine SEC schedule, nine games,
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  Speaker 2: and there's no break in there to where, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if there was an issue, you could put him in
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  Speaker 2: against a Kennesaw State or a team like that where
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  Speaker 2: you're like, okay, he can really just relax and do
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  Speaker 2: his thing. He's going to have guys coming at him
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  Speaker 2: the entire time. And it looked to me like George,
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  Speaker 2: who's a second-year guy, which is a big difference. Keelan
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  Speaker 2: Russell's a second-year guy. He's also a redshirt freshman. Look
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  Speaker 2: how he's playing. You need to see that for a year.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's so hard to start as a true
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  Speaker 2: freshman in the SEC. Nobody does it. And if they do,
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  Speaker 2: it's usually a struggle.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think the injury– like I talked about
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  Speaker 1: this on your show, but like just the injury, being
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  Speaker 1: banged up, the confidence– evaporating because of what Colin Simmons
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  Speaker 1: and those guys did up front it was huge um
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  Speaker 1: when you look at this Arkansas game it's an opponent
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  Speaker 1: that Tennessee should now going on the road in the
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  Speaker 1: SEC is always a little bit different and you do
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  Speaker 1: think about hey they came off of what certainly for
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  Speaker 1: Bishop was an emotional win against Golish and um you
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  Speaker 1: know you know your quarterback play is a little bit
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  Speaker 1: limited so I don't think you want to take Arkansas
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  Speaker 1: for granted but Man, you saw what Texas A & M,
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  Speaker 1: who's been up and down, did to them last week.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is a really good spot for Tennessee
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  Speaker 1: to have to play an undermatched opponent. But what is
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  Speaker 1: the plan of attack? Is it kind of like maybe
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  Speaker 1: we're just going to lean on Bishop and ride him
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  Speaker 1: until the wheels fall off? Or do you think they
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  Speaker 1: try and get a little bit more of a passing
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  Speaker 1: game going with George this week because of the opponent?
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you exactly what they're going to do.
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  Speaker 2: I've been watching Josh Heupel for a long time. He's
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  Speaker 2: going to do exactly what he did in the second
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  Speaker 2: half in that last ball game. He's going to throw
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  Speaker 2: it probably 20 times. Let's just assume that George is
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback the entire game. He's going to probably throw
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  Speaker 2: it 20 times. He's going to run it about 60%
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  Speaker 2: to 65% of the time. He's going to lean on
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  Speaker 2: Bishop and the other running backs and that offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to throw it enough to keep that defense
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  Speaker 2: of Arkansas's honest because he knows he's better than Arkansas.
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  Speaker 2: He knows he can match up with them man on
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  Speaker 2: man and probably get the better of them. And hopefully,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think the fans and the crowd is going
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  Speaker 2: to be near the issue that they have been in
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  Speaker 2: the past at Arkansas. Like we've gone there and failed
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  Speaker 2: because of various reasons. And a lot of times their
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  Speaker 2: crowd's been a big part of it. They're so down
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  Speaker 2: on Arkansas right now because of the lack of spending
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  Speaker 2: and their lack of success. And Ryan Silverfield coming into
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  Speaker 2: really a financial mess. Yeah. That the crowd, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you've seen it. I mean, they're like boycotting. They're wearing
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  Speaker 2: bags on their heads. They're doing all that. And when
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  Speaker 2: a fan base gets that dejected, the only people that
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  Speaker 2: are going to be in there are going to be
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  Speaker 2: the really loyal folks, and they can't be as loud
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  Speaker 2: if you don't have all the casuals with you. And
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  Speaker 2: then Tennessee's going to show up. There'll be quite a
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  Speaker 2: few Tennessee fans in that– in that stadium because the
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  Speaker 2: tickets are going to be available and we travel great.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, that's what I would do. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that's exactly what Josh Heupel will do.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's a good thing to talk about. It's
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  Speaker 2: a tough argument. If he's legitimately injured, which he may
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  Speaker 2: very well be, he may be dealing with a shoulder
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  Speaker 2: issue that it may be, you know what, you need
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  Speaker 2: to sit out until you're 100% and also kind of
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  Speaker 2: rest his mind a little bit because that would be
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  Speaker 2: really stressful and it would be hard on your psyche
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  Speaker 2: to get sacked 13 times in a game and a
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  Speaker 2: half and then you watch another guy go in there
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  Speaker 2: and it's like, hey, this is doable. Okay. Kid went
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  Speaker 2: eight for 10, didn't get sacked a single time and
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  Speaker 2: he was getting the ball out on time. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Faison's a smart guy. He looked at that and went,
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  Speaker 2: this is totally doable. Why didn't I do that? You know,
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  Speaker 2: this is, and he's going to see that and he's
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  Speaker 2: going to learn from it. And that's why you usually
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  Speaker 2: don't start it. You never start a true freshman. It's
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  Speaker 2: such a risky thing to do because they haven't seen
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  Speaker 2: all that. They've just not seen the speed and all
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  Speaker 2: the things that are going on with it. If it's
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  Speaker 2: an injury, I'm sitting him out. I'm going to put
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  Speaker 2: the stop kid in if need be or if there's
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity. Get him some reps. Get him ready because
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  Speaker 2: he could be a sprained ankle away from being in
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  Speaker 2: there and being your starter. And he's a guy that
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  Speaker 2: needs some reps too. He's a quality quarterback. I never
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  Speaker 2: gave him a lot of credit because I was mad
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  Speaker 2: that we didn't bring in Sam Levitt. We didn't bring
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  Speaker 2: in Hoover. We didn't bring in Klandria. All three were available.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't go after him or Lane came up here
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  Speaker 2: and took Levitt from us. And then I am happy
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  Speaker 2: we went after Joey. I was happy with that, but
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  Speaker 2: I was, I never gave this kid a chance because
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  Speaker 2: he wasn't Sam Levitt or one of those other guys.
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  Speaker 2: He might be a legitimate, solid player for us in
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  Speaker 2: a Tennessee offense where you're going to run the ball
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  Speaker 2: a lot.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I, as impressed as I have been with Bishop
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  Speaker 1: and Morris and even phase on early in the year, um,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that any of us expected Tennessee to
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  Speaker 1: go from like the worst defense in the conference to legitimately.
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  Speaker 1: When I think about the good defenses in this conference,
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  Speaker 1: I think about Texas. I think about Oklahoma. They're a
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  Speaker 1: little bit discounted because they do have a great defense,
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  Speaker 1: but the offense is just so pedestrian. I do think
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  Speaker 1: about Georgia as always. I think Tennessee's right up there
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  Speaker 1: at top four ish, five ish somewhere in this conference.
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  Speaker 1: What he has done, when you think about the injuries
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  Speaker 1: and where they were last year, is remarkable. Like, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if there's a better... Is there a better
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  Speaker 1: turnaround for any unit that was just so bad last
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  Speaker 1: year to be so good this year? I can't say
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  Speaker 1: enough good things about Jim Knowles and what he's done
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  Speaker 1: with this defense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's... I actually did a show about him yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: Is he the off-season hire of the year?
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  Speaker 1: He might be.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, they're third in the SEC right now
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  Speaker 2: in scoring defense. Here's the thing that is the shocker.
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  Speaker 2: And this, you've got to give a ton of credit
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  Speaker 2: to Jim Knowles for this. They are leading in sacks
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  Speaker 2: in the entire country. They're number one in FBS in sacks.
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  Speaker 2: And you're going, this was our big concern. We didn't
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  Speaker 2: get Chaz Coleman. That whole thing blew up in our face.
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  Speaker 2: And we're going, who is going to put pressure on
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback? They're going to be able to sit back
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  Speaker 2: there all day. And all of a sudden we're like
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  Speaker 2: sacking them like crazy. And we look like Texas out there.
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  Speaker 2: So I don't, that just shows you how important a
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  Speaker 2: defensive coordinator is. And this guy's one, he's been fantastic
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  Speaker 2: everywhere he's been. So I guess I shouldn't be totally,
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  Speaker 2: it's just the turnaround so quick. And then I also
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  Speaker 2: wonder if, if our strength coach hasn't played a role
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  Speaker 2: in this too, because Tennessee seems a lot tougher to
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  Speaker 2: me mentally and physically than they were last year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Do you worry at all with this Arkansas game?
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  Speaker 1: And I'm not trying to like hype up a game
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  Speaker 1: that is not supposed to be really, really good, but
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  Speaker 1: do you worry a little bit about, you know, going
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  Speaker 1: on the road, emotional win against Auburn, Bama the next week,
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  Speaker 1: like all those things outside of what will actually happen
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  Speaker 1: on the field, kind of creeping in here, the quarterback
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  Speaker 1: questions and that controversy, like, Is this kind of a
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  Speaker 1: letdown spot potentially for Tennessee based on what's happened, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Auburn before, Bama after, all those other things?
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  Speaker 2: Well, Heupel's going to hammer that home like you cannot believe.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to go into this game like it's for
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  Speaker 2: the national title as far as what they're going to
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  Speaker 2: hear from him because he fears that in a major way.
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  Speaker 2: And he knows this is an SEC team and they
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  Speaker 2: could get, you know, a spark and actually have something
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  Speaker 2: to cheer on. after such a terrible start of the
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  Speaker 2: year and everybody being upset and see Ryan Silverfield, it's
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  Speaker 2: not like he's on the chopping block or anything, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's looking for any spark and they're at home. So
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  Speaker 2: it's not like, you know, Tennessee's only had one road
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  Speaker 2: game so far. So yeah, I mean, you should never
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  Speaker 2: ever look past an sec team on the, on the road.
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  Speaker 2: You shouldn't, if you do that, you're, you're crazy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I agree. I think it's, you're, you always
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  Speaker 1: worry about it because you see what teams do when
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  Speaker 1: they go on the road. You see what happens when
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  Speaker 1: Florida goes on the road, Ole Miss goes on the road,
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  Speaker 1: LSU goes on the road, you know, like this, these
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  Speaker 1: are big time teams that have dropped. And I think you,
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  Speaker 1: you do worry about that. You do wonder about that
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. So I agree with you as well,
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  Speaker 1: that Josh will not let them do that. This is
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  Speaker 1: a place that was it. Two years ago, was it
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  Speaker 1: three years ago, that Tennessee found a way to lose
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  Speaker 1: a game at Arkansas? Just kind of an inexplicable loss
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  Speaker 1: that should not have happened. I think that also bodes
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  Speaker 1: well for Tennessee, too. There might be teams that sneak
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  Speaker 1: up and get you that you shouldn't lose to. I
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  Speaker 1: would think this one is one that Josh won't let
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  Speaker 1: it happen against.
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  Speaker 2: There's no way. Well, if they do, it won't be
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  Speaker 2: because Josh didn't wear them out. I've watched this guy
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  Speaker 2: for six years. He does not look past teams. He's
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  Speaker 2: just one of those guys that he knows how quickly
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  Speaker 2: something can get out of hand on the road. He
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  Speaker 2: understands it. And he's going to hammer that home. He's
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  Speaker 2: going to remind me. And some of the guys that
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  Speaker 2: are on this team will still be on this team
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  Speaker 2: that experienced that. I think the biggest thing that Tennessee's
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  Speaker 2: got going for him is they've got a quarterback. They're
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  Speaker 2: not really sure of. So they're going to go out
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  Speaker 2: there and play for him. They want him to succeed
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  Speaker 2: just like they did phase on that. That's, I can
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  Speaker 2: tell that's the way this team is because they celebrated
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  Speaker 2: him big time for his second half. And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: even though he only threw the ball 10 times, the coach,
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  Speaker 2: Alex Golish, and their best linebacker said that dude made
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  Speaker 2: an impact and he was a problem for us. He
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  Speaker 2: was seeing the routes, he was hitting the guys, and
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  Speaker 2: he was making the correct choices. And he said he
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  Speaker 2: was a problem for us. And that told me a
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  Speaker 2: lot that they both said that.
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  Speaker 1: Do you even know how to predict a score in
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  Speaker 1: a game like this? Well, I guess with the quarterback questions,
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  Speaker 1: it could be a little lower scoring than you think,
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  Speaker 1: but what's your score on this one?
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  Speaker 2: This feels like 27 to 17-ish type of game. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think we'll blow them out. I just don't because
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  Speaker 2: we're on the road and we've got a quarterback we're
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  Speaker 2: not totally confident in, and I think we're going to
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  Speaker 2: run the ball and try to shorten the game, which
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  Speaker 2: is rare for us. Normally we do the opposite. but
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  Speaker 2: I think Arkansas will, they'll try to, they're at home.
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  Speaker 2: They don't want to get embarrassed. Those guys are going
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  Speaker 2: to try to play. So 27, 17 would be my guess.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's going to be, there's not going
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  Speaker 2: to be style points. I do not expect style points.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I, I think the way that this turns into
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  Speaker 1: kind of a route is if Bishop's able to break
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  Speaker 1: a couple of long ones and you get up early
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  Speaker 1: and the defense kind of locks in, I could, I
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  Speaker 1: could see it going that way, but 27, 17, you
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  Speaker 1: heard it first here on a sec football addiction from
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  Speaker 1: sports talk J. So, If he's wrong, go to his
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