Tennessee vs. Alabama: Epic SEC Showdown Analysis & Best Bets

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00:00Coach, a significant Saturday in the SEC. It's the third Saturday in October. The rivalry

00:08matchup in Knoxville between 11th ranked Tennessee and 7th ranked Alabama. Neither team stellar

00:15last week in their bounce back spot after a loss the weekend prior. How do you expect

00:20this game to look this afternoon on Rocky Top?

00:23Well, I'm gonna tell you there's some great pluses in both these teams, but the minus

00:27is concerning them both. Alabama, they have not been consistent on defense. Tennessee,

00:33they don't know who they are on offense, and I don't think those two factors will be the

00:36factor. When I have those kind of uncertainties, I always turn to who has the more veteran

00:41experience, quality quarterbacks, and I got to go with Milrow. This is going to be the

00:45difference in this football game will be Milrow because Nikko's not quite ready to get the

00:49whole thing done.

00:50Well, Coach, let's keep it there with Nikko and the inconsistency of the offense for Tennessee.

00:55We talked about it under five yards per carry over the last three games. What can Josh Hypel

01:01on that offense do to maybe keep that Alabama defense guessing, right? They don't have Carson

01:06back under center. So what can Nikko on that offense do to at least move the football tonight?

01:11Two things he's got to do. One, he's got to hit the deep ball. He's been overthrowing

01:16deep ball. My dad always told me there's two certainties in sports. Short putts never go

01:20in and overthrowing footballs never get caught. He's got a completion of not all overthrows

01:25and that's what he's been doing. If they will continue to, and then after looking at one

01:29shot, he's got to run. If he sees an alley, that's your first option. If he will, if he

01:33will scramble quickly from the downfield, but if something's wide open, take it early

01:38and then hit your deep balls downfield and quit overthrowing those deep balls.

01:42Yeah. Nikko Iyamalayava has struggled in three SEC games, a bump 96 through the air or less.

01:48And this Alabama defense find a pulse fifth worst scoring defense in the SEC. Unheard

01:55of the last 17 years under Nick Saban.