Tennessee vs. Kentucky SEC Showdown: Game Insights

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00:00We stick in the SEC to start this third hour. Many an

00:07intriguing matchup on this opening Saturday of this month.

00:11The final of the regular season in college football. Tennessee,

00:15an intriguing team. Off of a buy, off of a huge win on

00:19Rocky Top in the third Saturday in October against Alabama. But

00:24what does this Tennessee team look like in SEC play? Is it

00:29the offense we saw the opening three weeks? Absolutely not. Is

00:32it one of the more sound and stellar defenses in the

00:35country? Yes, so. And they are taking on a Kentucky team who

00:39is the worst scoring offense in the Southeastern Conference.

00:43Lacey Guy, the Vols, laying three scores today at home in

00:47Knoxville against the Cats. How do you break down this SEC

00:50affair? Well, they've won three straight. They won last year in

00:53Lexington, thirty-three to twenty-seven. They did cover as

00:56basically a four-point road dog in that matchup. What do we see

01:00against Alabama? Two hundred and eleven rushing yards on the

01:03ground. Nico playing off a play action, made some plays but the

01:07defense totally contained Jalen Miller. On the flip side,

01:10there's no identity for Kentucky heading into this matchup. They

01:13used to be a dominant front seven. Very good secondary.

01:17They're still only giving up a hundred and seventy-eight

01:19passing yards per game but I have no confidence in Brock

01:22Vandegriff in that offense. They can't run the football like

01:26they could years ago with Chris Rodriguez, sustained drives.

01:29They're only averaging a buck thirty-two on the ground.

01:31They're both coming out of a bye week. The fact that this

01:35line is seventeen and a half, I'm inclined to take the points.

01:39I'm not gonna be betting this game most likely but if I had

01:42to, I would take the Cats because I think that's too big

01:45of a number. Tennessee wins. Uh you're not betting it? Great.

01:48I'm I'm betting it. I'm betting Kentucky stay away from this

01:51game. Stay away from any game involving me. Especially

01:53tomorrow's Eagles, Jaguars. Whoa. Whoa. Just let's just

01:58let's you rattled me, right? Why did I rattle you with the

02:01Eagle game? Yeah, you did. Uh that was a break. You did. Yeah

02:05but it's still bothering. Lingering. It's lingering. It's

02:07really is. It is. It's it's like you attacked my family. I

02:10didn't lie. Take a look to the right. Brock Vandegriff. Yeah,

02:13Brock Vandegriff covers this number today. Seventeen and a

02:15half. This is this is a spot that Stoops has been in a few

02:19times this season and he's been fantastic against Georgia,

02:23Oh my goodness. Up against it. Oh, they almost win the game.

02:26Oh, miss. Alright, listen. That was one thing but uh no, they

02:29win the game out right here. Look, Stoops is having a

02:31terrible season. Yeah. He's actually found himself on the

02:34hot seat. Terrible timing. They just let him back inside Rupp

02:37Arena. There's so many good things happening in Lexington.

02:39That couch seems gonna rip and roar this season. Really? But

02:42uh yeah. I'll tell you this guy. He's not making it through

02:45the segment. I'll be honest with you, alright? Um I'm gonna

02:48hogtie this guy. Uh I I I really really do think that

02:52Kentucky covers this. I don't trust that Tennessee's going to

02:56have figured out their offense. Oh. Uh over the bye week here.

02:59They'll trust Dylan Sampson which means it'll be even more

03:02difficult to pull away on this total. And they should trust

03:05Dylan Sampson. Kentucky an elite defense in the opening

03:08few games of this season. Last two, they've allowed at least

03:11twenty-four points. Florida put up forty-eight. Jaden Ball had

03:14five rushing scores. Auburn scored twenty-four. Jarquez

03:18Hunter. The back for the Tigers. Two hundred and seventy-eight

03:22yards in multiple touchdowns. Dylan Sampson's prop. One ten

03:26and a hook. But this Tennessee offense is very peculiar to

03:31figure out. A hundred and ninety-one points. First three

03:33games of the year in non-conference play. Only 86 in

03:37their last four. Never more than twenty-five. Their point

03:41differential in the first three games plus 178 in their last

03:46four. It is just plus eighteen. You ready for this? I know

03:49you're going to hate it. Nikki Treats, Nico Ayame Leava on

03:53Halloween weekend extended. More like Nikki Tricks the way

03:56he's been playing in SEC action. A buck ninety-five or

04:00less in all four conference games. His passing yards prop

04:03two oh four and you're getting from both sides. Yeah.

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