Top 15 Showdown: Tennessee vs. Alabama Game Preview

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00:00one of the marquee games is saturday night we got two teams inside the top 15 squaring off

00:04with alabama taking on tennessee the tide eight and a half point favorites

00:0958 and a half total in this game boy tennessee not only beat alabama last year paul but they

00:15seem to play some squirrely games against the tide over the last few years what do you think

00:19happens in tuscaloosa on saturday yeah i'll tell you craig these uh individual game handicaps often

00:26come down to matchups and i really in this particular game like the matchup of alabama

00:31first year starting quarterback ty simpson against uh tennessee's somewhat beleaguered uh past defense

00:39it's a tennessee defense has played virtually the entire season without both of their starting

00:45cornerbacks one of those being jermaud mccoy who hasn't played yet this season uh he's been projected

00:51as a first round draft pick and then ricky gibson he played in the opener against syracuse but has

00:56not played since uh without those two guys the volunteers giving up an average of 277

01:02passing yards a game against fbs competition that ranks 118th out of 136 fbs teams so not very good

01:117.5 yards per attempt you look at ty simpson and he looked like a first year starter in his first start

01:19of his career at florida state of course the tide lost that opener in tallahassee 31 to 17 to the

01:27seminoles but since then i mean simpson's been as good as any quarterback frankly in the country he's

01:33completed 76 of his throws 111 of his 146 attempts 9.8 yards per attempt 14 touchdowns against just one

01:44interception uh tennessee you know again they just don't uh defend the pass that well they're ranked

01:51number 11 uh in the ap poll but they're slightly overrated at number 11 as you mentioned alabama lost

01:58in knoxville last year uh to the volunteers 24 17 i think simpson and company uh make amends for that

02:06defeat one season to go i like alabama by double digits over the volunteers