Alabama vs. Tennessee: Battle of Top SEC Powerhouses

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00:00Alabama and Tennessee. Alabama dominated this series from 2007 with Nick Saban straight through

00:072021. They had won 14 straight games against the Volunteers, but the Volunteers had won

00:13two of the last three games in Knoxville, coach. They now open as an eight and a half point road

00:19dog in Tuscaloosa. Alabama has only lost one game dating back to 2020 in Bryant-Denny. This is a

00:28very close matchup. I'll take the points with Tennessee in this ballgame. You're on the same

00:33channel as me. I'm taking those points. I mean, I think Alabama's going to will. They've got a

00:38good. They're doing well. They're upward trending, but I see Tennessee scoring points as well. Two

00:44good quarterbacks without a doubt, but Tennessee's going to be able to score with them. Everything

00:49that I've seen and what they've scored in the past, they've lost one football game in overtime

00:54to Georgia, and it was a high-scoring affair. Now, I see this one as being an over, too. I just don't

01:00think—I think it's going to be both teams in the 30s, and that's enough to get to the over. But I do

01:06not like—I think Alabama's going to win, but I think Georgia—I'm going to take Tennessee and the

01:12points for sure. Now, Tennessee hasn't beaten Alabama since 2005 in Tuscaloosa. What can Josh Heupel—in

01:22order to get this win, it's going to take a monumental effort. Are you talking about the

01:26losing streak in Tuscaloosa, or you're not bringing it up in any capacity?

01:32No, I mean, no, I don't even think you bring that up. Every year to a coach, we don't talk

01:38about what happened five years ago or 10 years ago. We're not—very often not even going to talk

01:42about what happened the year before. And in this day of portal transfer and NILs, I think you've got

01:48to ignore that type of conversation, the revenge factor. Too many players weren't part of that.

01:53Go in there. Do you know when you're going to upset somebody on their place? Don't turn the

01:57ball over and try to get one more explosive play than the other. That's seven points. And so that's

02:03got to be the key. Let's don't turn the ball over. Let's don't make mistakes and give them an

02:07extra at-bat, because Alabama's quarterback is pretty dang good. And their football team is

02:12upward trending. Both teams are on winning streaks. I want to say Alabama's got a five-game winning

02:16streak, and Tennessee's got a three-game winning streak. But they're both on upward trends.

02:21And I would just make sure if I'm Tennessee, let's don't turn the ball over. Let's don't

02:25give them any cheap scores. Let's make sure if somebody's got to have a touchdown at the end

02:29of the game, maybe that'll be us. It's a 730 kick, October 25th, 2003. 51 coach to 43 in OT.

02:40That was the last time that Tennessee got the victory over the Crimson Tide. Coach and I both like the

02:47volunteers with the points.