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well, to be fair. They have those guys and we have phil...which actually just proves your point even more.

Aaand on cue, Bronco's response to the debacle that was the Richmond game:

Intense film review of sideline morale.

Spent all of last weekend in Knoxville for a wedding. Tried to wear my hokies gear anytime I wasn't in a tux. Got a good snapshot of Vol fans reactions after App St. game and heading into Bristol next week. It was a good warm up to what we'll have to listen to this weekend. Nothing earth shattering, just my takeaway from what I heard first hand:

• Majority of Vols gave App St somewhat overly-dramatic praise, such as "they could beat most teams in the bottom half of SEC" and "probably will go undefeated the rest of the year (including Miami at home)"
• Most expect to beat us by 2+ TDs in BoB
• Swore if Josh Dobbs doesn't play b/c of broken ribs would probably be the only way VT could luck up and pull it out (old news now)
• Consensus is Dobbs has no long ball
• Their OL was surprisingly weak point in ASU game
• Callers on Vol radio were hating on Butch, saying his in-game coaching is horrible, and nothing has changed from the loses from the past couple of years
• Feel the crowd will be 70/30 Vols fans in Bristol
• VT will have no answer for Hurd/Kamara punch

Last weekend definitely got me fired up for Battle of Bristol, and glad I made the decision to go now, even if I won't be able to see anything. Looking forward to the matchup, the festivities, and roaming through VT tailgates. And hopefully giving it to my in-laws a little bit after we come away with a 34-28 victory over UT.

perfect conference for them to wade in the kiddie section of the FBS pool while getting acclimated to the temperature.

Careful there, buddy. Otherwise, you're liable to make them hot, hot, hot under their little Mountaineer collars.

Yeah but last I checked an 8-4 SEC team is far from a nobody

One good way to pad wins is to play football in the Sun Belt. Really is the perfect conference for them to wade in the kiddy section of the FBS pool while getting acclimated to the temperature.

I would say they ran it 2-4 times per game at Memphis.

One more red herring. I counted 3 times that a VT QB targeted CJ Carroll on a "Win" route concept that Baylor uses. Basically, your split end (often your best WR) stands up and turns to face the QB at the snap. The corner comes up on him. The slot receiver attacks the cushion of his coverage. If he gets inside leverage, he runs a corner. If he gets outside leverage, he runs a post. Carroll ran 3 corner routes with Hodges and/or Ford standing there at the line of scrimmage basically doing nothing. I would expect that we will see our top guys in twins with the slot guy on the corner route (see Bucky GW vs Ohio State) as a regular concept this year.

2014 was App's first year as a FBS school. Still weren't even bowl eligible that year if I remember correctly. They have come a LONG way since 2014.

Is the pitch option a major part of a Fuente offense? I was surprised to see it and I'm generally wary of something like that where execution mistakes are usually turnovers but Fuente's remarks afterwards made it seem as if it's a play they rep quite a bit.

Believe it or not but App State got more credit in the Coaches poll than VT did.

Stop trying to make me like you, Tennessee.