Tennessee Preview: Favorites or not, getting past Vols would be a milestone for Bama

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JessN

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It is concerning that recent previews have us losing the unit battles, even though the prediction is a close win. I wonder whether the various yard-based unit rankings are all that illuminating, given the disparity of opponent quality.

Still, the results are the results, and you call them as you see them. Games really have been that close. I prefer the days of going up by 5 touchdowns and running out the clock.
 

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I agree our Ol amd Dl recruiting and Coaching needs a big improvement. Dl has not been up to our standard in several years. We can get fairly decent Ol but it just seems our coaching has not been up to pa. I hope Micheal Carroll can take over Formbys right tackle spot
 

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It is concerning that recent previews have us losing the unit battles, even though the prediction is a close win. I wonder whether the various yard-based unit rankings are all that illuminating, given the disparity of opponent quality.

Still, the results are the results, and you call them as you see them. Games really have been that close. I prefer the days of going up by 5 touchdowns and running out the clock.
It's because our strengths are SOOOOOO good.
 

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I think our secondary is hard for quarterbacks to throw on and our defensive line is getting better and better at containment and getting pressure. It's been a gradual improvement, not eye popping. I think Jess' grade of their defensive line being better than ours comes from them having more sacks than we do, they lead the conference in sacks. But they are weak on the back end where they are one of the worst pass defenses in the conference.

Overall, it should be a close game but like the Missouri game, if our OL gives Ty time, we should score a lot of points on them and Aguilar is good for an INT or two. He's not as accurate as Simpson.
 

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I actually think our D-line play has been better than we give them credit for. If not for the explosives in the run game, our rush defense would be pretty good overall. And from what I've seen - most of the time anyway - the explosive runs have resulted from bad run fits by the linebackers and safeties OR just a really poor defensive call in a critical situation - not (mostly) from D-line issues. Now, the QB pressure from our front was not great early in the season but is improving each week.
 
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I imagine most defenses will do like Missouri's......put a lot of guys in coverage, not let anything get over the top, rush 4 and occasionally blitz.

Ty has been so good, he finds the hole in the coverage anyway.

If Jam is limited.....I hope Hill gets some runs and just let him lean on those DLs and LBs.

Where I'm worried in this game though is our D. Tennessee is super explosive and they run the ball well. Hopefully we confuse their QB into a couple of interceptions.
 

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As usual, as the game approaches it seems to get bigger and bigger. I like our chances here. Certainly battle tested. Vomit will come out all guns a blazin but I believe we win in the big play column as well as the game. It will be another 4 quarter affair though so will need to hit the mute button on the set and have the nitro glycerin pills close by (or maybe a tasty Scotch). This will be another good one.
 
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