There’s a temptation to say, “Anytime our defense doesn’t give up a touchdown, that’s a win.” It’s a reflection of the offense, currently operating at levels we really have no context for. My favorite stat of the moment: the national leaders in passing yards per attempt are two service academies […]

LSU squeaked past Auburn and into the poll, coming in at #25 this week. It sets up the third ranked vs ranked game of this still-young season for Tennessee, and a chance for Josh Heupel to get his fourth ranked win overall. In 2016, the Vols played four ranked vs […]

Every season tells a story, and a new chapter is written each week. In preseason, our Expected Win Total Machine had the Vols at 8.03 wins, just barely tipping the scales to 9-3 being more likely than 7-5. But 8-4 – which would tie the best record at Tennessee in […]

It’s Wednesday post-Florida, and much of the conversation around town feels like it’s on concerns with our pass defense. That’s not all bad! Way to keep moving forward and focus on how we can improve! But in the bye week, I’m going to stay in celebration mode, thanks. Let’s spend […]

Okay, so I’m fairly confident we’re going to come out pretty close to nine wins this week, making that the baseline expectation going forward. That means we expect this to be our best season in at least 15 years; the Top 10 ranking follows suit. The real fun this week […]

The big things rarely come easily. Tennessee had more reason for optimism against the Gators than ever, but Florida, to their credit, was ready. But play-for-play, over the course of 60 minutes – including a tense final few – we saw so much of not what the Vols could be, […]

The AccuWeather app says it best: It’s great that is indeed on the table this weekend. If you’re looking for the comparison in the “biggest game since” category, I don’t think there’s a good one available. We forget part of this, but six years ago #1 Alabama came to town […]

The journey from our community so far: 8.03 expected regular season wins in the preseason 7.93 after Ball State 8.54 after Pitt How are we feeling as the Gators come calling?

Checker Neyland, College Gameday, and our second-highest ranking of the last 15 years. Might as well lean all the way in. There is no other way to do it against these guys, and we’ll do it this time as a 10-point favorite. As you can see: It’s the biggest favorite […]

Thanks to all who submitted an entry in our Expected Win Total Machine this week – if you’re new to our site, we run it each Monday during the season. This week, our community projects the Vols to win 8.54 regular season games. That’s up from 8.03 in the preseason […]