It's game day Mother Truckers. We gonna BBQ some piggies today or what?

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So what if JG had played for Josh Heupel. Would he have had more success or would he have still struggled?

Anyone know of a reliable alternate method to watch the Arkansas game? I am on vacation in the Maldives and will be getting up at 4:30am for the game. I have a VPN but it isn’t working for YouTube TV.

Pearce was looking at potentially being the #1 overall pick, he's had a slow start...what's the culprit, is he gonna break out against tougher competition, is he getting doubled teamed with scheme to keep his impact lower or has he just not been as dominant...just curious from those of you who know the more technical side of the game.

Edit: to be clear I am in no way slandering our boy Pearce, he was bumped lower on some draft boards, I'm not as versed on the technical side of the D-Line, just looking for some discussion on the matter. He's gonna get the biggest sack of the year mark it down.

Big Jonathan Crompton energy with these (iykyk)

Obviously we've used Joker and the Thief since Heupel got here, and I know during Kiffin it was Bawitdaba. Dooley had Ladies and Gentlemen. Anyone remember what Butch and Pruitt used?

Posting here to help spread the word. I am the Area Manager for Vols Alumni of Michigan. Over the past year I’ve been able to garner a list of about a dozen or so names and I want to finally give a watch party a shot. We will be deeming J’s Penalty Box in Ferndale as our official Vol Alumni bar starting Saturday night. If y’all know any vols in Michigan and esp the Metro Detroit area please let them know.

Welcome to this week's /r/ockytop Free Talk Friday Thread! Feel free to share anything that's going on in your life.

Saw the post with the dude in the Mr. McMahon Doc wearing Lady Vols gear. Reminded me that Kevin Nash played his freshman year on the basketball team. Big Daddy Diesel is a VF

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Black Jerseys for Kentucky? Checkered Neyland for UF?

Really don’t think they do black jerseys for Bama

He be stumblin and fumblin

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After running 10,000 simulations of Week 6 using machine learning models trained on the AP poll, Tennessee is most likely to stay at #4 in the next release of the AP poll

• With a win, there is a 18% chance they will move up in the rankings, due to only an 18% chance that any of the teams ahead of them in the rankings lose
• Even with a loss, Tennessee if predicted to stay within the top 10, with a 99% of all simulations showing a top 10 finish in the AP poll regardless of outcome

source: r/RankingsRightNow

Dobb nail boot 2016 vs Georgia

Week 1: u/rudesasquatch

Week 2: u/BlueRaider, u/SmokyMtnDreaming

Week 3: u/Beautiful_Week_8183

Week 4: u/FictionalTrebek

RULES

• One guess per user per week - must pick the winning team and be the closest to each team's final score to be the weekly winner

• Post will be locked at kickoff - no edited posts will be scored! If you make a mistake, delete your comment and create a new one.

• Weekly Winners will participate in the championship the last game of the season (Vanderbilt) to determine the season champion and be permanently featured on the sidebar

• Users with multiple wins will be allowed to enter multiple guesses in the championship round

#YOUR POST SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS: [Vols] 42-7 or [NCSt] 28-21

Because it's behind a paywall I figured I'd post it here. Again more of we haven't been tested.

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Already ordered mine last week but they are doing them again $15 bucks tomorrow and trust me they sell out within the hour. Please be careful clicking any links in the comments if they appear.

Who all is joining me in Fayetteville this weekend?? This game has TRAP written all over it (streaky (but athletic as hell) QB; night game; “stripe out”; week before a big home game).

I felt like there was a lot of travel buzz pre-Oklahoma, but pretty quiet this week. Hope our west TN fans are going in droves

As stated in the title, I’m a lifelong NJ resident and Tennessee fan looking to make the pilgrimage this year to Neyland for the Florida game. There are just a few basic questions I have before heading down.

-What’s the general atmosphere like? Are fans at tailgates generally friendly and open to meeting new people?

-I’ve seen conflicting answers on what the visitors sections are, does anyone have a definite answer?

-Are there any additional tips anyone has that aren’t in the Gameday guide?

I’ve been watching since the Casey Clausen years and I know it’s criminal I haven’t gotten to Knoxville yet but this year’s team is just too exciting to pass up the chance on.

It’s my first time coming to Knoxville for a game so does anyone have any recommendations? Would prefer to be able to tailgate at my truck as to not have to lug a cooler around so if anyone knows a good lot that would be very helpful