Tennessee Dominating with Nico and Sampson: Look to Continue

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00:00And the other ranked versus ranked game last week in Charlotte, they blow out NC State

00:0751-10.

00:08Nikko was great, Dylan Sampson has been incredibly solid on the ground.

00:14You're almost finding those two parts coming together.

00:172022 was the air raid with Hendon Hooker, last year it was all ground game with the

00:21trio of backs in Knoxville.

00:23So far, the returns have been great for the Vols.

00:26Does that continue today as a 49.5 point favorite against Kent State?

00:30So someone texted me today, hey do you think Tennessee covers that number and just hits

00:33the over by themselves?

00:34And I said, that's what it looked like was going to happen week one, and then I got a

00:38little shy and I ultimately didn't bet.

00:40I didn't bet at that direction against Chattanooga, but that's exactly what happened.

00:44But if you really look at what's been going on with Tennessee, and the similarities to

00:48the openings that year with Hendon Hooker, game number one Ball State 59-10, smashed.

00:52Game number two, ranked Pittsburgh ACC, they actually won that game in overtime.

00:56So this year's result was much better.

00:57So you ask yourself, okay, well maybe a little bit of a letdown.

01:00They followed up that game in 2022, hosting Akron and beat them 63-6.

01:06What I am seeing right now from Tennessee, Josh Heupel, Nikko I, Dylan Sampson, is they

01:11are going to obliterate teams, and they might be much better than anybody realizes, Joe,

01:17because while Nikko grabs a lot of the headlines defensively, they gave up 10 points, Nikko

01:22threw a pick, six in the game.

01:23I mean, they should be sitting right now on six total allowed through two games.

01:27Yeah, definitely I think you're going to see a lot of second and third teamers in regards

01:30to this matchup as they move into conference play next week.

01:33It's always a cause of concern, and especially in week number four.

01:37I mean, 50 points, though.

01:38I mean, we're talking 50 points.

01:40We say, eh, it's possible.

01:42But I mean, in terms of that spread, I'm not laying it.

01:45Yeah, I would never lay a 50-point spread.

01:47I would, I mean, you want to bet Tennessee, and you want to take a shot with that type

01:51of line, wait first quarter, you get a scoreless seven, eight minutes, you'd be getting a discount

01:5641, 42 in regards to that.

01:58Again, I'd probably, if you're asking me to bet, you know, this game, I would take the

02:02points 49 and a half and just hope that they back to it somehow, some way.