ESPN's FPI predicts outcome of Tennessee at Georgia
Tennessee and Georgia are set to do battle on Saturday afternoon on CBS, with kickoff from Sanford Stadium set for 3:30 pm ET.
The No. 3 Bulldogs are coming off a dominant 27-6 victory over Auburn, while the No. 14 Volunteers had little trouble with Missouri in a 35-12 win at Neyland Stadium.
The all-time series between the Bulldogs and the Vols has been tight, with Georgia holding a slight 24-23-2 edge. However, it has won the last 3 meetings, including a 43-14 win in Knoxville last year—its 4th victory in its last 5 visits to Neyland.
On Sunday, ESPN released its predicted outcome of the game based on its Football Power Index, and the Dawgs have been given an 88.4 percent chance to pick up a 4th consecutive win over the Vols.
This game is key for both teams, especially with an abbreviated, conference-only schedule.
The Volunteers have a chance to improve to 3-0 for the first time under Jeremy Pruitt, with a strong chance to make it 4-0 with a game against Kentucky the following week. Meanwhile, Georgia hopes that it can ride its impressive win over Auburn to its own 3-0 start, setting up a potential “game of the year” showdown with No. 2 Alabama on October 17.
No surprise to anyone who isn’t a cousin-loving hillbilly.
We’re coming. You know it, you actually fear it.
We drilled South Carolina and Auburn last year too, with higher ranked teams to boot. Georgia is over hyped, over rated, and over due for this years comeuppings.
We’re coming alright. Gonna screw that pooch.
Wait and see
This is a joke right?
He ain’t laughin’. He’s to inbred to understand what’s about to happen.
Find some new material. You’re making a fool of yourself.
Keep talkin’ Jethro. It’s gonna be the same ol’ story. Tennessee gets they a** whipped and goes crawlin’ back to momma who also happens to be your sister and possibly a cousin’s 3rd wife. You can suck on Smokey’s left nut for a pacifier.
UT didn’t play Auburn last year…
‘gonna screw that pooch’
you disgust me. not a fan of beasti@lity.
That was my thought too wtf is going on with that poor dog Smokey up there?
“We’re coming alright. Gonna screw that pooch.”
“Screw the pooch” is a metaphor for messing up, a self-inflicted mistake.
But in this dumb hick’s case – he probably has mounted an honest-to-goodness dog or 2
There are some good UT commentors on this site. You give them a bad name.
That comment is hilarious made my day. The game will be close but that was funny got a good chuckle out of me…gotta love college football.
And they’re bringing their bacon grease!
South Carolina was 3-4 when you guys “drilled them” and you didn’t even play Auburn last year. Good god.
But congrats on your winning streak…Not many teams could make a nice run against USC, UAB, Kentucky, Missouri, Vandy, Indiana, USC and Missouri again. That’s some stiff competition.
Funny to hear that from a cousin loving redneck
Dude, you’re from Tennessee. The state police actually have an incest investigation division and assigned specialists in your state. No kidding.
I’m actually from GA and I noticed that there are more articles on incest in GA than TN. Just Saying…
Imagine being from the land of Deliverance and throwing this out at people.
Voltards’ve been talkin’ all kinds of smack this offseason. Well Smokey… the day of the reckoning draws near. Even the China virus couldn’t save yo’ a** from the beating you are about to receive. Please wear your masks though. We here at a superior institution of higher learning don’t want to get infected with that LOSER disease that you are a super spreader of. Good day to you Rocky flop.
Calm down there titty baby. Havent seen much smack talk from TN fans this year. Especially compared to Ga fans. Florida really has you guys scared.
TN fans dont expect to win the east this year. Weve been stuck in limbo for 2 decades. We expect to compete. Something we’ve only done in spurts for far to long.
This should be a good game for a while but i expect GA to come out the victor.
You’re post contains one fact. UGA WILL come out the victor. And ain’t nobody scared of Florida. Georgia will lose to the gators when Dan Mullen’s wife stops taint tounging his players. In otherwords… never.
And you’re post contains no factual statements. But I’m not surprised. Are you and corch roommates?
It’s amazing how butt hurt UGA fans are by not having the opportunity to see a National Title in their lifetime.
Hold on there “Braves”. Some of us Dawg fans are old enough and I was there at the Sugar Bowl in’81. And yes it has been a long time. I for one hope the best for the Vols and like to see you guys in the mix for the East….just not this week. The East is always better when UGA, UF, and TN are battling hard to get to Atlanta. Saturday should be a very good test for our front seven against the TN rush game. Also another good test for SBIV and our run game against another good defense. Pruitt’s may be better.
“SicEM” Yes I agree with you. It’s time to make this game competitive again. I think it will be this Saturday. I think UT has a slight edge on Offense at this moment. 5th year QB and really impressive OLine are IMO slightly better than UGA. I think the real difference will be at D where I believe UGA is probably more than slightly better. Should be a good test and I expect a close 1 score game.
It has been a long time @Braves, but you guys haven’t exactly won any recently either. I elisted in the Army the year Tennessee last won it all. I have been retired for several years.
Thanks for your service, KirkM, but you should never go
“Full Retired”
Tennessee’s best hope is for UGA to get a big lead early.
“The best part of dating a Georgia girl is she never expects a ring.”
Honestly, Tennessee has about the same statistical chance of beating Georgia as Trump does being re-elected.
As long as the Dawgs aren’t looking beyond UT to the Bama match-up, I think 88% is reasonable. Let’s be real here – UGA has outscored UT 122-26 in the past 3 games. The Dawgs may have their best defensive unit ever, and the offense seems to have found it’s legs. UGA punted twice last night. Twice. The game is in Athens. I’m not seeing a lot of justification to believe this will be an “epic” game.
your post contains too much logic to be accepted. i’m more in favor of the tn fans who are baselessly claiming to have an experienced wr corps that are going to embarrass the dawgs’ secondary
Who has been saying that? Please enlighten.
scattered posts from gwhite713 to various uga/tn articles. he’s one example. go enlighten yourself
Man, you really cleared that up for me. Thanks, for nothing… No real tn fan would be talking about an experienced wr corp. However, OL is a different story.
I’m expecting a good old fashion hard hitting game. Vols will come to play and keep it close. Dawgs will win a hard fought game in Athens.
UGA punted twice and only scored 27 points? Ouch…
so after a 27-6 victory against a top 10 team, your attempt at critiquing uga is that they only scored 27 pts and punted 2 times.
come on, after the misery of football that you’ve witnessed inside neyland the last 20 yrs…i know you know bad football. beating someone by 21 pts isn’t bad football.
Cap22. Georgia covered the 6.5 point spread by 20.5 points while rarely passing the ball in the second half.
The only reason GA didn’t put 21 more up in the second half is Kirby doesn’t run the score up and why show UT and Bama any more plays.
I would say nice try, but…
So living in GA as a TN fan, the radio personalities are overlooking this game. They were talking more about the upcoming Bama matchup. IMO I think UT is a better team than Auburn. Recent history is nice to quote and look at, even history in general where UGA hasnt won a National Title in 40 years, but that really doesn’t help determine what is going to happen this Saturday. This is the best team UT has had since 2016 and I’d say its a better team than 2016. IMO this game should go all 4 quarters. Auburn admitted defeat kicking the FG before half.
UT has a really good O-line
I am looking forward to the match-up between UT’s O-line and UGA’s defensive front.
Should be a good warm-up/prep for Alabama.
Kirby Smart “Tennessee is a better team than Auburn right now.”
You know Kirby wants some Pay-Back for all the lies and smears coming from Mr. Mays (AKA Pinky-Stump) and his shyster Lawyer.
If I was Kirby Smart, I would run up the score as much as possible.
If I was still around on Rocky Top, I’d straighten this mess out.
Tennessee is getting their talent level up, but Georgia is better at most positions. UT missed many tackles against Missouri, dbs wanted no part of Rountree. Gotta man up and tackle at the waist instead of diving at the feet. It’s a mans game. 38-13 UGA
Im happy we play TN…its nothing more than a great scrimmage game for bama. TN is solid but not a contender. Im looking forward to seeing our D go up against a team that wants to run. Georgia has the best D in the country. expect a big win, 37-10…
I’m looking forward to watching this game. Georgia should win comfortably but if Tennessee’s running game is as good as it appears to be, they might be able to slow the game down. Which could help keep Tennessee’s defense fresh.
It has been a long time @Braves, but you guys haven’t exactly won any recently either. I elisted in the Army the year Tennessee last won it all. I have been retired for several years.
This week’s game vs. Georgia will determine “IF” Tennessee is really back. It’s been a long time in the wilderness for the Vols.
Both you clowns are losing to Florida
I agree. But watch out. They might beat Obama to. Hahaha Go Vols!
Bama..
Just like Corch, Neegan , tdow and corch all give UGA fans a bad name.
I had to hear it all week about how Tennessee was coming for us and I knew it. How’d that work out for y’all?