Auburn hosts Tennessee on Saturday with more questions for both teams than are remotely possible to answer. Of course, that makes it incredibly difficult to predict what will happen on The Plains. Still, I’ll give it a try with 10 bold predictions:

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn will have a sideline explosion

This has been a hard week for Malzahn and his Auburn Tigers. With no realistic shot at a championship, there’s cause for concern about just how stable the Tigers are. If Jarrett Stidham and Auburn’s offense don’t get on track quickly, expect Malzahn to lose his cool. Perhaps a thrown headset?

Malzahn will try to open up the passing game

Here’s a surprising fact: Stidham has never thrown for 300 yards against an SEC defense. This season, he’s only reached 200 yards once in three SEC games. Given some projections that he’s a potential first-round pick, that’s an illegal misuse of talent. With an offense that is struggling to move the football, Malzahn may finally try to play to Stidham’s strengths, which is throwing the football downfield. But will it work? Probably not.

Stidham will throw multiple interceptions

He’s only thrown 2 all season, both leading to the loss against LSU. Auburn has spent an entire offseason building an offense that is designed to use the quarterback as one of the primary ball carriers. Auburn’s coaches will try to change things up, as mentioned above, but it won’t work. Stidham, or, more specifically, his receivers, will struggle.

Malzahn will revert back to his old offense

At some point in the second half, Malzahn will realize that Auburn can’t be effective if it thinks pass first. Malzahn, who is terrible with in-game adjustments, will finally fall back on what he knows best, even if that’s not what his quarterback does best.

Malzahn will have one play that completely confuses the Vols

Malzahn is too good at designing plays to not have one misdirection play hit big. The Tigers will have one such play Saturday, but will it be enough?

Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano will gain 100 rushing yards

Guarantano has the ability to run and Auburn had trouble defending Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald last week, who ran for 195 yards on 28 carries. Guarantano’s running won’t define the Vols’ offense this season, but it will be key for UT this week.

Tennessee will be more creative on offense — to an extent

No, the Vols aren’t going to channel their inner Chip Kelly, if they even have one. However, the Vols have to be more creative on offense. The personnel shortcomings have practically demanded it. It’s time for the Vols to take some shots downfield, run some sweeps or, at least, some counter plays more often. How can the Vols look their fan base in the eye without laying all of their cards on the table? Just look to last week. That’s how Mississippi State kept Auburn off balance through the entire game. If not …

… the Vols won’t gain half as many yards as State did last week

With UT’s offensive woes, a loud road crowd and a (likely) motivated football team, it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Vols couldn’t ring up just half of the Bulldogs total (418 yards) against the Tigers. If the Vols can’t top 209 yards this week, that means they were stale as usual.

The game will come down to the final drive in the fourth quarter

The Vols have had an extra week to prepare for Auburn and, perhaps most important, get a break from the beatdowns they have received this season. This game will come down to one score, unlike UT’s other losses. The movement in the betting line has shown that UT is a favorite of bettors this week. That leads us to …

The Vols will win

I know this would be a monumental upset and one that no one would have predicted in the preseason, but this Auburn team has chemistry issues per multiple media reports. Therefore, I’m calling the upset. UT wins 23-20.