UT game might come down our Passing game / not theirs.

I4CtheFuture · Oct 14, 2026

According to this page our rushing attacks are very equal. We're #10 and they're #15 I think.

But then I looked at the passing offense. We're #56th in passing offense while UT is #111

There's nothing about this game that scares me. Should be a close one.

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Deathstar · Oct 15, 2026

Well, obviously to win a game we need our QB to have a good game, complete passes to open receivers and not turn the ball over. Our rushing attack is pretty good, one of the best I have seen here in years. Hopefully we get the starting center back for this game.

Jonesz2 · Oct 15, 2026

Tennessee hasn’t scored over 24 points in SEC play. If we score 25 we win. I like our chances.

Lurker123 · Oct 15, 2026

Their starting qb was injured in one game, then missed the Arkansas game.

A big difference may be if he plays or not.

Skuddy · Oct 15, 2026

I think it will come down to our secondary and turnovers. This is the exact type of defense UT head coach loves.

maybee1 · Oct 15, 2026

UT under Heupel has always been run first. If we can stop their run game with equal numbers (I think we can) then we win.

18IsTheMan · Oct 15, 2026

I4CtheFuture said:
According to this page our rushing attacks are very equal. We're #10 and they're #15 I think.

But then I looked at the passing offense. We're #56th in passing offense while UT is #111

There's nothing about this game that scares me. Should be a close one.

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They are only allowing 185 yards passing and 123 yards rushing. It will be a serious test for our offense.

Piscis · Oct 15, 2026

Tennessee offense has not been too dangerous this year. Heupel's HUNH isn't anything special anymore, lots of teams run similar offenses now so defenses know how to defend them.

If both teams play their usual game, SC should win.

Lurker123 · Oct 15, 2026

Piscis said:
Tennessee offense has not been too dangerous this year. Heupel's HUNH isn't anything special anymore, lots of teams run similar offenses now so defenses know how to defend them.

If both teams play their usual game, SC should win.

I went and looked it up.

They scored 56, 45 and 42 against 2 patsies Georgia Tech.

Then scored 20 on Texas. Their starters gets hurt and they score 24 on auburn and Arkansas.

I think their offense might hinge on of that starter comes back.

Piscis · Oct 16, 2026

Lurker123 said:
I went and looked it up.

They scored 56, 45 and 42 against 2 patsies Georgia Tech.

Then scored 20 on Texas. Their starters gets hurt and they score 24 on auburn and Arkansas.

I think their offense might hinge on of that starter comes back.

20 against Texas isn't shameful. Texas is loaded on the D front. 24 against Arkansas is horrible. If that starter isn't back, they don't have a chance against us.

SouthernBelly · Oct 16, 2026

Their passing offense is ranked #111, and they may be playing their second guy? Well, we've seen this before... 312 yard passing day incoming for the UT offense.

18IsTheMan · Oct 16, 2026

Lurker123 said:
I went and looked it up.

They scored 56, 45 and 42 against 2 patsies Georgia Tech.

Then scored 20 on Texas. Their starters gets hurt and they score 24 on auburn and Arkansas.

I think their offense might hinge on of that starter comes back.

Well, if their original starting QB comes back for our game, you can go ahead and hand him the Heisman. It's just how we roll.

Psycock · Oct 16, 2026

Watched the Texas game - they could have easily won that game, as it came down to the final play. We can win but it won`t be easy if we do. QB uncertainty doesn`t help them but their defense has been good as noted above.

JohnnySolo · Oct 17, 2026

I won’t be there because of the fair. I lose my parking spot every year.

Slim Chickens Gamecock · Oct 17, 2026

Their d end is a monster. We better figure out how to keep him out of the backfield

Gamecockcw2 · Oct 17, 2026

I4CtheFuture said:
According to this page our rushing attacks are very equal. We're #10 and they're #15 I think.

But then I looked at the passing offense. We're #56th in passing offense while UT is #111

There's nothing about this game that scares me. Should be a close one.

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Let’s hope they don’t watch film on our secondary

Gamecockcw2 · Oct 17, 2026

18IsTheMan said:
Well, if their original starting QB comes back for our game, you can go ahead and hand him the Heisman. It's just how we roll.

Their original starter has actually been benched, this guy will go the distance for them the rest of the year and let’s just hope he doesn’t have a breakout game like we have seen so many times. Their defense is for real so our oline needs to be stellar

wob · Oct 17, 2026

Deathstar · Oct 18, 2026

UT should be a Top 10 team for this game, this perfectly sets up the Shane Train to get a high visibility win against a Top 10 team and keep his playoff guarantee in play.

UT should be physically and mentally exhausted after their game with Bama, Beamer had two weeks to prepare for this game, we should be healed and rested and we have the home field advantage. There can be no excuses for not winning this game!

gamecockengineer2011 · Oct 18, 2026

Tennessee's defense is nasty. They were consistently able to get pressure against Alabama's QB just rushing 4 and dropping 7 into coverage. That is going to be bad news for us.

Piscis · Oct 19, 2026

Deathstar said:
UT should be a Top 10 team for this game, this perfectly sets up the Shane Train to get a high visibility win against a Top 10 team and keep his playoff guarantee in play.

UT should be physically and mentally exhausted after their game with Bama, Beamer had two weeks to prepare for this game, we should be healed and rested and we have the home field advantage. There can be no excuses for not winning this game!

I do think them winning a huge emotional game like that is probably good for us. It is hard for a team to get up two weeks in a row.

Look what happened to UGA after their big win over Bama and Auburn had the week off.

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