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No. 21 Tennessee vs. South Carolina: How to watch, stream, listen

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No. 21 Tennessee and South Carolina. Primetime at Neyland Stadium on a ‘Dark Mode’ Saturday night in Knoxville. The stage is set for the Vols to open their SEC home schedule against the Gamecocks in a 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time kickoff on SEC Network.

The Vols (3-1, 0-1 SEC) beat UTSA (1-3) 45-14 on Saturday in Knoxville, starting a stretch of three straight home games over four weeks. After facing South Carolina, Tennessee has a bye on October 7, then hosts Texas A&M on October 14.

South Carolina (2-2, 1-1) beat Mississippi State 37-30 Saturday night in Columbia, bouncing back from the 24-14 loss at No. 1 Georgia last week. The Gamecocks led Georgia 14-3 at halftime before the Bulldogs scored 21 unanswered in the second half at Sanford Stadium.

Tennessee on Sunday afternoon opened as an 11-point favorite against South Carolina, according to Circa Sports, and are either 11.5- or 12-point favorite at multiple sportsbooks.

Tennessee vs. South Carolina: How To Watch

Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Location: Neyland Stadium (101,915)

Streaming: SEC Network (Tom Hart – Play by Play, Jordan Rogers – Color Commentator, Cole Cubelic – Sideline Reporters)

Mobile: ESPN App

Radio: WIVK-FM 107.7 and WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast (Bob Kesling – play-by-play – Pat Ryan, analyst – BrentHubbs, analyst – Jayson Swain sideline) can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee. 

Satellite Radio: SiriusXM Channel 109 or Channel 190. SiriusXM App Channel 961.

What To Watch For

In November, Tennessee’s College Football Playoff hopes were dashed in a 63-38 loss at South Carolina. The Gamecocks shocked the Vols with Spencer Rattler completing 30 of 37 passes for 438 yards and six touchdowns.

South Carolina was up 21-7 after the end of the first quarter and led 35-24 at halftime. Tennessee got back within 35-31 early in the third quarter, but Carolina responded with 28 straight points, going up 63-31 with 2:06 left.

“It has nothing to do with what’s gonna happen in this one, good or bad,” Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said this week. “It’s to me, the team that wins this game is the team that plays the smartest, which means you gotta be in control of your emotions. It also speaks to your preparation and what you need to do during the course of the week to be able to play your best and not be out there strictly thinking. 

“Just you’re seeing things, you’re anticipating and you’re playing with great fundamentals. And I think it’s really important that your players stay engaged during the course of the week to be at their best.”

Tennessee had multiple starters leave the 45-14 win over UTSA on Saturday while dealing with injury situations. Player that left the game and did not return included starting running back and leading rusher Jaylen Wright, starting receiver Bru McCoy, starting wide receiver Ramel Keyton, starting left tackle John Campbell, starting linebacker Aaron Beasley and starting defensive end Dominic Bailey.

“Really all the guys that you didn’t see at the end of last week,” Heupel said on Thursday, “had a really good week. It’s always game-time decisions. But feel really good about all of them.”

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