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Auburn’s head coach used to call plays for Josh Heupel. His co-defensive coordinator used to run Tennessee’s defense. His co-offensive coordinator used to coach Tennessee’s receivers. That’s not a game, that’s a family reunion nobody wanted.

My TriStar Daily preview made the case for both sides. Golesh knows the playbook, and Tennessee’s line gave up 10 sacks to Texas. But Auburn’s 3-1 start didn’t hold up under a close look: a one-point win over Baylor, 44 allowed to Florida, and 21 points against Vanderbilt.

Bottom line: the ex knows all your secrets, but he’s still eating in the visitors’ dining room.

Read the full column at TriStar Daily: https://tristardaily.com/ut-v-auburn-the-ex-comes-to-dinner/

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Tennessee was founded in 1794. Texas opened in 1883. So when No. 1 Texas made its first trip ever to Neyland Stadium, we figured somebody should point out which UT got here first.

My preview for TriStar Daily looked at why this Texas team was beatable in Knoxville: it went 0-5 against the spread on the road last year, Tennessee was out-rushing it by almost 400 yards through three games, and 101,000 people at noon is not a place a young road team wants to be. Faizon Brandon against Arch Manning was the headliner, but the line kept dropping all week for a reason.

I took the Vols and the points. (They covered. We’ll talk about the final score some other time.)

Read the full column at TriStar Daily: https://tristardaily.com/the-real-ut-stands-up-on-saturday-in-knoxville/

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