Tennessee and Alabama bring two of the Southeastern Conference's better defenses into Saturday's showdown
Tennessee and Alabama bring two of the Southeastern Conference’s better defenses into Saturday’s showdownThis Tennessee-Alabama game provides ample intensity even minus the superstar quarterbacks, top 10 rankings and dueling national title hopes ofEven without the electric offenses led by Bryce Young and Hendon Hooker a year ago, it's still a border rivalry game between two teams battling for division titles.
Last season, the sixth-ranked Vols snapped a 15-game losing streak in the rivalry with a 52-49 victory over No. 3 Alabama on Chase McGrath's 40-yard field goal as time expired. “It wasn’t pretty , I’ll be the first to admit that, but it’s not that far off either,” Heupel said. “We have to do ordinary things at a really high level.”Tennessee brings a three-headed rushing attack that is the SEC’s best and sixth nationally at 231.3 yards a game. The Vols ran for 232 yards against Texas A&M last week against an Aggies’ defense that had been the league’s stingiest allowing only 84 yards rushing.
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