Game week

Saturday

This is why you come back. Gossip and the board for game week.

This Saturday

Vs Kentucky

Date: Nov 7
Kickoff: Night window, time TBA
Where: Knoxville (home)
TV: To be announced
Week: 10
Our pick: Lean W

After that

Nov 14at Texas A&MFlex
Nov 21vs LSUFlex
Nov 28at VanderbiltNight window

Read the wire The Board

notice

Our pick on Kentucky: Lean W

Permanent, nearby, and always meaner than the ranking. Night at home. This is a must if the over is going to cash.

This Saturday · Knoxville · Open the wire

Two rooms

Come for the takes. Stay for kickoff.

Gossip

The Wire

Whispers, notices, and a take machine. Satire with a Knoxville accent. Not a newsroom.

Numbers

The Board

The slate with our lean, not a spreadsheet. What 7.5 actually means, in English.

The pulse

What the numbers actually say

Full board

The number

7.5

Vegas over/under

Priced a freshman and four games the computers think we lose. We took the over because September still exists.

The record

6–2

Overall, final scores only

Last: L 24–27 at South Carolina.

The four

1–1

Against the four they had us losing

Texas L 17–20, Alabama W 26–10. Still ahead: Texas A&M, LSU.

Next up

Knoxville

Week 10, Night window

Home against Kentucky, network to be announced. Our pick: Lean W.

vs Kentucky

Permanent, nearby, and always meaner than the ranking. Night at home. This is a must if the over is going to cash.

Pick: Lean W

at Texas A&M

November, on the road, against a roster built to bully. Survive and the season still has a bowl with teeth. Get bullied and we talk about next year early.

Pick: Likely L

vs LSU

Night-game energy even if it kicks at noon. Home field is the equalizer. One of the four we are 'supposed' to lose — we do not accept the assignment.

Pick: Toss-up