#15 Tennessee vs Chattanooga (full game) | 2024 Tennessee Vols football

listening the Lang let's you for a second this is why when I talk back and forth with y'all boys in the studio and you talk about being hungry or being cold I'm always like yeah yeah yeah it's football season which means nothing matters it could be 150° but yeah Peter it is extremely hot out here today we got two minutes until we throw it back up here into the booth what's something that when you were doing about this team so obviously Nico making his first start here today we're going to talk a lot about him we're going to help fans Tennessee fans already know a lot about him but we a lot about him from pregame routine so what he's been working on throughout the off season but Peter probably the most important and most exciting storyline for me is Brew McCoy being back on this field after what happened to him in that South Carolina game last season with that injury I got to talk to him last week about finding what his identity was outside of football learning who he was as a man and if you think the is not going to be deafening in here today I don't know what to tell you I can't wait to see him I was going to say are you just pulling for the Cookie Monsters as well too right so what's the story about the cookies yeah so I don't quote me on this but I believe if Bruce scores a touchdown the fans here get two cookies from a very popular cookie establishment here in nville moonshine Mountain cookies I believe and we did go yesterday and they're really Taylor and I go get how cool is this ban on the field get ready to run through the tea all of it I have heard some of the things you've said throughout this show Tennessee fans are buzzing they should be this is an underrated program in the 20124 they are my dark college football this rock has so much talent and all of these fans 100000 know that it's going to be loud in here uh hopefully they're as fast as smokey that just ran right the late great John Ward the voice of the all as he used to say it this time of year those five words it's football time in Tennessee the balls are back in nean stadium to play instate fo Chattanooga welcome to SEC football presented by All State Josh Hy in his fourth year at the head coach at UT bringing his team out in the smoky gray Unis today on this steamy hot Saturday and SEC Saturdays start right here in nean stadium he's the college football fam for Matt stinch I'm Taylor sarer you'll see Alyssa Lang on that hot field in just a moment had they had a college football playoff that was had 12 teams in it two years ago Tennessee would have hosted a game on that field two years ago they have one of those playoffs now it's a story of the season is Tennessee a legitimate Contender to get in it absolutely based on the momentum that they've been able to build the last two seasons under Josh Hy for the first time in 20 years the balls finished in the top 20 in backto back campaigns they've got a lot of talent returning they've also replaced some parts that might be key components to what should be and could be a playoff run at the end of the season starting with watch this Nico iala remember the name the quarterback at Tennessee comes in here with a lot of potential and promise he started the bowl game he was the MVP this is his first start in Knoxville today counted for four total touch Downs three rushing one in the air and what was his takeaway immediately after the MVP he goes to offensive coordinator coach Holley I left a lot of yards on the field and you think about that type of performance that he was able to do in his only start as of all boy you have to like that mentality coupled with his physical skills first true freshman or red shirt freshman any kind of freshman to start for the balls in the home opener since Brent schaer did it 20 years ago for Tennessee let's take a look at today's fubo TV keys to the game what he got for us Den well when you look at the opposition today for the mocks they have to stay on schedule they don't want to get behind in the down in distance get obvious passing Downs defensively they have to win some one-on ones in some of the passing scenarios because of this Tennessee Weaponry in their offense and for the balls offensively we talk about the passing game of the quarterback but can they get the Run game going and we know for a fact that they want to be able to the passer they did a great job of it a season ago some new faces in the secondary pass defense's best friend is a good pass rush Chattanooga won the toss they deferred Tennessee will receive the opening kickoff in the 42nd meeting between the two schools UT leads the series 372 to2 the last meeting was in 2019 mocks have not won here since 1958 just look at nean Stadium rocket on Rocky Top to start the season Allan Cara will kick it to cam Seldon welcome back college football Seldon at the goal line tripped up but gets past the 30 up near the 34 to the field we go and Alysa L yeah guys Tennessee fans so excited to see nio yam malava in his first start stinch you talked about the last time we saw him MVP of the Citrus bow yet he went into the locker room and talked about all the opportunities that he felt he left on the field when I asked him about it this week he was Jones in to get back out here and take advantage of some of those opportunities and that chemistry that he's built with his team he's gotten better at everything when it comes from loud outside noise confidence in Reading defenses coach hpel today wants a clean show be efficient have a short memory but go out there and rip it you're the quarterback the artist you have the paintbrush Hy's teams have scored on the opening play five times the last three seasons yam malava goes to the sideline and throws a good ball that's complete up to the 46 brand new receiver Chris Brazzle came over from two lane he gains 11 already over the football what a way to start your opening Campaign malava Will hand it off to Dylan Samson you're Might Recall Samson was the Workhorse this time last year had those four touchdowns against UVA to start the season was banged up a bit but finished strong over a 100 yards against Iowa in the bowl game he picked up seven they go to him again and he's right near a first down he's passed it down to the mock 42 well so much is made about the passing attack the Tennessee offense wants to run the football and that time got a timeout by the mocks you can see the tempo jumps time out Chapa their first time out of the half it's a 30 second break mock coached by Rusty Wright in his sixth year as the head coach fastest to 30 wins in school history as an Alum of the M he's never had a losing season they're ranked eighth in the FCS polls to start the season they went to the FCS playoffs last year beat Austin P in the first round then lost to Ferman stinch this team looks better than last year's team they absolutely do I mean High aspirations for the mock this season as well pick to win the Southern Conference mentioned they have got M the first time that they've ever had a returning quarterback under right so this is a a luxury for them and an opportunity to put together a really strong season yeah we'll see chase artus the quarterback for the mocks here shortly but it's Niko's turn 66 215b red shirt freshman from Long Beach California has a first and 10 and he'll hand it off again to Samson who's got daylight inside the 30 running behind that new left tackle Lance herd what a great pickup by the balls and Lance herd all conference freshman team member at LSU a season ago down to the 30 and now little trickeration as they do a sweep it's Brew mcoy inside the 25 down to the 21 and you hear all the bruise this man had a gruesome injury on this field against South Carolina last year he is the heartbeat of Tennessee football what a great way to get him an easy touch guaranteed touch there now looking to throw the am malava throws a first down completion to bru down to the 16 ydd line the challenge for any defense is to recognize you're going to see a ton of plays but can you keep this offense in front of you bend but find a way to stop in the red zone now it's back to Samson and he doesn't have much there gets down to the 15 diarco Perkins mallister on The Tackle on a minimal gain for the vs this first drive of the Season iam malava offensive MVP of the Citrus Bowl three rushing touchdowns in that game also had a passing score the true dual threat you can see how deliberate the offense can become in the Red Zone not an area that the volunteers were very efficient in a season ago and he'll hand to Samson again and Dylan gets down inside the 10 it'll be third third down from there Samson is the Junior from Baton Rouge they lost Jaylen Wright and Jamari Jabari small who ran out of Eligibility right led the SEC in rushing last season now it's Samson's turn the Workhorse on this first drive and Falls have their first third down third and four there's a shovel pass caught by Samson and somehow he turned it into something but it's fourth down as Quay Wiggles stopped him short had an opportunity almost for a tackle for no gain and you see Tennessee you talking about aggressive fourth down 39% on this down they go straight ahead but no there's a timeout first coach hpel came down there called timeout coach hpel was inside the 10 yard line he ran down there made sure the official got it coach hple and Nial Ava will talk about it we'll be back in just a moment Josh hyle and the balls have the 10th play of the drive it's a fourth down inside the mock 8 yd line coach Hy's team wasn't good in the Red Zone scoring touchdowns last year Stitch until Nico IAM malava showed up in the bowl game they were four for four ni keeps it or hands it to somebody here on this fourth and two you see a little hard count with a quick clap got the moer rock in their stance trying to get a free first he does hand it to Samson and Samson moves the pile down to the one first and goal Tennessee we talked to the coaches about Samson yesterday boy they were plenty excited to have him back in the back field they give it to him again real quickly touchdown vol tears Tennessee's running backs never fumbled the ball last year Samson you can always count on him to deliver crucial moments converting the fourth down another touchdown on the opening drive of the season and the first kick of Max Gilbert's career is a good extra point 7 nothing Tennessee 11 play 65 yards using the ground game quite a bit a lot of runs that's a new quarterback's best friend got this drive going though with a little improv the malava able to extend on that first throw completed three passes but it was the ground game finally got the balls not only a conversion but a touchdown on their opening possession seven Dylan Samson runs on that first drive lot of work a lot of work for him this is an offense that rattles off a ton of plays there's a reason why they led the conference in rushing this is a vertical passing attack built off a solid Run game just want to remind everyone of this as we get used to this new era in college football can you imagine if they have a playoff game here in DEC what a hope field ADV match Falls would have had one had they had that format two years ago certainly are one of the teams to think about that 12 team playoff this season that's Josh turbyville he's still kicking off the Knox Vilan and the mocks start their offensive season at their own 25 yd line chase otopus a senior from orcut California so walk- on at UCLA he wanted to learn how to be a coach under Chip Kelly and then after a few years of being a walk-on he said you know what maybe I'll transfer somewhere and try to play some quarterback and he's been terrific for Coach Wright yeah a luxury really we talked about it a little bit earlier first time under Coach Wright where he gets to coach a returning starter at the most important position offensively and they are definitely going to lean on him say that he can operate this offense completely can the offensive front Hold Up played in 10 games last year threw 20 touchdown passes hands to Reggie Davis Davis finds some space and gets ahead past the 30 up past the 32 yd line where Andre turntine made the tackle just an inside Zone run great job and Patience by Davis waiting for something to open up up backside lot of times you shut down that play side there's a little bit of room they're going to need Davis to have a good day getting seven yard against one of the best defensive fronts in all of college football this time otopus keeps it throws it's a first down completion pass the 35 up near the 37 they did push him back as Jaylen McMurray pushed Sam Phillips way back but his forward momentum gives him a first down this what we can expect to see a lot out of Chattanooga today move the pocket see if you can be positive in the ground game as you mentioned that opener seven y That's a fantastic way to get it going but move the pocket as you already mentioned it Taylor this defensive front they roll deep and they are talented for the volunteers what you want to do is be able to have your playbook available to you if it does make it to third down so far pretty efficient start for the mock offensively up to the Tennessee 38 yd line and a whistle today's referee is Jason was called by choa it's their second of the half it's been a flurry of timeouts we seen three timeouts already wow and only just over five minutes into the game balls up seven nothing SEC network football is presented by all stay you're in good hands it is a beautiful city it's one of the best college campuses you'll find in the country it's a steamy hot Saturday for Rusty Wright as the mocks came up here to Knoxville see what their record was last season terrific year and bring back a ton of returning Talent now they have to play UT today and then play at Georgia State next week and then it's the entirety of their FCS sched coming up after that chase artopia the mocks after a first down will turn p and Reggie Davis will get greeted by several mocks the balls on the ground and the balls say they've got it they do Joshua Joseph recovered it stinch it was Tyrie West that forced it watch the knock back the way this started wow great job by the defensive front power to change the line of scrimmage Davis could not get downhill and he gets clocked by Tyree West that ball comes shooting out you talk about the way the Chattanooga offense had started pretty efficiently nice run on that opener move the pocket get a first down you come right back and that defensive front just changed the line of scrimmage knocked it back about two yards how about that forearm by West to punch that ball out iamal Ava's got a short field and throws ahead to the 31 to brew McCoy now a new rule in college football is there's helmet communication that the quarterback now has with the coaching staff Alyssa not the only new rule that teams can utilize we also have seen iPads on the sidelines more on that in a moment IAM malava throws again down inside the 21 to McCoy Alysa one of those things that you know you would think would be an interesting adjustment but I talked to Nico this week about the inh helmet communication he said I thought it was cool I've watched the pros do it for such a long time it's just one more way that I'm getting ready for the next level when it comes to the iPads that's been interesting to watch so far too head to Samson Dylan breaks it first and goal vol teers there so many different ways offense can hurt you this offense is the formation itself spreads you out in the tempo and get a light box not many defenders in the line of scrimmage I Amalia the touchdown pass directly across the middle it is a dart to Ethan Davis all's tight ends had 44 catches with nine touchdowns last year had to replace their top two pass catchers they have three including Davis that coach hypo loves and again Max Gilbert won the kicking Duty The Freshman from Memphis and his first two extra points of his career are good you think back to the turnover you're trying to shorten this game if you can't defense gets you the football and the offense capitalizes find themselves in the end zone once again and Ethan Davis new face at tight end to get his first touchdown of his Tennessee Career well the last Drive took 10 plays in a big chunk of time this one just four plays in over a minute after Tyree West forced the fumble and gave the vs a short field the vs lead the country in first quarter scoring the last three years Mr hyle doesn't like to waste any time no he's an anxious guy to say the least gets out there and he's ready to get rocking and rolling you think about the number of times five times they've scored on the first play period not first scored just first play first R out of the Trap you'll Bang Your Head on the goal post kid they do that here more often than just about anywhere else saw the other games that are coming up later today Alabama without Nick Sabin kayin dor coaching the tide tonight against Western Kentucky Florida and Miami in a steamy swamp in Gainesville today at 3:30 and Mr stinch may have some neck pain as he turns around and sees that number one Georgia leads Clemson three nothing on ABC climate controlled environment down there for those guys I wonder what color jerseys the Gators are going to wear tonight an interesting choice to wear these Smoky uniforms that Tennessee is wearing today showing respect to this state and to the tri-state area but yeah maybe some whites from the Gators today in Gainesville if I was a senior for the Florida Gator I'd be like let's wear all white today coach Miami can wear whatever color they want that's what the mocks are wearing with artopia at quarterback at his own 25 Chase will throw underneath and at the feet of Lance Jackson bu Carter from Chattanooga had the pressure right there on artus remember that name who's fighting for some playing time in a completely new secondary talking with Coach Banks defensive coordinator yesterday he said if you ask anybody on this team they're going to tell you this kid's confident and he is not scared to compete they love his demeanor rtop is throws to the sideline that Ball's caught up at the 31 by Javin Nuna Watley to Alysa Taylor since you were talking about bu Carter being out there as a freshman battling for playing time well he's battling with Christian Harrison that's in lie of a Jordan Thomas injury during Camp they thought he was going to be the starter coaches telling us that no matter who started this game or Christian it wouldn't matter both of them would get a ton of snaps as they try to figure out the future of that position on third and four artopia throws it at the feet of a receiver it's incomplete Sam Phillips was the intended target volunteers all over otopus as he threw that football yeah this time watch Caleb Herring at the bottom of your screen just missed the cut block actually kind of overloaded that side got three pass rushers two potential blockers Sam Phillips is saying hey holding me I don't know that it would have mattered that time artopia has got bodies Landing all around his feet eth ju will punt it to squirrel white dangerous receiver and return man still looking for his first touchdown returning a punt he stands at is 25 and lets it hop Fields it at the 21 and there goes squirrel pass the 40 well he can be an electric playmaker see him just get up field it's that first would be tackle that it makes you hold your breath if you're in that coverage unit because if he's able to get loose he's a guy we talked to the coaches yesterday what does he need to do differently and he said nothing just be squirrel we talked about what's new with this expanded 12 team playoff format where the top four Conference champions will receive Buys in the quarterfinals the other eight teams will play on campus in first round games conference realignment Texas and Oklahoma are in the SEC now Amal Ava looks down the field and he throws a bullet inside the 40 to Brazzle you think this fall coaching staff and Personnel are excited about Brazzle Edition man they were gushing about his skill set 23 yard so the man comes over from T Lane and iala that's another laser it's Dante Thon touchdown Tennessee just two plays and 59 yards for Nico two perfect passes to give Tennessee this big lead you know they were all over the outskirts of this Stadium this morning three four hours before they wanted to see Nico Am malava come into the stadium well he starts 8 for8 97 yards and two touchdowns one of the more identifiable backdrops in our sport nean Stadium on a Tennessee Saturday afternoon Josh turbyville kicks it through the endzone this is the first game we have for you today on SEC not Network our Stellar lineup rolls on at 4:15 Eastern South Carolina host Old Dominion and then we cap the night with Kentucky hosting Southern Miss you can catch Mississippi State Eastern Kentucky as Jeff leby makes his debut with the dogs number six Old Miss and Ferman are playing in Oxford and Auburn plays Alabama A&M that's all on SEC network plus and ESP plus you can watch anywhere I got to tell you our guys Dave and Aaron I think they've got a good one with the Gamecock and Old Dominion next then TV Tommy Cole and Jordan tonight Kentucky and Southern Miss those two have started the season before and it's been a close call in recent years yeah buddy proud of the snap FAL start offense number 79 5y penalty made it first down you know the mocks flip-flop their offensive lineman and those usually at that left tackle spot today it's arm Marian Crim over there at left tackle he flips over the right tackle MOX are also without what would have been their two starting offensive guards bit shorthanded in this game along the line of scrimmage and it has showed up last series and certainly towards the end of the first opening possession came out got a first down but didn't turn the ball over and Tennessee has kept punching first and 15 for artopia the drifts back and that's deflected at the line of scrimmage Omari Thomas Big O with the deflection that time protection actually had held up pretty good so otopus had a good pocket to work from but if you can't get home what's the rule slide protection you see that that's as clean as you can hope for versus this defensive front what do you do you get your hands up in those passing Lanes great job getting that big old paw up get a pass deflection at D line now second and 15 artopia throws the other way caught nice turn and nice move up past the 30 to the 33 by Sam Phillips he'll set up third and short defensive coordinator Tim banks for the Falls he does he's got one of the best defensive fronts because he has the deepest defensive front in college football I mean they and and not only are they able to roll guys in there but they really like the depth and their ability to continue to affect the game it's not like they drop off that much when they roll in new faces of course that includes James Pierce potential first round draft pick next year third and two for artopia looking over at that MOX bench the play Clocks down to two one didn't get it off well you could see Taylor it looked like they were trying to move their protecting back from one side to the other Lance Jackson the big challenge for a lot of offens is going to be they want to be able to find where's James Pierce Jr he moves around a lot that time he to the left side of that offensive formation you can see artop is saying hey Lance I'm going to need you over here where James Pierce jior is could not get that figured out before they ran out of play clock on Third and seven otopus has to go underneath incomplete everybody covered up down the field Omari Thomas might have gotten a piece of the ball again on that throw it's down and you could see you know part of the strategy here for Chattanooga slow down that pass rush they're cutting on some of these pass plays there supposed to be a quick hitter ball comes out just to try to slow those pass rushers down get at their legs make them play your blocks so far the volunteer defensive front handling it quite well J's first punt went 48 yards but he gave squirrel white a chance to return it tries to kick it away it's a good Punt and squirrel can't return at 52 yards and Tennessee will start at the 20 yd line we going through those changes as there is another flag down on the field see what that's about looks like initial indication is going to go against the mock during the kick holding receiving team number 82 the 10yd penalty will be enforced from the end of the it'll be first down Tennessee so we're talking about the college football playoff expansion now there's now a two-minute timeout yeah that we're all going to have to get used to in college football and we keep going on this helmet communication as you were saying Alyssa coach hyp is still going to do all the other things he was doing and now he's also going to talk to the quarterback the goal is to keep it simple as well that goes for the defensive side of the ball Tim Banks was saying the same thing you don't want paralysis by analysis either but it's not the only way to communicate we're going to get this clip in of the guys using the iPads on the sideline as well because I've seen them break into different position groups as soon as these drives are over coaches are combing through film with them so a lot of new tools y malava goes up past the 14 he'll pick up four it's supposed to turn on right now as soon as the play clock sets yeah they can speak to him they can speak to him right now and obviously when you snap it that quickly you can't say much I amavo will take off with the flag down past the 20 it would be a first down a couple plays in a row coach h's not going to like those the previous one kind of a unique formation two guys in the back field next to him holding offense number 74 the penalties half the goal repeat second down it's Big John kampbell in his seventh year of college football all right so here he is right here always love to Circle these old linemen during a penalty he's just got those hands outside and what happens is you see the grab Jersey wow he got his money's worth and the challenge was in the previous play too looked like a little bit of confusion as to who would end up with the football now on the doorstep of their own in zone and just handed off get up get some Breathing Room back up to the 17 for Seldon sophomore from Virginia shoulder injury in the spring but good to go now the am malava throws to the 20 that's a good ball to hold and stays the Notre Dame transfer makes for an easy conversion really Taylor you look out there you see who's off and just spit the football out there quickly on short yardage to go I am malava throws the Deep ball got him d T Thon again just so hard to get your cleats in the ground to play defense versus this ball offense the chain crew was nowhere close to getting set up and just as well because on that first down play you're already on your horse they're nowhere close to getting set up here Seldon take it down to the 16 thoron two catches 95 yards already well so here's thoron he's up here all by his Lonesome all right you can see the chain crew they're just like yeah forget it no sense in putting these down they're already going for another big Gainer how about Thorn he was he's really kind of number four as you see Joseph helped off the field that would be a significant blow to the mocks if he can't return see the senior out of Sharpsville he certainly this is you know it's it's a consideration tailor in these games I'm not saying anybody lays down but we already talked about it Chattanooga has a very big season in front of them this is a good football team and uh they certainly don't want to be dropping guys as you know versus qu how do you think of that start yeah he's I'm not sure is is he he's like unconscious is there are his eyes open can we see on the other side of those visor because right now he's playing about as cleanly as you can and I will say we've seen a couple of plays they say what what makes him distinct the skill set wise he said his his ability to improvise and he had to do it on the very first play of the game he had to do it on the very first play of this series find a way to gain yardage when it didn't go quite the way you wanted to wants to throw always can take off and that's what makes him so dangerous is you don't know what he's going to do as Caleb Webb couldn't make the catch that's his first incompletion of the game coaching staff yesterday including Joey Holley the offensive coordinator was talking about just how levelheaded he is and how they try to get him to be a little more passionate at times to get into you know his teammates a bit but he is he's a one chill Kid that never gets rattled and stays even keeled yeah well don't let the smooth taste fol you that's a big dude he is imposing not a big thick quarterback but he's every inch of 66 he has a third and six here another shovel pass and looks like Seldon went the wrong way there back towards the interior of that defensive line vs will lose yardage it be fourth down nice play by Chris Victor yeah you're exactly right just get up field instead he spins right into the wbe tackle Victor does a good job of getting him on the ground Tennessee had a kicking competition that lasted all of August between Max Gilbert and Josh turbyville and Gilbert won the job the red shirt freshman from Memphis has made his two extra points this is his first field goal attempt as of all from 36 yards and it's good 24 nothing Tennessee here in the first quarter did a good job of salvaging this drive didn't start out great the penalty early maybe a little confusion you see his ability to get outside the pocket make something happen spits one in there to his tight end for a touchdown then another to thoron across the middle thoron having himself a day this afternoon you know listen usually we like to leave what 3 four hours for the game to get over here to the stadium I was blown away at how many people were here three hours before the game to see Nico they're excited and they've been excited for a while right right I do our Signing Day shows at the SEC network and I remember the day that he signed to come to Tennessee there was so much Buzz around him but Buzz comes with pressure right so I talked to him this week about how he's handled that noise since before he even stepped on the field as a starter he gave Joe Milton a lot of credit going back to last year he said you know Joe had so many critics dealt with a lot of pressure watching him and the way he went to work to focus on himself what your team wants to accomplish tuning out the outside noise you guys talked about it he's cool calm collected when I asked him what goes through your mind running out of the tea your first start he was like yeah I just want to win that's all I care about Coach hpel told us yesterday his emotional maturity is through the roof he said he's a lot more mature than I was at his age well he's been terrific so far spot Duty last year Citrus bow MVP and my goodness what a start 11 of 12 157 yards and two touchdowns in the first quarter here against the mocks in week one of the 2024 season topus with a flag down throws underneath and to his tight end Jake Gibson Gibson one of those super seniors illegal motion offense number six moving forward towards the line of scage when the ball was snapped 5yd from the previous spot repeat first down get a positive play and then unfortunately timing of the snap cannot be making any movement progress towards the line of scrimmage as you go in motion and that time Jen Watley just a little bit early as he bent towards the line of scrimmage do that in the CFL not down here Nuna as they call him terrific FCS receiver for the mocks on First and 15 Davis squirts out of there and gets four Keenan peely with the tackle first time we've called his name in 12 n months fre triceps injury versus Virginia in the opener last year believe it or not this is his first game in Knoxville boy are they eager to have him available again a guy that they missed as you mentioned nearly the entire season a year ago he's the one that's getting all the communications too incidentally from defensive coordinator Tim Banks second and 11 Davis I it was Joshua Josephs who looked like he had just as good a chance as Davis to take the football triggered right now just aggressive so you see coming off the edge Joseph's did not flinch at all on that mesh Point kept working up field looks like it was going to be collapsed inside out anyway think Bryson een collapsing the line of scrimmage former linebacker incidentally Bryson e that's right now interior defensive lineman DAV jumps over a Defender and get it out to the 28 where will Brooks made the tackle fourth down it's going to be difficult for most of this season you look at Tennessee and some of these offenses when you come in here or you're going to face this Tennessee even at your place this Tennessee defense that defensive front's going to be a handful we've hammered at home and it's true and part of that is going to really come in handy as this secondary that's got new faces in the back end gets more acclimated now it's Jude Kelly ping this time for the mock L soccer style kick take a MOX bounce wow really effective down to the 22 yd line it's a 49 yard punt how about this start for Josh hpel I'd say it's pretty sporty you got the field goal so you want to look for a Pock Mark maybe that but that was on a drive that as we said didn't start out that cleanly able to find a way to get it in there spin a different direction and you probably got another fresh set of downs maybe poke it in the end zone but you see to open the game it was more run heavy just the three passes to open up on those 11 plays made sense since then we've seen them open it up quite a bit in the passing game that's the voice of Matt stinchcomb I'm Taylor Zer Alysa langing on the field if you're flipping around watching the dogs aite Clemson six nothing in halftime Vandy up 173 on Virginia Tech in Nashville at halftime over here in Knoxville it's the Nico IAM malava show he's been Sensational as he throws to Dylan Samson a little screen pass out of the back field they love this part of Samson's game and you can see why 19 yards it was something they pointed out made it a point to say look this guy's got great hands and we cannot wait for him to get more reps use him in the passing game and now hand it to him on the next play and he breaks free up to the 47 as Walker makes the tackle behind Samson you can see we've already seen cam Seldon Deshawn Bishop Khalifa Keith pton Lewis there's a bunch of options but unlike last year there's a true number one tailb offense number 87 not set prior to the snap 5yd penalty remain second down it's new tight end from over from Alabama kelman but Samson is the clear number one tailback for Josh hyper he's done a good job running the football in this game broken some tackles there's been contact at the line of scrimmage maybe best characterized in that last run picked up probably what another five or six yards prior to the Penalty good job running after contact they just let it run out at the end of the first quarter the volunteers that Nico I Amali ala putting on a show great to be back on Rocky Top in week number one of the college football season and ni's got Tennessee up 247 more points than any game in the first quarter last year Nico yamal Ava sensation 12 of 13 176 yds two touchdowns in that first quarter Dylan Samson had 60 yards rushing as he leaves the back field on this second and nine they throw it to him and Dy with the run after the catch just short of the first down I think we're going to see a good bit of Samson's engagement in the passing game that's not to say that they can't use him as a runner and they will Nico throws into the slot to squirrel white squirrel's First Catch of the Day team leader in catches last year with 67 that's easy pitch and catch that's a cushion throw all day surveys throws the Brew McCoy first and goal you're going to find a one-on-one they spread you out so well you see the safety so on the opposite hash on that throw Samson pays it off touchdown Tennessee not even a minute into the second quarter and already 30 plus points on the board for Josh hyp and Niam malava certainly the competition will get stiffer stinch as the weeks go on but what a throw Nico just made to McCoy here you see McCoy does a good job time in the ladder a little extension demonstrated of course Samson able to finish the drill finds his way into the end zone once again we'll say the fans probably a little disappointed McCoy got tackled right there no one gets a cookie get tackled short of the end zone under there checking out those iPads you see that get those plays almost immediately they go over and pull them out of the r go back over there and the coaches they're not drawing up plays anymore and they don't have whiteboards they probably do if they break out the iPad hey look at this we were on the field before the game and Co we saw coach hypo going into the air conditioned environment did he invite you in there you almost went in there I thought about it the thing is these iPads you like any other piece of technology out in the heat they can overheat they got to be very careful about even keeping those things cooled down all score on all five of their offensive possessions so far this 31 nothing start to the season Tennessee plays 24th ranked NC State in Charlotte next Saturday night 7:30 on ABC at Bank of America Stadium Wolfpack had a little trouble with the catamounts of Western Carolina the other night catamounts are leading in the fourth quarter before the pack put it away yeah it it wasn't one of those where you're thinking you know maybe they slept walked into this one although you have to know that not only is it an opener but it's an earlier game so a team that you could easily Overlook regardless n State especially the Run game I don't know this is might be a little more challenging especially when they run into a buz saw like this defensive front topus dump it off to his tight end up to the 39 N J Gibson in his 30th career game for the mocks he played against Tennessee the last time they played here in 2019 those guys been around for a while speaks well of Rusty Wright in his program you've got guys that are talented they've chosen to stay not only stay but stay for a lot of years one-onone ball incomplete looking for Nuna Watley but Jordan Matthews is right there with him in coverage red freshman from Baton Rouge staying with Watley that ball a little bit under thrown Watley had a couple of steps on Matthews that Ball's a little bit more up field you're looking at the opportunity for a big play you think about take that shot on first down obviously want to see if you can jump start this offense more than anything they need to possess the football a little bit allow their defense to regroup they have not been on the field very much hand off to Davis nice tackle wow flag comes in at the end of the play as jacobe Thomas tackled him it had to be Thomas there was a nice hole on the right side that's partly why holding penalty back the MOX up number7 Tyro Raglin going say it's a hold right here I believe on the left guard yeah let's see there like ah I don't know and uh and regardless a decline penalty so get it back to third down I really think this year at SEC network we should incorporate a booth cam of stch watching offensive line holding penalties in just what happens to his face and the flashbacks he gets oh man yeah I don't know about that one anyway it didn't matter decline third and 10 for Utopias handed off to Davis Reggie will get to the 48 just short of the first down David Hobbs prevented the first you know that play call all right so they're going to send out the Ping unit part of that is a out of deference to the Tennessee pass rush let's not do anything catastrophic here but the other is I think it he maybe another yard closer to the yard of the gain MOX might have said forget it let's go for it see if you can't extend this drive a little bit longer Jude Kelly with his second punt Fields it off the ground and just got it off volunteer might have gotten a piece of that ball be marked down near the 21 what a start for Nico IAM malava and Josh H the break 173 guys thank you dar how about that over in Nashville 1773 Vandy on the lead with the lead over Virginia Tech here Deshawn Bishop on his first Carry of the Season gets a couple Nico yam malava a quarterback for UT 15 of 16 so far looking to go deep over throws Chris Brazzle and he had him Brazzle came off his route just a took his foot off the gas right towards the tail end I don't know that he thought Nico was going to be able to put it up there not from a arm strength standpoint I think maybe he thought the ball was going somewhere else I think he'll learn newcomer from T Lane no you never know where it's coming to you man Joey Howley the offensive coordinator said after IAM malava was the MVP of the Citrus Bowl first thing he says man I had so many more chances could have could have hit a couple more that should have hit and you saw the reaction Nico made when that ball is incomplete Bishop extra effort gets the first down to move the chams yeah you see the big plays and they'll love them but then you see like a check down right there hey let's get a first down right here right instead of being overly aggressive and now hand to him not much there Marlin Taylor if you're a Chattanooga MOX fan you know that name preseason soan defensive player of the year big body nice job by Taylor shocking the block shedding the block nice tackle there Nico throws to McCoy McCoy think those legs are okay inside the 45 down to the 41 he's just so physical with the ball in his hands just give him a quick pass it's almost like a long handoff they liken him to like a running back he does so well after the catch facing pressure y malava throws but there is a flag down Ethan Davis didn't see that ball I don't think in the sunlight there is no foul for holding the result of play is second down okay that's a an interesting turn of event you the flag comes out out you thought maybe it was a a holding penalty malava got hit as he threw affected that pass downfield herd got Edge there late in his pass protection he go going to throw it out to Nimrod Chaz take it inside the 35 yd line sophomore from Arkansas started to Ving a little rapport with Joe Milton and then Nico as the season rolled on last year hand at this time to Bishop breaks it stay up no inside the 10 just got tripped up by Jordan Walker tried to keep that balance that was the most productive trip I think I've ever seen happen they picked up another eight yards no one has fallen longer over the top and the easy catch and another Tor touchdown to Dante Thorton Jr kilber just sneaks it in there 38 nothing the Tennessee offense is rocking and rolling and not just through the air but boy Dante thoron sure is enjoying himself in the passing attack for the volunteers here in the open tonight SEC football final is back for another season with DAR NOA Chris doring and Benjamin Watson they'll take you through the biggest stories of the day break down all the games at 11 Eastern right here on the SEC network the esnf that's after the cats in Southern Miss from Lexington tonight number one Georgia leads Clemson 6 nothing early in the third thir quarter that's a fun one to watch today Florida and Miami at 3:30 then tonight Notre Dame in Texas A&M it's a heck of a slate of games today that was a helicopter kickoff by the way that ball was spinning sideways doesn't in there too LSU USC and Vegas tomorrow see the Slate Texas with an SEC logo on their field in Austin playing Colorado State at 3:30 Eastern speaking of logos we got a couple of unique logos here in this field today we see the conference logos all kinds of things changing in college football now it's true sponsorship Reggie Davis gets a couple up past the 25 where Bryson e makes another tackle B Bry and E it's crazy that guy you talk about a journey he's just worked his way to the middle of the line of scrimmage during his career guy used to play off the ball now he's practically on top of the ball at nose tackle top of Davis bro breaks free and gets a first down past the 35 it's been a long time since that was on top of the Press Box and it's back home of the BS in Knoxville on the banks of the Tennessee River I know you played in the stadium a couple of times Sten you just get goosebumps every time you come in here just certainly feels like one of the best environments in the SEC I played in here to too many times it was not a welcoming environment that's for sure Jamal Lewis I think maybe have a little yeah Jamal Le too many yards against you one time this guy named pton Manning pretty good leard little Al Wilson had some guys worked out well for him not an easy place to play you were talking about it earlier we talk about the playoff aspirations for this football team the idea of of hosting a playoff football game in venues like this one and few are like this one that would just be that' be spectacular that is maybe one of the best additions to college football this season is a home playoff game Davis is going to get up to the 40 and look you want to win the Southeastern Conference you want to win the conference Championship get a buy into New Year's day which is going to feel like New Year's Day felt when you and I were kids again with those quarterfinal matchups but to your point can you imagine a home game here in December against a big 10 team or maybe Notre Dame or someone yeah like that yeah just the impact on these towns too I mean the college campuses an oncampus playoff game that was a great decision and minus about 60° just swarming the front seven you know the defensive line we knew for Tennessee was going to be well stocked question marks you know new bases at linebacker the third level in the secondary I'm not certain that this Tennessee from a Personnel standpoint Tennessee defense isn't better equipped coaches love the depth that they have at linebacker and they have been very pleased with what they've seen so far with their new faces in the secondary coach right keeps switching kick punters on us nice on the potential PT block nearly got the last one blocked Heath ju is back good protection but that's off the side of he's foot someone that loves the game of golf I will not say the word 38 nothing in Atlanta early third guys thank you sir number one dogs starting the season in Atlanta back home next week go to Alabama in a couple weeks also Kentucky and there goes to Dylan Samson again Tennessee's Off to the Races a game one and Samson gives the balls a first and goal took out the side judge in the process he got down there so quickly keep that guy hydrated only thing stopping him today is leg cramps he has had one heck of an afternoon already Benny woma prevented the touchdown but Samson gets the ball back on the next play and goes in so many touchdowns that running out of touchdown celebrations that one was troubling working the uh oal loopa dance there in the checker board Dylan Samson you talked about it earlier Taylor they know what they have in him he's going to be the feature back he's had a heck of an afternoon already he Dante thoron both 461 total yards of offense sson has over a 100 yards rushing as he goes into cooler conditions maybe that's the motivation huh get out there dance around find the hole shoot the Gap and if you do it quickly enough you come back over on the sideline and cool off just nice Vision there realizing creases there and then the touchdown we just saw nice push up front that offensive front it was a celebration I don't know the Detonator these poor cheerleaders these guys are going to be cashed that guy on the end oh he's struggling saving had enough he's saving himself that's that's more like a calf race what's happening there get down there big fell let's go there's a dog on I didn't real can we kick a field goal something it's hot down there too they're wearing pants I hope those are dry fit everybody careful out there today make sure you're hydrated it is a steamy one feels like it's almost 100 degrees in Knoxville and it's over 100 on the field or if the cheerleaders go and get iced down man those guys are going to get they're going to be jacked after this the pump alone as fast as this offense scores you think about 45 they scored quickly now you're doing 52 put you just did 45 push-ups that's a quick turnar around look at him oh man I got to get my mind right boil a mouthpiece over they're going ask Nico and Dylan to go move over so they can sit next to him yeah hey guys may SC right here look at they're talking to each other give me some of that they do more push-ups Lance Jackson not much there's not been we've seen a couple of flashes where the running back's able to kind of Squirt through but there's just been really really tough sleding not much going for the MOX off offensively so far on this one pierce not out there right now I Haven called his name much but we've called just about everybody else is on that defensive front good pass there otopus as he finds Nuna Watley underneath the coverage for a first down up to the 37 nice job by Watley one of those season freaks pointed out by Bruce Feldman he writes them every year guy that is really quick short area quickness that time working against bu Carter in coverage I'm GNA miss the coach Sabin out versus he had one last year when Nuno Watley caught a 54 yd pass against Alabama coach of course now with us working for college game day Lance Jackson not much maybe a yard Jeremiah Tander who has seen a lot of action in the last couple of years with the BS really since November it's been a significant contributor made the tackle second and nine the defensive coaches coach Banks is really excited about t Lander in fact coach hpel mentioned him as well where they love what he brings to the table explosive athlete not scared to get downhill new linebacker coach too by the way William en comes in replacing Ryan Jean Mar went to Michigan somehow artopi has got that ball off as Buu Carter was all over him in the back field watch bu Carter he's going to trigger into your screen from the slot Tander look was a little confused actually taner should have been breaking out pick up the would be receiver out there Banks has been an aggressive play caller defensively opposite this Tennessee volunteer offense talking with him yesterday a lot of emphasis has been on the new faces he's excited about nearly all of them they feel like they've got all the parts they need power of the snap Del the game offense number nine 5yd penalty remains third down just some pre- snap confusion they're trying to be deliberate obviously third and long last time we saw them on a third and 10 tried to pop a run ended up in a fourth and two scenario four first downs and 88 total yards for chattan Nuka here in the first half it's third and 14 MOX are 0 for five on this down today and they just hand it off Jackson take it past the 35 up to the 36 this just so difficult we talked about it on the top they got to find a way to try to stay on schedule it's really challenging going to be challenging for most teams to keep it thir and manageable just going to take that many there has not been a lot of those situations today for the mock offensively that's gerod McCoy the other number three that's back there to return this punt a man rmore already in midseason form really is you have to have two threes back there look at that out the side of his foot from Kelly now'll get down to the 30 the Stellar lineup rolls on at 415 Eastern it's the Gamecock hosting Old Dominion at Williams Bryce Stadium we C the night in Lexington as the cats host Southern Miss Mississippi State in Eastern Kentucky Old Miss and Ferman Auburn and Alabama A&M are all on SEC network plus and ESPN plus you can watch anywhere Dave Neil now has some competition for a man that wants to play more golf than he does and his new broadcast partner Aaron Murray who that guy is next level obsessed with the game looking forward to watching them they'll have a good one there today Seldon is in the back field next to IAM malava and he led Nimrod a little too far that is only the fourth incompletion for Nico and probably the really the only one that we've seen that was not an On Target throw where he wasn't throwing under duress I think about one before where he got hit from behind as he released it that trouble with the snap there most quarterbacks would have lost about five or six yards on a play like that he's so big as you were saying as we were walking off the field it's just hard to tackle him it's just like a ends up hitting like a bank shot it looked like off of seldon's back for a second that ball was just kind of spinning around didn't f it the snap cleanly maybe took his eyes off of it the shotgun offense did pick up four so it's third and six balls are four for six today stepping in front of the football is Josh battle as McCoy would have had a first down good play by battle and the vs will punt for the first time really nice protection battle is underneath this throw one more step and that is a a dangerous decision so of the series that we've seen you know an offt Target throw to start this one so when you use both feet does that make you a switch kicker I think it does Jackson Ross all SEC freshman last year is going to use his right foot this time takes a MOX bounce on Ross on his first punt of the Season only 24 yards moccas Defender lost his helmet during that play he's running down the field with his helmet in his hand see that every day end of August and a hot day for Coach Wright and the mocks Dolly singing all the fans trying to keep cool watching Nico iamal ala in Tennessee whip up on Chattanooga 45 nothing just 253 to go until halftime and just serve as a reminder here here the twom minute timeout coming up a new rule in college football this season arttus oh my goodness he was clober back there Tyrie West was the first one to him the bottom of your screen you see a puller it looked like the back was going to help and didn't ended up trying to pick up they have an overload Blitz on that side we trying to run a little play action instead artopia deep in his drop Tyree West clobbered him fifth career sack for West Davis going the wrong way and this should get us to the two-minute time mount a new Wrinkle in college football in the second and the fourth quarter think about that as you're trying to win a game down the stretch what's up y'all Peter Burns coming up on the farridge halftime report SEC schools are looking good early Georgia off to a great lead and how about anchor down for Vanderbilt we'll get you ready for the night cap of all those games and uh gentlemen I think this whole Nico kid he might have a future out here in Knoxville what do you guys think my goodness Pete 19 of 24 for 282 yards and three touchdowns in the first half Tennessee does call timeout there with 153 to go in the half maybe wanting Nico to go through those twom minute drill drills in preparation for next week's game and the rest of the season stopping Chattanooga on that third down coach hyp off to such a great start as the head coach of the falls 46 years old in his fourth year at UT 55 and 20 overall as a head coach of course that includes three seasons at UC F N9 and4 last year finish number 17 and Kelly again that sideways punt McCoy Fields it and he gets up past the 40 there is a flag down on the field you're saying it stench it's the first time in 20 years that Tennessee has had consecutive top 20 Seasons Philip Fulmer and 03 and ' 04 had that m during the kick holding return team number 12 the 10yd penalties enforcing into the kick it'll be first down Tennessee H won 11 games two years ago and nine last year you think it's been 17 years since they've been to Atlanta to the SEC Championship game it's been 26 years since they've won the SEC of course that year they also won the National Championship these fans have been so starved for this and they have it they have a consistent winner now this is something that yeah they have been yearning for and and we mentioned it it's not just momentum among the B Nation this program is starting to spool up these wins as well you think about two seasons ago what they're able to put together last season the way they were able to finish that season the big win shut out victory over an Iowa team that was not great offensively by any stretch but was pretty salty defensively boy was that one heck of a foreshadowing of what you could see from this offense under that young man's Direction he Ian he's just done such a fantastic job Citrus Bowl MVP but today it's even better than that he did get that one deflected by Jamar Jones I think coach hyle and Coach Hosley want to see how Nico handles this little quick two-minute offense before he hits the showers yeah situational football right so coming out of the two-minute timeout you're going to get a possession what does it look like McCoy gets up near the 25 just short of the first down balls have one timeout left third and one first down completion to Brazzle see the clock does stop under two minutes like it always has but it you have to get under two minutes for that to happen now in these days IAM malava runs out of the pocket that's a good ball and it's a catch by Ethan Davis Big tight end straddling the sideline we see a little bit of late on that one probably had a shot to brew McCoy was not on it quickly enough was able to come back to Davis for a completion 16 yards zamala across the middle threw behind his intended target that time it was squirel white you said it there at the end of this play just behind white you still want him to come up with that catch tough catch ball was behind him they got a chop block against the BS personal foul chop block offense number 70 and six 15 yd penalty repeat first down Andre carich and Dylan Samson combine on Jamar Jones who is now hobbling off the field yeah that is call it a textbook Chop block not sure that definitely was not intentional not designed for it to have worked out that way Jamar Jones one those depth players along the moccas defensive front so now first and 25 back inside the 35 IAM malava takes a shot Joseph backhold unblocked got to him back at the 29 clean and from The Blind Side so you think about what Tennessee was wanting to accomplish with this possession penalty and now a sack Myers Park High School product from Charlotte North Carolina wow almost a grab there by Holden stays but can't make the catch another flag down offside Defense number 31 in the neutral zone at the snap 5yd penalty remains second down defense finally doing something for the mocks and Harris makes the mistake still a deep hole off after that chop block for the BS to climb back out obviously as explosive as they've been in here in this first half certainly not insurmountable for the offense third second and 24 rather the am malava runs out of the pocket and gets up past the 35 pushed out right there so now third thir and long with 27 seconds left this is really the only thing that hasn't been smooth for Nico in this first half is this two-minute drill you think that you really just the one punt here in the first half and then they got after the two-minute timeout a little bit clunky on this one and Seldon goes straight ahead on what could be the last play of the first half yeah see the hand off they just playing for the locker room now now not a great finish for the Tennessee offense but boy what a start they call it 99% of these first two quarters 493 total yards of offense IAM malava throws for over 303 touchdowns coming up at halftime you can watch the live performance of The Pride of the Southland on SEC network plus start streaming now on the ESPN out we talked about the cheerleaders and how hot they were probably get with the push-ups look at the band man there's that's a lot of coverage it is sweltering down there as Josh hyle walks up to Alysa 493 yards of total offense so far how would you evaluate the efficiency from that side good start really don't like the way we finished it uh the last two drives uh we got to come out and play better ball in the second half can we expect to see Nico again in the second half I don't know we'll uh we'll get in and figure out uh what we're going to do thank you coach 22 of 28 304 yards and three touchdowns for Nico IAM malava and Dylan Samson ran for over a 100 all falls on Rocky Top we'll send you to the studio after this timeout this halftime report is presented by farmr the official Frozen snack of the SEC the band and the DJ right here is playing not like us and I think that's a fair way to talk about Nico iamal yava the big question is will we see him in the second half he's right over there warming up all right that's been the SEC halftime report presented by Farm Rich back to Taylor and Stitch thank you Pete we appreciate that as you just said it was the Nico show in the first half the most passing yards ever for a Tennessee quarterback in a half beat the record by by one that was set by Tyler Bray so a historic first half for Nico eam malava looking at this stat sheet right here 22 of 28 314 yards and three touchdowns and you consider it's the first time he's ever played in the stadium as a start quarterback yeah you could see why the fans were so excited as the team was coming down to the stadium today during ball walk they could not wait to see Nico take the field here at home they obviously were very excited from the postseason he did not disappoint and it started early on he did a great job of improvises the first play of the game he extends it they're able to get down the field stabling in the end zone the running game kind of helped ease into this contest but it didn't take long for the passing game to get going it was really efficient early on we haven't seen hardly any offt Target throws I can think of two one of which he was being hit from behind otherwise a remarkably efficient first half for a first time starter here at home Chattanooga will start at the 25 Alyssa all right we'll get to Alyssa here in just a moment as we start this second half MOX will get the football first see if we get any more Nico yamalo I don't know what more there would be for him to do after such an impressive first half we will get more from Chase sopus a quarterback he dump it off again to his big tight end J Gibson we will pick up eight yards from the Cleveland that Kenny chzn likes to sing about Cleveland Tennessee Jake Gibson's been a a bright spot for the mock offense that's been a productive play for them gone to it a couple of times able to pick up some positive yards to get it to a second and manageable this is a Playbook kind of a play lots of opportunities as a play caller here and a first down throw up to the 40 to Sam Phillips you know Taylor you say will we see Nico here in the second half coach hypo was not happy with the way they finished the first half offensively last two offensive possessions a punt and then a really inefficient we'll call it two-minute drill end of half drill after that two-minute timeout so we might very well see them if nothing else to send a message to the team that you have to remain not only composed but focused on the task at hand it is a good point you're not just coaching for today you're coaching for the entirety of the season and you have to figure you're going to need that two-minute hurry up offense to be effective it multiple times during the season Tander came up and tackled Davis there after a couple yards the snaps that I've seen of Tander in here you could he's got some nice burst he gets downhill quickly from his linebacking position mck starting the season here in Knoxville and then at Georgia State in Atlanta next week hit as he throws good Ball by artopi as to Nuno wat Nuna Watley and he's down to the 36 yd line biggest play for the mocks today nice play action fake in the back field you see kind of they're trying to sell the wide Zone he pulls it stabs one in there to wattley nice completion Far and Away the greatest success we've seen the MOX offense have so far 22y completion with Omari Thomas in his face artopia w't go that way turns around throws and it's a perfect ball down to the 18 to Sam Phillips well we talk about the improvisational skills of the other quarterback what about otopus here so he's trying to get outside looking to kind of half roll out ends up having to redirect a great job of finding one of his favorite tops top targets rather in Sam Phillips maybe could have even drawn a flag there towards him not a ton of contact I like the no call there let him play in the red zone for the mocks for the first time Davis down to the 15 Elijah Simmons making the tackle you're head coach Rusty right you you've got to be thrilled with the way your team has come out here in the second half I mean they got punched early in the first two quarters and you don't always know what you're going to get coming out of the locker room in a lopsided game and you want to find out what kind of DNA your team really has to the end just short of the end zone incomplete he looking for AJ little Tyrie West pressured artopia there that time coming all the way across and West gets up field quickly to took a big shot at the end of that throw ball just a little bit behind him you see the mocks going to more RPO type plays otopus make the read after the snap third and eight down to the 10 Flags everywhere wattley just short of the first down looks like the mic is down was offensive pass interference on the mocks we've seen this a couple times this afternoon Taylor you know the Chattanooga offense seems to have something working they get Negative yardage play or a penalty that undo the forward progress they were in the Red Zone with a completion for positive yards and instead you end up with that offensive Pi but where they've had some success is the Run pass option place you're asking your quarterback to make a read after the snap atopus had done a good job you can see coach right's not happy with that call so instead of third and eight now third and 23 and a hand off to Davis down to the 25 where will Brooks makes the tackle and we'll see if coach R Alex to put some points on the board Jude Kelly who is been punting some today is also the kicker had a 48 y last year as his long of the season eight for 10 last year 43 yds on this attempt and Chattanooga is on the board 10 10 to go in the third quarter presented by All State on a steamy hot Saturday in beautiful Knoxville Tennessee Vs are starting the season strong up 45-3 thanks in large part to Nico iamal Ava's terrific start through for over 300 yards in that first quarter first half rather mocks to scored for the first time short kick fielded at the 30 ydd line down to Alysa guys one of the story lines coming into this season for Tennessee is the return of wide receiver Brew McCoy we'll see in just a moment how much responsibility he has left in this game today but Tennessee fans remember well on this field last season he suffered a season ending leg injury and he went through quite the journey after that he told me it was hard to articulate thinking about being back out here on this field today a little bit anxious but more than anything he was so grateful because he didn't know if he'd ever play football again or on brew a little bit later yeah I was hoping we would eat cookies Alyssa we'll tell you more on that coming up as Gaston Moore is in the game and throws it to Holden stays stays will pick up nine Gaston is the fifth year senior from Hilton Head and he's been with this coaching staff longer than T than Josh Hy's been with Tennessee he was at UCF with these guys and then he came over here he's the third string quarterback the last two years The Limited action in his career can update that number now to 11 completions after that nyd catch there is a player down on the field for Chattanooga and he's on the he near the Tennessee bench I believe it almost seems like Aston Moore should have like a a slash offensive analyst guy that knows this offense inside and out not sure what they were working on over there on the sideline coach hpel now with more and we could see Jake merklinger as well the true freshman is the third string quarterback hand off to Seldon cam gets into MOX territory that's his fourth carry of the day and his best one for 13 yards really was kind of had to pick his way through the interior portion of that offensive line Moore slings it near the sideline and it's a good ball to squirrel white number 99 in squirrel's career offensive coordinator Joey hallsley he made it a point to tell us look Caston Moore knows this offense but he can quote Drive the football down field he can make the throws it's evidenced by that last throw now to the end zone out of the end zone brazle tried to drag a foot That official was right there to witness it though let's see it again he's trying to slow down you can tell he knows ah yeah right foot clearly out of bounds good job by the back judge all over it just one step that ball hung up just a hair too long 4 62 over 200 lb could have some coaching in his future we hear Seldon almost scored but he gets the first down as batist prevented the touchdown the Tennessee offensive front it's interesting in a Tempo offense usually you see a ton of just inside Zone everybody kind of stepping with the same foot there's not a lot of time to get assignments down they pull an offensive lineman on more than half of their runs the pressure that by that time by Zion rutage that time an inside Zone run there but a lot of times you have to work on your assignment you're actually pulling for a specific player their ability to communicate up front so quickly it just adds another element to this offense makes it very difficult to defend Seldon won't get much it'll be third down another nice play by rutage here triggering up field quickly this time the mock defense able to find a way to the ball carriers stop before they can really get downhill you don't see coach hypo slow it down that often but he has here on this drive for Moore's first drive of the game what does Gaston do on a third and 10 here need to get around the 14 to move the chains it's plenty of time throws to the back of the end zone again Brazzle out it'll be fourth down looks like he could have come to n rod on the out cut you can see coach hpel maybe a little bit frustrated with that decision was late trying to force it in there probably could have picked up a first down and preserve The Possession but you mentioned it far more deliberate pacing that time for the Tennessee offense Gilbert made his first career Fiel goal last time he came out here West Tennessee's Max gilber now kicking for East Tennessee's volunteers and he knocks it right through there 48-3 doesn't matter where you're from in this state they love the balls let's check out the good hands play brought to you by All State well there's a lot to choose from in this one but let's give it to Dante Thornton Jr guy that he's battled some injury too when he's since he's been here with the balls man he's had quite an afternoon look that one all the way in with those big old Paws might not see a ton more of him here in the second half what about that three catches over 100 yards and a couple of touchdowns the second time in his career he's been able to do that big Target literally 6'5 speaking of the other side of the state JT Carver from Martin Tennessee to kick off he's got a cannon for a leg just like turbyville does take the kick off out of play in college football stench not in the pros anymore it's going to take us some time to wrap our minds around that new rule talk about new rules looks weird our friend Joe Buck to spend his entire open in that preseason game explaining what a kickoff is going to look like now in the National Football League it is it's odd very odd looking and shout out to our friend Mike Keith the voice of the Tennessee Titans in this state I don't know who's watching vs today he'll do a good job explaining that when the Titans Tee It Up next week Lance Jackson gets a couple of yards up to the 28 it's interesting we were talking about these Pro Stadium these games played in Pro stadiums obviously Tennessee be playing in the Carolina stadium next week these iPads they're showing video and in the pros it's just still photos the NFL does not have that capability capability allowance we'll say and all the stadiums here in the SEC they've been wired up for those feeds topus tried to get it across the middle to Phillips the Jordan Matthews with great coverage there we're talking with folks that are in charge of that process here and you know it's they have to go into these Pro stair make sure that both teams have access to their tablets you see there that's like the tablet cave trying to keep them cool this third and seven see if otopus can move the chains he can up past the 45 to Chris Demar can Alissa stin you were talking about those iPads it's been really interesting to watch it for the first time here on the sidelines I've been on the sidelines of the SEC for about seven seasons now and a lot of times when you have say a young off or defensive lineman they come out after a long drive come over to the bench and the o line coach is trying to describe that moment in the midst of that long drive where maybe there was a missed assignment or a missed block or something now they have it right there ready to go on those iPads yeah it's like almost real time film review and you know the real question is how much time do you devote to that these guys got to kind of reset it's like the The Fog of War come over the sideline needs to be a little bit of a sanctuary it can't you can potentially overdo it when you've got access to it's going to be fascinating to see how it changes everybody's strategy I don't think it's going to change Co typo much because of yeah Tempo the tempo that he uses already but the technology last week stench in Ireland they have a different carrier over there than they do here so Stone like Florida State and Georgia Tech both had to use a different type of technology and then it stopped working and so then of course both teams can't use it somebody dropped the Chisel what happened Sam Phillips gets the first down again that was a heck of environment over in Dublin watch the jackets shock the NS hey speaking of the jackets Georgia Tech they play Georgia State for the first time ever in the battle for Atlanta tonight you can watch that on acc network with our friend West Durham and the and the rest of the crew there tonight and of course Georgia State plays Chattanooga next new head coach Dell McGee longtime running back coach you see defensive backs coach Willie Martinez out on the field trying to get his guys lined up D McGee the longtime running backs coach at University of Georgia taking that job Over Georgia State Sean Elliot joining the coaching staff up there at South Carolina Georgia yeah again that's right yeah again was interim head coach former o line coach up there you know we were talking with the coaches yesterday specifically with uh coach Holley and what they did how they changed they being the BS in their approach to the season because it potentially could be a very long season one almost commensurate with the length of an NFL season as far as physical practices another completion tobius and it was interesting Taylor you know they were saying we we had to be cognizant of how physical we were with these guys so you have to wonder what kind of impact that's made on some of these openers how physical they've been in practice that was zier Thornton that caught that last ball and Jackson was met in the back field on that play by Jordan Ross fourth down great job by Ross getting up field trying to get to the edge was Jackson Ross did a great job of penetration watch him get underneath the block expecting your offensive guard to get there and help said Mano and Ragin end up could to rather end up getting split on that one this might be no man's land but it's a 55 yard field goal attempt by kaj alen kaju a senior from Chattanooga yep there's the last man in and Coach Wright's going to have to burn a timeout he's fired up called their first charge time out of the second half see if Coach Wright changes his mind here he does in fact try to kick this 55 yd field goal with 251 to go in the third quarter all vs so far Reed and react with Cole cubelic and Roman Harper is back for another year each week they take a look back at the biggest plays players in games for the weekend season premier is Monday night at 7 Eastern right here on the SEC network the ESPN app my man harp was working on his golf game quite a bit this summer we bumped into each other a couple of times I know he's pumped to be in the studio with you Tuesday nights with Alyssa as well Cole be it Kentucky and Southern Miss tonight should be a good one in Lexington from 55 yards that's hooked had the leg still 4 8 to3 couple of minutes to go in the third rolling the Tigers in Atlanta guys what a statement to start the season there Dar here Caleb web spins out of a tackle and he gets the first down web the sophomore from Powder Springs Georgia Gaston Moore a quarterback on his second Drive steps into that throw to the other side another good ball Brazzle still working now near the 42 yd line good start to the season for the number one team in college football today in Atlanta for Georgia yeah kind of a slow start it looked like offensively a couple of field goals early they were definitely able to get it going another nice run that's to Shawn Bishop really the dogs defense man stifling it would appear in the opener we're just about 15 minutes away from the next big matchup involving an ACC in an SEC School Miami at Florida on ABC Moore he lucky to get another attempt on this next one is he wanted to throw it to Caleb web and Taylor Smallwood just about picked it off he didn't know the ball was coming to him I couldn't yeah it almost looked like it could have even been intended for nimrod was underneath it as well would have been really tall for him but they were both receivers kind of in the line of that throw it was high and with some serious heat on it second and 10 this is a good one to Brazzle nice turn after the catch it's understandable all the attention that squirrel white and Brew McCoy get they deserve it but this guy was terrific for two lane last year Brazzle I'm talking about 44 catches there kind of burst on the scene a season ago All Conference performer over there in the American Bishop touchdown nice patience on this r by Bishop see just kind of wait let the blockers get out in front good job by kelman pulling around getting engaged with the defender that has to feel good right there stench for a guy that was injured last year a highly decorated High School Star right here in town at K's high school and is 55-3 and the lineup rolls on coming up next South Carolina host Old Dominion at 4:15 then tonight it's Kentucky and Southern Miss on SEC Saturday night presented by T-Mobile those are all the other games you can get on SEC network plus Jeff leby the new coach for Mississippi State Brave New Era down there Mississippi State last season kind of a Lost season for the Bulldogs they're eager to get going again and here's our leaders oh oh wait a minute they cut those short there's no way they did not do 55 push-ups right there hey by the way last year's coach of Mississippi State Zack Garnett now is on the staff for Lane kein and will miss sacrilege in the state of Mississippi is is not pencil but you know what for really either party because I feel certain the Old Miss folks got to be like hang on a second he's a double agent Lane kein I think in some ways Lane kein was benefited from the mindset of a like a Nick Sabin some of these head coaches that need a chance to stay in the game Z Arnett's a good coach did not have a good year as a head coach and of course and of course leby used to work for Lane yeah and the wheels on the bus go round and round it's just one big washing machine very disappointed in the cheerleaders those guys just I mean if you're going to do push-ups do all of them right now we're now we're just doing seven push pups at a time I am sure you would be doing all 55 if you were instructed to do so down there I would try at least I would do the calf raises like my man at the end of the row last time topi has tried to sling it in there into some significant coverage looking for John MC and jacobe Thomas had him wrapped up Thomas comes over from murfreesborough where he played for Middle Tennessee that's a nice break break on this ball and nearly got there in time to get a turnover topus out the back door throws over the head of his Target to be third down hey speaking of Murphreesboro I want to wish Derrik Mason our old colleague some luck at Middle Tennessee replaced the legendary head coach Rick Stockdale after a terrific career there well Miss D mace he's such a good man enjoyed having him on the SEC network family but he's back coaching what he loves to do just down the street from where he used to coach the Vanderbilt commodor who by way they're over on ESPN right now and they Trail 2720 but they're driving against the Hokies hokes two fourth quarter touchdowns to take the lead there third and 10 Reggie Davis that's his 18th carry of the game Jamal Wallace wrapped him up Davis a guy that they're going to have to lean on hard this year in the ground game a different type of runner for the mocks offensively and just has not been able to get untracked today that's not a surprise sizable challenge today for Chattanooga in the Run game saying it's cam Seldon that's deep but it his name says Carter bu Carter with the fair catch at the 33 yd line so the vs next week go to the Queen City to Bank of America Stadium to take on the wolf pack that'll be an awesome atmosphere to Rabbit college football fan bases come back here the following Saturday night on SEC network to play Kent State and then Josh hypo yeah the hyp goes to Norman Oklahoma where he won a national championship to play against his alma mater that'll get a lot of attention you got to go to fville after that Gator come to town then the tide comes here at Georgia and Athens in November stch don't be surprised if this team is playing football in that new college football playoff in December you know Arkansas looked pretty good in their opener now incredibly efficient there all 10 off offensive possessions scored on every one of them on the last play of the third quarter that's Payton Lewis The Freshman from Salem Virginia with his first Carry we're back to watch the fourth quarter here on SEC network in just a moment that first Friday of the 12 team playoff and then three more games on Saturday the 2st quarterfinals on December 31st and New Year's Day could the volunteers be one of the teams in it Gaston Moore backup quarterback is in there ready to throw and he gets it out there to Caleb web then web's down at the 40 yd line Lake flag comes in after the play personal foul Defense number 42 laid hit on a defenseless player 15yd penalty added to the end of the play and includes an automatic first down both of those players are from Powder Springs Georgia so chances are they've known each other for quite some time web went to I's see rutage went to Hill grve High School and then Webb went oh micher how about that Powder Springs hand off to Payton Lewis true freshman getting some action today for the volunteers another another 27 out there we saw some of the legendary numbers being played up here during one of the breaks and more that's to web again and more Flags down yeah probably going to be an illegal touching here I think maybe there's a chance that Webb came ran out of bounds wasn't forced out of bounds and then was the first to touch the football and now it's a player down field offense number 72 5yd penalty repeat second down instead to end up that happens from time to time when you see it so we just talked about pton Lewis a true freshman who gotten some action at tailback who's on the field right now another true freshman out there that the vs like a lot snapping the football William satte freshman from Barberton Ohio the Aira parent to Cooper maze at the center spot Moore gets it out of there and a good ball to it's complete and it's right near a first down that is Dayton Sneed with the catch some of the Tennessee fans are going to wonder if you're even allowed to play football without Cooper Ma at Center just short of a first down and then the Freshman Lewis moves the chains there are a couple other true freshman that I know volunteers fans are eager to watch Mike Matthews and brillan Staley both not playing today coach hpel said for health reasons he was going to wait to see them in their debuts but Matthews had a big 63 yard touchdown catch in the spring viw High School grad I knew you were going to get that in there yeah buddy Lewis down to the 25 you see so many players switching schools these days and that seems to get a lot of attention but there's still are true freshman making a difference in the game Moore it's dropped that was Charlie Browder the tight end had it just got a little bit eager want to turn up field right through his hands nearly a pick pretty athletic roll there after the drop Moore oh it's picked off this is Kobe Joseph trying to go the distance it's a foot race won't make it down to the 10 yd line Joseph the Harvard transfer Nathan Le prevented the touchdown tries to jam it in there is out front looked like it deflected up a little bit yeah just got to run through that throw that's on your receiver that time you're expecting him to run through the throw instead he kind of thrott R down end up a pick the other way and get Joseph some oxygen look at him that is a long run it's been a long afternoon defense has played a a lot of snaps on the field a lot Davis down to the nine 72 snaps for the mocks defense Joseph trying to take it the distance you see sometimes you'll get those linebackers back hopefully he's over there hitting the oxygen set his offense up with excellent field position deepest penetration of the game for Chattanooga on a second and goal Davis again this time down to the seven where Tyrie Weathersby makes The Tackle can they convert last time the mocks got inside the Red Zone they ended up getting a penalty and up being pushed back out of that red zone resulted in the field goal that we see on the board now and they capitalize there are no first downs to gain right here you got to put it in the end zone otopus one-on-one ball to the corner incomplete it was Phillips and Beasley Phillips caught it but he was out of bounds oneon-one Beasley got his hand in there at the end too great job by Beasley to finish through the football like Phillips was going to be able to come up with that one great job by the MOX defense to even set up this field goal attempt a 25 y field goal attempt by Jude Kelly and he hooked it after all that the mocks come up empty and Tennessee will get it back this is the home of the national champions in college baseball in Omaha this past June winning that championship and everybody is celebrating you know there's so many people outside the stadium today a few hours before he got here that are wearing 24 t-shirts on the back of course representing this year's National Championship for baseball School Jake merklinger is in at quarterback for the first time ever for Tennessee and he'll hand off off to Khalifa Keith sophomore from Birmingham merklinger a freshman from Savannah Georgia he threw for over 3,000 yards 38 touchdowns just two interceptions in his senior year at Calvary Day High School there that's his first completed pass and it's a good one for a first down to Nathan leok I loved holley's story about merklinger said they went down there and watched him play basketball they said they're in some you know cage of a gym it's rough intense they said he was just giving it as good as he could was getting it and he just got it there four guys sacking him like a little bit of miscommunication out there on the perimeter but they loved his competitive spirit and said skip that sack a Kai Tao by the way he uh Josh hypo was like that's our guy this is our guy let's go get him a competitive Spirit oh little hard count offside Defense number 50 Z 57 in the neutral zone with contact 5yd penalty second out yeah they they were coach Hosley was saying that merklinger is fearless like a little more Fearless than you would expect a true freshman to be at times but you like that he got some Moxy to him in August and it's why we're getting to see him play in the first game of the season Keith has some space and gets up to a first down Tennessee's been able to see some football from just about everybody here today merklinger being one of them we knew that talking to the coaches they said they fully anticipate getting guys in there if they game goes well and it certainly has merklinger he said he could run and he gets a few there up to the 49 Emanuel Dixon with the tackle nine minutes left in a week one win for Tennessee and get ready for NC State next Saturday night in Charlotte it's about four hours to get back home for Alyssa and me balls will head over there it's about two and a half hours away from Raleigh so you you really will you could have a split crowd there next Saturday night Tennessee travels like nobody's business and everybody knows that especially considering the season they're anticipating right yeah this will definitely stoke the Flames this kind of performance good catch down to 3 Y Line by Trey weie his first Catch of the Day sophomore from Houston Berlinger another underneath throw and another great catch by weie just keep doing it well if it's there might as well get it right he's looking out there saying huh this is almost call it free yardage prior to the timeout being called the previous play is under VI R viiew for the ruling of the catch the sophomore from Houston is credited with consecutive catches haven't had much to review or look at today in fact this is the only review we've had in the game I'd like to do a review on these uh moonshine cookies we got up here we going to eat those suckers it's a good point so folks we were supposed to eat a moonshine nice looks like a catch great job there shine Mountain cookie today that's if Brew McCoy caught a touchdown pass as part of the deal is is when he catches a touchdown everybody gets free cookies and I'm sorry to report that it doesn't look like the whole entire Stadium or all of Knoxville is going to get them but we are that's because we went there yesterday say we preempted the whole process we went there yesterday just to plan for this now Alyssa has some of her own down on the field so we give any to Burns didn't Burns get one Peter Burns for the SEC now live show that depends on whether or not Alyssa shared them no fair enough they're checking out the DV sport replay there looked to me to be a catch but yeah we had to know right you're going to do that type of a promo what kind of cookies are we talking here and there's a lot of different places you can get cookies but wow these are uh there's they're differ makers after video review the ruling on the field stands second down huh so Tennessee will have the ball at the mocks 35 on this next play on a second and two after consecutive catches by Tre weary that stand and Keith will get a couple of yards you're ready to tackle this I've got the all game this is chocolate chocolate chip you've got a chocolate chip Russ and Kevin have their cookies in here as well but thanks to Moonshine Mountain as Keith gets down near the 30 I know Alyssa Alyssa where is your cookie well I had to find a uh air conditioned room to store the cookies where I did not think uh I'd be able to actually eat them because it's like a furnace down here so I just ran over to get them I don't know where my uh camera is but I'm down on the left to the left of Tennessee's bench outside the dotted line Looks like you gave me two Eminem Taylor what the heck hey know what you don't have to eat them both save one I'll eat the other I mean I'm going to eat them but you know some variety would have been nice wow look at this unbelievable it it really is kind of unbelievable isn't it wow I can't believe this we a special trip that deliver those cookies yeah and that's the response we get unreal hey did you keep them over there with the iPads those iPads will keep them cool they got a little iPad cave could be a cookie cave weary with his third catch of the drive by the way I've had a lot of chocolate chip cookies it's hard to make them special right we've all had them but I don't know I don't know what they've done to this cookie but it is amazing and it's Keith again and gets down near the 10 for the record we did confirm there is no moonshine in the cookies just the name a propo for the region we're in we didn't find out does Brew I want to be like he's a big proponent of these cookies oh yeah look at Keith hard running inside the five first goal down to the three and for just the third time in program history the BS go over s00 total yards of offense goodness wow and the pads are still popping down there Keith is met in the back field that time by Justin Gilmore good job by Gilmore getting to the mesh point on that give of big licks delivered on this drive we can hear him all the way up here even over my chewing of this cookie maybe that's our thing this year desserts we've we've gone all around the SEC the last few years eating at various great restaurants I'm not suggesting we're going to stop doing that but maybe we shout out oh desserts this year as Keith moves the ball all the way down to the one good hard running between his pads how about this MOX defense they're going to fight trying to defend every blade of grass here late in this contest Kelvin Morris down there still battling away that defensive tackle third and goal from the one Keith he got in there Khalifa Keith nice push on the inside and like you said some good hard running Keith able to get his name in the Box Score Josh turbyville gets to kick this extra point and he knocks it through there it's 62-3 with 406 remaining in nean stadium SEC network football is presented by All State you're in good hands what a start to the season on the banks of the Tennessee River here in neand stadium for Nico e am alava and the volunteers he set a one single half record for passing yards in the history of the school throwing for 313 in the first half the balls just under or excuse me they're just over 700 total yards of of offense for the third time in school history leading 62-3 over in Nashville it is over Vanderbilt Beats Virginia Tech in overtime start for the South Eastern Conference already two wins over the ACC today wow how about that big story today Dar with that win against the hokes a great atmosphere there in Nashville Clark Lee gets another big win for Van deep two years ago remember they were playing these Tennessee Volunteers and they were five and six going in that last game of the season last season certainly didn't go the way they wanted Luke Schamberg's a quarterback and he hands it to JY we and he gets eight yards so Georgia takes care of Clemson Vandy surprises Virginia Tech Florida and Miami just underway today there's three matchups today with the SEC versus the ACC I guess Notre Dame sort of kind of is in the ACC sure a little bit is uh they play Texas A&M tonight occasionally an occasional ACC member Rocky start you know and even some ACC on acc crime off a top 10 team Georgia Tech over FSU helmet pops off it's we for a first down up to the 40 Tyrell Ragland left guard as helmet comes shooting off he's going to have to leave the field for at least a snap Chattanooga is going to have to find a way to regroup they knew what they were facing tall task today it's a pretty big mountain to climb made a couple of plays put themselves in position to score they could have had more than three points the interception returned by Kobe Joseph and now we not much that time as Jaylen Smith makes the tackle coach Banks says he can rotate about 10 guys on his defensive line another five or six at the linebacker position is is a deep team you got James Pierce of course who is expected to be one of the first picks in the draft if he does decide to go into the draft next year Big O Omari Thomas Joshua Josephs Dom Bailey Omar Norman lot is on the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list of course that's played down in Mobile Alabama wh gets a couple of yards and it'll set up a third down there's a deep defense it's only given up three points today it is the 2minute timeout in Knoxville Tennessee State what a time in the SEC to have U and Texas both in the conference never expected Dar NOA to give us a Texas update on an SEC game but here we are in 2024 just two minutes to go in this game where the vs lead 62-3 Nico iamal Avo was terrific today for Josh Hy Tennessee Volunteers Third and 13 for Luke shamberg in this offense and Luke throws and that's a good ball right near the sticks zier Thornton makes the catch it'll be fourth and short certainly thinking about the entire hyle family there is Josh's dad Ken Josh's mom Cindy passed away this past May Ken is always on the sideline watching his boy coach volunteers at is a family committed to coaching and to higher education tight-knit family I know all the Hypes certainly Miss Cindy and we're thinking about them today on this first football game of the season in 2024 ju has it blocked I mean right into his Bread Basket Jordan Ross touchdown Tennessee's been close a number of times in this game it's been a dangerous play so many punts by the mocks in this one and it was close numerous times they finally got home right here at the end of this contest now the Special Teams up on the board and four blocks last year on special teams and already won in the first game of the season watch get up field right now many times just a fantastic job didn't really even have to lay out L just goes up and blocked it with almost both his hands it's been a prolific day on offense and now of course more pushups for our guys somewhat abbreviated performance once again Ross The Freshman from outside of Birmingham vavia Hills what a start to his career JT Carver to kick off with just 107 left in the game and a reminder coming up in just over 10 minutes from now Williams Bryce Stadium will be rocking as the Gamecock and head coach Shane Beamer host Old Dominion start the season Lenoris sers the quarterback of the Gamecock now a young guy out there quarterback right one of two we just saw one here today Lenora sers a lot of excitement in and around his potential another dual threat type of quarterback and we for a few Falls next Saturday night at 7:30 in Charlotte play number 24 tenant NC State on ABC Georgia State in Chattanooga meet next week in Atlanta next Saturday we are headed to College Station Texas Peter will be on the air at noon eastern time and then we're up at 12:45 for the Aggies against MCN State first the agies have to take care of Notre Dame tonight a lot of interesting games to open this season when you think about it some already some surprising outcomes including the one you just talked about with Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech earlier we' seen some some upheaval early on in this season looks good from every vantage point today for Tennessee on a third and four and Jackson won't get much and that should be the last play of the game niik yamala yava is the story 22 of 28 313 yards and three touchdowns in just one half of football as Tennessee starts the season with a statement victory over Chattanooga 69-3 it's started back f for the BS 11pl Drive got to see some runs and passes then they opened up that passing game man they were hitting on all cylinders was until the really the end of the second quarter before that offense seemingly faltered defense was very Stout an impressive performance in all the areas you would expect 36 first downs The New School record 77 yards that's the third most in school history and the second most points in school history with 69 for Matt stinko Melissa Lang Ryan Jordan and our entire crew up Taylor Zar are so long from Knoxville where Tennessee beats Chattanooga 69-3 South Carolina in Old Dominion coming up next on SEC network