Tennessee Stat Book
Event Details
- What: Tennessee at Kentucky
- When: Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Where: Commonwealth Stadium
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: All ages
If Tennessee makes a Jan. 1 bowl game, it may owe thanks to Louisiana-Monroe.
The War Hawks' 21-14 upset victory over Alabama on Saturday should prove to eliminate the Crimson Tide from a trip to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, especially if 'Bama loses to Auburn this weekend.
UT was expected to slide to the Chik-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta on Dec. 31 if the Vols beat Kentucky then lost to LSU in the SEC championship game. That was until 'Bama lost. Now, the Cotton Bowl is a strong possibility.
The Cotton Bowl will consider Auburn, especially if the Tigers beat Alabama on Saturday. It's very unlikely, however, that the Tigers return to Dallas after beating Nebraska, 17-14, last season and, more importantly, failing to sell their ticket allotment.
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville's status also wouldn't work in the Tigers' favor to get back to Dallas. Rumors abound that Tuberville could be headed to Texas A&M to replace Dennis Franchione.
The Cotton Bowl traditionally selects an SEC Western Division team. Mississippi State was a possibility until the Bulldogs lost to Arkansas on Saturday.
In the past nine years, the Cotton Bowl has selected an SEC East team twice. Both times it was Tennessee (2001 and 2005).
Arkansas would be a popular choice among veteran Cotton Bowl committee members who have long-standing relationships with Razorback AD Frank Broyles, who is retiring after this season.
That wouldn't be as desirable an option, however, if Arkansas loses to LSU this weekend, which would give the Razorbacks five losses.
The Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. on Jan. 1 also is considered a possibility for UT. Unlike the Cotton Bowl, the Outback sent representatives to last Saturday's UT-Vanderbilt game.
But the Outback would have concerns about inviting UT two years in a row, especially after the Vols' listless 20-10 loss to Penn State last January.
The scenario is much simpler if UT wins out. The Vols would then play in the Sugar Bowl as the SEC champion representative.
If UT loses to Kentucky on Saturday, the Music City or Independence Bowl would be possible destinations, although the Chik-fil-A Bowl still would be a possibility.
Virginia Tech and Virginia are the two most likely ACC representatives for the Chik-fil-A Bowl.
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Comments » 87
orangeblood writes:
You know, i think we'd play texas in the cotton bowl...and that would be fun...don't get me wrong, i want the sugar bowl hands down...but since life (or football for that matter) isn't fair, damn, playing texas would be awesome! Battle of the Orange! And the UTs!
volfan73120#211815 writes:
If the vols beat Ky. and loose to LSU in the CG, Thkey might get the Cotton Bowl. If Oklahokma doesn't win the BigI2, they will go to the Cotton Bowl. Tenn. vs Okla would be a good match.
mmeletiou#399430 writes:
OK looks good even though they lost this weekend. they have a great passing game. their defense is pretty good too, as we should all remember stoops from his FL days. if tennessee wins out, and we make it to the sugar bowl, which we have rep'd well at in the past (esp. '85, hehe, is testa-turd-y actually still playing?), is it really possible that we would play Hawaii? i was at the hawaii v. nevada-reno game on saturday and they are not that good. i would rather play a quality team like OK than play in a "quality" bowl game. i feel like i know a good deal about CF but this whole bowl selection thing goes way over my head.
GO VOLS!!!
PeytonsVols writes:
As a Vol living in Austin, TX - and having to endure Texas' fans daily ridicule and ranting they are the "real" UT - there is no other match-up I'd rather see than getting to settle the UT v. Texas football argument in the Cotton Bowl (or Sugar Bowl if it can work out that way). We already own Texas in Basketball (M & W) and some other sports, now it's time for football. Let's just hope Mack Brown doesn't start crying on national television again to get them in the BCS (unless it the Sugar Bowl versus us).
ThurmondEppy writes:
Cotton Bowl, Schmotton Bowl.....THE VOLS WANT SUGAR!!!!!
alfrizzle097 writes:
LSU is a loss. I don't mean to be negative, just telling it like it is. If we just make it to the SEC championship it will be a good year. Florida and Georgia both have more talent (arguably) and this is obviously a growing year for us after everything the freshmen showed.
ODA751 writes:
I wouldn't say the LSU is a loss. I think we match up very well with LSU.
sbcheek#336574 writes:
This speculative story is waste of newsprint and ink or bits and bytes! There is an assumption in this piece that UT will beat Kentucky and lose to LSU. UT just might beat both of them. Stranger things have happened. I will have to side with Philbio on this one: Take it one game at a time and see what happens.
pete.broockman#629092 writes:
Let's save all the bowl prognostication ti'll after we play this next game. You might as well be predicting where we will be playing next year, makes no sense. If we lose this weekend we will be in Nashville, WIN and our options grow wider. It's all a money thing anyways, unless we win out!
GreerVol22 writes:
Right on Pete. I simply say again to all the Vols....How bad do you want it boys? If there is one thing the Vandy game should have taught you is that no team is a gimme, so don't act like it.
leedsvol2007 writes:
I agree that bowl speculation at this point is premature.
I was at the Ky game last year and thought that Ky was well coached with some terrific skill players.
They have the best QB we have seen since Tebow and if he is healthy Little is a tremendous back much like our own Arian Foster.
This is the acid test for our dline and secondary. We will see how much improvement they have made.
GoVols!
pdhuff#552644 writes:
I don't know! Hmmm, Music City Bowl. Vols could ride their bus. We'd fill up (is it at Titans or West End) facility! Phil could fill up at Logans or Golden Corral! Who we play is not important, rematch with Vandy would be good! What's that you say, we've only got to beat Ky and LSU on the road! Hell's bells, no problem, we're on our way to Sugar Bowl city! I looked at my signed 8x10 of Phil this morning and got a feeling. Book it Danno!
mbradshaw1#655539 writes:
ILOVE IS RIGHT. The only thing that matters is Kentucky, they should be the only focus at this time. Projections are fun but we have to win one at a time.
Go VOLS!!!
TommyJack writes:
LazzieFrat: I live in Tejas and I agree. You may yet be salvageable.
todd#529269 writes:
one goal...........Sugar!
utnutt writes:
I HATE TO THINK THAT THE WINNER OF THE SEC EAST WOULD END UP IN THE MUSIC CITY BOWL THAT IS AN INSULT TO THE SEC CONFRENCE AND THE WINNER OF THE EAST.
pdhuff#552644 writes:
utnutt, sad but's its possible. Do like me, stare at the 8x10 of Phil and you'll know its possible! Can you hear the bowl committees saying, "They were slain by Bama!!!! What!!
Pullingguard writes:
Sure SUGAR is the hope and desire, but reality is the Music City Bowl. UT will have to play one of their best games of the year to beat KY, play like they did verses Vandy and it's a bad day for Vols. Not sure we want to play OKLA in the Cotton Bowl, that could get ugly. This Vol team is not blessed with talent and they are a blue collar team at best when they play their best. Probably Vols stack up just as good verses LSU as they do KY, so win at KY and Vols have a chance, although slim.
waterskier3#226480 writes:
other than the bcs bowls the rest are jokes.. i mean come on they don't care about conf or history they just want the most fans to come fill their sorry $%^ seats and spend money I for one think the vols are music city material.... we've won 1 game on the road folks and what have you seen from the defense that says we've gotten better???? the competition has gotten worse so put the kool-aid down and understand our defense still suxs and until that changes we're going to struggle.
FYI,,, i live in texas and ok will lose this weekend and texas will be in the big 12 CS game and i for one hope we don't play ok this year... we'll get smoked.............................
Volgrad82 writes:
I say LESs MILES and MORE FULMER!! We're Sugar Bound, my friend!
jweaver3#395614 writes:
Let's beat Ky. first then concentrate on a LSU who will listen to everyone saying your coach is going to Mich.!!! This could be a biggg distraction for LSU, BUT we have to be a good passing team in KY. first. The only thing I like on this game is Sanders seems to be screwing Woodson up a little more every week!!! I'm glad Sanders is GONE!!! from K-ville
GO VOLS!!!!
BEAT THE KITTYS
TXVOLSFAN
Volunatic writes:
I hope that Vandy taught our players to not look ahead.
GO VOLS!!! Beat Kentucky!
asleep#212036 writes:
There is no way we drop to Independence or Music City at 8-4. Arkansas and MSU would be 7-5 and Alabama and SC likely 6-6. If we lose, and Georgia wins SEC, 2 BCS teams (LSU and FL), Georgia to Capital One, Auburn to Peach, Kentucky to Outback, UT to Cotton (Chic-Fil-A CEO is Auburn grad). If we win, then lose, LSU/Georgia to BCS, Florida to Capital One, Auburn to Outback, Kentucky to Peach, UT to Cotton. The ony flies in the ointment are if either Arkansas upsets LSU or Alabama upsets Auburn, which is more likely. That may be the only way we end up out of the bigger bowls but even then, Liberty picks before the others and would gladly take an 8-4 UT over their other choices. Of course, this is all garbage because we just need to win our next game and let all of this take care of itself. Go Vols!!!
lpelleg1#634551 writes:
It's pretty clear that LSU would rather see UT than Georgia. Check out the last paragraph on pg. 1 of this story: (http://www.sportsline.com/collegefoot...). But defensively, don't the Tigers match up better with Georgia? It seems like LSU's front four would wreak havoc on Georgia's young o-line. They'd have a harder time getting to Ainge than they've had against anyone all year. Georgia's defense would probably present a slightly tougher challenge than UT, but that's about it. I know I'm biased, but I just don't care how well Georgia is playing, I believe LSU would be better off seeing the Bulldogs.
FatherVol writes:
At this point, every game is a bowl game pointing us toward another round. Let's keep ourselves focused on the Wildcats.
scvolalum writes:
PeytonVol and Indianavol, I lived in Austin from '90 til '02 and share your perspectives. The shorthorns are clearly lacking in the class and spirit possessed by the majority of us Vol fans. There shouldn't be any agony felt by speculating on future bowl possibilities. As long as Phil's boys focus on Saturday's game, we'll have a good chance at tolerating those annoying whiners as they decry an impending loss to LSU, just as they did with SC, GA, MSU, ARK and Vandy....and just as they are now omenizing about KY. Win or lose, we die-hard vol fans will provide optimism in the direction of the Big Orange. GO VOLS!!!!!!!!!
missrvrvol writes:
Shreveport is an awesome place in Dec.
waterskier3#226480 writes:
sjt18 please this defense if still terrible the players are out position and yes they've looked better but look at the overall stats and they still sux.... bottom line when we face a team with a decent qb and ol you'll see the scoreboard a spinning..... young or less talented or coaching the D is a liability that will help us lose two more games....... the only reason we beat vandy is well they are vandy........ they always choke to tn when they get a chance to win..... other than 05... and that is the best thing we have going for us against kent sat... we put a little pressure on them and they will fold... but in atlanta and the bowl game that won't happen.
talk to me after the kentucky game on the road and we'll see if they are improved.....
volfaninky writes:
None of this matters. Beat the hell out of the Mildcats and take your chances with a very beatable LSU (Litte Sisters of Uranus). Let the chips fall where they may, everything else is a waste of time.
Huntingdonvol writes:
Cotton sounds good but sugar is sweeter!by the way have we ever played Texas in football!I think not and dont think it will ever happen!!!!!!GO VOLS BEAT KENTUCKYS BUTTS!!!!
givim6 writes:
peytonsvols,
Here is how you responds to horns;
Our UT is the original, the first, and if it hadn't been for Tennesseans, they would be the Universadad de Matamoras, Austin Branch.
vols76 writes:
Good article in ESPN....
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/st...
Read what Sanders states about Tennessee....And here lies the problem...we have never changed things:
"At Tennessee, we never changed & the way we did things, from the time I was a player through my coaching career. We did things pretty much the same the whole time, so if it's not broke why fix it? "We [Kentucky] have a different approach toward practice and a different approach towards lots of things. Some of the things we do here I like, some of the things we did at Tennessee I liked. I've had fun at both places."
UltraVolDavid writes:
Speculating is part of the fun of being a sports fan. It is the players and coaches who need to be focused on Kentucky, not necessarily us fans. Wishful thinking is part of what makes sports so exciting to watch...you never know what's going to happen til the game is played. I personally am rooting for a win this Saturday and redemption against the bayou bengals. When we are playing well, we can play with anyone in the country.
Basketball_Jones writes:
For those who think we can beat LSU...PA__PLEASE!!! Have you seen their speed? Their special teams are very fast, with #8 and #5. The "D" is very fast as well and our strength seems to be passing the ball and I don't believe or WR's can seperate themselves from LSU's DB's. First thought they have to beat KY. Woodson is probably salivating at the thopught of going against this secondary....Saturday might be a long day
japadilla30#648754 writes:
I would love to see UGA play the Vols again! Sure you kicked our tails, but I doubt it would be the same results. I just hope UT don't embarass the SEC in whatever bowl game they go to. When is the last time they won a bowl game?
Vol23304 writes:
My guess is the Music City or Independence Bowl .
I think Ky takes us this year.
vols76 writes:
japadilla30.....
Playing GA again wouldn't mean anything....Now I would love to play Cal, or Florida, or Bama again, it would be different a second time around with any of those teams...as for the last Bowl we won.....we beat Texas A&M on Jan 1, 2005 in the Cotton Bowl 38-7...
Stumps writes:
all I care to see is TN play VA tech - a team that is routinely overranked and plays a cake schedule. I'll find a way to get to atlanta to see that one.
BigManVolFan writes:
I dont understand why the Chick-fila bowl would ever pass over us unless it was UGA...It's only like a 3 1/2-4 hour drive to Atlanta from Knoxville....It we beat UK and LSU we go to the Sugar Bowl...If we beat UK, lose to LSU, we possibly go to the Cotton, Outback, or Capital One bowl?
If we lose to UK, we should not slip past the Chick fila.....but with the way college football has been this year, who knows where we will end up.....
Only way to know where we are going bowling is to win out and play in the Sugar Bowl!
inquiry writes:
Let's play Vandy again in the Music City Bowl.. that would still be a pretty good ball game to watch
mtnvol writes:
PeytonsVols, ask your horny friends what date the respective schools use as their beginning. The REAL UT started in 1794. The horns took a good color out west and let it burn in the heat! ;-)
kb7398#233189 writes:
IF...repeat IF the Vols lose to LSU in the title game they would likely go to the Outback or the Cotton and that makes sense. The Chik-Fil-A and Music City are pipe dreams for those bowls and the haters. However, the Vols will win out including the SECCG and be in the Sugar. 10 wins...maybe 11. Even after all the phooey the detractors and naysayers can just bite it sideways and congratulate the Big Orange on their season...but let's hope some changes are made in the staff...like FIRE LARRY SLADE NOW!!!
99gator writes:
good luck to you all saturday. may the "good" tennessee show up against kentucky. georgia not in the sec championship game is a good thing.
however, i am worried that because i want tenn to win they will lose. ever notice how teams you would never cheer for lose when you actually want them to win.
go vols.
UT_Tim writes:
SSSSSSUUUUUUGGGGGGAAAAAARRRRRR
TommyJack writes:
Givim6: That's a bueno post, amigo.
orngejuiced writes:
99gator-U R PATHETIC!
99gator writes:
orngejuiced
thanks.
in the future... pathetic, though i may be... i can read.
you don't have to continue to tell me i'm pathetic. i have comprehended your posts. so please don't waste your time telling me that any longer. besides, it might damage my self esteem.
auttat writes:
Calling someone pathetic when you can't even spell orange. Smooth!!
Hey, does anyone know what orange rhymes with?
Volchaz writes:
If we go to the Cotton, i'm there, but the weather has got to be better than the last time we showed up in the Big D.
mtoms1272#210656 writes:
Sugar baby! Lets don't forget that in '01 a 3 loss LSU team whipped up on our Vols who were in line for the NT game. Turnabout is fair play.
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