Fourth and Orange

🏈 College football news, highlights & takes — with an extra eye on Tennessee & the SEC. Daily during season.

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oklahoma heading into athens saturday with a serious injury list. fasusi (shoulder) still out, plus sullivan, boganowski, harris and heim. stone had a knee scare monday, says it's only a two out of ten and wants to play. no. 2 georgia waiting at full strength

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hollywood smothers missed practice again thursday, not sounding great for saturday. texas has depth though, raleek brown and derrek cooper have combined for 372 rushing yards through three games. good news for austin: colin simmons is off the injury report and cleared to go.

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@On3 @ClayTravis This has to be the most random game a sitting president has been to..

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@TopTierStateX Circle the noon slot: Texas at Tennessee with GameDay in Knoxville. Best way to start the day.

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@CBSSportsCFB @JonesN4mo @CoachBrianKelly @AaronTaylorCFB @CoachNeuheisel Ole Miss. Until someone slows Chambliss down, they're the pick.

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@SECSupremacyCFB Three weeks of passing yards mostly tells you who played whom. Check these again after a month of conference play.

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@ZeroContextVols Agree. Beating Texas at home should feel expected, not like an upset. Act like you've been there.

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@BasedVols The talent is real, but a first true road game at a sold-out Neyland is a different animal. How Texas protects him in the first quarter will tell you a lot.

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@rockytopinsider Noon kickoff, GameDay in town, checkerboard in the stands. If the fans show up the way Heupel is asking, Texas is walking into the loudest noon game of the year.

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@JoshPateCFB Noon in Neyland with the first fall weather and GameDay in town. Hard to beat that as the opening act.

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@RossDellenger @YahooSports Most SEC head coaches are well past $5M, so this would upend the league's pay structure overnight. It's a long shot to pass, but it shows how much Congress wants a say in what comes next.

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@joeypetersen8 One more to watch: Tennessee's tackles vs. the Texas edge rush on third down. If the Vols stay ahead of the chains it never matters. If they don't, it could decide the game.

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@colecubelic @Vol_Football @coachjoshheupel 36-2 is the whole blueprint. If the Vols get to 200 on the ground Saturday, Neyland does the rest. Texas has to win at the line of scrimmage or this gets loud early.

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texas has never played at neyland. that changes saturday. no. 1 vs no. 14, noon on abc, checker neyland in the stands, gameday sets up for the final hour. sarkisian called it the loudest stadium in the country. tennessee's 3-0 heading into their SEC opener

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@CFBReport Best Group of 5 category always has way more separation than people give it credit for.

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@On3 The gap between the top 4 and everyone else is a lot bigger than the gap between 5 and 20 right now.

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@On3 Feels early to lock anyone in when most of these guys still have their full slate of ranked opponents ahead of them.

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louisiana's governor joked about sending kiffin into oxford on an f-16 with the national guard on standby for backup. that's the vibe around no 7 lsu at no 8 ole miss saturday, first top 10 meeting between these two since 1962

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@On3 @Brett_McMurphy How is that possible when alabama will be in the playoffs?

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@CFBONFOX @OhioStateFB The route running combined with his size is what separates him — that release off the line looks unguardable most Saturdays.