{"id":71240,"date":"2024-09-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/urban-meyer-predicts-tennessee-of-old-to-play-for-sec-title\/"},"modified":"2024-09-28T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T11:00:00","slug":"urban-meyer-predicts-tennessee-of-old-to-play-for-sec-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/urban-meyer-predicts-tennessee-of-old-to-play-for-sec-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Meyer predicts \u2018Tennessee of old\u2019 to play for SEC title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Football<\/a> is widely projected to be a College Football Playoff team after its 4-0 start. Not only that, some are predicting the Vols to advance to the quarterfinals<\/a> in the 12-team bracket.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Urban Meyer<\/a><\/strong> this week added another prediction: Tennessee will play in the SEC championship game against Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got Georgia still up there,\u201d Meyer said on The Triple Option<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve got them (Tennessee) in the SEC Championship Game.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the addition of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, the league ditched the old east\/west divisions. Now the two teams with the best league records will go to Atlanta for the conference championship game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Up Next: No. 5 Tennessee at Arkansas<\/h2>\n

No. 5 Tennessee (4-0, 1-0 SEC) is off this week, coming off the 25-15 win at Oklahoma on Saturday. The Vols go to Arkansas next Saturday before returning home for four straight games at Neyland Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meyer\u2019s praise for Tennessee didn\u2019t stop in Atlanta. He knows what the Vols are capable of because he keeps hearing it from NFL scouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got inside information there,\u201d Meyer said, \u201cand I ask every week, I have an NFL guy that scouts around and helps me with some stuff, and he commented, \u2018It looks like Tennessee of old,\u2019 that\u2019s the respect I had for the old Tennessee outfit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Nico (Iamaleava) \u2014 the quarterback, we all love him. I think he\u2019s certainly a Heisman (Trophy) candidate. I think he\u2019s a top-ten pick. He\u2019s got to do a couple things a little better, but he went into Norman, Oklahoma \u2026 he had a good day. But you\u2019re at Oklahoma, and you find a way to go win that game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vols ranked first in total defense, second in run defense, fifth in scoring defense<\/h2>\n

Iamaleava threw four games is 61-for-88 (.693) passing for 892 yards, with seven touchdowns and two interceptions. Dylan Sampson<\/a><\/strong> has ran 69 times for 449 yards and has 10 rushing touchdowns, the most in college football. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Defensively the Vols are ranked first in total defense, second in run defense, fifth in scoring defense and 11th in pass defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I said on Big Noon, I\u2019m going to say it again this week, (Iamaleava) is not the only show in Knoxville,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cThey are balanced on offense. They have a good running game. They\u2019re good in the trenches, and they\u2019re very good on defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we\u2019re going to find out. They\u2019re jumping into the rest of the SEC coming up here. But there\u2019s no doubt. I have them as the No. 4, potentially No. 3 team in the country right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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