Week 4 of the NCAA season is here, and we are starting to see a lot more ranked match-ups on the schedule.
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The first few weeks are typically designed so that bad teams can be beat up by the good teams.
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The good teams schedule them to figure out where they need to improve so that by the time Week 4 comes along, they can be ready for a tough match-up.
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However, not everyone takes that approach, and an example of that is here in the Texas vs. Tennessee game.
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Texas comes into this game as the #1 ranked team in the nation.
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The Longhorns earned the honor after taking down Ohio State in a home game two weeks ago.
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That was sandwiched between two games that were laughable contests for the Longhorns.
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In Week 1, they demolished Texas State, winning 59-7.
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Last week, in Week 3, they won 30-6, again with no real struggle.
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The Ohio State game was quite the challenge, with Ohio State dominating the first half before Texas climbed back to win in the second half.
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There are plenty of weapons on this Texas team, but most of the attention is going to fall on their quarterback, Arch Manning.
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He was the top prospect in football coming out of high school, and now is discussed as the top pick in the draft.
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For the year, Manning has thrown for 661 yards on 59-of-96 passes with seven touchdowns and two interceptions.
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He will need to be more accurate if he wants to lead Texas to a win in a hostile environment this weekend.
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Tennessee is the 14th-ranked team in the country and currently sits at a 3-0 record.
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A win today will catapult the Volunteers up the rankings and give them a legitimate chance to make the College Football Playoffs.
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I’m not sure it would completely derail Texas’s chance, but it would make their path more difficult.
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This is the first real test for Tennessee this season, and I’m interested to see if they can actually make this competitive.
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In the first three games of the season, Tennessee has outscored opponents a combined 143 to 42.
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Two of those three games have been at home, where it is easier to win.
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On the road, they struggled a bit to stop Georgia Tech, which does give me concern about this team.
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Beating Furman and Kennesaw State at home isn’t quite as impressive an accomplishment.
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I suppose you can just be happy they took care of business when they needed to do it.
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In order for Tennessee to win the game, they need to try and run the ball and milk the clock.
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Despite them putting up points at will this season, I can’t imagine they want to get into a shootout with the Longhorns.
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That strategy does seem to play into what the Volunteers want to do, as they’ve run the ball 133 times compared to just 74 pass plays.
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I think Texas will win, but I’m not convinced they cover the full -4.
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Instead, the under is the way to go for me in this one as I expect a slower-paced game with both teams running and avoiding mistakes when possible.
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