Tennessee vs Missouri: Five Tigers to Watch for Against Vols

Sep 5, 2015; Columbia, MO, USA; A general view of the stadium during the second half of the game between the Missouri Tigers and Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at Faurot Field. Missouri won 34-3. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

With the Tennessee vs Missouri game looking like a toss-up, the Volunteers football team will have to watch out for these five players on the Tigers.

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They may be 5-5 on the year, and they may have lost to Derek Mason’s Vanderbilt Commodores a few weeks ago, but the Missouri Tigers could be the most dangerous team in football on any given Saturday.

That is especially true now given all the turmoil on campus that probably united the players along with their determination to send Gary Pinkel off in style given the news of his resignation at the end of the season.

All of this culminated with a huge 20-16 upset over the BYU Cougars, as for the first time all year the offense got into a bit of a rhythm to help out the defense.

If this continues to happen, the Vols could be in trouble. There are specific players they have got to watch out for when they face the Tigers on Saturday if they are to win this game.

With the match-up in Columbia, everything points to a potential upset over the Vols if they are not careful, particularly with how ugly they have looked over the past three weeks.

Ugly play is where Missouri thrives, so the Vols want to avoid that as much as possible.

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Joshua Dobbs being healthy, good play by the offensive line, not getting out of position on defense, and coming up with big sacks and interceptions are all going to be crucial for the Vols in this game.

To do this, the Tigers have specific players that they are going to have to account for the entire game. The weapons are not what you would have thought they would have been earlier this year.

But new players have begun to step up, and a few conventional targets are now going to have to be the focus for Butch Jones’s team. Here are the five players on the Tigers the Vols have got to watch out for.

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