As Tennessee football gets set to host the Georgia Bulldogs Saturday night, SEC Nation will be in Knoxville to cover the Volunteers’ outing.
Well, the expectations aren’t high for this game, but SEC Nation wants to take part in it. The crew will be in town Saturday night when Tennessee football hosts the Georgia Bulldogs as both teams come off a bye.
The ESPN entertainment show on SEC Network featuring Laura Rutledge, Tim Tebow, Marcus Spears and Paul Finebaum will be trying to make a storyline out of a game that could end up being a blowout. They announced the location on Twitter.
Hey, they may not get College Gameday at any point this year, but at least Tennessee football gets some relevance with SEC Nation in town. Saturday’s matchup between the Vols and Dawgs is set for 7 p.m. E.T. on ESPN.
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With Jeremy Pruitt’s second team at 1-3 and the Dawgs at 4-0, two Saturdays removed from an impressive win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, it’s pretty clear that nobody expects this to be a game. That’s why SEC Nation attending is a bit surprising.
However, there are only five games in the league this weekend. The No. 7 ranked Auburn Tigers at the No. 10 ranked Auburn Tigers is the CBS game, and College Gameday will be there. So that’s not the game for SEC Nation.
All the other games are forgettable. One includes the Utah State Aggies at the LSU Tigers. Another is the Troy Trojans at the Missouri Tigers. Finally, the other SEC night game is the Vanderbilt Commodores at the Ole Miss Rebels, set for 7:30 p.m. on SEC Network.
Only eight of the 14 teams in the conference play this week. Taking that into account, it’s easy to see how Tennessee football’s game against Georgia is one of the only games for SEC Nation to cover. The question becomes how much trolling those guys will pile on Vol Nation.
Tebow, as a Florida graduate, is likely relishing in the school’s struggles. Finebaum, a UT graduate who is more dedicated to covering the Alabama Crimson Tide, probably brings the same amount of objectivity as Spears, an LSU Tigers graduate.