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Tennessee football: Vols stock report following Week Nine of 2019

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: Jarrett Guarantano #2 of the Tennessee Volunteers warms up before the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Neyland Stadium on October 26, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: Jarrett Guarantano #2 of the Tennessee Volunteers warms up before the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Neyland Stadium on October 26, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images) /
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Beating the South Carolina Gamecocks 41-21 leaves lots of Tennessee football units looking good. Here is our Volunteers stock report after Week Nine.

If you apply traditional economic indicators to Tennessee football, the Vols are surging out of a slump faster than the U.S. economy surged out of a depression once World War II began. It’s been that type of week for them, and quite honestly, they’ve been on an upward trend ever since coming off of their bye.

Sure, there were blowout losses to the Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs. But they showed signs of life at times in both. Now they have withstood injuries at quarterback and numerous mistakes in their other games to get to 3-5 and make a bowl game within reach, which seemed impossible after an 0-2 start and two losses to Group of Five programs at home.

The next key for Tennessee football will obviously be trying to put together a two-game winning streak. Then it’s getting back to .500. They have a chance to do each of those things over the next two weeks, but step by step, they are making strides.

Part of what will help them do it are the units that are surging. Different aspects of the Vols have been responsible for this turnaround, and fewer and fewer parts of their team are showing weaknesses. But what does that mean for the future?

As we get set to analyze the trends on Rocky Top for this week, note that it’s getting a lot more difficult to do negative coverage. More and more units are riding high and showing fewer and fewer signs of slowing down. So we’re having trouble picking out the sugar highs and the things that are the real deal.

Let’s go ahead and try to break all of that down here. This is what’s surging, what’s falling, and what’s worth buying and selling. Here is our stock report for Tennessee football following the Vols’ 41-21 win over the South Carolina Gamecocks in Week Nine of the 2019 season.

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