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Tennessee football: Top five questions for Vols homecoming game vs. UAB

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: The Tennessee Volunteers run onto the field before the start of their game against the South Carolina Gamecocks on October 29, 2005 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: The Tennessee Volunteers run onto the field before the start of their game against the South Carolina Gamecocks on October 29, 2005 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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1. Is UAB’s 6-1 record a reflection on the Blazers or their easy schedule? 

Let’s first start by saying that the UAB Blazers, regardless of who they played, should be applauded. This is a program that was shut down for two years and returned with its head coach who was leading the program before it was shut down, Bill Clark, and is now en route to its third straight winning season.

Coming off a Conference-USA championship, this 6-1 start is even more remarkable, as everybody thought they would take a major step back with so much talent gone. It hasn’t happened, and with a 3-1 C-USA record, they control their own destiny again to win the league.

However, there’s no denying that they haven’t played anybody. Their best win of the year is against the UTSA Roadrunners, who are 3-4. The combined record of the other four FBS teams they beat is 2-30. Yes, that record is real, with the Akron Zips and Rice Owls at 0-8 each and the South Alabama Jaguars and Old Dominion Monarchs at 1-7 each.

We’re talking about an atrocious schedule. Meanwhile, their other win is against the Alabama State Hornets, and they are 3-4 in FCS play. So they haven’t beaten anybody even halfway decent, and they only won that game by five.

The only winning team they faced, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, beat them. Now, to be fair, that was a road loss by one touchdown, and Western Kentucky is atop the C-USA East. So at least UAB looked good in that one. But Tennessee football will be another measuring stick for them. It’s a test to prove if they are legitimate.

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