Tennessee football: Five reasons Vols could upset Georgia

Here is why the Tennessee football Volunteers could beat the UGA Dawgs.

Saturday isn’t the first time in history Tennessee football travels to Athens, Ga. as double-digit underdogs to face an undefeated Georgia Bulldogs team. If they win, it won’t be the first time they have won under such conditions either.

The Vols shocked UGA on the road in 2004 en route to winning the East with a Freshman quarterback in Erik Ainge. Back in 1992, the first year this game became a rivalry, they did the same thing with Heath Shuler at quarterback.

Both Shuler and Ainge were in their first road starts in those games. On Saturday, Tennessee football will be led by Jarrett Guarantano, a fifth-year senior who certainly won’t be starting his first road game.

Taking out the history, there are plenty of football reasons the No. 14 ranked Vols could have some advantages Saturday. Of course, the No. 3 ranked Dawgs still have most of the advantages, and by all accounts they should win. They could actually win in a blowout as well.

However, as Jeremy Pruitt’s team tries to prove itself on the biggest stage since this eight-game winning streak, tied for the longest in the nation, began, he has multiple ways he could catch his former coworker, Kirby Smart, off-guard. In this post, we’re going to look at how.

Our reasoning for why UT could upset UGA includes numerous factors, from exterior conditions to the actual makeup of the teams. Now, we are leaving out the fact that Sanford Stadium will only be at 25 percent capacity. That takes away an advantage for the Bulldogs, which is why we still wanted to note it here, but it’s not an actual advantage for the Vols.

There are things, though, that could neutralize some of Georgia’s biggest advantages while also giving Rocky Top some crucial advantages. What are those things? Let’s go ahead and break it all down here. These are the five reasons Tennessee football could upset the Bulldogs on the road.