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Tennessee football: SEC, top 25 picks and bets for Week 2 of 2021

By Caleb Calhoun

Pregame flyover before the NCAA football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Bowling Green Falcons held at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.Kns Ut Football Bowling Green Bp
Pregame flyover before the NCAA football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Bowling Green Falcons held at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.Kns Ut Football Bowling Green Bp /
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Aug 25, 2018; Fort Collins, CO, USA; General view outside of Canvas stadium before the game between the Hawaii Warriors against the Colorado State Rams. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 25, 2018; Fort Collins, CO, USA; General view outside of Canvas stadium before the game between the Hawaii Warriors against the Colorado State Rams. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /

Vanderbilt Commodores at Colorado State Rams (CBSSN)

Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 p.m. ET; Canvas Stadium; Fort Collins, Colo.

Line: Colorado State -7; Over/Under: 51.5

Moneyline: Colorado State -270; Vanderbilt +215

As the only circled SEC or Power Five win for Tennessee football this year, the Vanderbilt Commodores have no hope under first-year head coach Clark Lea. They just lost to the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers.

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The more embarrassing part was that it wasn’t even close. ETSU won 23-3 and should’ve actually won by more. Vandy is a disaster and no better than last year’s 0-9 team that resulted in Derek Mason’s firing. After losing to an FCS program, they now have to go on the road to face a Group of Five program. One division up and switching venues are two factors that make this game harder.

The Colorado State Rams, meanwhile, are still rebuilding in their second year under head coach Steve Addazio. They actually also had a bad FCS loss last week to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, and like Vandy, their loss wasn’t close.

Prediction

Two teams suffering FCS losses last week would make this intriguing, but the fact of the matter is South Dakota State is much better than ETSU, and CSU was actually closer with them. That’s all we can base this off of.

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As a result, CSU is the take here, and they’ll actually win running away. Take the Rams to cover, but the game will hit the under, as Vandy won’t score much. Sure, CSU gave up 42 last week to an FCS school, but as we’ve seen, FCS schools are much better than Vandy, so that doesn’t mean much.

Colorado State: 31 Vanderbilt: 14 (Colorado State -7; Under 51.5)

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