Tennessee - Virginia Tech

Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 7:30pm Atlanta, GA

Tennessee (7-5) _____________ SEC ___________ 115.05 ____ __________YPG = 395.6 (112%) → +1% PPG = 30.6 (123%) dYPG = 308.8 (85%) dPPG = 21.0 (87%) ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Western Kentucky -540.84 W, 63-7 2 UCLA 37.15 L, 15-19 3 Florida 470.00 L, 13-23 4 Ohio 116.67 W, 34-23 5 Auburn 121.93 L, 22-26 6 Georgia 159.43 W, 45-19 8 Alabama 589.24 L, 10-12 9 South Carolina 113.85 W, 31-13 10 Memphis -278.07 W, 56-28 11 Mississippi 152.02 L, 17-42 12 Vanderbilt -246.01 W, 31-16 13 Kentucky 90.38 W, 30-24

Virginia Tech (9-3) ______________ ACC __________ 292.07 ____ YPG = 388.3 (111%) +24% ← PPG = 31.4 (147%)___________ dYPG = 300.4 (85%) -26% ← dPPG = 15.8 (61%)__________ ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Alabama 589.24 L, 24-34 2 Marshall -30.18 W, 52-10 3 Nebraska 177.80 W, 16-15 4 Miami (FL) 274.34 W, 31-7 5 Duke -142.00 W, 34-26 6 Boston College 137.57 W, 48-14 7 Georgia Tech 356.59 L, 23-28 9 North Carolina 195.12 L, 17-20 10 East Carolina 177.10 W, 16-3 11 Maryland -282.65 W, 36-9 12 NC State -70.92 W, 38-10 13 Virginia -207.42 W, 42-13

I like this matchup - old, defensive rocks against new, fandangled crazy. Both the Hokies & Vols average about the same yards per game, points per game, and defensive yards per game, but the Hokies have a slight edge in defensive points per game. Both lost to Bama and the other top teams in their conference (GA Tech & Florida), but had solid wins over Georgia & Miami. Tennessee had that head-scratching loss to UCLA, but the worst team Virginia Tech lost to was North Carolina. Junior would love to have a bowl victory to add to his off-season arsenal, but he's not going to get it.

The Line: Tennessee +5.5

The Call: Virginia Tech by 7

The Result: Virginia Tech 37-14

Yeah, that was about it. Entertaining game though.