Week 0 is here!!!! There will be no more weekends without football until February. Caleb Calhoun and Dave Hooker dive into the excitement by looking at the SEC quarterbacks and league power rankings. Tennessee Football redshirt freshmen and positional previews of Vols running backs and returners also make up Off the Hook Sports’ Monday, Aug. 21 podcast.
Top five Tennessee Football redshirt freshmen
Josh Heupel and Tennessee Football are planning to rely a lot more heavily on members of his first full recruiting class with the Vols this year. Who are some players in that class who didn’t play much last year but could have a major impact on the program? Are any projected to start?
How much more will Tennessee Football rely on RBs this year?
Although his offensive system makes superstars out of quarterbacks, Heupel still relies heavily on the run game, and Tennessee Football has plenty of options there this year. How much more will Heupel rely on talent there to take pressure off Joe Milton III than he did last year? Could Dylan Sampson be the Vols’ breakout player?
Will Tennessee Football have one of nation’s best return games?
Special teams big plays set the tone for Tennessee Football in the Vols’ blowout win at the LSU Tigers last year, and Dee Williams is a fast-rising return specialist. Could he be the best returner in the SEC this year? How much of an advantage will this aspect of the game give the Vols this season?
SEC East QBs taking shape
Within the past two weeks, Billy Napier named Wisconsin Badgers Graham Mertz the Florida Gators’ starting quarterback, Kirby Smart named Carson Beck the Georgia Bulldogs’ starting quarterback, and Eli Drinkwitz announced the Missouri Tigers would alternate Brady Cook and Sam Horn at quarterback. Whose situation is the best right now?
Preseason SEC Power Rankings
Saturday marks the start of Southeastern Conference football with the Vanderbilt Commodores facing the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. Given that fact, what should the SEC Power Rankings be to start the season? This is largely based on how teams finished last year. Projections have nothing to do with it.
