Tag Archives: Tennessee

Music City Bowl Preview and Prediction

Posted on December 30, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Tennessee (8-4) faces Illinois (8-4) in the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 at 5:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Vols QB Joey Aguilar shines amid opt-outs (including WR Chris Brazzell II), but Illinois’ relative health and physicality edge a depleted Tennessee defense for the upset. Prediction: Illinois 34, Tennessee 31. Continue reading →

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If You Could Live Anywhere In the World

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

If home is where the heart is, then I suppose mine would sit somewhere between the mountains and the people I love — a place where quiet mornings meet family weekends and the horizon always feels familiar. Continue reading →

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🥃 My First Bourbon Trail Adventure: The 13 Best Things I Tasted

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

25 stops. Dozens of pours. These were the ones I’ll never forget. This summer, I finally made my first trip to the Bourbon Trail — and it lived up to every drop of hype. Over five days, our crew made … Continue reading →

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Picking Every Bowl: Music City Bowl, Purdue vs. Tennessee

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Douglas Blaine

Transperfect Music City Bowl December 30 Purdue (8-4) vs. Tennessee (7-5), Nissan Stadium, Nashville, 3 p.m., ESPN Tennessee -6 – O/U 64.5 Playing at home helps. Tennessee won’t be in Knoxville for this game, but they will be in friendly … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: SEC preview

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Every year you hear the arguments for and against it, and it’s going to happen again this year. Whether you agree or not, the SEC is generally accepted as the best conference in college football. And it’s hard to argue … Continue reading →

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College Football 2016: Conference USA preview

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

No conference has been picked clean more than Conference USA, which has seen 14 programs – an entire conference’s worth of teams – depart for larger affiliations since 2005. Nine of the 12 teams in the American Athletic Conference were … Continue reading →

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Bowl Predictions – Friday, January 1, 2016 (New Year’s Day)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Douglas Blaine

Bowl prediction record: 21-15 SU, 16-20 ATS, 16-19-1 O/U Outback Bowl Tennessee (8-4) vs. Northwestern (10-2), Tampa, noon, ESPN2 Tennessee -7 – O/U 47.5 Scoring Offense: Tennessee, 34.3 (32nd); Northwestern, 20.7 (112th) Passing Offense: Tennessee, 199.0, (92nd); Northwestern, 139.3 (120th) Rushing Offense: Tennessee, 223.5 (21st); Northwestern, 193.3 (36th) Scoring … Continue reading →

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