“If you can do that, you’ve got a high probability of winning.” “We want to force people to react to us, make them uncomfortable,” Heupel said. The Vols won 11 football games for the first time in more than 2 decades, and completed the first leg of the college sports triple by beating Clemson in the Orange Bowl. When you rush for 200 yards a game, and throw for 326 (and average 46 points per game), there is no right answer defensively. The football team has Heupel’s Blur Ball offense, utilizing an ultra-quick tempo - and executing at such a high level - to force opponents to choose the lesser of 2 evils. Tennessee is only one of a handful of SEC football states with legalized sports betting.īy forcing their will on those in their way. Sports betting in Tennessee officially launched on November 1, 2020, and many of the largest sportsbooks are live and operating in the volunteer state. The last to do it was Louisville in 2012-2013, when the Cardinals beat Florida in the Sugar Bowl, won the NCAA Tournament and played in the CWS.Īfter leaving the Orlando Region with 2 wins and setting up a now favorable East Region run, Tennessee has put itself in position for the rare triple by executing the same unwavering philosophy as the football and baseball teams. They’re closing in on the college sports trifecta. The Vols’ dominating 2nd-round win over Duke in the NCAA Tournament was merely an extension of what began in the 2021-22 sports calendar, and has become undeniable in 2022-23. Or that the Tennessee baseball team did the same to just about everyone last year - and is in the early stages of doing it again this season. ![]() So it’s almost fitting that the Tennessee basketball team did the same to NCAA Tournament king Duke. Including a guy named Saban, who when we last heard from him, was complaining about the speed of the game and having to play Tennessee. Neither were the majority of Tennessee’s football opponents this season, wilting under the pressure of coach Josh Heupel’s fast pace offense. “We were going to make them play a tough, hard-nosed game,” Tennessee forward Olivier Nkamhoua said. NCAA Tournament blue-blood Duke was simply in the way Saturday. The unquestioned best combination of the Big 3 in college sports showed off its basketball muscle this weekend, moving the Vols 1 step closer to the rare, 3-sport collection of winning. ![]() Welcome, everyone, to the unfolding Tennessee Trifecta.
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