While Jeremy Pruitt was directing Tennessee football to a 41-21 victory over the 3-4 South Carolina Gamecocks last Saturday to get his team to 3-5, the 6-1 UAB Blazers, defending Conference-USA champions, were resting up on a bye week. Now they’re ready for the stretch run of the season in a quest to repeat.
The start of that stretch run is actually non-conference game, a visit to Neyland Stadium to face a Vols program that already has two home losses to Power Five teams this year. All of a sudden, this matchup looks quite intriguing.
After losing at home in the opener against the Georgia State Panthers, who are now 6-2, and then the next week against the BYU Cougars, who are only 3-4, Tennessee football will need to make sure it plays a complete game against UAB.