“We knew coming into the game that we were facing a top-10 defense”, Dobbs said. Defending national champion Alabama and San Diego State are the only Football Bowl Subdivision teams with longer active winning streaks.
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Appalachian State, which beat OH 31-29 in the Camellia Bowl, won its final four games and 10 of its last 11. Now both teams try to continue those surges even after the natural roster turnover that occurs with each off-season. “A win is a win”, said Tennessee coach Butch Jones. “Our players expect to win”.
“I just told him to kick the mess out of it”. Running back Marcus Cox pitched in a great performance (24 attempts, 115 yards, 4.8 YPC) while quarterback Taylor Lamb was efficient through the air, keeping Appalachian State’s offense balanced. In his fourth year as head coach, Butch Jones probably knows how unsafe this team is.
Nine years to the day after Appalachian State cut down a mighty MI team in an upset for the ages, they aimed to repeat history deep in the heart of SEC country at No. 9 Tennessee.
The last thing Tennessee wants is to be this year’s version of Auburn. That result alone would have surprised many people who remembered the Volunteers punishing teams with their run game past year.
Tennessee also has received a boost this year from the returns of Phillips, tackle Shy Tuttle and defensive back Rashaan Gaulden from injuries that caused them to miss most or all of the 2015 season. Then came the winning play in overtime, in which quarterback Joshua Dobbs went airborne for the end zone and lost the ball as he tried to cross the goal line.
Thursday night’s tough win is also raising concern over the Battle at Bristol showdown. They were the better team against #9 Tennessee in the Vols home stadium.
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Quiet Kamara: Junior running back Alvin Kamara only received two touches in the first half and just nine total for the game.
Lambert, a fifth-year senior who started 12 games for Georgia a year ago, has been embroiled in an intense competition with true freshman Jacob Eason for the starting job. The Mountaineers went 11-2 last season and were ranked 43rd out of 128 FBS teams by USA TODAY. App.
Missouri State wins • Nick Masoner ran for 132 yards and Jason Randall had two rushing touchdowns as host Missouri State trounced NAIA member Southwestern College 57-0. Quarterback Joshua Dobbs ran for 671 yards and 11 touchdowns. Tennessee turned the ball over twice and it could have been more.
And Sutton won’t have such mistakes on special teams throughout the year. They’re going to tell me that App State is a tough club, which made a bowl game past year. Appalachian State allowed opponents to score on just 63.6 per cent of their drives inside the Mountaineers’ 20-yard line last season.
“I can assure you of this”, Shoop said, “Appalachian State has captured our attention”. “Teams only scored twice on those drives”. In overtime, Hurd recovered Dobbs’ fumble.
In its debut with coordinator Bob Shoop, Tennessee seemed to be on its heels most of the night, but when it mattered most the Vols were able to deliver on defense. Tennessee’s pass rush features Derek Barnett, who has recorded 10 sacks each of the last two seasons.
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The Appalachian State Mountaineers gave a heck of an effort on Thursday night.
