Third Saturday in October: Alabama & Tennessee collide in the rivalry's biggest game of the last decade
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🗓️ 12 October 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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We are a few days away from the third Saturday in October and Tennessee and Alabama are set to match up in the rivalry's biggest game of the last decade. Travis Reier of BamaOnline.com and Patrick Brown of GoVols247.com join Brandon Marcello to dive into the matchup and discuss the keys for both teams heading into the game.
Host: Brandon Marcello
Guest: Travis Reier & Patrick Brown
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| 0:00.0 | It's the third Saturday in October, so you know what that means. |
| 0:07.8 | It's Alabama and Tennessee and really has it not been bigger this century until this upcoming Saturday a huge matchup between number three and number six. |
| 0:19.1 | Hello it is Wednesday, October 12th and you're listening to the college football daily. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm Brennan Marcello. |
| 0:25.6 | We're going to break down this huge rivalry game and could potentially have playoff implications |
| 0:31.1 | with Bamma Online Travis Ryer and Patrick Brown of GoValls 24-7. |
| 0:35.6 | Gentlemen, this has to be the biggest game between these two, like I said, this century. |
| 0:41.9 | Can you guys pinpoint maybe a bigger matchup with as much hype |
| 0:45.6 | Patrick I can't I don't know about you but maybe that 2015 2016 window we were anticipating some big games and had a close game in |
| 0:55.9 | Tuscaloosa back in 2015. That was a 2114 affair and then a year later |
| 1:00.9 | thought we might get another one of those but I think correct me |
| 1:04.8 | here Patrick if I'm wrong I think Tennessee lost at A&M maybe the week before and that |
| 1:09.2 | took some of the luster off of it in Alabama sort of rolled in Knoxville weekly. |
| 1:13.2 | Yeah, Travis, that was the immediate thought when Brandon asked the question was, was 2016. |
| 1:17.8 | I think they were both in the top 10 at that point. |
| 1:19.8 | A tendency, that was also the last time they started five and oh but they had lost that game against |
| 1:24.4 | Texas St. M you're right that was a double overtime game kind of a crazy game. |
| 1:28.2 | Tennessee had played a bunch of crazy games up to that point of that season under Butch Jones. And I think they were around 9th or 10th |
| 1:34.0 | and the rankings in Alabama came in the stadium. |
| 1:36.4 | But yeah, that was definitely not a close game. |
| 1:38.8 | I'm thinking it ended up being 4910. |
| 1:40.3 | But a stat that has blown me away |
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