Tennessee football is looking to recreate the magic of 2022.
The Vols are doing an “orange out” at Neyland Stadium for their rivalry matchup against Alabama on Saturday just like they did during their 52-49 victory two seasons ago.
please don your finest orange for this Third Saturday in October 🟠 https://t.co/b8fWsJy11g pic.twitter.com/szTFXxnvum
— Tennessee Athletics (@Vol_Sports) October 14, 2024
The 2022 Tennessee football season was the first time that the Vols beat both Florida and Alabama since 2004. Tennessee “Checkered Neyland” for the game against Florida in 2022 before doing an orange out against Alabama a month later.
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Tennessee defeated Florida 23-17 in overtime a week ago in a “Checker Neyland” game. Now they’re looking to make it two-for-two by defeating rival Alabama for just the season time since 2006.
With the first year of the expanded 16-team SEC and no divisions, Tennessee has a very unique schedule. Traditionally, the Vols have faced Florida on the third Saturday of September and Alabama on the Third Saturday of October. But this season, Tennessee plays Alabama just a week after playing Florida at Neyland Stadium.
Both Tennessee and Alabama enter the matchup in an interesting spot. Each team suffered an upset loss on the road two weeks before surviving a scare as significant favorites last week. Alabama is 2.5-point favorites against Tennessee in the rivalry matchup according to the DraftKings Sportsbook. The over/under is set at 56.
Kickoff between Tennessee and Alabama is at 3:30 p.m. ET at Neyland Stadium. Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy and Molly McGrath are on the call for ABC.
