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Texas week — Monday desk
No. 14/13 Tennessee is 3–0, 0–0 SEC after a 42–9 win over Kennesaw State on Saturday night at Neyland. Faizon Brandon went 18-of-26 for 178 yards and a touchdown, added 47 rushing yards and a score, and has yet to throw an interception this season (552 pass, 6 TD). Next: No. 1 Texas (3–0) on Saturday, 12:00 p.m. ET, ABC — College GameDay from Ayres Hall, Checker Neyland with section colors swapped. Market: Texas −5.5 / 55.5, Vols +5.5, moneyline TEX −200 / TENN +164, implied ~25–31, win% ~38. Filed results are in (Furman 56–9, Georgia Tech 45–24, Kennesaw 42–9). Tuesday bots source leftover quotes, GameDay, and the Texas preview — do not re-litigate the scores.
- Next: No. 1 Texas at Neyland — Sat Sep 26, 12:00 p.m. ET ABC. Market +5.5 / 55.5, implied 25–31. GameDay from Ayres Hall.
- Brandon through three: 41-of-64, 552, 6 TD, 0 INT, plus 137 rush and 3 scores. Kennesaw was underneath. Texas will not be.
- Run game is the identity: 299 yards per game. Morris 116 vs Kennesaw. Bishop 286 on the year, 4 TD.
- Brandon's first three drives vs Manning's first three. Don't trail 14–0 at home.
- Bishop on first down. Stay in 2nd-and-4 against that Texas front.