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  1. Notice

    Saturday · Knoxville

    Tennessee vs Texas · Sep 26 · 12:00 ET · Knoxville

    Home noon kick. SEC Saturday on ABC. Visitors leave quietly.

  2. Take

    Mon

    The freshman is starting. The takes will write themselves. Ours already did.

    A young quarterback in this conference is not a scandal. It is a temperature. Week three at home is a chance to keep him upright.

  3. Whisper

    Last week

    Somebody called Kennesaw a trap game.

    It was not a trap. Depth-chart Saturday came and went. The panic is Texas week now.

  4. Rumor

    Sun

    Heard the over/under is 7.5. Heard the river does not care about Vegas.

    Four of the twelve are supposed to be losses. That is a lot of supposed-to. We took the over because we live here.

  5. Take

    Sat

    Night in Knoxville. Score it, then sit the pride.

    Pack the voice. If the offense still looks like itself after Atlanta, the season has a spine. Keep the freshman standing.

  6. Whisper

    Fri

    A man in a brand-new orange polo asked if we print the letter.

    We do not print the letter. We print the outline. Geography we actually own. He bought the hat anyway.

  7. Notice

    Thu

    Texas week is here and living in the group chat.

    Noon, national window, a roster that is supposed to be better. Steal it and the over/under is a rumor. Visitors leave quietly.

  8. Take

    Thu

    Independent merch will not get you into a club. It will get you a better shirt.

    The bookstore sells permission. We sell a drawing. If the design needs a protected logo to work, it is a bad design.

  9. Rumor

    Wed

    Somebody heard Alabama is a home game this year and started clearing the calendar in October.

    Permanent opponent, finally. The hill will be a problem for them. The talent gap will be a problem for us. Still worth the ticket.

  10. Whisper

    Tue

    The hats are going to outsell the tees and nobody in this building wants to admit it.

    A brim does more talking at a tailgate than a chest logo. The outline was built for a crown. We noticed. The inventory did too.