Paschall: Heupel on verge of first performance-based QB switch
Tennessee football fans could be witnessing history this week.

Tennessee football fans could be witnessing history this week.

It was a rushing performance General Robert Neyland would have treasured.

Tennessee had two first-time starters at guard Saturday, with Nic Moore on the left side of the offensive line and Donovan Haslam on the right side.

If there was an upside to McCallie's experience Friday night at Baylor's Heywood Stadium, it's that the Blue Tornado may have seen the last of Red Raiders running back David Gabriel Georges.

For the third time in 14 games dating to last season, Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel will be facing one of his former assistants.

Texas quarterback Arch Manning came away with the victory at the house where uncle Peyton once thrived, but he wasn't without bumps and bruises.

Malcolm Harris is back with David Paschall and Stephen Hargis, and Episode 7 of the Chattanooga Times Free Press Football Weekend 6-Pack is loaded with rivalry games, region implications and major college football matchups.
The SEC will enter October with 10 teams ranked in the AP Top 25 college football poll, but the conference also has some surprising absences.

There are plenty of situations in life when the inability to say no can be problematic.

Sure the odds were slim, but imagine if Tennessee receiver Travis Smith Jr. had somehow outmaneuvered three Texas defensive backs and come up with Faizon Brandon's 46-yard Hail Mary as time expired last Saturday afternoon in Neyland Stadium.
