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Weekend winners
› Everything associated with Tennessee football right now. They went to Oklahoma and waxed the Sooners more convincingly than the final 10-point margin. Sure, the win over N.C. State gets worse by the weekend, but you have to believe UT is now in line for a spot among the 12, even if the Vols lose to both Georgia and Bama. Plus, Sunday night in Neyland Stadium had to be a rocking atmosphere as a full-UT-uniform-wearing Peyton Manning joined Josh Heupel, Nico Imaaleava and Bruce McCoy to escort Morgan Wallen to the stage before a sold-out crowd. Here’s betting that place went bonkers. On Friday night’s show, members of the 2024 national champ baseball team walked Wallen to the stage. Good times on ol’ Rocky Top indeed.
› Sam Darnold. Look, the former No. 2 overall pick looked lost and done after failed stops in NYC with the Jets, Carolina and San Francisco. Now, he has the Vikings at 3-0 and has eight TD passes and a QB rating of 117.3 And while we’re here, Justin Fields needs to stay QB1 with the Steelers from now on.
› Colorado. Yes, there are a lot of unknowns with a Deion Sanders-coached crew, but these are two solid facts:The Buffalos are always going to be exciting to watch. And DB/WR Travis Hunter is an absolute stud. He should be the Heisman leader right now, and I would consider him to be the first non-QB1 drafted next spring.