. . . Soothing taste of real ginger and bubbles. Canada dry. Rece lets take a look at our pacific life game summary. Virginia tech jumped on top of the vols 140 but tennessee has put up 239 yards. Josh dobbs taking care of business throwing three touchdown passes and the three fumbles, those are the biggest thing for Virginia Tech, cam phillips just had a nice gain some of this, you got to take care of the ball but Virginia Tech hasnt had luck recovering them. Theres a fumble that rolls back to hurd. My point exactly. Virginia tech has fumbled eight times in two games this season and lost seven of them. Sometimes the ball doesnt bounce your way but thats why you need to secure it so it doesnt get on the ground in the first place. Kirk we keep talking about how theyre running a different system from the system of head coach. You know, they are opening it up a bit more. You know, but at the same time some of the fumbles are just whether youre running a conservative offense or open approach, its just playing you got to be able to make and hold on to. Rece phillips who has made some good plays and why hes been halted temporarily. Edmunds being helped off the hokies. Next saturday College Game Day headed to louisville. Florida state and louisville, 9 00 a. M. Eastern time on espn. Going back to coach korsos old stomping ground. Kirk First Time Ever to louisv louisville. Jackson. One of the hottest rece people at home have seen this dude. Kirk last year he was a star and first two games, his numbers, off to as good a start as anybody in the country. Game day has louisville. Rece that will be a great environment. Theyll be jacked up. Its going to be a tremendous game. Obviously by far the biggest defensive challenge that Lamar Jackson has faced in louisville state. Those guys look dangerous as motuapuaka is there to make the stop for Virginia Tech on hurd. Kirk this Virginia Tech defense is not giving up on this football game. I know youre under ten minutes and down by two touchdowns. Deep in tennessee. But if you get the football back, youre going to have pretty good field position. Rece third down for the hokies. Kirk rushing three and dropping eight into coverage. Rece two of them on ekanem to slow him down. Hurd swarmed under. Kirk thats exactly what you want. When you rush three, if you actually get pressure, its like real threes that you rush three and drop eight is to be able to have eight helmets, eight sets of eyes staring at the quarterback and the freshman hill did get in there but see, you have three guys rallying to the football. Thats exactly what you want. Great leverage on the ball. Rece Trevor Daniel to punt for tennessee. Return opportunities tonight. He came up and i think he muffed the punt. Did tennessee get it before it went out of bounds . It was a dangerous play by stroman going up to try to field it in traffic. To take possession of the ball. Tennessee had to secure it before it went out of bounds and they did. Another miscue and turnover for Virginia Tech. You have talked a lot about patience tonight and in that particular instance stroman perhaps trying do desperately to make the play. Kirk i think he ran into his own man there, Curtis Williams. Rece you know what, if stroman hadnt done that that ball would have probably hit Curtis Williams in the back anyway. Kirk yeah. Rece abernathy there to scoop up the loose ball. For the hokies. I made that purchase and. Done. [leo] ok, can i have my drink now . [dave] ahh ahh dont rush my art. [announcer] suspicious card activity alerts. Security. Convenience. Together. [cell phone ringing] hello hey tommy what did you say to me when i said i was going to invent the telephone . I said you were crazy. 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Kirk this is probably the kataya. Not enough evidence to overturn that. Rece completion to croom. Got nine. Tennessee with a two touchdown lead as we wind down toward 8 minutes trying to put this thing away. Hurd. Noses around. Gets the ball forward enough to get the first down. Kirk good job just staying north and south. I thought he was going to bounce it and g then potentially you end up losing three, four yards and now its a third and five. Instead he picked up his two or three yards and got the first down. Rece dobbs. Sideline for assistance. Hurd on the other side. Kirk eight guys up close to the line of scrimmage. Rece hurd cutting it back. Boy, he took a hit right in the down. Lets take a look at this weeks ap rankings brought to you by capital one. Clemson only won by six. Impressive by ohio state and Florida State. Would you shuffle them . Kirk i think alabama will be up there. Alabama, Florida State. I think clemson is sleepwalking these first couple games. Probably slide down a spot or ohio state michigan look very, very good. Rece dobbs pulled it inside the 20. Dobbs on his way. Touchdown ten seep kirk when you have a long run like that it takes some great blocks down field. Even wolf did a good job. Ekanem comes down. One good block. Another block right in front there. The receiver josh smith. Again hes got the speed when he gets to the second and third level to make you pay for it. Again, we knew he would run the ball. Hes over 100 yards tonight now running. Rece hes had a career record rushing yards by a quarterback. Has had a 100 yard rushing night. The big orange up big. Welcome to stouffers fit kitchen. Prime cuts of meat. Its the perfect balance of delicious and nutritious. Making it just the right fit for you. Stouffers fit kitchen meals. This is fit. Look at all these televisions. Is this heaven . have we all died and gone to the sports afterlife . No. But this place is no less holy. 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How about this. Kendall vicar is down field knocking that ball loose from cam phillips. Rece look who got abernathy recovered three fumbles tonight. That is a tennessee record. That is why these people these section are very sad and then across much happier with the Brighter Shade of orange. And Virginia Tech takes over. All right, kirk, time for your all state street cred. The all state bus joining us here in bristol. Kirk handing out streitcred. This week, what a great performance at heinz field by the pitt panthers. It ended up being a competitive game. They were up big and penn state fought back in a and pitt, team of the week. Rece another football on the ground for tennessee. And this time its tuttle who beats everybody to the ball. Another fumble. Another addition for a good hands play. And fuente, at this point im not sure what you do. Kirk five turnovers now on the night. This ball evans never had a chance. Look at the big man running. Last year broken ankle. They wanted to ease him back in. And we have seen him play a lot of football in this second half. That is a great sign for tennessee vol fans. Rece would you like to know that the last three times Virginia Tech has touched the ball all fumbles. Last three plays all fumbles. And here at bristol motor speedway, the volunteers are racing for the and they have spun Virginia Tech out and put them into the wall along the way. John kelly, young back, very high on and they take the checkered. They might have to run some laps for 6 30 but this baby is in the books as tennessee has roared away. This game was 140 and after the extra point this is going to be a cool 453 run by the big rece sometimes Virginia Tech which got off to such a good start explains things in nascar, sometimes saying its just one of those racing dealings. They have had a lot of those deals. Fender came off. Bumper on the ground. Tire blown out. Lug nuts falling off. Tennessee kirk is that bad . 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In means getting more from your Car Insurance with drivewise. Its good to be in, good hands. . . Rece well Virginia Tech once upon a time up 140. But since the Second Quarter started, a 453 tennessee. Theyre on their way to victory and were on our way to week one of the nfl. Sunday on espn 10 00 eastern nfl insider sunday edition, all the early breaking stories. At 11 00 the new sunday nfl countdown. Chris, bill, charles, matt and randy carry you to kickoff. Always streaming live on watchespn and espn app as 6 28 to go and evans and Virginia Tech have had a disastrous run in terms of taking care of the ball. Not putting it on the ground would be a victory here. Kirk i know Justin Fuente is frustrated. A lot of film work to improve. You have got to talk about butch jones and the job hes doing right now in building this Tennessee Program up. You know, i think he feels that this team can compete. They got off to a slow start in state. The turning point in their season may be that fumble because it kind of ignited them. Not just tonight. But theres so much pressure on them to win and get to atlanta, that sometimes that can affect the team and make them feel like they have to try to live up to some almost unrealistic expectations. This is a veteran team, 17 returning starters off a team 94. They have a quarterback thats tonight they finally just played. Virginia tech kind of opened the door for them. But they just finally started to play. If im a tennessee fan, im not only excited about this year, im excited about butch jones and the job hes doing in recruiting and the facilities and everything really that they have going in knoxville. A lot to be excited about. Rece and that record last year, kirk, it was i think even more than just being opportunities to win the oklahoma game, the florida game, the alabama game. All those were opportunities for tennessee to truly have a special season. Theres such a hunger among the fan base and within the Football Program to get back to the level that tennessee has been at in the past and thats the next step. Just what they have coming up. They have one on september 24th. Program is still learning how to win. Honestly. Theyre 94 last year but go the previous seven seasons, they were 4047. Below 500 combined and last year 94. So when youre learning how to win like when alabama does well, when ohio state does well, its consistency. Its not an emotional hey were really high and excited today. Next week were going to be flat. The followin were flat. Its consistency. Thats what hes trying to find with this team this year. Rece inside 5 00 to play as we check in down on the track with dr. Jerry punch. Jerry you guys were talking about the fact they had trouble finishing some big games a year ago. In the off season butch, when he was talking about coming here, the nascar terminology, he said guys can lead races late. They start looking in their dont win. He said the focus has got to be out the windshield. We got to focus forward on the next play, the next lap. Thats how we win races and ball games overcome adversity which is what they did against appalachian state. Focusing forward and trying to be able to finish. Kirk we have seen it again tonight. Sluggish start but hes got to be proud they kept he has a lot of film work to show them they can get a lot better. That offensive line when they look at that First Quarter and pass protection situations, they should want to sprint out to the practice field and into the weight room to try to get better. You know, we have seen florida, they looked pretty good on defense. Rece they really do. Kirk not to much alabama and the rest of the s. E. C. Teams theyre going to be playing. Gators. Evans starts to throw it. Pulls it down. Tripped up. Kirk if youre Virginia Tech its a transition year with a new coach. Theres going to be some highs and lows. One of those kind of years. Rece mckenzie lowering his volunteer bodies flying. Kirk hate all the turnovers but if you look at the team with the skill they have and new offensive system of Justin Fuente theyre going to win their fair share of games. Rece mckenzie goes into the end zone. Virginia tech score as touchdown for the First Time Since the First Quarter. The fumbles, kirk, we have biggest part of the game. The fumbles from Virginia Tech are bad but losing 9 of the 10 having none bounce back to you, some of its bad luck, too, that you think wont last. Sooner or later theyre not going to put the ball on the ground as much as they have in the first two games. Kirk with a bud foster defense better than they were a year ago, you can already see that. And with a quarterback thats going to give you a chance to compete in t rece hes going to evans is going to continue to get better. Bud foster said fuente told him you dont have to be perfect on defense anymore. He said he doesnt know me very well yet. Bud is always going to want perfection and better than tonight. But the fumbles have put them in really difficult spots at different times. Tennessee with a 21point lead. Heres bud foster. We talked about his decision to stay after frank beamer left. And Justin Fuente took over and among power five teams since 1996 they have set the pace in negative plays or positive plays from a defensive standpoint. Sacks, the interceptions, the mentality. The defense. Im sure mos had it since the mid 90s. Put the mission inside and weekly keys and goals and when they get big road wins they carry this old lunch pail around to remind them of the mentality. One thats served Virginia Tech extraordinarily well as long as foster has been the defensive coordinator and certainly will as we move into this Justin Fuente era and tennessee with 3 28 left. Tonight on espn after the virginia oregon game sportscenter at night. John buccigross and john and earn son will have all the later nfl news and more. Sportscenter at night on espn and you can watch sportscenter at 9 00 on the watchespn and the espn app. Tennessee, joshua dobbs night is finished. Im not goi nothing against normundy. But after jones i kind of was rooting for him to get a snap or two. 13 got riled up when things werent going well. Kirk showed a bit of emotion there 14 . There he is. Kirk hes been talking the whole night. Over there. Want to see him take a snap or two here. We joke about it but a teammate who is comfortable enough even though hes not playing to challenge his teammates and root for them when things dont go well, thats what you look for. The coach talks about understanding his players personalities. Sometimes you can affect your teammates even when youre not the star of the team time. Kirk i remember when Jameis Winston was red shirting and ej enamel was the starting quarterback. When the offense wound come over to the sidelines he was in their face. He was in their face challenging them more than ej emmanuel. Wasnt his personality to do that as much as jameis. Rece jameis did it labor day watched the seminoles play against ole miss. Kirk i saw the memo about working that play clock. Rece tennessee winds up. The final 1 50 of this battle at bristol. Stay tuned for the ford wrap up after the game. Some wild finishes. Tcu and arkansas was a barn burner. Byu and utah and the game we talked about Central Michigan beating Oklahoma State on a most controversy call. Jaylen hurd, 22 carries. 99 yards tonight and hard running for tennessee. Kirk even though today was a quiet day as far as marquee matchups, next week getting back into some great, great games in College Football. Rece we told you College Game Day is going to louisville cardinals. Alabama goes on the road to ole miss. Ohio state and oklahoma. Kirk goes to show you how with game day you never know where youre going to go. We thought the third week, is it alabama, ole miss, ohio state, oklahoma, stanford, ufc, Michigan State notre dame . I dont think one person said no, dont forget about that Florida State louisville game. Now cant wait to go there. Rece has the bear chimed in to say h kirk no. Might have been number seven on the list. Rece thats true. But louisville has been electric in the first couple weeks. Lamar jackson. Kirk great talent, too. Every year for the derby. Rece look forward to getting there for sure. Its been a great trip to bristol as well. Started off much better than it finished for Justin Fuente and tick off here in front of the largest crowd ever to see a College Football game. Better than 156,000 i believe the official count was 156,990. Josh dobbs and tennessee look a little bit more like what was expected in the preseason. With a dominant performance from the Second Quarter on. Taking advantage of every opportunity and playi better up front. Dobbs made plays both with his feet and through the air. Victorious coach butch jones. Samantha eight straight wins for the First Time Since 1998. What does that mean . Just another win. Puts u us at 20 and well get ready for another week. Its been a remarkable turn around for this Football Program and everyone is invested in it and we have to keep this thing going. This individual right here in tennessee football and get us back to where we need to be. We made a lot of mistakes that we have to correct as we continue to improve as a football team. Samantha you mentioned turn around. What is the difference between the team we saw in the First Quarter and the way you finished up tonight . We woke up a little bit. This team has learned how to have intensity for 60 minutes and still not there yet. Obviously the turnover by the defense and a big play and a big touchdown pass from him as well. Tonight. Samantha thanks. Lets talk to your qb. Josh, whats up . Im not used to getting that one. All right. You set a record tonight. Most rushing yards ever all time by a tennessee quarterback. What enabled you to run the ball the way you were able to tonight . Really just the whole line. They dominated from the beginning. We started slow but our defense did a great job having our back, putting us in positive scrimmage. Samantha you said your o line dominated from the beginning. Lets be honest. There were early struggles. How were they able to get it together . There was. But we knew that coming in. Were playing aggressive defense. We had to be patient with the explosives. We knew our time would come. We have just had to make plays like we did tonight. Samantha im sure you havent been asked about this much but we had your guy jones on whats he saying . That these my little brother. I tell him to bring my energy for me. Keep me going throughout the game. Hes motivating me pushing the offense doing everything are. Always going. He might not play but definitely makes an impact on the sideline with his attitude. Samantha last thing, this environment, we saw the fireworks, 156,000 people. What was it like to play in a