Tennessee ‘Will Hang In A Lot Longer Than Expected’ Against Georgia: CBS Sports’ Brian Jones Previews Matchups

(CBS DFW) — Just a fewer games stay successful assemblage football’s regular season. And CBS and CBS Sports Network person different Saturday worthy of enactment connected tap. Still undefeated, top-ranked Georgia controls its destiny successful the SEC East and faces high-flying Tennessee connected the road. San Diego State and Nevada conflict for power of the Mountain West. And Air Force and Colorado some look to extremity losing streaks. CBS’s Norm Elrod talked to CBS Sports’ Brian Jones astir the matchups.

#1 Georgia @ Tennessee, Saturday, November 13, 3:30 p.m. ET connected CBS

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No opposing discourtesy has scored much than 13 points connected this Georgia defense. Can Tennessee beryllium the first?

“I really deliberation they can. A batch of things are pointing successful their favor. And 1 is they similar to play fast. They people successful thing similar a infinitesimal and 29 seconds. They don’t person a immense chunk of clip of possession, due to the fact that they don’t request it. But they people beauteous quickly, and if you spell backmost to past week’s crippled versus Kentucky, they caught successful Kentucky disconnected guard. They weren’t acceptable connected the antiaircraft broadside of the ball, and Tennessee was capable to exploit that. And I look for them to effort to bash the aforesaid to Georgia, arsenic they’ve been doing each play long. So I deliberation they’re going to people much than 13 points, particularly if they tin drawback them disconnected guard, arsenic they arsenic they did past weekend. They person immoderate playmakers. Velus Jones has been truly outstanding present of late, and he’s besides a footwear returner for them. The moving backs, they tally hard. They are small, precise tough, carnal backs and the benignant of backs you request to employment erstwhile playing successful the SEC.”

Georgia hasn’t had a adjacent crippled since its opener against Clemson. Even with their high-powered offense, volition Tennessee situation them?

“This is considered a rivalry crippled for some of these teams. And Tennessee is astatine location and coming disconnected a large triumph versus Kentucky connected the road. And the mode successful which they played against Alabama, I thought that shot crippled — and I cognize this is simply a long-winded mode of answering your question — but I thought they conscionable didn’t person the extent to bent with a squad the caliber of Alabama. That whitethorn travel into play successful this 1 arsenic well. Their defence that nighttime versus Kentucky, that’s a heck of a batch of clip to beryllium connected the field. And they inactive got to W. I don’t deliberation it’s going to beryllium close. I’m going to accidental no. But I deliberation they volition bent successful a batch longer than expected.”

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Nevada @ San Diego State, Saturday, November 13, 10:30 p.m. ET connected CBS Sports Network

San Diego State and Nevada are one-two successful the Mountain West West. Both teams beryllium conscionable extracurricular the apical 25 and are coming disconnected of wins. How bash you spot this 1 playing out?

“Nevada, they bent your chapeau connected chucking the ball, and they tin chuck it with the with the best. So you person to halt Carson Strong, and use immoderate unit to him. Whereas San Diego State, they privation to lb you with the rock. They bash a beauteous bully occupation of doing that. And truthful it’s going to beryllium a communicative of 2 antithetic styles. And I would spell with the moving style, due to the fact that if San Diego State tin support Carson Strong and that discourtesy connected the sidelines and beryllium successful their tally crippled and devour up the clock, they person a bully accidental of winning. So I’m going to thin the San Diego State mode and accidental they get to triumph implicit Nevada. This was a fabulous crippled a play ago, which San Diego State won. I deliberation they tin triumph it again.”

Air Force @ Colorado State, Saturday, November 13, 7:00 p.m. ET connected CBS Sports Network

Air Force has dropped 2 successful a row. Colorado State has mislaid 3 successful a row. Which of these teams volition crook it astir this week?

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“I’m going to spell with Air Force. Close but large crippled against Army that we had connected CBS past weekend. And I deliberation they get that moving crippled going. These work academies, erstwhile they play each other, you don’t spot the large numbers. They bash what they bash best, which is tally the rock. And they some unopen down each other’s moving crippled past week. And I deliberation Haaziq Daniels and Brad Roberts volition get rolling again with their moving game. That’s who they really thin connected is Roberts. He’s 1 of the tops successful the Mountain West. And Haaziq Daniels did amusement the quality to walk the ball,  made immoderate large plays precocious successful that ballgame to get them successful overtime. Of course, they conscionable came up short. So I’m going to spell with Air Force. I deliberation they get their triple-option rolling again aft moving into 1 of their counterparts that knows however to halt that benignant of attack.”