There is no way to sugarcoat it, Akron is one of the worst programs in the nation right now – no matter how badly they beat FCS Morgan State (66-6) last week. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Akron Zips (1-2)vs Tennessee Volunteers (2-1)<\/strong> Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In two games against FBS competition they have two losses against UCF and FIU – the latter a tight one. \u00a0Now they venture to Knoxville to face what should be an embarrassed and riled up Tennessee team.<\/p>\n Their only real hope is that Tennessee might be looking past them.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t be fooled by the fact that Akron QB Dalton Williams has thrown for more than 1000 yards in just three games – nearly half of that came last week against Morgan State.<\/p>\n The same goes for running back Jawon Chisolm and his numbers. \u00a0This team really lacks for talent right now. \u00a0To give yourself a chance against the big boys you have to be able to some big plays.<\/p>\n Long live the fond memories of QB Charlie Frye and when this team actually competed well in the MAC.<\/p>\n These two teams have met just once, back in 1989 with the Vols winning 52-9. \u00a0That kind of outcome seems likely yet again though I am not sure the Zips can keep up their end of the bargain by putting up 9 points.<\/p>\n Tennessee should be nice and ripe for a solid whooping after last week and Akron is the perfect opponent.\u00a0[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n The Vols vs. Gators rivalry used to be a good one, \u00a0in the same way their game was last week good, before Florida totally took over.<\/p>\n From the middle of the third quarter on the Vols gave up 24 unanswered points, serving up a Gators win and helping to establish the pecking order in the SEC East.<\/p>\n Some viewed this as a coming out party for Tennessee but I always thought otherwise.<\/p>\n Mainly because I was bullish on Florida though.<\/p>\n To beat Florida the Vols needed the kind of performance from QB Tyler Bray that proved he was NFL material – he didn\u2019t. \u00a0He will have a great chance to get back on track against Akron with his pair of pro potential receivers in Justin Hunter and Cordarelle Patterson.<\/p>\n The Tennessee defense should have little trouble stopping the Zips attack unless they are still demoralized by what happened last week.<\/p>\n The Vols need this one to get their mojo back before a visit to Georgia next week. \u00a0Lucky for them no matter how much they might be overlooking the Zips they don\u2019t really have the stuff to put a scare in them.<\/p>\n FYI Vols have a killer schedule the next month: \u00a0@Georgia, @Mississippi State, home against Alabama, then @ South Carolina.<\/p>\n Ouch, they might be lucky to finish the season at .500. \u00a0You can see why the SEC can get two teams in the Championship game.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Tennessee -35<\/strong> Zips\u00a0vs Volunteers\u00a0NCAA Football Spread\/Handicapping There is no way to sugarcoat it, Akron is one of the worst programs in the nation right now – no matter how badly they beat FCS Morgan State (66-6) last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[56483,3416,56482,324,325,766,770,2050,1984,56481],"class_list":["post-55191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-akron-vs-tennessee","tag-akron-zips","tag-akron-zips-vs-tennessee-volunteers","tag-college-football-odds","tag-college-football-picks","tag-ncaa-football-lines","tag-ncaa-football-predictions","tag-tennessee-volunteers","tag-week-4","tag-zips-vs-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55191"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55200,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55191\/revisions\/55200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Saturday September 22<\/strong>
\n Neyland Stadium – Knoxville, TN<\/strong>
\n 7:30PM<\/strong>
\n Moneyline: \u00a0Not currently available\u00a0at\u00a0TopBet.eu<\/a><\/strong>
\n Spread: \u00a0Tennessee -35<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a065<\/strong><\/p>\nAkron<\/h3>\n
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\n O\/U Pick:<\/strong>
\n Score Prediction: \u00a0Tennessee 45 – Akron 7<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"