Only other meeting was in Knoxville in 2010. Tennessee led #7 Oregon 13-3 after an hour long lightning delay but the Ducks exploded for 45 straight points in the final 33 min. The Vols are off to a 2-0 start under new HC Jones and LW after trailing 3-0, early took adv of 5 WKU TO’s in 6 plays to lead 31-3 in a 52-20 win. They were outgained 393-382. The major ? for the Ducks TY was how they would replace HC Kelly and so far, they haven’t skipped a beat after LW’s 59-10 win over UVA. The UO off is avg a mind numbing 425 rush ypg while QB Mariota is avg 217 pass ypg w/a 3-0 ratio. The L3Y UO has avg’d 61 ppg home vs non-conf foes. So far it looks like Helfrich is not letting up as they have outscored their opp’s by a comb 59-0 in the 2H which spells doom for the Vols.

Army is 5-5 vs Stanford incl 2 str wins but L/gm was in ‘79 (17-13). Army has not beaten a ranked foe since 1972. LW the Cadets fell 40-14 at Ball St. After having 0 TO’s and 0 penalties in week 1, Army had 3 TO’s and 8 penalties (90 yards) in the loss. Stanford beat their pesky rival San Jose St 34-13. QB Hogan threw for 207 yds w/a 2-0 ratio as Stan had their largest crowd (50,424) since 2008. Naturally, Stanford has large talent edges across the board but they are flying across country and playing at 12 EST (9 am local time for SU). The Cardinal will no doubt win by DD’s but they do have a big game vs Ariz St on deck and look for the Cadets to keep it closer than the “experts” think.