Tigers vs Vols Preview: Ron Slay on QB Faizon Brandon, Jim Knowles' Defense, & Key Trench Battles

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Auburn's headed to Knoxville to face their first Road SEC Challenge. Let's get in here and talk about the game Auburn vs Tennessee.

Welcome on in all aboard the Auburn Express powered by The War Rapport. Turn us up, turn us on. We'll definitely turn it out. I'm your guy, Ike Jones, and you see who I got in here cooking it up. It's the man, the legend, Ron Slay, to talk a little bit about the Tennessee Volunteers. Auburn is facing Tennessee on the road. First road SEC matchup of the Alex Golesh era. And so far, Tennessee, I guess you can, I mean, it's been a successful season despite the last game. Talk to me a little bit about this year's Tennessee Volunteers football team.

Ron Slay (3:17)

Well equipped as far as to, when it comes to weapons out there on the perimeter. You got a backfield. You knew what it was with Deshaun Bishop coming in and what to expect out of him. But you also had guys emerging, Gordon Morris, both of these guys emerging to be able to take some of the load and some of the carries. And both of them have breakaway speed. But I thought the most important thing that you had was that offensive line that was coming back. You had a veteran offensive line, guys coming in and that have worked together before. You were able to hit the portal hard. And then winning the job was Faizon Brandon, a true freshman, being able to be back there, five star guy and you putting him at the helm and being in kind of control. So I thought it was a little, you didn't really know where to kind of rank Tennessee coming into the preseason. But watching them to this point, Faizon has showed a lot of poise, being able to stay in the pocket, being able to deliver the ball.

But coming out to this Texas matchup, the last matchup, it was a little bit different. You kind of saw some of those freshman tendencies pop up, where you just, the experience wasn't there. And then also, a lot of the credit goes to the offensive line for not being able to give them the pockets that he had saw before. And you weren't able to rush the ball. So Texas did a terrific job of being able to kind of put a blueprint out, knowing if you got that type of talent, this is what you can do. And you know, Texas is number one for a reason. But overall, you kind of figured, Josh Hyple would be able to get a guy to get the ball to his weapons, and let them be able to make the plays. And that what they were able to do in this season leading up to this point.