No. 9 Tennessee dismisses DT Danny O’Brien from team

Tennessee is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 SEC games, 7-1 against the spread against a team with a winning record, and 6-2 against the spread following a loss.

Score: Texas A&M 7, Tennessee 0. The Aggies defeated the Volunteers 45-38 in overtime. “I just do what’s asked of me, and good things come when you do what you’re supposed to do”.

Fumble (9:49 to play, first quarter): Dobbs was hit from behind on a third down passing play by Texas A&M defensive end Miles Garrett.

“They punched us left and right, but we never gave up”, Tennessee defensive back Todd Kelly Jr. said after the Georgia game.

“Probably the craziest game I’ve ever played in”, Kirk said after catching seven passes for 80 yards. Like Tennessee taking on some traditional rival for the 99th time with that team being undefeated, a defending champion, a star-studded roster, a coaching legend, a No. 1 ranking.

Knight wasn’t particularly sharp in accounting for five touchdowns and 349 yards as the Aggies beat Tennessee for the first time in three tries. “You can recover defensively (from) a 12-yard run”. Samaje Perine ran for 214 yards and two touchdowns on 35 carries for the Sooners (3-2, 2-0 Big 12), They rolled up 672 total yards against Longhorns coach Charlie Strong’s beleaguered defense. Only Louisville is ahead of A&M’s 6.8 yards per carry as a team. The fifth-year senior from Flint, Michigan, had made 18 career starts over the last three seasons. You know Auburn is just an in-state team, and that’s why I think it’s really important. Kamara also returned three punts for eight yards and had a 16-yard kickoff return. Ironically, it’s very hard to trim that number down to five players.

Prior to that, however-and for the second consecutive Saturday-the Vols found themselves locked in an intense, high-scoring shoot-out late in the fourth quarter. It’s the first time Navy has topped a top-10 team since 1984 … Rich Rodriguez will have his team ready to play, despite Arizona’s struggles this season. Kamara’s 4-yard run about a minute later made it a one-score game.

The difference: Texas A&M. Knight, a graduate transfer from Oklahoma, finished the game with 239 yards and two touchdowns through the air and another 217 yards and three more scores on the ground. He had 14 tackles (3 for loss) through six games this season.

73-Career touchdown passes by Morehead State’s Austin Gahafer, a school record. He threw touchdown passes to Christian Kirk and Josh Reynolds and ran one in for a 14-point lead.

The Wildcats (3-3, 2-2 SEC) survived a last-gasp Vanderbilt attempt on a fourth-and-goal play from Kentucky’s 13-yard line when quarterback Kyle Shurmur threw out of the reach of wide receiver Kalija Lipscomb along the left side of the end zone.

Those aren’t the only injuries the Vols are dealing with on defense.

It takes somewhat of an old timer to remember the last time the Third Saturday in October has had as many SEC title implications as it will this Saturday. In 2014 and 2015, the Aggies couldn’t run the ball to protect a lead.

Jumper was the Vols’ leading tackler for the third straight game; he totaled 10 stops.

One of the scariest moments in college football on Saturday happened in Knoxville, when a University of Tennessee defensive lineman named Danny O’Brien was down on the field, all but unmoving, for several minutes after sustaining a head and neck injury while making a tackle on a Texas A&M running back.

However, as Dobbs went through his progressions through the field, senior Armani Watts was steadily watching anticipating his throw which he would go on to intercept effectively ended the game and Tennessee’s flawless record.