A Saturday Tradition: Predicting Every UT Football Game Aired By CBS In 2011

By Nathan Deal

Week Three: Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators (3:30 ET)

The first game aired by the SEC on CBS, as usual, pits the Tennessee

Volunteers against the Florida Gators.

Florida leads the all-time series against Tennessee 21-19. They have won the last six against the Vols.

Tennessee's football program is on the upswing in Derek Dooley's second year and could be the SEC's dark horse team.

Florida is going through changes after an 8-5 season that saw Urban Meyer retire (again) and Will Muschamp step in.

This looks to be a very close game with Florida breaking in a new style and Tennessee looking to make a name for itself in the SEC East race.

Week Seven: LSU Tigers at Tennessee Volunteers (3:30 ET)

"Five seconds... down to four, three....."

A call that originally would haunt LSU fans has actually turned out to haunt Tennessee fans.

Of course, I'm referring to the finish between the two teams in Death Valley in 2010.

Les Miles butchered the clock again, and LSU fumbled near the goal line on the last play of the game..... or so we thought.

However, it was revealed Tennessee had 13 men on the field during LSU's disaster, and LSU was given an untimed play at the goal line.

LSU scored and won the game in typical Les Miles fashion.

This year, Tennessee fields a much more talented team and has its starting QB problem already figured out (Tyler Bray).

LSU will likely be a better team as well.

LSU seems to have the upper hand in most categories.... but the game is in Knoxville, Tennessee, home of the Vols.

This game could go either way. Les Miles should just remember to bring his watch.

Week Eight: Tennessee Volunteers at Alabama Crimson Tide (3:30 ET)

The Third Saturday in October (though it's the fourth) is the first game of the CBS doubleheader in week eight.

Tennessee will have a much improved squad in 2011, but winning at Alabama is a tough task.

The Volunteers almost pulled it off in 2009, however, when they were three missed field goals (two blocked by Alabama's Terrance Cody) from an upset of Alabama, which could have ended their BCS title run.

Alabama is an extremely tough team at Bryant-Denny, but Derek Dooley has done an excellent job with the Vols, turning what was an awful situation in 2010 into a pretty good situation in 2011.

Alabama will be favored in this game and it could be close, but the Crimson Tide has a better chance of prevailing in this game than the Volunteers do.