Wadley’s Weekly: Looking Ahead

Written By Tucker Harlin

Credit: University of Tennessee Athletics

By Will Hadley

I really hate to say I told you so. I really do. But you know the rest.

The Vols are elite.

Our beautiful stormtroopers took it to the Wolfpack on Saturday night, completely dominating and doing it in style. When was the last time we faced a Power 5 non-conference opponent who had to simply lay down and take it? (Could have also spelled that “Lei” which you can purchase off of ni8apparel.com to support our king Nico.)

We were bigger, faster and stronger than them at every position on the field. There was absolutely nothing they could do! 

I did feel that Nico had a mediocre showing, but when they are dropping 8 and forcing you to run the ball, there’s only so much damage he could have done through the air.

One of these days, someone will learn that you don’t beat Josh Heupel by letting him gash you on the ground all game. Opposing coaches' obsession with selling out to stop the deep pass will forever baffle me. You can try to scheme all you want, but at the end of the day, you simply have to have the dogs if you want to beat Tennessee. And NC State did not.

Heupel’s so-called kryptonite Tony Gibson immediately became his whipping boy. Which I guess explains why such an oracle of defense has only had big jobs at West Virginia (poor) and NC State (ass). We were even able to get our premium whites involved with Will Brooks’ pick-six and Miles Kitselman’s career night. 

But enough with last week, we move on to bigger and better things. The chili in Knoxville is so hot, the capsaicin has officially begun to permeate in the mouths of the national media.

From Barstool to Josh Pate, to Phil Steele and Rece Davis. Knees are bowing and tongues are confessing at the sight of our Polynesian Prince and elite defense.

Nonetheless, the season is a lot longer than 2 weeks and we have a long way to go before we get to the mountaintop. But for now, simply enjoy the ride.

You may have people trying to tell you to not overlook Kent State this week. I beg you to remove them from your life. Kent State is the undisputed worst team in FBS and we will be beating them by 70 points.

I pray that our boys have been watching Oklahoma film this week and planning their Saturday night postgame endeavors. It’s time to pivot to Norman, where our conference slate begins and the B2A tour continues against a Sooner team that has looked pedestrian on offense to put it lightly. 

If you haven’t booked your tickets, do it now. You don’t want to miss out on the show. We have a special ball club that will do special things.

“It’s not a prediction, it’s a spoiler.”

- Paul Heyman

-Jon Reed
-Will

Tucker Harlin
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