NCAAF: Tennessee vs NC State Saturday Night Football 9/7/24

♪♪ >>> 0-0 FOR 60 MINUTES. ♪ FELT SO GOOD ♪ ♪ LIKE ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE ♪ >> GO OUT THERE, HAVE FUN. >> THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE, MAN, RESPECT IT. BE IN THE MOMENT, COMMUNICATE. ♪ RUNNING DOWN A DREAM ♪ >> TENNESSEE'S OFF TO THE RACES. >> KEEP OUR FOOT ON THEIR THROAT. ♪ RUNNING DOWN A DREAM ♪ ♪♪ >> Rece: CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, A SPECTACULAR NIGHT FOR FOOTBALL, THE TEMPERATURE IS JUST PERFECT FOR A RARE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN TWO TEAMS NOT SEPARATED BY TOO MUCH DISTANCE, BUT A LOT OF HISTORY BETWEEN THE TWO, JUST NOT WHEN THEY CLASH. TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE. WELCOME TO THE DUKE'S MAYO CLASSIC. THIS IS SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE. YOU THINK THESE TWO WOULD RUN EACH OTHER A LITTLE MORE OFTEN. GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. RECE DAVIS, KIRK HERBSTREIT, CHRIS FOWLER'S COVERING THE U.S. OPEN, HE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. THESE TWO TEAMS, YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO PROVE SOMETHING, AND IF WE'VE LEARNED ANYTHING TODAY, IT'S THAT YOU JUST DON'T KNOW THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. >> Kirk: MAN, GOSH. WE JUST SAW NOTRE DAME LAST WEEK AGAINST TEXAS A&M AT KYLE FIELD, THEY FOUND A WAY TO WIN. NOW THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO TAKE OFF. WE'RE ALL JUST REMINDED ONCE AGAIN, YOU NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. NORTHERN ILLINOIS SHOWED UP, NOTRE DAME MAYBE LOOKING PAST NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THEY TAKE AN L, FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR. >> Rece: THE FANS CLAD IN BIG ORANGE HERE IN CHARLOTTE TONIGHT, THEY HAVE A MAJOR REASON TO BELIEVE, AND A LOT OF OPTIMISM, AND HIS NAME IS NICO IAMALEAVA. ONE OF THE HIGHEST TOUTED PROSPECTS. FIRST START IN THE BOWL GAME LAST WEEK. WON THAT. FIRST GUY SINCE PEYTON MANNING TO DO THAT AS A FRESHMAN. IN THE SMOKY GRAYS AGAINST CHATTANOOGA, HE WENT FOR THREE BILLS LAST WEEK. >> Kirk: HE'S A QUARTERBACK THAT CAME WITH HUGE CREDENTIALS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AS YOU JUST DOCUMENTED, AND I THINK THE ANTICIPATION'S BEEN GREAT. WE SAW HIM IN THE IOWA BOWL GAME LAST YEAR. I FEEL LIKE THIS STAGE AND THIS OPPONENT IS GOING TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT HE'S ALL ABOUT. JOSH HEUPEL HAS A VERY DIFFICULT OFFENSE. AND HERE COMES DAVE DOEREN. A VERY CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER KIND OF HEAD COACH. DEFENSIVE-MINDED HEAD COACH. WELCOMING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO PROVE PEOPLE WRONG TODAY. >> Rece: LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STYLE OF DEFENSE THAT IAMALEAVA WILL SEE, MAYBE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER. GRAYSON McCALL OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE, HE'S SEEN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BALL NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE ARE, ABOUT 21 MILES FROM CHARLOTTE. NOT HIGHLY RELL COURTHOUSED. WENT TO COASTAL CAROLINA, STARTED 40 TIMES. THREW FOR 10,000 YARDS AND WON SUN BELT PLAYER OF THE YEAR THREE TIMES. LAST DECEMBER, TRANSFERRED HERE. AND THEY THINK HE MIGHT BE THE GUY TO GET THEM OVER THE HUMP. TEN WINS, CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION. >> Kirk: THREE-TIME CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. 41 CAREER STARTS. WE'VE REALLY BEEN MARVELING ABOUT HIS SKILL SET OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND NOW YOU HE GETS INTO THE BIG BOY CONFERENCES WITH NORTH CAROLINA STATE, AND HE'S GOING UP AGAINST TENNESSEE. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CONTRASTING STYLES. NORTH CAROLINA STATE, THEY WANT TO POUND THE FOOTBALL. MAYBE SOME EXTRA LINEMEN, TRY TO WEAR TENNESSEE DOWN DEFENSIVELY. AND ALSO KEEP NICO ON THE SIDELINE WITH ALL THAT ABILITY. >> Rece: IT'S BEEN A WILD DAY IN THE SPORT. WE WILL DOCUMENT SOME OF IT COMING UP IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS. AND CLOSING IN ON KICKOFF BETWEEN THE BIG ORANGE AND THE WOLFPACK HERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. >>> THE NISSAN PREGAME DRIVE IS NEXT, AFTER THIS MESSAGE AND A WORD FROM OUR ABC STATIONS. Wooo, Derrick Henry! Hey, Jake from State Farm! I saved so much bundling, it inspired my workout. Auto! Home! ...Okay. And this is auto again, right? Auto! Hey, this is my living room! Home! Bundling. Just another way to save with the Personal Price Plan. The dog isn't allowed on the couch, Derrick! Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.® >>> WELCOME TO THE NISSAN PREGAME DRIVE. NISSAN, PREMIER PARTNER OF THE HEISMAN TROPHY. >> Rece: HAD SOME DOWN TO THE WIRE THRILLERS, MAJOR UPSETS THAT KIRK TALKED ABOUT WITH NOTRE DAME LOSING. BUT OUR DAY ON "COLLEGE GAME DAY" STARTED IN ANN ARBOR. TWO OF THE FOUR WINNINGESTTHE H SPORT, MICHIGAN AND TEXAS. >> Kirk: WHAT A DIFFERENCE HAVING A VETERAN QUARTERBACK IN THAT ATMOSPHERE. FINDS HELM IN THE BACK THERE OFF THAT SCRAMBLE. TEXAS TAKING THE CROWD OUT EARLY IN THE GAME. >> Rece: YOU LOVE THE RUNNING BACK, THE DEPTH. TEXAS'S HAD SOME INJURIES AT THE POSITION. >> Kirk: THEY GO TO THEIR FOURTH AND EVEN FIFTH BACK TODAY. >> Rece: JALEN BLUE TAKING IN THE TOUCHDOWN PASS. TEXAS HAD A 31-6 LEAD IN THE BIG HOUSE. AND DAVIS WARREN STRUGGLED AGAINST THIS TEXAS "D." >> Kirk:KNEW MICHIGAN WOULD HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL. GIVE TEXAS ALL THE CREDIT. THIS ISN'T WHAT'S WRONG WITH MICHIGAN FOR ME AS MUCH, IT'S WHAT EAST RIGHT WITH THAT TEXAS TEAM RIGHT NOW. >> Rece: 31-12. THE NATION'S LONGEST WINNING STREAK COMES TO AN END. SO, TONIGHT, TENNESSEE HOPING TO BE THE OTHER UT TO STEP UP AND GET A BIG WIN IN THE NONCONFERENCE. NICO IAMALEAVA, SPENT A LITTLE TIME WEARING A MICROPHONE FOR US THIS WEEK. >> WHOA. IT'S BACK FIRST. >> NO, IT'S NOT, BRO. >> HEY! I HAVE TO KEEP MY CALORIES UP. THEY GOT TO BRING THE GUSHERS OUT, MAN. NEED SOME GUSHERS. AH! I'M JUST TRYING TO PRACTICE SOME GOOD HABITS. I REALLY WANTED THAT BACK SHOULDER. SO, IT'S J -- HOW DID WE GET JAKE? J-A-C-E -- WE SHOULD CALL YOU JACE. >> NO. >> NICO, A QUIET GUY, BUT PLAYERS DRAWN TO HIM. IT'S THE REASON THE BIG ORANGE BELIEVES IN HIM. TENNESSEE JUST TAKING THE FIELD HERE IN CHARLOTTE, MOMENTS AWAY FROM KICKING OFF AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA STATE. THIS HAS BEEN THE NISSAN PREGAME DRIVE. KICKOFF FROM CHARLOTTE IS NEXT, AFTER THESE MESSAGES FROM NISSAN, PREMIER PARTNER OF THE HEISMAN TROPHY. T HEHE HEHEISISMAMAN N TRTROPOPHY. You know why I love Halloween? Why? People give me Kit Kats, for free. Son, you're eight, all your Kit Kats are free. ♪♪ Happy Halloween! Have a break. Have a Kit Kat. ♪♪ ♪ WELL I WON'T BACK DOWN ♪ ♪ NO I WON'T BACK DOWN ♪ >> THIS IS NICO. NUMBER 8. AND ALREADY ANOINTED AS THE QUARTERBACK THAT WILL LEAD TENNESSEE BACK TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MOUNTAIN TOP. >> TOUCHDOWN FOR IAMALEAVA. IT'S TURNING INTO A COMING OUT PARTY. >> IAMALEAVA'S CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST TEENAGE QUARTERBACK TO FEEL THE WEIGHT OF ROCKY TOP ON HIS SHOULDERS. >> MANNING GOING BIG. TO THE CORNER -- TOUCHDOWN, TENNESSEE! >> BUT THIS IS TENNESSEE. WE DON'T HIDE FROM LEADERSHIP. WE VOLUNTEER. ♪ HEY BABY ♪ >> THAT'S ANOTHER LASER. ♪ THERE AIN'T NO EASY WAY OUT ♪ >> THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE WOLFPACK ALSO KNOWS BIG-TIME QBs. NOW, GRAYSON McCALL HAS ARRIVED TO TRY AND FOLLOW IN THEIR CLEAT'S STEPS. >> McCALL SHOOTS AT THE END ZONE -- TOUCHDOWN. >> THE PROMISE OF GREATNESS IS OVER. IT'S TIME TO DELIVER. ♪ NO I WON'T BACK DOWN ♪ >> Rece: SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GOOD FRIEND PEYTON MANNING, DOING THAT TEASE FOR US. SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HERE IN CHARLOTTE. TENNESSEE/NORTH CAROLINA STATE. THE VOLUNTEERS DONNING THOSE STORM TROOPER LOOK UNIFORMS, A SWEET ALL WHITE LOOK AGAINST THE RED. AND THERE IS THE WINNINGEST COACH IN PACK HISTORY. DAVE DOEREN, WITH HOLLY ROWE. >> Holly: YOUR QUARTERBACK HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, BUT THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST TIME FACING AN S.E.C. DEFENSE. HOW CAN HE SUCCEED TONIGHT? >> GRAYSON'S A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER. IT'S ABOUT US. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE OPPONENT. WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND EXECUTE. PLAY WITH GREAT FUNDAMENTALS AND PLAY AS A TEAM. >> Holly: HOW WILL YOUR DEFENSE FIND A WAY TO BAT LANCE OUT THEIR TEMPO? >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE SUCCESS ON FIRST AND SECOND DOWN TO SET UP, THIRD DOWNS THAT ARE MANAGEABLE, AND GET OFF THE FIELD WHEN WE DO THAT. >> Holly: YOU HAVE A SPECIAL THING TONIGHT. TELL ME ABOUT HER? >> YEAH, 105 YEARS OLD THIS WEEK. WE CALL HER MOO. WE LOVE YOU, MOO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 105 YEARS. >> Holly: THAT'S YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW. THAT'S GOOD MOJO, COACH. THANK YOU. >> Rece: THAT IS A WISEMAN RIGHT THERE, ALWAYS BE KIND TO THE MOTHER-IN-LAW. >> Kirk: OH, YEAH. >> Rece: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 105. >> Kirk: THAT'S GREAT. >> Rece: FANTASTIC. HOPE SHE ENJOYS THE GAME TONIGHT. TENNESSEE WON THE LOSS. THEY DEFER. SO, NORTH CAROLINA STATE WILL GO ON OFFENSE FIRST. THE WOLFPACK WON THEIR SEASON OPENER AGAINST WESTERN CAROLINA. A LITTLE TOUGHER THAN ANTICIPATED. VOLUNTEERS COME IN AFTER BLOWING OUT CHATTANOOGA, SO, THIS REALLY THE FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT ON HEAVYWEIGHT TEST FOR THESE TWO TEAMS. VOLUNTEERS LINING UP TO KICK IT OFF. THEIR KICKOFF SPECIALIST IS JOSH TURBYVILLE. AND HOLLYWOOD SMOTHERS FROM HERE IN CHARLOTTE, ONE OF THE DEEP MEN BACK FOR NORTH CAROLINA STATE. JUST ABOUT SET TO GO FROM CHARLOTTE. KICKOFF THROUGH THE END ZONE. THEY'LL START ON THE 25. GRAYSON McCALL, THE STANDOUT QUARTERBACK FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE, STARTED HIS CAREER AT COASTAL CAROLINA. LAST YEAR, TOOK A VICIOUS, NASTY HIT IN A GAME AGAINST ARKANSAS STATE. THAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE LAST HE WOULD PLAY FOR THEM. THERE WAS QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER HE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HIS FOOTBALL CAREER. FORTUNATELY FOR HIM, AND THE WOLFPACK, AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL, DOCTORS CLEARED HIM. SO, HERE COMES THE TRANSFER, HE'S THROWN FOR MORE THAN 10,000 YARDS IN HIS CAREER. >> Kirk: YEAH, ANY TIME YOU HAVE AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AS GRAYSON McCALL, AND, AGAIN, I DON'T CARE WHAT LEVEL, IT ALLOWS YOU TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THINGS PRETTY QUICKLY, LIKES TO WORK THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, THAT SECOND LEVEL BETWEEN THE LINEBACKERS AND SAFETIES QUITE A BIT. >> Rece: McCALL'S FIRST PASS IS COMPLETE, AND IT GOES TO CASEY CONCEPCION. AND HE IS A STAR IN THE MAKING WIDE RECEIVER. HAD A GREAT OPENER WEEK LAST WEEKEND. >> Kirk: IF HE'S NOT ALREADY A STAR. HE'S SPECIAL. YOU'LL SEE HIM GET THE FOOTBALL. JORDAN WATERS RUNS WITH ANSWERER IN THAT BACKFIELD, THE TRANSFER FROM DUKE. KEENAN PILI, GREAT TO SEE HIM HEALTHY. AND MAYBE ONE OF THE BEST PASS RUSHERS IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, 27 OFF THE EDGE, JAMES PEARCE. >> Rece: KIRK, THAT VOLUNTEER DEFENSIVE LINE, SO DEEP. THEY MAY ROTATE AS MANY AS 12 GUYS TONIGHT, AND THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT ALL OF THEM. AND THAT DEFENSIVE LINE IS RIGHT IN THERE MAKING ITS PRESENCE FELT, AS WATERS, THE TRANSFER FROM DUKE, IS SWARMED UNDER FIRST BY PEARCE. >> Kirk: PEARCE WAS ON A TWIST. HE CHASES THIS DOWN FROM BEHIND, REALLY, THE FRONT SIDE OF THAT DEFENSE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BEING STOUT THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. NC STATE, AGAIN, THEY WANT TO RUN THE BALL. THE CHALLENGE, THE STRENGTH OF THE VOLS DEFENSE, AS YOU JUST SAID, IS THE D-LINE. THE VOLS BREAKING IN FIVE NEW STARTERS ON THE BACK END. THE TWO CORNERS, THE TWO SAFETIES, AND THE NICKEL, ARE ALL BRAND NEW TO BECOMING STARTERS, SO, IF THERE'S ONE AREA YOU WANT TO ATTACK, YOU WOULD THINK IT'S THE BACK END OF THIS VOLS DEFENSE. >> Rece: YOU ALSO WANT TO POSSESS THE BALL TO KEEP TENNESSEE FROM HAVING IT, SO, ALREADY, AN IMPORTANT THIRD DOWN. PLAY CLOCK, THEY JUST GET IT OFF. McCALL. FIRES -- GOT THE FIRST DOWN, IT'S COMPLETE. IT'S CONCEPCION AGAIN. HE HAD NINE CATCHES, 120 YARDS, SCORED THREE TOUCHDOWNS LAST GAME. >> Kirk: A NICE LITTLE SEAM RIGHT HERE. WATCH THE HEAD OF THE VETERAN QUARTERBACK McCALL. LOOKS RIGHT. PATIENT. DIDN'T PANIC. STAYED IN THE POCKET. CAME BACK. AND THEN FINDS HIS FAVORITE TARGET, CONCEPCION. VERY GOOD SIGN. AND, AGAIN, FALLING BACK ON THAT EXPERIENCE, NOT WORRYING ABOUT, AFTER HIS PRIMARY WASN'T THERE, TRYING TO PANIC AND SCRAMBLE AND TRY TO CREATE. JUST SAT IN THAT POCKET, WORKED THE BACK SIDE, AND GOT THE FIRST. >> Rece: ANOTHER THROW, ANOTHER COMPLETION, AND THEY GET IT TO CONCEPCION. I ASKED THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, I SAID, HOW MANY TOUCHES DO YOU WANT TO GET K.C. IN THIS GAME? HE SAID, OH, ABOUT 85 WOULD BE NICE. THEY'RE OFF TO A GOOD START. >> Kirk: JUST GET HIM THE FOOTBALL. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE QUICK PASSES. WE'VE SEEN HIM ALREADY GETTING HIS TOUCHES. JET SWEEP. ANYTHING, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE QUICKNESS. I THINK HE BRINGS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PHYSICALITY, ALMOST LIKE A RUNNING BACK THAT'S OUT THERE PLAYING WIDE RECEIVER. >> Rece: SECOND DOWN AND FOUR NOW. >> Kirk: HEAVY TO THE RIGHT THERE WITH McCABE IN AT TIGHT END, A 300 POUNDER. >> Rece: OH, HE ALMOST FED THAT THING IN THERE TO THE BIG FELLA, JUSTIN JOLY. HE'S A TRANSFER FROM UCONN. >> Kirk: WATCH THE LINEBACKER HERE AND HIS EYES, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PLAY ACTION. STARTING TO PEEK A LITTLE BIT INTO THE BACKFIELD. AND THAT ALLOWS HIM TO TRY TO GO UP AND OVER THAT LINEBACKER. SO, THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR THESE BACKERS, AGAINST A TEAM THAT'S KNOWN FOR THEIR ABILITY TO RUN, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL LOOKING INTO THE BACKFIELD, BECAUSE McCALL, AGAIN, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS OFF THAT PLAY ACTION GAME. >> Rece: ON THE FIRST THIRD DOWN, McCALL WAS ABLE TO FIND CONCEPCION. SEE WHAT THEY DO ON THIRD AND FOUR. GOOD PROTECTION. GRAYSON PUTS IT IN THERE. IT'S COMPLETE, AND THIS TIME, IT IS DACARI COLLINS MAKING HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE NIGHT. AND THE WOLFPACK MOVE THE STICKS. >> Kirk: HE WINS THIS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. THE BALL'S THROWN BEHIND HIM. BUT McCOY'S NOT ABLE TO WIN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. WATCH HIM GET INSIDE AND GET SEPARATION. HE'S A BIG RECEIVER. USES THE OTHER RECEIVER TO KIND OF CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A RUB TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO GET UNDERNEATH THAT. GREAT CALL, BALL IS TIPPED. GOOD CONCENTRATION TO HOLD OPT THAT BY COLLINS. I LIKE THAT CALL THERE, USING THAT RUB AGAINST MAN. >> Rece: GRAYSON NOW ROLLING TO THE RIGHT. HE FLIPS IT OUT. AND GETS IT COMPLETE FOR A SHORT PICKUP, AS HOLLYWOOD SMOTHERS MAKES THE CATCH. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS PROTECTING GRAYSON McCALL. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE. ANTHONY BELTON ON THE LEFT SIDE, A GRADUATE. ALL THE GRADUATES HERE. STARTED 28 GAMES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE GUY INSIDE, TIMOTHY McKAY. 43 GAMES. A LOT OF -- A LOT OF PLAYING TIME UP FRONT. >> Kirk: DAVE DOEREN SAID, I THINK THE GAME WILL BE WON OR LOSS WITH THE INSIDE WITH THE CENTER AND THE TWO GUARDS AGAINST THIS BIG PHYSICAL FRONT THAT TENNESSEE HAS. SO FAR, NC STATE'S GOT TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH THIS MIXUP OF PLAY CALLS, FORMATIONS, DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE ATTACK HERE. >> Rece: ALSO HELD THE BALL FOR FOUR MINUTES. SMOTHERS SLIPS ONE TACKLE IN THE BACKFIELD, AND THERE'S A FLAG DOWN ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE FIELD. THIS BIG TEN OFFICIATING CREW WORKING THE GAME TONIGHT. AND OUR FIRST FLAG. >> Kirk: HOW ABOUT BRYSON EASON THAT TIME BLOWING UP A DOUBLE TEAM? JUST GOT RIGHT BETWEEN THEM WITH HIS STRENGTH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. >> Referee: OFFSIDE. DEFENSE, NUMBER 90. LINING UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. STILL SECOND DOWN. >> Kirk: DOMINIQUE BAILEY ON THE EDGE LINES UP. THE PLAY WAS MADE, REALLY, MORE ON THE INSIDE. HE'S OUT HERE. WATCH THIS SPLIT OF THE DOUBLE TEAM. ENDS UP GETTING JUST A FOOT TO SLOW HIM DOWN, BUT DOES NOT MATTER, WITH THE VOLS LINING UP OFFSIDE. NC STATE AT SECOND AND REALLY SHORT. SEE IF THEY TRY SOMETHING HERE, MAYBE TAKE A SHOT. SECOND AND SHORT, PLUS TERRITORY, SEE IF YOU CAN GET DOWNFIELD, ESPECIALLY AGAINST MAN COVERAGE. >> Kirk: TWO TIGHT ENDS FLEXED IN. THEY'LL KEEP IT ON THE GROUND. AND THERE IS NOTHING DOING. THE FIRST GUY TO HIT HIM, KEENAN PILI. >> Kirk: IF YOU ARE A TENNESSEE FAN THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. JUST TALKED ABOUT HIS EYES IN THE BACKFIELD. THAT TIME, THERE'S NO CHANCE FOR THE TIGHT END, TRYING TO COME AROUND TO BE ABLE TO PICK HIM UP. KIND OF A COUNTER PLAY, SLOW DROPPING. BUT WHEN YOU'RE A LINEBACKER LIKE PILI, GETTING DOWNHILL THAT QUICKLY, PLAY HAS NO CHANCE. GOOD JOB OF READING HIS KEYS AND SHOOTING INTO THAT BACKFIELD. >> Rece: RUN DEFENSE, THE TENNESSEE FRONT IS WINNING AT THE MOMENT. WATERS, TWO CARRIES FOR NEGATIVE SIX YARDS, BUT PACK EFFECTIVE WITH SHORT PASSES. SEE IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER THIRD DOWN CONVERSION IN THEM. THEY DO. SAME GUY WHO GOT THE LAST ONE, DACARI COLLINS MADE THE CATCH. TOOK A BIG HIT IN THERE, BUT IT'S ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE PACK. >> Kirk: AGAIN, 15 -- HE PLAYED AGAINST TEN TN LAST YEAR, WHEN HE WAS AT UCONN. HE'S GOT THE DEFENSE'S ATTENTION. AND THEY GOT TWO GUYS THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT HIM TO THE OUTSIDE. BOY, BIG HIT THERE BY PILI THERE. PHYSICAL. BUT AN OUTSTANDING JOB, RECE, YOU TALKED ABOUT, 3 OF 3 NOW ON THIRD DOWN. WORKING THE CLOCK. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AGAINST TENNESSEE, KEEPING NICO ON THE SIDELINE. >> Rece: THIS IS GOING TO BE THE TENTH PLAY OF THIS OPENING DRIVE, KIRK. McCALL. HAS IT DEFLECTED. AGAIN, SECOND TIME TONIGHT THAT SOMEONE'S GOT A HAND ON IT. THIS TIME, OMARI THOMAS DID IT. >> Kirk: BIG BOYS IN THE INTERIOR. THEY ROTATE FOUR DIFFERENT BODIES. THIS TIME, IT'S OMARI THOMAS, 21. GETS THE RIGHT HAND UP THERE. TIMES IT UP PERFECTLY. YOU'LL SEE BRYSON EASON. ELIJAH SIMMONS. REALLY, INTO THE TEETH OF THAT DEFENSE IS THE STRENGTH. AND YOU PUT PILI, 11, RIGHT BEHIND THOSE FOUR -- THEY ARE TOUGH IN THE INTERIOR. >> Rece: WESLEY GRIMES IS UP THE SIDELINE. HE'S IN THE SLOT INSIDE CONCEPCION. THAT'S AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. PLAY CLOCK NOW AT THREE -- AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE WILL USE A TIME-OUT. THEY'VE HELD IT FOR NEARLY SIX MINUTES. THEY'VE INCHED IT INTO TENNESSEE TERRITORY, AND THE WOLFPACK WILL TRY TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING WHEN YOU COME BACK TO CHARLOTTE. W WN YOYOU U COCOME BACK TO CHARLOTT. ( ♪♪ ) Welcome to Sapphire Lounge By The Club. This is more than a place to hide away before you get away. It's a main course before the main event. It's the best seat before boarding. It's a real reason to arrive early. This, is what an airport lounge is supposed to be. ( ♪♪ ) Chase Sapphire Reserve. Make More of What's Yours. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Michelob Ultra Superior Light Beer I can't believe you corporate types are still at it. Just stop calling each other Rock stars. 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HOW WILL NORTH CAROLINA STATE HOLD UP WITH THE CENTER AND THE TWO GUARDS? OMAR NORMAN-LOTT THAT TIME REMINDING US AGAIN WHAT KIND OF QUICK TWITCH HE HAS FOR A GUY 315 POUNDS. HAD 5 1/2 SACKS A YEAR AGO. BY FAR THEIR BEST PASS RUSHER INSIDE. >> Rece: THEY NEED 17 NOW ON THIRD DOWN. McCALL THROWS IT TO THE OUTSIDE -- AND TENNESSEE IN COVERAGE WAS VERY STRONG. AND McCALL HAD TO GET RID OF IT. HE WAS LOOKING FOR WESLEY GRIMES OUT THERE. McCOY ON THE COVERAGE. >> Kirk: THIS IS CALLED EFFECTS THE QUARTERBACK. RUSHING FOUR, PLAYING ZONE. EYES ARE ON THE QUARTERBACK. LOOK AT. THAT YOU'RE McCALL, YOU'RE DEALING WITH PEARCE AND THE BIG FELLA, NORMAN-LOTT THERE. THAT IS A LOT. HE'S LUCKY HE GOT THAT BALL OFF AND ALMOST CONVERTED THERE ON THIRD DOWN AND A LONG WAY TO GO. THE VOLS DEFENSE STEPS UP. >> Rece: S THE PUNT. SQUIRREL WHITE, DANGEROUS RETURN GUY IS BACK. SQUIRREL CLEARING EVERYBODY AWAY, AS THE BALL GOES TOWARD THE SIDELINES, AND THE PUNT IS OUT OF BOUNDS. 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SAMPSON HAD 124 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWNS LAST WEEK AGAINST CHATTANOOGA. >> Kirk: SO, FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT IAMALEAVA AND THIS OFFENSE, DON'T FORGET, IT STILL STARTS WITH THE VOLS AND THE ABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL TO SET UP THEIR PASS. >> Rece: NOW NICO WILL THROW IT, AND HAD A LITTLE COLLISION THERE , DOUBLE COVERAGE ON THE DEEPER GUY. THE BALL FELL HARMLESSLY BETWEEN THE TWO. THIS IS WHAT NORTH CAROLINA STATE WANTED, TO SLOW THIS TEMPO DOWN. THERE'S TONY GIBSON. >> Kirk: YEAH, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR HAS BROUGHT THIS 3-3-5, THREE DOWN LINEMEN, THREE LINEBACKERS AND FIVE DEFENSIVE BACKS INTO RALEIGH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. MORE SPEED ON THE FIELD, DISGUISE, AND ATTACK. >> Rece: IAMALEAVA NEEDS SEVEN. FEELING SOME HEAT. HE'S ATHLETIC ENOUGH TO GET OUT AND RUN. HE TURNS THE CORNER -- HE'S GOT A FIRST DOWN -- AND NICO MOVES THE CHAINS, CHASED OUT OF BOUNDS BY CARTER. A PICKUP OF 12. >> Kirk: THIS IS A GREAT IDEA OF HOW FAST THE YOUNG MAN IS AT QUARTERBACK. LOOK AT THIS LINEBACKER SAFETY JUST SITTING RIGHT HERE, IN POSITION. TWO OF THEM, IN FACT, AND THOSE LONG STRIDES JUST OUTRUN IT. >> Rece: SAMPSON FINDS A HOLE ON THE RIGHT SIDEN'T AND NOW TENNESSEE CAN GET MOVING, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOT ANOTHER FIRST DOWN, ANOTHER 12-YARD GAIN. >> Kirk: IT'S HARD TO SHOW REPLAYS WHEN THEY GO SO FAST, BUT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. >> Rece: TENNESSEE SLOWING DOWN, BECAUSE SAMPSON HAS TO GET HIS SHOE BACK ON. >> Kirk: ONLY THING THAT WILL SLOW THEM DOWN. >> Rece: IAMALEAVA, PRESSURE FROM THE BACK SIDE. NICO GETS UP TO THE 45, AND HE TOOK A HIT THERE FROM CAYDEN FORDHAM, HE WAS EJECTED FROM AN EARLY TARGETING CALL. THEY REALLY NEED HIM -- IN THE FIRST GAME -- THEY NEED HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT "D." >> Kirk: HE'S THE LEADER. HE BECOMES THE GUY THAT HAS TO GET THIS DEFENSE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY SURVIVED LAST WEEK WITHOUT HIM, AND NUMBER 10 IS THE QUARTERBACK OF THE DEFENSE. GREAT COVERAGE ON THIS LAST PLAY TO ALLOW THE PRESSURE TO EVENTUALLY GET TO HIM. LOVE THE COMMUNICATION BY THE WOLFPACK DEFENSE. >> Rece: SECOND AND SEVEN. BUYING A LITTLE TIME. AND IAMALEAVA WILL BE SPUN DOWN, THROWN DOWN OUT OF BOUNDS, SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. IT'S FORDHAM ON THE STOP. AND THERE'S A FLAG COMING IN ON THE FAR SIDE, AS THERE WAS EXCEPTION TAKEN TO THE WAY NICO WAS ROUGHED UP. >> Kirk: IT WAS DOWNFIELD ABOUT ANOTHER TEN YARDS BEYOND NICO. A COUPLE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN WENT WAY INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BENCH. THERE WAS SOME PUSHING AND SHOVES AND SOME FISTS THROWN. AND NC STATE, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKED LIKE ALL PARTIES INVOLVED, WHEN THAT FLAG CAME OUT, WAS AFTER A NORTH CAROLINA STATE PLAYER FROM THE SIDELINE, TOOK A SWING. IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE JOHN CAMPBELL WHO WAS OVER THERE, 74. >> Rece: JOHN CAMPBELL, A VETERAN GUY. SUPER SENIOR. EARLIER IN HIS CAREER AT MIAMI. HE'S EVOLVED INTO -- >> Kirk: I THINK BRANDON CLEVELAND, THE BIG NOSE GUARD, WAS OVER THERE FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE. I KNOW HE AND CAMPBELL GOT TIED UP. MOTIONS OUT THERE, AGAIN, NORTH CAROLINA STATE, THEY'RE A TEAM THAT WHEN THEY FEEL DISRESPECTED, THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY WITH A LOT OF EMOTION. ESPECIALLY ON THIS SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. >> Referee: THERE ARE MULTIPLE DEAD BALL FOULS ON BOTH TEAMS. PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, BLOCKING OUT OF BOUNDS, NUMBER 76 AND NUMBER 74. ALSO OUT OF BOUND, UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT, DEFENSE NUMBER 44. THOSE FOULS WILL OFFSET. FIRST AND TEN, TENNESSEE. >> Rece: I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS DOWN AND DISTANCE. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AGAIN. SHOW US WHAT HAPPENED HERE. >> Kirk: WATCH THE OFFENSIVE LINE. IF YOU WATCH THESE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, LOOK DOWNFIELD IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU'LL SEE 74, 76. AND THEN THEY GO INTO THE BENCH AREA AND THEN AS IT CONTINUES, YOU'LL SEE 44 THERE AT THE BOTTOM, CLEVELAND, HE COMES OVER TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, AND RIGHT THERE IS WHERE THE FLAG CAME OUT ON CLEVELAND. SO, IT IS GOING TO -- IT'S GOING TO BE A THIRD DOWN HERE, AFTER ALL OF THAT. >> Rece: YEAH, I THINK THIS BIG TEN CREW HAS IT SORTED OUT NOW. IT'S THIRD DOWN AND THREE, ABOUT THREE. THERE'S A LITTLE ENERGY. >> Kirk: NICO DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB ON THAT PLAY. >> Rece: HERE COMES PRESSURE. IAMALEAVA GETS RID OF IT JUST IN TIME. HE'S GOT A MAN OUT, AND HE CAN'T QUITE CONNECT WITH McCOY. AS IAMALEAVA TOOK A HIT. AND COLEY WAS ON THE COVERAGE. >> Kirk: THEY BRING THE LINEBACKERS, AND THEY GET TO HIM, RIGHT AS HE THREW THE FOOTBALL. WHEN YOU'RE A CORNER IN THIS DEFENSE, YOU'VE GOT TO LIVE ON AN ISLAND AND HOLD UP. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, I THOUGHT BRU McCOY HAD A COUPLE STEPS. BALL'S THROWN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN FOR TENNESSEE. >> Rece: SO, THE VOLS MOVE IT SOME, BUT NOW SENDING OUT THE PUNT TEAM, AS JACKSON ROSS, JALEN COIT, THE RUN MAN, CALLS FOR THE FAIR CATCH, AND MAKES THE FAIR CATCH AT ABOUT THE 7 YARD LINE. 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AND THERE IS NOT MUCH RUNNING ROOM AGAINST THIS TENNESSEE FRONT. >> Kirk: AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THE LONG WAY, BECAUSE AN OUTSTANDING SPECIAL TEAMS. A YEAR AGO, THEY WERE TOPS IN THE COUNTRY PINNING OPPONENTS INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE. AND THEY'VE DONE IT AGAIN TO THIS NC STATE TEAM THAT NEEDS TO WIN THE FIELD POSITION BATTLE. YOU COULD FEEL IN THAT OPENING DRIVE, IT WITH US A METHODICAL, TAKE OUR TIME, LET'S GET SOME FIRST DOWNS, CONVERTING ON THIRD DOWN. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR BIG PLAYS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM CONCEPCION TONIGHT, NUMBER 10. >> Rece: HAND IT TO HIM, TOSS IT TO HIM, THROW IT TO HIM. McCALL THROWING IT INTO TRAFFIC. THAT'S INCOMPLETE. IT WILL BE THIRD AND TEN. >> Kirk: TENNESSEE IS BREAKING IN AN ENTIRE NEW SECRETARY, BUT I REALLY LIKE WHAT TIM BANKS TOLD US. IT'S NOTHING AGAINST WHO HAS BEEN HERE, IT'S THE FOURTH YEAR IN THIS SYSTEM. IT'S THE FOURTH YEAR OF RECRUITS. THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE. AND HE SAID, WE'RE JUST DEEPER. WE'RE NOT AS EXPERIENCED, BUT I THINK WE'RE FASTER AS A GROUP, AND OVER TIME, THE MORE REPS THEY GET, I THINK THEY'RE VERY CONFIDENT WHAT THIS GROUP CAN BE ON THE BACK END. >> Rece: THEY JUST BROUGHT IN WHOLESALE PASS RUSH SUBSTITUTIONS UP FRONT. THERE'S THE FLAG. >> Referee: ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION ON THE OFFENSE. BREAKING THE HUDDLE WITH 12 PLAYERS. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL. STILL THIRD DOWN. >> Rece: SO, THE TASK JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER FOR GRAYSON McCALL AND THE PACK. WANT TO BE AGGRESSIVE, CAN'T AFFORD A TURNOVER, THIS PART OF THE FIELD, BUT YOU'VE GOT AN EXPERIENCED GUY THAT'S PLAYED A LOT OF BALL IN NUMBER 2. THIRD DOWN, WE'LL CALL IT 14. McCALL. QUARTERBACK DRAW. GRAYSON CAN RUN, BUT THAT HOLE CLOSED UP PRETTY QUICKLY AND IT WILL GIVE THEM A LITTLE ROOM TO PUNT IT OUT OF THERE. OMAR NORMAN-LOTT MADE THE STOP. LOST HEAD GEAR ALONG THE WAY FOR TENNESSEE. AND THE PUNT UNIT COMES ON. >> Kirk: JAMES PEARCE OFF THE EDGE WITH THAT SPIN MOVE. HE'S NO LONGER JUST A GUY WITH TWITCH OFF THE EDGE. HE'S PUT ON SOME WEIGHT, HE'S PROUD OF HIMSELF NOW BEING A COMPLETE DEFENSIVE END. THAT TIME, HIS SPIN MOVE WAS CRAZY FAST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE THERE AND FORCED McCALL TO STEP UP AND GET OUT OF THERE. >> Rece: SQUIRREL WHITE -- THAT'S A TERRIFIC PUNT -- IS DRIVEN BACK INSIDE HIS 40 YARD LINE WHERE HE MAKES A FAIR CATCH. WE CHECK IN WITH HOLLY ROWE. >> Holly: WELL, NICO IAMALEAVA HAS SHOWN US HIS ATHLETICISM. HERE HE IS AS A HIGH LEVEL VOLLEYBALL PLAYER. THERE ARE A LOT OF SKILLS THAT ACTUALLY TRANSLATE. YOU SEE THE ARM WHIP HE HAS AS AN OUTSIDE HITTER. THAT TRANSLATES TO A LIVELY ARM AS A QUARTERBACK. HIS QUICK DECISION-MAKING, HIS ABILITY TO THROW IN DIFFERENT ARM SLOTS, DIFFERENT ARM ANGLES. A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS THAT HE USED IN VOLLEYBALL. AND WE'VE SEEN HIM USE HIS LEGS AND ATHLETICISM THERE IN THAT FIRST DOWN RUN. REALLY COOL STORY. DIFFERENT, UNIQUE SKILL SET FOR A QUARTERBACK IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. >> Kirk: I CAN'T THINK OF A LOT OF QUARTERBACKS THAT HAVE PLAYED VOLLEYBALL AT AN ELITE LEVEL LIKE THAT THAT BECAME BIG-TIME COLLEGE QUARTERBACKS. >> Rece: McCOY HAS THE CATCH. SHOULD BE A FIRST DOWN. CARTER ON THE STOP. BASKETBALL PLAYERS GO THAT WAY. CHASE BUDDINGER WENT TO THE OLYMPICS. >> Kirk: IT WITH US THAT WHIP OF THAT ARM ON THAT LAST THROW. >> Rece: IAMALEAVA, ANOTHER COMPLETION. THIS ONE OUT TO THE FORMER TULANE GREEN WAVE PLAYER. >> Kirk: NICE ADJUSTMENT HERE, SECOND POSSESSION BY JOSH HEUPEL. HE'S SAYING, BASICALLY, IF TONY GIBSON IS GOING TO SIT BACK WITH THREE DEFENSIVE BACKS DEEP, LET'S GET UNDERNEATH AND TAKE SOME EASY YARDS, POTENTIALLY BIG PLAYS. >> Rece: ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. HE'S FIGHTING HIS WAY FORWARD. >> Kirk: JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HEUPEL LIKES TO DO, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE ART BRILES DAYS AT BAYLOR. MAKE YOU DECLARE AS A DEFENSE. THEY WANT TO MAKE YOU SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE TO GET OUT AND DEFEND THE PASS. AND IF YOU'RE LIGHT IN THE BOX, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. SO, IT'S JUST A GAME WITHIN A GAME. >> Rece: UNDERNEATH, THE FLIP OUT. GOT IT TO ETHAN DAVIS. AND TENNESSEE IS ROLLING AND THE CHAIN GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP UP. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR THE VOLS. >> Kirk: THEY TIMED THAT UP PERFECTLY. HOW ABOUT THE CONVOY GETTING DOWNFIELD THAT TIME WITH THAT OFFENSIVE LINE, LED BY COOPER MAYS, THE CENTER? >> Rece: HE'S THEIR VOCAL LEADER, VETERAN GUY, SENIOR FROM KINGSTON, TENNESSEE. NICO, QUICK PASS, AND THIS TIME, GREETED IMMEDIATELY BY CISSE. >> Kirk: HE SAW SOFT COVERAGE AND THOUGHT, HEY, LET'S KEEP THROWING IT UNDERNEATH, LET THE RECEIVERS DO DAMAGE AFTER THE CATCH, BUT CISSE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A PLAY FOR THE LOSS. >> Rece: HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THE RUN IN THE RUN/PASS OPTION. SECOND DOWN. VOLS HAVE MOVED IT INSIDE THE WOLFPACK 25. SAMPSON LOOKING FOR ROOM, AND NONE TO BE FOUND IN THE BACKFIELD. A HOST OF WOLFPACK DEFENDERS, LED AGAIN BY CISSE, WHO WAS FIRST. >> Kirk: YOU JUST MENTIONED WHAT HE DID A NICE JOB OF, BEING ABLE TO MAKE A PLAY OUT ON THE PERIMETER. NOW HE'S GOT TO HOLD THE EDGE TO THIS DEFENSE. THEY GO 12 PERSONNEL, MEANING ONE RUNNING BACK AND TWO EIGHT ENDS, KIND OF TIPPED THEIR END, THEY'RE GOING TO GET PHYSICAL. AND THE CORNER SHOWS YOU THE WILLINGNESS TO COME UP AND BE PHYSICAL. TONY GIBSON'S GOT TO LOVE TO SEE THAT BY NUMBER TWO. >> Rece: IAMALEAVA NEEDS 14 ON THIRD DOWN. >> Kirk: HERE THEY COME AGAIN. SHOWING BLITZ HERE AND HERE, NOW HE'S GOING TO LOOK OVER AND SEE IF THEY WANT TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT. HELDSET STILL ON UNTIL 15 SECONDS. >> Rece: NOW IT'S OFF, SO, THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE NICO SOME COUNSEL. >> Kirk: THEY BACK OUT OF THE BLITZ. >> Rece: ONLY THREE RUSHES. SHUFFLE PASS. WHAT A CALL FROM HEUPEL. SAMPSON HAS IT. SLIPS A TACKLE -- AND BULLS HIS WAY DOWN TO THE 11 YARD LINE, A PICKUP OF 17. >> Kirk: THEY BACKED OUT OF THE BLITZ AND ANOTHER GOOD JOB OF USING -- WE'VE SEEN THE SCREENS. HERE'S A SHOVEL PASS TOLL GET OUT INTO PACE. THEY LOST JALEN WRIGHT, JABARI SMALL. DYLAN SOME PSON WAS MORE OF A BACKUP LAST YEAR. HE'S NOW TAKING THAT MANTLE TO BECOME THE GUY AND GIVES YOU AN INDICATION OF WHAT HE CAN DO WITH THE BALL IN HIS HAPPENEDS. HE'S GOTTEN BIGGER, MORE PHYSICAL. REALLY A COMPLETE PACKAGE. >> Rece: INSIDE A MINUTE TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER. SAMPSON HAS IT AGAIN. HE'LL PUSH AND STRAIN HIS WAY CLOSE TO THE 8 YARD LINE. WALLACE ON THE STOP. >> Kirk: JOSH HEUPEL HAS GONE UP AGAINST THIS 3-3-5 BEFORE. AGAINST TONY GIBSON, HE DID NOT HAVE A GREAT GAME. SO, HE'S USED TO SEEING TONY GIBSON. >> Rece: THIS TIME, HEUPEL GETS THE BETTER OF IT, AND SAMPSON GOES INTO THE CHECKERBOARD FROM NINE YARDS OUT. TOUCHDOWN, TENNESSEE! NINE PLAYS, 62 YARDS. THEY DID IT IN JUST OVER FOUR MINUTES, WANING SECONDS OF THIS FIRST QUARTER. AS MAX GILBERT COMES ON TO TRY TO MAKE IT 7-0. AND HE DOES. SAMPSON MAKING PLAYS ON THIS DRIVE. >> Kirk: A GREAT CALL. THEY FELT THE BLITZ MIGHT BE COMING. GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS QUICKLY. SAMPSON PICKS UP HUGE YARDS TO SET UP EVENTUALLY THE TOUCHDOWN. PLAY SIDE DOES A GOOD JOB, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PULL THE H, PULL THE GUARD AROUND. AND THIS IS WELL-TIMED UP BY THE BACK. LOOK AT THE PATIENCE TO ALLOW THE FRONT SIDE TO COLLAPSE, AND THEN THE GUARD AND THE H COME AROUND, AND IT'S JUST A HAT ON A HAT. REALLY, TYPICAL DRIVE FROM TENNESSEE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT BALL DOWN THE FIELD JUST LIKE THEY LIKE TO DO. A LITTLE MIX OF QUICK THROWS, SOME RUNS, SOME SCREENS, AND A TOUCHDOWN. >> Rece: ON THE DRIVE, IAMALEAVA, 6 OF 6, 55 YARDS, 17-YARD RECEPTION ON THIRD AND 14, THE BIGGEST PLAY, TO GIVE TENNESSEE A CHANCE TO SCORE. >> Kirk: THESE FIRST TWO WEEKS, EVERYBODY MUST HAVE VISITED THE SAME COACHING STAFF. WE SEE THE COUNTER EVERYWHERE. BUT THAT GUARD TIGHT END H PULL, WE'VE SEEN THAT EVERYWHERE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS YEAR. >> Rece: BALL FALLS OFF THE TEE. >> Kirk: YOU KNOW, THE KEY TO THAT IS THE PLAY SIDE, THE COLLAPSE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO COME AROUND TO BE ABLE TO GET DOWNHILL AND MAKE THOSE BLOCKS AND THOSE SCRAPING BACKERS. THAT WAS REALLY WELL-EXECUTED THAT TIME UP FRONT BY TENNESSEE. >> Rece: TURBYVILLE, THAT'S A TOUCH BACK. WE CHECK IN WITH KEVIN. >> RECE, TIME NOT FOR OUR FANSVILLE STUDIO UPDATE. THE NEXT GREAT OHIO STATE WIDE RECEIVER IS HERE, JEREMIAH SMITH. >> NO DOUBT. CATCH A LITTLE HITCH AND THEN IT IS ON. STRIKE UP THE BRAND. O-H-I-O. >> LOOK AT THE YAC THERE. 70 YARDS TO THE HOUSE. 21-0, OHIO STATE ALL OVER WESTERN MICHIGAN. 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AND NOW GRAYSON McCALL AND THE WOLFPACK FACING A SECOND AND 14. LONGEST GAME TONIGHT FOR NC STATE HAS BEEN SEVEN YARDS. THEY'LL NEED TO FIND SOME MEASURE OF EXPLOSIVENESS OUT OF THIS OFFENSE. COMPLETION FROM McCALL. >> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION, OFFENSE, NUMBER 74 WAS LINED UP IN THE BACKFIELD. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. SECOND DOWN. >> Rece: SAW A TON OF THIS IN THE NFL GAME THE OTHER NIGHT. REAL EMPHASIS ON MAKING SURE THE TACKLES ARE UP ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. HADN'T SEEN AS MUCH OF IT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. >> Kirk: YOU SAW A LOT OF IT IN THE NFL OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. LEFT TACKLE A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR INTO THE BACKFIELD. THAT WAS PRETTY CLOSE, ACTUALLY. >> Rece: NOW SECOND AND 19. >> Kirk: NOT AN OFFENSE AGAINST THIS TENNESSEE DEFENSE EQUIPPED TO GET BEHIND THE STICKS LIKE THIS. >> Rece: McCALL FIRING TO THE OUTSIDE. IT'S COMPLETE, BUT NOAH ROGERS HAD TO GO TO THE GROUND TO MAKE THE GRAB. 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WHETHER IT'S RUNNING THE FOOTBALL WITH THE COUNTER, OR THE SCREEN SHOVEL PASS TO GET THE LINEMEN UP AGAINST THAT THREE-MAN DEFENSIVE LINE LOOK. >> Rece: NICO WITH ALL KINDS OF TIME. NOW THEY'RE COMING AFTER HIM. HE HAS TO GET RID OF IT, AND HE DOES SO BEAUTIFULLY, AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN FOR TENNESSEE, GIVE HIM 16. >> Kirk: BECAUSE OF HIS ATHLETICISM, HE'S ABLE TO DRAW THE DEFENSE TO HIM. HE HAD FOREVER, GOOD COVERAGE, SO, HE STARTS TO MOVE, AND BY MOVING, THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT THE DEFENSE TO HIM, AND IT'S A GREAT JOB TO SLIDE OUT. >> Rece: BACK TO THE GROUND. SAMPSON SPINNING INTO NC STATE TERRITORY, AND HE'S DOWN TO THE 43 YARD LINE. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. >> Kirk: WELL, THAT'S WHY THIS OFFENSE IS SO TOUGH TO DEFEND. AND THAT'S WHAT TONY GIBSON IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. YOU GET SO WORRIED ABOUT THE VERTICAL SHOTS AND WHAT THEY CAN DO, WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF THAT YET. BUT THEY THROW THE BALL QUICKLY OUTSIDE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE WITH THIS OFFENSIVE LINE AND WITH THE RUNNING GAME, RIGHT NOW, IT'S WITH SAMPSON. BOY, MAYS IS FUN TO WATCH IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT A LEADER AND ANCHOR TO THIS O-LINE. >> Rece: NICO FIRES A DART -- IT'S PICKED OFF! HIS FIRST COLLEGIATE INTERCEPTION. BISHOP FITZGERALD IS TAKING IT THE OTHER WAY. AND THE WOLFPACK DEFENSE MAKES A PLAY. >> Kirk: THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE HIM BE PATIENT. THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE QUICK STRIKES. THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH A LOT OF THREE DEFENSIVE BACKS BACK TO TRY TO MAKE HIM THROW THINGS UNDERNEATH. HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF TIME TO THROW THE FOOTBALL. LOOK AT THIS. HE KIND OF -- EXPECTED McCOY TO CONTINUE TO WORK OVER THE MIDDLE. BUT HE THROWS IT HIGH AND WAY IN FRONT, AN ERRANT THROW. AND THE BENEFICIARY, FITZGERALD PLAYING A GREAT CENTER FIELD WITH HIS EYES ON THE QUARTERBACK, MAKES A PLAY ON THE BALL. AND NOW HE GIVES GRAYSON McCALL PLUS TERRITORY THIS IS WHAT NORTH CAROLINA STATE HAS TO DO TO COMPETE AND TRY TO PULL OFF AN UPSET TONIGHT. >> Rece: FIRST CAREER PICK FOR NICO. HE GETS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO, WITH THE NEW RULES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. BOY, DID THE WOLFPACK NEED A PLAY. SEE IF THE OFFENSE CAN CASH IN. GRAYSON McCALL. HE'LL TAKE A SHOT DOWN THE SIDELINE -- AND THERE'S A FLAG COMING IN -- THAT'S GOING TO GO AGAINST TENNESSEE. AND -- YOU SEE NOAH ROGERS, A LITTLE SLOW TO GET UP. >> Kirk: THAT'S ON GIBSON. JUST GRABBING HOLD OF NOAH ROGERS, TRYING TO WORK AROUND HIM. BALL'S IN THE AIR AND HE'S STILL PUSHING ON HIM. HE KEEPS PUSHING, PUSHING, GRABBING. BALL IN THE AIR. >> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 1. BALL WILL BE PLACED AT THE SPOT OF THE FOUL. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Rece: A LITTLE SHOT THAT ROGERS TOOK, TOO, CAME FROM JAKOBE THOMAS THAT LEFT HIM SLOW TO GET UP. >> Kirk: I JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY TRIED TO STRETCH THE FIELD. A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN DINKING AND DUNKING AND RUNNING. THIS TIME, ON FIRST AND TEN, AFTER THE BIG TURNOVER, SUDDEN CHANGE, PLUS TERRITORY, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A SHOT. AND THEY DO DOWN THAT RIGHT SIDELINE AND THEY GET THE INTERFERENCE. >> Rece: WATERS AT RUNNING BACK WITH McCALL. THEY'LL GO TO THE GROUND. WATERS. WATERS, HE'S STRIPPED OF THE FOOTBALL, AND JORDAN DID A GOOD JOB TO HANG ONTO IT. THE TRANSFER FROM DUKE GETS IT INSIDE THE 30. >> Kirk: THIS IS A BATTLE IN THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, WHEN THEY TRY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AGAINST THIS DEFENSIVE FRONT. AND TIM BANKS IS JUST CONTINUING TO ROTATE BODIES. ESPECIALLY -- HERE IT IS AGAIN, JUST STAY FRESH, GET GUYS IN AND OUT, MEANWHILE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE, THEY'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO SURVIVE THE ENTIRE GAME, SO, IT'S A BIG ADVANTAGE, THE DEPTH OF THAT DEFENSIVE LINE, THE POWER, THE STRENGTH, AND THE QUICKNESS THAT THEY HAVE. >> Rece: THEY HAVE TO STAY STUBBORN. THEY HAVE TO KEEP RUNNING IT. >> Kirk: ABSOLUTELY. >> Rece: SEE IF THEY CAN WEAR THEM DOWN OVER THE COURSE OF THE GAME. McCALL. HAS TO DANCE AWAY FROM A MAN. HE FIRES IT HARD AND LOW, THE ONLY GUY THAT COULD CATCH IT WAS HIS MAN, AND DID JOLY MAKE THE GRAB? I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO HIM. PICKUP OF 14. >> Kirk: HERE'S PEARCE WITH HIS QUICKNESS. AND GOOD JOB OF CONTAINING GRAYSON McCALL. HOW ABOUT THE ATHLETIC ABILITY TO STEP UP, NOW GET THE BALL OUT OF YOUR HANDS QUICKLY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. DOWN LOW -- THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE A PEEK AT THIS TO MAKE SURE HE GOT HIS ELBOWS UNDERNEATH THAT AND SECURE THE FOOTBALL. WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> Kirk: DIDN'T SEE THAT BALL TOUCH THE GROUND. >> Rece: JOLY IS A TRANSFER FROM UCONN. WHEN THE HUSKIES PLAYED TENNESSEE LAST YEAR -- >> Kirk: THAT'S A CATCH. >> Rece: LOSING EFFORT THAT DAY FOR THE HUSKIES. WE HAVE A TENNESSEE PLAYER DOWN WHILE THEY CHECK ON THE INJURED VOLUNTEER, AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE JOLY PLAY, WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. BACK TO CHARLOTTE AFTER THIS. Hifrom my other job.e But I'm a business owner too. Here at Once Upon a Farm, we chose the Capital One Venture X Business card. With no preset spending limit, our purchasing power adapts to meet our business needs. Love it. And unlimited double miles means we earn more too. Sweet, right? And when we travel, we get access to over 130 airport lounges. I could get used to this. The Capital One Venture X Business card. What's in your wallet? You've been accused of plagiarizing your master's thesis. You tell the truth, you can have this bucket of Bud Lights. I'll go first. No. Professor Wilkins has been taking karate classes ever since that saxophone girl put him in a headlock. That was a secret! Now it's a beer. Everybody, let's focus please. (Bell rings) (Kids yelling) (Ambient noise) Another group project. It's due tomorrow. I hope I can get online tonight. I really need this to pass. Truth is, I can't do this on my own. (Ambient noise) Connect every student. Change every future. Connecting Changes Everything. (♪♪) Alice loves the scent of Gain so much, she wished there was a way to make it last longer. Say hello to your fairy godmother Alice, and long-lasting Gain Scent Beads. Part of the irresistible scent collection from Gain. Man: All right, third time's the charm. Here we go. Oop, oop. It's okay. We'll get it on the next one. Pressure is getting to him. Maybe we should change it up. Man: Now I got it. Oh. Keenum, get loose. ♪♪ Man: Here we go. Daddy's got this. Hey, you got us this far. Keenum's going to finish the drive. -You got it, yeah. -Okay. Okay. Oh. If only there were backups in real life. But at least there's Progressive to protect your home and auto. >> Rece: LONG AND STOIED HESRY OF QUARTERBACKS AT TENNESSEE. YOU SEE THE NUMBERS THAT IAMALEAVA PUT UP, RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, THREE OF THEM ON THE GROUND. CITRUS BOWL MVP. JUST THREW THE FIRST INTERCEPTION OF HIS COLLEGE CAREER, AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE NOW THREATENING IN THE RED ZONE. SPREAD ALL FIVE RECEIVERS OUT FOR GRAYSON McCALL, INCLUDING JORDAN WATERS, THE RUNNING BACK, WHO IS IN THE SLOT. LITTLE FONCEPCION. THEY'LL HAND IT TO HIM ON OCCASION, TOO. >> Kirk: YOU KNOW HE'S GOING TO GET THE BALL, BUT HOW QUICKLY HE CATCHES THE BALL, AND DOESN'T NEED A LOT OF ROOM. AND THEN ACCELERATES UPFIELD. AND HE'S -- HE'S GOT THE TOUGHNESS TO BE ABLE TO LOWER HIS SHOULDER. HE'S NOT JUST LOOKING TO DIVE. HE BOUNCES OFF OF PEOPLE. BUT POSITIVE YARDS THERE ON FIRST AND TEN. >> Rece: HE WEIGHS A LITTLE UNDER 190 POUNDS, BUT THE COACHES WILL TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT HE IS TO TACKLE FOR A MAN THAT SIZE. PACK NEEDS TO GET IT TO THE 4 FOR THE FIRST DOWN. McCALL HAS IT BATTED DOWN. IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN. AND THERE IS A FLAG RESTING AT ABOUT THE 12 YARD LINE. YOU SEE THE DEFENSIVE LINE GETTING SOME PRESSURE TONIGHT. >> Referee: THERE IS NO FOUL FOR INELIGIBLE MAN DOWNFIELD, AS THE BALL WAS TOUCHED BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. >> Kirk: I THINK DAVE DOEREN KNOWS HE'S OBVIOUSLY GOT A BIG OPPORTUNITY HERE IN A GAME THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A SHOOTOUT. YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU GOT TO CAPITALIZE. AND THIS NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEFENSE, THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING A BALL HAWKING DEFENSE. 51 INTERCEPTIONS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, MOST OF ANY OF THESE POWER FOUR TEAMS, AND THEY'RE PLUS ONE TONIGHT. SO, THE DEFENSE HAS SET THEM UP IN PLUS TERRITORY. THEY MADE A FEW PLAYS, HAD A PENALTY. CAN THEY CASH IN? THEY'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS EARLY IN THE GAME, STARTING OUT 3 FOR 3 ON THIRD DOWN, 0 FOR 3 IN THEIR LAST THREE ATTEMPTS. >> Rece: McCALL'S GOT SOME ROOM. HE CUTS IT INSIDE -- AND HE DIDN'T QUITE GET DOWN, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER FLAG ON THE NEAR SIDE, AND -- >> Kirk: TENNESSEE MAY HAVE LINED UP OFFSIDES. OH, GOING TO GET NORTH CAROLINA STATE. >> Rece: MAYBE ON THE LEFT TACKLE. WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY SAY. >> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION, OFFENSE, NUMBER 74 WAS LINED UP IN THE BACKFIELD. THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED. FOURTH DOWN. >> Rece: SECOND TIME THAT ANTHONY BELTON HAS BEEN CALLED FOR THAT INFRACTION. >> Kirk: YEAH, HE'S CONFUSED HERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSE RIGHT HERE OF MAYBE LINING UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE LEFT TACKLE. BOW, IT'S SUCH A GRAY AREA. IT'S SO CLOSE. AND I THINK BELTON IS SAYING, MAN, I'VE DONE THIS MY WHOLE CAREER. ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M IN THE BACKFIELD? WHAT'S GOING ON TONIGHT? >> Rece: SO, VINESETT WITH THE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT, TO TRY TO GET THE WOLFPACK ON THE BOARD. VINESETT FROM ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOT TOO FAR AWAY. FROM 24, AND HE IS TRUE. AND THE WOLFPACK TAKES THE TURNOVER AND PUTS POINTS ON THE BOARD. McCALL, CONCEPTION JEON HAVING A LOOK AT THE VIDEO. DAVE DOEREN ABLE TO STEM THE TIDE OF MOMENTUM THAT WAS SEEMINGLY FLOWING TENNESSEE'S WAY, NOW 7-3. LET'S CHECK IN WITH HOLLY ROWE. >> Holly: WELL, NICO IAMALEAVA HAD THAT INTERCEPTION, THE FIRST OF HIS COLLEGE CAREER. SO, I WATCHED HIM ON THE SIDELINE CLOSELY. HE WAS EXACTLY WHAT THE COACHES HAVE TOLD US. CALM AND POISED. HE WATCHED THE FILM ON THE TABLET WITH HIS ASSISTANT COACH, BUT THE OTHER INTERESTING THING WAS THE WIDE RECEIVERS COACHES, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ROUTES, AND WERE THE ROUTES EXACTLY RIGHT OR DID THEY DRIFT OFF THAT CAUSED THAT INTERCEPTION? BRU McCOY SAID SOMETHING TO NICO. THEY ARE TRYING TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE. SO, THESE TABLETS HAVE BEEN A BIG HELP. >> Kirk: THE BIG THING ALL OF US REALLY WANT TO SEE, IT'S NOT ABOUT THROWING INTERCEPTIONS. GUESS WHAT? PEYTON MANNING, HE'S WATCHING, EVEN HE THROWS INTERCEPTIONS. IT'S HOW DO YOU RESPOND? HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT MOMENT ON THIS STAGE WITH ALL THAT HYPE? I THINK WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO HERE. >> Rece: COLLIN SMITH BANGS IT OUT OF THE BACK OF THE END ZONE. IT WILL BE ANOTHER TOUCHBACK. SUNDAY, THE "COUNTDOWN" CREW. GET THE LATEST FROM SHIFTY, YOU GOT MOSSED, "SUNDAY NFL COUNTDOWN," 10:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME ON ESPN. AND THEN "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL," JETS AND 49ers. 8:00 EASTERN TIME. "PAYTON AND ELI" ON ESPN2. SCOTT VAN PELT AND THE GUYS WILL GET YOU SET UP, AS WELL. >> Kirk: IT'S BEEN A LONG SUMMER. THANK GOODNESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND NOW NFL FOOTBALL IS BACK. IT'S BEEN BRUTAL. IT'S BEEN TOUGH. >> Rece: I FIGURED, KNOWING YOUR AFFINITY FOR THE REDS, AND PARTICULARLY THE OLD BIG RED MACHINE. >> Referee: FIVE-YARD PENALTY. >> Rece: DELAY OF GAME ON TENNESSEE. THEY'LL BACK UP. YOUR AFFINITY FOR THE REDS, I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN YOUR HEARD FOR K.C. CONCEPCION. HE HAS GIFTED HANDS. >> Kirk: HE SURE DOES. >> Rece: SO, FIRST AND 15. BISHOP IN AT RUNNING BACK. BISHOP HAS HIS FIRST CARRY OF THE NIGHT. PROBABLY SHOULD MENTION CAMERON SELDON, ONE OF THE THREE RUNNING BACKS JOSH HEUPEL LIKES TO USE, OUT OF THIS GAME. SAMPSON, BISHOP LIKELY TO CARRY THE MAJORITY OF THE LOAD. IT'S BEEN MOSTLY SAMPSON PRIOR TO THAT CARRY. BISHOP STILL IN THERE. IAMALEAVA GETTING A LITTLE HEAT. GETS IT -- HE'S GOT A MAN, HE'S WIDE OPEN -- AND IT'S GOT SQUIRREL WHITE FOR A BIG GAIN. AND TENNESSEE IS RIGHT BACK IN WOLFPACK TERRITORY. >> Kirk: THE TOUGHEST POSITION ON THIS DEFENSE IS THE NICKEL. JA'HAD CARTER ACTUALLY GETS SLOWED DOWN BY HIS OWN MAN ON THAT SWITCH ROUTE. GETS HIM BEHIND. THE BALL GOES UP IN THE AIR TO SQUIRREL WHITE. GETS UNDERNEATH IT. AND THAT'S HOW YOU RESPOND TO AN INTERCEPTION. >> Rece: 45-YARD PICKUP. BISHOP TO THE GROUND. BISHOP INSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE, AND IT'S ANOTHER TENNESSEE FIRST DOWN. >> Kirk: YOU KNOW, CARTER OUT THERE AT NICKEL, MATCHING UP, HE HAS TO PLAY MAN-TO-MAN AGAINST SQUIRREL WHITE. HE'S GOT TO BE UP IN RUN SUPPORT. TALKING TO DAVE DOEREN, TONY GIBSON, THEY SAID, THIS IS THE TOUGHEST JOB YOU HAVE ON THIS DEFENSE, WHAT NUMBER 11 IS TRYING TO DO. >> Rece: 60 YARDS ON THE LAST TWO PLAYS. THIS TIME, NC STATE THERE TO STOP HIM. NOAH POTTER. OHIO STATE AND CINCINNATI TRANSFER, MAKING THE PLAY. >> Kirk: HE WAS ABLE TO CHASE THAT DOWN FROM BEHIND. THAT ENTIRE DEFENSE THAT TIME IN GREAT POSITION. SLOW DEVELOPING COUNTER PLAYS HAVE BEEN PRETTY EFFECTIVE. BUT THAT TIME, POTTER WITH HIS LENGTH AND SPEED AND JUST THE AWARENESS MAKES A NICE PLAY. >> Rece: BALL RESTING JUST INSIDE THE RED ZONE. A LITTLE BIT OF RUNNING ROOM, AS BISHOP GETS INSIDE THE 15 BEFORE HE'S STOPPED. THIRD DOWN COMING FOR THE VOLS. >> Kirk: THEY JUST KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT. JOSH HEUPEL IS MAKING THESE LINEBACKERS RESPECT THAT PART OF IT. SET UP THOSE PLAY ACTION LOOKS THAT HE LOVES SO MUCH. BOY, THEY STRIKE QUICKLY. ONE SECOND, THEY HAD A FIVE-YARD PENALTY, THEY'RE BEHIND THE STICKS. HIT A BIG ONE TO SQUIRREL WHITE, NOW HERE THEY ARE INSIDE THE RED ZONE, IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. >> Rece: REALLY BIG PLAY FOR THIS NC STATE DEFENSE NOW TO TRY TO FORCE A FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT FROM TENNESSEE. IAMALEAVA HAS MUCH BIGGER PLANS. PRESSURE. TO THE OUTSIDE -- AND IT'S INCOMPLETE. LOOKING FOR SQUIRREL WHITE AGAIN. >> Kirk: YEAH, THAT'S THE MATCH-UP THEY WANT. YOU CAN SEE IN THE PRESNAP, BISHOP FITZGERALD WHO HAD THE INTERCEPTION, HE'S A BIG, PHYSICAL SAFETY. YOU SEE HIM BACK THERE, NUMBER 7. >> Referee: FIRST WARNING OF THE GAME. NO YARDAGE PENALTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARNING. >> Rece: SO, SIDELINE WARNING. HEUPEL, A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED NOT TURNING THAT INTO A TOUCHDOWN. TENNESSEE WILL NOW ATTEMPT THE FIELD GOAL. MAX GILBERT, RED SHIRT FRESHMAN FROM MEMPHIS. MADE A COUPLE LAST WEEK. MADE THE EXTRA POINT. HE'LL TRY TO GET THE FIELD GOAL FROM 32 YARDS OUT. KICK ON THE WAY -- AND IT IS PERFECT. AND TENNESSEE'S LEAD IS A TOUCHDOWN. 10-3. 6:33 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF. 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ARE YOU READY FOR THE ROAD? GOODYEAR, MORE DRIVEN. AND IN CHARLOTTE TONIGHT, RIGHT THERE IS THE TACO BELL LIVE MAS STUDENT SECTION. STUDENT SECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMPETING TO BE THE TACO BELL LIVE MAS STUDENT SECTION OF THE YEAR. DOWNLOAD THE TACO BELL APP TO LEARN MORE. YOU NEED SOME OF THOSE CHECKERBOARD OVERALLS. >> Kirk: WELL, LIVING IN NASHVILLE, YOU SEE THOSE EVERYWHERE. BIG -- BIG VANDY CITY, BUT ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE VOLS. VERY PROUD OF -- IN NASHVILLE, ALL OVER THE STATE. I DON'T HAVE THE CHECKERBOARD OVERALLS. PAT HAD THOSE. WHEN HE DID THE BACK FLIP. WHEN HE WENT INTO THE RIVER. >> Rece: SURE. IT WILL BE A TOUCHBACK. LET'S CHECK IN WITH HOLLY ROWE. >> Holly: GRAYSON McCALL GREW UP ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM CHARLOTTE. HE FELL IN LOVE WITH FOOTBALL AT 6 YEARS OLD. HE SAID ALL MY FRIENDS WOULD BE AT HOME WATCHING CARTOONS AND ALL I EVER WANTED TO WATCH WAS FOOTBALL. STARTED PLAYING TACKLE AT 7 YEAR S OLD. HE SAID HE WENT TO A LOT OF GAMES HERE IN THIS PANTHERS STADIUM. HE LOVED THE PANTHERS GROWING UP. HE WAS REALLY GEEKING OUT THAT HE WOULD GET TO PLAY HERE IN THIS STADIUM, WHERE HE SAT IN THE STANDS AS A LITTLE KID. >> Kirk: LOOK AT THIS FORMATION. >> Rece: BREAKING OUT A LITTLE TRICKY FORMATION, GIVING HIM A LOOK. HERE COMES CONCEPCION IN MOTION. McCALL, HERE'S K.C. HE'S GOT IT! CONCEPCION INTO TENNESSEE TERRITORY. >> Kirk: WELL -- THAT FORMATION CREATED AN I.D. OF MAN-TO-MAN BY BEING ABLE TO MOTION HIM HERE. YOU CREATE MAN-TO-MAN HERE. THAT IS A TOUGH MATCH-UP. AND EVEN A LITTLE HESITATION FROM THE TENNESSEE DEFENSIVE BACK, HE'S KIND OF LOOKING AROUND, WONDERING IF HE'S GOING TO GET ANY HELP. THAT'S BOO CARTER, THE TRUE FRESHMAN, WHO HAS A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE, BUT THAT TIME, VERY CONFUSED BY THE WRINKLE FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE. >> Rece: BIGGEST PLAY OF THE NIGHT FOR THE WOLFPACK OFFENSE. PICKUP OF 28. HOLLYWOOD SMOTHERS. HOLLYWOOD ROLLS INSIDE THE 35, DOWN TO THE 33, MAYBE THE 32, BEFORE BOO STOPPED HIM. >> Kirk: LET'S WATCH THIS OFFENSIVE LINE. COMING INTO THIS DRIVE, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN RUSHING FOR NEGATIVE 13 YARDS. A LITTLE BIT OF EYE CANDY WITH SOME MOVEMENT BY THAT BIG 300-POUND TIGHT END. BUT LOOK AT THE LEFT GUARD, 75. GOOD JOB BY THAT DOUBLE TEAM. YOU SEE THE LEFT TACKLE, BELTON HELPING OUT. ONE OF THE FEW TIMES TONIGHT, THEY GIVE HIM A NICE CREASE THERE TO BE ABLE TO RUN DOWNHILL. >> Rece: SMOTHERS AND CONCEPCION WERE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATES FOR AWHILE, ALONG WITH JAMES PEARCE OF TENNESSEE. THERE'S SMOTHERS AGAIN. ANOTHER BIG PICKUP. EXPLOSIVE PLAY ON THE GROUND FOR THE WOLFPACK. >> Kirk: I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS SAID TO THIS OFFENSIVE LINE, BUT THEY ARE COMING OUT DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB, AND IT'S -- YOU KNOW, TO THE INSIDE, THIS TIME, THEY WORK TO THE OUTSIDE BETWEEN THAT RIGHT GUARD AND THE RIGHT TACKLE. LOOK AT ALL OF THE ROOM. THE REAL ESTATE. I KNOW SMOTHERS IS A GOOD BACK, BUT JORDAN WATERS HAS TO BE LOOKING AROUND, SAYING, CAN I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM, AS WELL? HERE COME THE VOLS, ROTATING SOME FRESH BODIES. FOUR NEW DEFENSIVE FRONT. >> Rece: SMOTHERS, HOMETOWN GUY. STARTED HIS CAREER AT OKLAHOMA BEFORE COMING HERE. GAINS OF 28, 15, AND 12 ON THIS DRIVE. BACK TO SMOTHERS. DANCING FREE. SMOTHERS INSIDE THE 20. AND HE PICKS UP ABOUT FOUR. >> Kirk: THAT TIME, THAT WAS SMOTHERS. IT WASN'T A LOT OF ROOM THAT TIME, BUT A GREAT JOB WITH HIS LATERAL QUICKNESS, SOME JUMP CUTS THERE. I DIDN'T THINK THAT PLAY HAD MUCH TO GET ANY POSITIVE YARDS AT ALL, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY THERE, JUST HIS INSTINCTS, TURNS -- LOOKS LIKE A PLAY MAYBE FOR A YARD OR TWO, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SECOND AND SIX? >> Rece: WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. AND WATERS HAS RETURNED, AS SMOTHERS HAS EARNED A BREATHER. HE'S HAD SOME BIG ONES ON THIS DRIVE. >> Kirk: CONCEPCION HERE. >> Rece: IT'S A PICK! McCALL WAS INACCURATE. IT'S PICKED OFF BY WILL BROOKS. THE WALK-ON IS RUNNING. THE WALK-ON IS RUNNING IN. FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE -- GIVE HIM SIX! WILL BROOKS MADE HIS NAME WITH SPECIAL TEAM VALUE. STILL A WALK-ON ON THIS TEAM. AND WHAT A PLAY HE MADE, TAKING IT TO THE HOUSE. THEY'RE CALLING IT AN 85-YARD INTERCEPTION AND RETURN. >> Kirk: TIM BANKS HAS TO BE PROUD OF THIS DEFENSE. THEY WERE BENDING THERE, BUT THEY DID NOT BREAK. HERE'S THE TIGHT END, JOLY, WHO COMES IN MOTION. AND HERE'S THE SAFETY, WHO MAKES THIS GREAT PLAY. WATCH HIM JUST SIT AND READ. HE'S A LITTLE BIT IN NO MAN'S LAND, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE BALL EITHER TO THE OUTSIDE TO 10 CONCEPCION, OR TO JOLY. GREAT JOB RIGHT HERE BY 19. LOOK AT THAT. GOOD JOB OF JUMPING IT. I THINK THAT FORCED THE BALL TO GO UP AND OVER. JOSEPH DOES A NICE JOB RIGHT THERE, TIMING THAT, AND McCALL MAKES A MISTAKE, JUST KIND OF -- I DON'T KNOW IF HE JUST KIND OF JUMP PASSED THAT OR WHATEVER THAT WAS, BUT THE BALL JUST FLOATS OVERTOP OF JOLY, RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF WILL BROOKS. AND AS YOU SAID, THE FORMER WALK-ON, HIS EYES JUST LIT UP. SHOWS YOU THE SPEED AFTER THAT INTERCEPTION. >> Rece: TALKING TO THE GREAT BILL MARTIN, CLARIFYING THAT WILL IS STILL A WALK-ON, FIFTH-YEAR GUY FROM BIRMINGHAM. THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH OF A PLAY TO PUT HIM ON SCHOLARSHIP, AT LEAST FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON? >> Kirk: HE'S STARTING BACK IN THAT SECONDARY. IT JUST FELT LIKE NORTH CAROLINA STATE, RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, THEY'RE GAINING SOME CONFIDENCE, THEY REALLY GOT IN A POSITION THERE. AND WHEN THEY MOVED CONCEPCION, YOU THOUGHT, OKAY, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BALL TO 10. JOE SEVSEPHS WENT UP AND MADE T BALL KIND OF FLOAT OVERTOP FOR THE INTENDED RECEIVER, AND 35'S RIGHT THERE. >> Rece: ALL RIGHT, SO, WE HAVE A DELAY RIGHT NOW, TENNESSEE IS ATTENDING TO NUMBER 75, JACKSON LAMPLEY, WHO WAS HURT ON THE POINT AFTER ATTEMPT. VOLUNTEER TRAINING STAFF OUT HAVING A LOOK AT HIS LEFT LEG RIGHT NOW. THAT WAS THE FIRST CAREER INTERCEPTION FOR BROOKS, AND IT IS A MOST MEMORABLE ONE. >> Kirk: NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. >> Rece: McCALL HAS NOW THROWN AN INTERCEPTION IN EACH GAME, AND ONE OF THE MANY OUTSTANDING THINGS HE DID DURING HIS CAREER AT COASTAL CAROLINA WAS NOT THROW MANY OF THOSE. THREE YEARS, 88 TOUCHDOWNS, ONLY 14 INTERCEPTIONS. BUT HE'S HAD ONE IN EACH OF HIS FIRST TWO STARTS FOR THE WOLFPACK. >> Kirk: THEY HAD THAT TRICK PLAY TO CONCEPCION WITH THAT UNUSUAL FORMATION, AND THEN THEY RAN THE BALL. AND RAN THE BALL. AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE IN POSITION, VERY LEAST, TO CUT INTO THIS LEAD WITH A FIELD GOAL, MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO GET A TOUCHDOWN. AND THEN THE HUGE TURNOVER. >> Rece: NOW IT'S GOING TO BE INCUMBENT ON THE WOLFPACK OFFENSE TO TRY TO REGAIN A LITTLE MOMENTUM IN THE FINAL 3:29 OF THIS FIRST HALF. BECAUSE TENNESSEE'S GOING TO GET THE BALL FIRST. START THE SECOND HALF. NORTH CAROLINA STATE NEEDS TO HAVE SOME PRODUCTIVITY BEFORE WE GO TO THE HALFTIME BREAK. McCALL HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF BATTLES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THAT'S A GUY YOU WANT LEADING YOU OUT THERE. BUT THEY'RE UP AGAINST IT NOW, DOWN TWO TOUCHDOWNS. AND UNTIL THAT LAST DRIVE, NOT A LOT OF EXPLOSIVE PLAYS TO SHOW FOR IT. GREAT HEADS UP PLAY BY BROOKS. AND NOW, A MAN WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL ON THE DRIVE FOR NC STATE, HOLLYWOOD SMOTHERS, BACK TO RETURN IT. THE BALL HIT SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE. SMOTHERS MISPLAYED THAT, AND THINGS ARE LOOKING BAD RIGHT NOW, AS THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF ERRORS FOR THE WOLFPACK, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PINNED IN THE SHADOW OF THEIR OWN GOAL POST. HOLLYWOOD THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BOUNCE INTO THE END ZONE, AND IT DOESN'T. >> Kirk: YEAH, THAT WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION. THEY'RE BOTH KIND OF LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. SMOTHERS, YOU CAN'T SEE RAPHAEL, BUT THAT BALL LANDS AT ABOUT THE 1 YARD LINE. AND BOUNCES BACKWARDS, BACK INTO PLAY. NC STATE, VERY FORTUNATE THEY GOT THAT BALL BACK. NOW THEY'RE AT THEIR OWN 8 YARD LINE. >> Rece: WHEN IN DOUBT, CATCH THE THING. THE SECOND DRIVE THAT THE WOLFPACK WILL START 92 YARDS AWAY FROM THE END ZONE. SEE WHAT McCALL HAS NOW. THINK TENNESSEE IS GOING TO RACHET UP THE PRESSURE. INSIDE HANDOFF. NOT MUCH THERE. KENDRICK RAPHAEL. >> Kirk: YOU MENTIONED THIS IS A BIG SET OF DOWNS FOR NORTH CAROLINA STATE. YOU COULD FLIP THAT THE OTHER WAY AND SAY, THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE, UP 17-3, THREE MINUTES TO GO, HAVE THEM PINNED BACK, GET INTO ATTACK MODE HERE, TRY TO CREATE ANOTHER TURNOVER, AT THE VERY LEAST, TRY TO GET A PUNT HERE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME. HOW QUICKLY THEY MOVE THE BALL? CHANCE TO GET MORE POINTS ON THE BOARD. >> Rece: REMEMBER, IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS YEAR, THE TWO-MINUTE TIME-OUT. TENNESSEE WOULD HAVE TO EXPEND ALL OF THEIR TIME-OUTS TO SAVE THE CLOCK. BACK TO THE GROUND. PUSHING HIS WAY FORWARD IS RAPHAEL. WILL BE SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN. UP ACROSS THE 15. THEY'LL NEED TWO OR SO TO MOVE THE STICKS. >> Kirk: YOU NOTICE THEY'RE NOT IN MY HURRY AT ALL HERE. NOT JUST TRYING TO GET THIS FIRST DOWN, BUT TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN HERE, IF THEY CONVERT, WORK -- CONTINUE TO WORK SOME MORE CLOCK. >> Rece: SEE IF GRAYSON McCALL JUST LETS IT WIND DOWN. THEY CAN LET IT GO TO TWO MINUTES IF THEY CHOOSE. THEY'LL GET THE PLAY OFF. SMOTHERS HAS IT ON THE LITTLE SCREEN. HOLLYWOOD GETS AWAY FROM ONE, BUT HE DOES NOT GET AWAY FROM BIG O, OMARI THOMAS, AND THAT IS WHERE WE WILL REACH THE TWO-MINUTE TIME-OUT, WITH A FOURTH DOWN COMING FOR NORTH CAROLINA STATE. 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Hmmm If we want people to understand how Aflac helps close that gap, we've got to get you to think bigger, Coach. Ahhhhh. You gotta be kidding me. Get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover. Aflac is an official sponsor of ESPN College Gameday. Miss Terry's not gonna like this. Trouble! >> Rece: RECE DAVIS, KIRK HERBSTREIT, HOLLY ROWE WITH YOU. SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. THE DUKE'S MAYO CLASSIC IN CHARLOTTE. WE'RE AT THE TWO-MINUTE TIME-OUT. 1:56, TO BE PRECISE. TENNESSEE ABOUT TO GET THE BALL BACK, UP TOUCHDOWNS, AS CADEN NOONKESTER IS STANDING JUST OUTSIDE OF HIS OWN END ZONE PREPARING TO PUNT IT AWAY. SQUIRREL WHITE, BIG RECEPTION IN THIS GAME, BACK TO RETURN FOR THE VOLS. NOONKESTER SPIRAL, SQUIRREL TAKES IT AT THE 40. SQUIRREL ACROSS THE 50, INTO WOLFPACK TERRITORY. STRONG RETURN THERE, AS HE GETS IT TO ABOUT THE 44. RETURN OF 15, AS WE CHECK IN WITH KEVIN NEGANDHI. >> FORD HALFTIME REPORT WITH BOOGER McFARLAND RIGHT IN FRONT OF UP. THE STUNNING HOME LOSS TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS. PLUS, NICK SABAN HONORED. WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS IN TUSCALOOSA. A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TENNESSEE'S OFFENSE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THEIR DEFENSE TONIGHT? >> IT'S BEEN OUTSTANDING, HOLDING NC STATE TO MINIMAL YARDS. I LOVE THE WAY THE LINE IS PLAYING. AS LONG AS THAT LINE DOMINATES, TENNESSEE'S DEFENSE IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. >> PLUS AN OLD SCHOOL BIG EIGHT RIVALRY. NEBRASKA/COLORADO. HIGHLIGHTS COMING UP. >> Kirk: BOOG, YOU WOULD LOVE THIS INTERIOR DEFENSIVE LINE AND THE DEPTH, AS YOU KNOW, WATCHING THIS GAME, THEY JUST KEEP ROTATING. THEY'RE ROTATING SIX GUYS AT THESE TWO POSITIONS. >> Rece: SAMPSON. SAMPSON INSIDE THE 40. HE'S DONE REALLY NICE JOB IN FINDING CREASES. PICKUP OF SEVEN OR EIGHT. >> Kirk: AN ETERNITY WITH THIS OFFENSE WITH 1:30 TO GO. WE TALKED ABOUT OPPORTUNITY FOR TENNESSEE TO GET A STOP. YOU JUST KNOW THEY WANT A TOUCHDOWN ON THIS DRIVE. >> Rece: SAMPSON PICKS UP THE FIRST DOWN. CLOCK WILL STOP JUST LONG ENOUGH TO MOVE THE CHAINS. TENNESSEE WITH ALL THREE TIME-OUTS AND PLENTY OF TIME, AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH THE PACE AT WHICH THEY PLAY. >> Kirk: BIG OFFENSIVE LINE LEANING ON THAT 3-3-5. BE CAREFUL GETTING LULLED TO SLEEP, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY HIT YOU WITH THAT VERTICAL SEAM. CREATE A MATCH-UP IN THE SLOT AGAINST FITZGERALD. >> Rece: KEEB IT ON THE GROUND. SAMPSON CRASHES DOWN TO THE 25. BUT THERE'S A FLAG ON THE FAR SIDE. LOOKS CONSPICUOUSLY AS IF IT COULD BE HOLDING. >> Referee: HOLDING. OFFENSE, NUMBER 19. TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT. STILL SECOND DOWN. >> Rece: HOLDEN STAES CALLED FOR THE HOLD. >> Kirk: HE LOCKED UP BROWN, TRYING TO FILL IN FOR PAYTON WILSON, VERY TALENTED PLAYER. A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE THAT BALL BOUNCE, YOU WONDER HOW THAT EDGE GOT SET. THAT TIME, THERE WAS THE HOLD CALL. GOOD CALL. TENNESSEE'S MORE FOCUSED ON THE TIME THAN NECESSARILY THE DOWN AND THE DISTANCE. >> Rece: PAYTON WILSON, YOU MENTIONED, BUTKUS AWARD-WINNER, THIRD ROUND PICK OF THE STEELERS, WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER IF NOT FOR HIS INJURY HISTORY. JUST AN OUTSTANDING LINEBACKER. SHOVEL PASS -- AND THIS TIME, NORTH CAROLINA STATE HAD ITS SNIFFED OUT. AND THE BIG PLAY BY BROWN. >> Kirk: YEAH, BROWN AND FORDHAM HAD THAT PLAY LEVERAGED. NO MATTER WHICH WAY THEY WERE GOING TO GO. THEY'VE GIVEN UP SOME PLAYS, GIVEN UP SOME YARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR PLAY, BUT THIS TIME, WATCH THEM WALK UP. AND THEY'RE ALMOST ANTICIPATING THIS. WAITING FOR THAT LITTLE QUICK THROW. PROBABLY READING THE OFFENSIVE LINE. MAYBE THEY TIP THAT OFF. BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB ALMOST JUST WAITING FOR THAT BALL TO BE FLIPPED AND THEN MAKING THE TACKLE. >> Rece: KIRK, WE'RE DOWN TO 33 SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF, AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE, AFTER THAT PICK SIX THAT GRAYSON McCALL THREW TO WILL BROOKS, STAGGERED A BIT. REALLY IMPORTANT FOR DOEREN'S TEAM TO TRY TO KEEP TENNESSEE OFF THE BOARD RIGHT HERE BEFORE THE HAPPEN. >> Kirk: YEAH, LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN, TENNESSEE DEFERRED, SO, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF. AND TOUCHDOWN HERE TO GO TO 24-3 WITH TENNESSEE GETTING THE BALL -- YOU AND I WILL BE BREAKING DOWN OTHER GAMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK. BUT IF THEY CAN GET A STOP HERE, WE'RE STILL IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME, AS FAR AS SEEING HOW COMPETITIVE IT CAN BE. >> Rece: COUNT ME IN FOR THIS GAME BEING COMPETITIVE. NOT THAT WE ROOT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, WE ROOT FOR STORIES, WE ROOT FOR TIGHT GAMES. LIKE WE HAD SUNDAY NIGHT BETWEEN USC AND LSU. AND WE MAY STILL WIND UP WITH HERE TONIGHT, AS THE WOLFPACK DEFENSE HAS PUSHED TENNESSEE BACK. A LITTLE HELP FROM A PENALTY. GOOD PLAY ON THE SHOVEL PASS, AND NOW IT'S SECOND AND 21, WITH JUST OVER A HALF MINUTE TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF. >> Referee: TIME-OUT, NC STATE. THEIR SECOND TIME-OUT OF THE HALF. 30-SECOND TIME-OUT. >> Rece: NC STATE CALLING THE TIME-OUT HERE. WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP TENNESSEE OUT OF SCORING RANGE. GOING TO SEE A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS COMING UP A HALFTIME. RIGHT NOW, NEBRASKA IS REALLY TURNING UP THE HEAT AGAINST COLORADO. AND WE'LL SHOW A LITTLE MORE IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT THAT NOTRE DAME RESULT TODAY, THE LOSS TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS, WAS STUNNING. >> Kirk: IT REALLY WAS. ONE OF THOSE GAMES, SOMETIMES YOU WATCH WEEK ONE, WEEK TWO, AS HARD AS THE COACHES TRY TO WARN PLAYERS AGAINST RESPECT YOUR OPPONENT, IT'S JUST HUMAN NATURE. NOTRE DAME WITH SUCH A BIG GAME LAST WEEK. I'M NOT SAYING THEY WEREN'T PREPARED, OF COURSE THEY WERE. YOU HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT, IF YOU WATCHED THAT GAME. THEY STOOD RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, WENT TOE TO TOE WITH NOTRE DAME THAT ENTIRE GAME, SO, GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT. BUT -- WE JUST -- LOOK AT NOTRE DAME LAST WEEK THINKING, BOY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FAVORED IN EVERY GAME THEY PLAY. >> Rece: HUSKIES FIRST WIN AGAINST A TOP TEN OPPONENT. DAVE DOEREN, NC STATE COACH, USED TO BE THE COACH AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS, COACHED THEM TO AN ORANGE BOWL, HE DIDN'T COACH IN THE BOWL, BECAUSE HE TOOK THE NC STATE JOB, BUT HAD SOME BIG MOMENTS, AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY AS BIG AS THEY'VE HAD. TRYING TO RUN A LITTLE TUNNEL OUT THERE, IAMALEAVA FINDS KALEB WEBB. AND HE PICKS UP A FEW, BUT -- RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS AND JOSH HEUPEL RIGHT THERE WITH HAD OFFICIAL, SEEING IF THE CLOCK WAS GOING TO BE STOPPED FOR OUT OF BOUNDS. NEEDS A TIME-OUT. AND THE VOLS WILL HAVE ONE MORE TIME-OUT LEFT IN THE HALF, AS THEY TRY TO AT LEAST GET INTO FIELD GOAL RANGE, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WEEK'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKS, BROUGHT TO YOU BY VRBO. THE AP POLL, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE RANKS WILL COME OUT MUCH LATER IN THE SEASON. >> Kirk: REMEMBER, ALABAMA HAD THAT SCARE LAST YEAR IN TAMPA AGAINST SOUTH FLORIDA WHEN THEY BENCHED JALEN MILROE, AND AFTER THAT GAME, HE TOOK OVER AND EVENTUALLY GOT ON TRACK. YOU CAN SEE, 14-6 THERE. TEXAS WITH SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE WIN. WE WERE THERE WITH "COLLEGE GAME DAY", ON THE FIELD, WATCHING THE GAME. THE PLACE WAS ELECTRIC. AND SARK AND QUINN EWERS AND COMPANY KIND OF WALKED INTO THAT AND JUST SCORED EARLY, TOOK THE CROWD OUT OF THE GAME, AND I THINK JUST SHOWED THEY'RE ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. JUST AN ALL-AROUND SOUND PERFORMANCE BY THE LONGHORNS. >> Rece: I WOULD SAY THAT FIRST TWO WEEKS IN, WE KNOW GEORGIA'S EXCELLENT, WE KNOW TEXAS IS EXCELLENT, AND WE SUSPECT THAT OHIO STATE IS, THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN TESTED. EVERYBODY ELSE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY AND PROVE THEMSELVES. >> Kirk: YEAH. YEAH. >> Rece: THIRD DOWN AND 13. 22 TICKS REMAINING HERE IN THE FIRST HALF. TENNESSEE TRYING TO PUT SOME MORE POINTS ON THE BOARD. THEY KEEP IT ON THE GROUND. SAMPSON WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY BRANDON CLEVELAND. THAT WILL BRING UP FOURTH DOWN. AND A CHANCE FOR JOSH HEUPEL'S SQUAD TO KICK A FIELD GOAL. >> Kirk: YEAH. I THINK THAT ENTIRE DRIVE, ONCE THEY GOT BEHIND THE STICKS, IT WAS A MATTER OF TRYING TO GET INTO FIELD GOAL RANGE, USE THIS LAST TIME-OUT AND TRY TO GET THREE POINTS, BE UP 20-3 AT HALF. >> Rece: AS WE'VE MENTIONED, NC STATE TOOK THE OPENING KICKOFF, HELD THE BALL A LONG TIME, NOT ABLE TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD, SO -- THIS IS A DOUBLE OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE VOLS. >> Kirk: AS WE LOOK BACK AT JUST THE FIRST HALF, THAT DRIVE, WHERE THEY POSSESSED THE BALL, DID A NICE JOB OF MOVING IT DOWN, UNABLE TO COME AWAY WITH ANY POINTS, AND THEN THE PICK SIX. YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO OFFENSIVE POSSESSIONS FOR NORTH CAROLINA STATE, THEY GOT TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, BUT IF YOU'RE A VOLS FAN, YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS ABOUT OUR DEFENSE MAKING PLAYS AND THEY'RE RIGHT. >> Rece: BIG PLAY BY WILL BROOKS, FOR SURE. LOOKED LIKE NC STATE HAD THE MOMENTUM GOING IN TO TIE THE GAME, 85-YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THIS MARGIN, AS MAX GILBERT HAS MADE ONE FROM 32 TONIGHT, AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE 45. IT WOULD BE A CAREER LONG IF MAX CAN KNOCK IT THROUGH. AND NC STATE -- HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? CAN'T CARRY THEM OVER. NO POINT IN -- NO POINT IN WASTING THEM, SO, DOEREN WILL USE HIS FINAL TIME-OUT. HERE LATE IN THE FIRST HALF. WE GOT A RACE TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF, IN A CITY THAT LOVES TO RACE, AND THROUGHOUT THE FOUR-TEAM PLAYOFF ERA, IT WAS LARGELY, YOU KNOW, FOUR-CAR RACE, IT GOT THERE AND DOMINATED BY THE S.E.C. AND CLEMSON WITH A BACK-END BIG TEN TITLES ON THE OTHER END WITH OHIO STATE AND MICHIGAN. BUT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME RACING DEALS. RUBBING IS RACING, BUMPER CARS. AND PEOPLE THAT ARE MAYBE IN THE PAST WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN WITH A LOSS OR TWO ARE IN CONSIDERATION NOW. TENNESSEE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE, IF THEY CAN GET IT GOING. YOU SEE BUBBA WALLACE, KNOWS A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT SWAPPING PAINT. >> Kirk: YEAH, YEAH, I LIKE THAT. A LOT MORE CARS OUT THERE ON THE TRACK. >> Rece: A WISE MAN ONCE SAID, IF YOU AIN'T FIRST, YOU'RE LAST. HERE'S GILBERT FROM 45 TO TRY TO STRETCH THE TENNESSEE LEAD TO 17. KICK IS ON THE WAY -- AND THAT IS A CAREER LONG. AND THE VOLUNTEERS HEAD TO THE LOCKER ROOM ON A HIGH NOTE. GRAYSON McCALL HAD SOME MOMENTS, HAD THE TOUGH PICK SIX INTERCEPTION, AND DOEREN HAS TO RALLY IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Kirk: THAT'S TEN STRAIGHT QUARTERS WITHOUT ALLOWING A TOUCHDOWN. GO BACK TO THEIR BOWL GAME IN THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS, SECOND-LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK IN FBS. >> Rece: HOLLY ROWE WITH JOSH HEUPEL. >> Holly: COACH, YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME GREAT SITUATIONS, BUT AN 85-YARD PICK SIX. HOW DOES THAT IMPROVE ONE'S CHANCES TO GET ON SCHOLARSHIP? >> AH -- REALLY LIKE THE WAY OUR DEFENSE IS PLAYING RIGHT NOW. PLAYING ASSIGNMENT SOUND FOR MOST OF IT. NEED TO START FASTER IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Holly: NICO HAS LOOKED GOOD SO FAR TONIGHT. HOW DO YOU ASSESS HIS START? >> HE'S PLAYED WELL. BEEN ACCURATE MOST OF THE NIGHT. MISSED THE ONE OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD, BUT WE COME BACK, PLAY SMART FOOTBALL, PLAY AGGRESSIVE AND PLAY FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES. >> Holly: THANK YOU, COACH. >> THANK YOU. >> Rece: HOLLY, JOSH WITH THE BLINDSIDE BLITZ AND GOT HIM TO GRIN FOR A MOMENT. DIDN'T COMMIT TO THE SCHOLARSHIP, THOUGH HE MIGHT. THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST HALF IN CHARLOTTE. TENNESSEE UP 20-3 ON NC STATE. 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It takes a Volunteer. ♪♪ >>> WELCOME TO THE FORD HALFTIME REPORT. >>> IT'S BEEN THE DEFENSE AND THE RUNNING ATTACK. DYLAN SAMPSON, THE TOUCHDOWN, THE VOLUNTEERS UP 20-3 IN CHARLOTTE. >> GRAYSON McCALL HASN'T PLAYED WELL. >> ON ESPN RIGHT NOW, NICK SABAN, OUR COLLEAGUE, SAW HIM ON "GAME DAY" IN ANN ARBOR. NOW IN TUSCALOOSA, BEING HONORED. NICK SABAN FIELD AT BRIAN DENNY STADIUM. ALABAMA ON THE FIELD TAKING ON USF. JALEN MILROE, TWO TOUCHDOWNS ON THE GROUND. BUT REALLY, A YEAR AGO, BENCHED AGAINST USF, AND HE'S STRUGGLING HERE. THIS OFFENSE IS STRUGGLING IN GENERAL AGAINST THE BULLS. >> NO DOUBT, THIS DEFENSE, THEY GOT AFTER HIM A YEAR AGO, THEY ARE GETTING AFTER HIM RIGHT NOW. YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM A SHOUTOUT. THE OFFENSE HASN'T GELLED QUITE YET. >> 14-6, THAT GAME RIGHT NOW IN THE THIRD QUARTER OVER ON ESPN. HE'S BOOGER McFARLAND, I'M KEVIN NEGANDHI. THE BIG SHOCK TODAY HAPPENED IN SOUTH BEND. NUMBER FIVE NOTRE DAME TAKING ON NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND RILEY LEONARD, HE'LL GO IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. THE TRANSFER FROM DUKE, SECOND START, FIRST EVER IN SOUTH BEND. HE GOES IN, IT'S 7-0. BUT HERE COMES NORTHERN ILLINOIS. ETHAN HAMPTON TO ONTARIO BROWN, WHO WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE OFFENSIVELY. THE TOUCHDOWN. >> JUST A BAD ANGLE BY THE DB. HE WENT FOR THE PICK AND NOT THE TACKLE. EASY TOUCHDOWN. RIGHT NOW, NORTHERN ILLINOIS IS BELIEVES. >> HERE COMES JEREMIAH LOVE, AND THERE HE GOES. THE HURDLE. 34 YARDS TO THE HOUSE. THE IRISH UP BY ONE. BUT THIS CAN'T HAPPEN. UNDER SIX MINUTES LEFT. SECOND AND ONE. LEONARD, HE'S PICKED OFF BY OMARION KNIGHTON. >> ALL THE CARDINAL SINS OF A QUARTERBACK. RILEY LEONARD STRUGGLED SO FAR THIS SEASON. >> THAT WOULD SET UP CANNON WOODALL. KICKING THE FIELD GOAL. >> IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTY TONIGHT AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS. AND NUMBER 92 IS GOING TO LEAD IT. >> YEAH. MITCH JETER, HE THOUGHT MAYBE -- WELL, 62 YARDS, NO SHOT. >> YEAH. >> THE SHOCKER -- NORTHERN ILLINOIS, THOMAS HAMMOCK, YOU CAN CELEBRATE, AND YOU CAN TALK. >> I'M SO PROUD OF OUR KIDS, THE COACHES, JUST EVERYBODY. THEY BELIEVED. THEY -- THEY BELIEVED. AND WE CAME HERE, GOT IT DONE. THEY LISTENED TO WHAT I SAID. I TOLD THEM ALL WEEK, WE DON'T NEED LUCK. WE JUST GOT TO BE OUR BEST. AND THEY WAS THEY BEST TODAY, AND WE WAS ABLE TO GET IT DONE. >> I'VE ALWAYS SAID, PERFORMANCE IS A REFLECTION OF PREPARATION, AND YOU KNOW, SO, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE FAILED IN PREPARATION, BUT IT'S DISAPPOINTING. YOU KNOW, YOU GO FROM THE HIGHEST OF HIGHS TO THE LOWEST OF LOWS IN A TALE OF TWO WEEKS, BUT WE GOT TO OWN THIS THING. >> IRISH WERE FOUR-TOUCHDOWN FAVORITES ENTERING THIS GAME. THE FIRST EVER TOP TEN VICTORY FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS. GREAT FOR THEM. WHEN YOU LOOK, THOUGH, AT THE FIGHTING IRISH HERE, WHERE'S THE OFFENSE? WHERE IS THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS? THERE'S NOTHING DYNAMIC. >> THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECTION BETWEEN THEIR NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND RILEY LEONARD. HE KNEW WHAT JADEN DID WELL AT LSU AND HE WON THE HEISMAN. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A DISCONNECT. WHEN RILEY THROWS THE FOOTBALL DOWN THE FIELD, IT'S BEING PICKED OFF. THE UNDERNEATH PASSING GAME IS NOT THERE. THEY HAVE TO GET LEONARD ON THE MOVE. HE SEEMS MORE COMFORTABLE. THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN, RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. HE SEEMS MORE COMFORTABLE ON THE MOVE. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BACK THE DEFENSES UP. >> BY THE WAY, THE OFFENSE MOVED IN THAT WIN AGAINST A&M BAUND RILEY LEONARD RAN WITH THE FOOTBALL. >> EXACTLY. NO TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES FOR RILEY LEONARD, AS A FIGHTING IRISH QUARTERBACK. >>> MEANWHILE, 111,000 IN THE BIG HOUSE, WATCHING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS TAKE ON TEXAS. ALL-TIME UNIFORM GAME. AND IT'S THE SECOND TIME THESE TWO TEAMS AND PROGRAMS HAVE MET ALL-TIME. QUINN EWERS TO GUNNAR HELM. >> THE MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF THE POCKET, ON THE MOVE, ACCURACY. HE HAD MICHIGAN OFFBALANCE ALL DAY LONG. >> RYAN WINGO, THE FRESHMAN. MAN, HE HAS A GREAT FEATURE THAT'S BRIGHT WITH ARCH MANNING IN A FEW YEARS IN AUSTIN. 55 YARDS -- YEAH, TAKEN DOWN INSIDE, BUT EWERS THEN COMPLETES IT TO JADEN BLUE. AND HOW ABOUT THIS? IT'S TEXAS' LARGEST ROAD WIN AGAINST A TOP TEN TEAM SINCE 1979. >> MAN, I WAS -- I'M BEYOND PLEASED WITH HOW WE PLAYED, AND, AGAIN, COACH SARK HARPED ON HOW MUCH OUR POISE AND COMPOSURE WAS GOING TO HELP US IN THIS GAME, AND ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, WE STAYED POISED. WE HAD A COUPLE FALSE STARTS AND HOLDING PENALTIES, BUT OVERALL, I THINK WE PLAYED A PRETTY CLEAN GAME. WHENEVER WE PLAY CLEAN GAMES LIKE THAT, WE'RE A HARD TEAM TO STOP. >> KEEP AN EYE, OCTOBER 12th, THEY'VE GOT THE SOONERS FOR TEXAS, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THEY HOST GEORGIA, NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY. THEY GOT KENTUCKY NEXT WEEK, AND THEY HANDLED TENNESSEE TECH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, EVERYBODY GETS TO PLAY, EVERYBODY GETS A TOUCHDOWN. FIVE DIFFERENT PLAYERS CAUGHT A TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM CARSON BECK. >> IT'S A STAT GAME. YOU WANT TO GET OUT, GET YOUR NUMBERS, GET YOUR TOUCHDOWNS, NOBODY GETS HURT, EVERYBODY GETS TO PLAY. WE GOING TO PARTY AFTER THE GAME. IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR THE BULLDOGS. >> YES, IT WAS. 41st STRAIGHT REGULAR SEASON VICTORY FOR THIS DOGS SQUAD. NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY, LEAVING NO DOUBT. >>> OHIO STATE HOSTING WESTERN MICHIGAN. TRUE FRESHMAN JEREMIAH SMITH. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE YAC. >> KEV, IT'S A SIMPLE CURL ROUTE. HE TAKES A CURL 70 YARDS. HE'S 6'3", 215, AND JUST OUTRAN THE ENTIRE DEFENSE. MIGHT BE THE BEST BUCKEYE RECEIVER EVER. REMEMBER I SAID THAT. >> EVER. THREE TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS FIRST SIX QUARTERS OF HIS CAREER. THEY ARE ROLLING, 35-0 AT THE HALF. >>> MEANWHILE, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A TEAM ROLLING, THAT IS BIG RED, NEBRASKA TAKING ON COLORADO. SHEDEUR SANDERS PICKED OFF RIGHT HERE BY TOMMY HILL. >> OH, NO. YOU CAN'T BE LATE. THIS IS -- HERE'S THE THING. WE CAME INTO THIS SEASON SAYING THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS GOING TO BE BETTER, IT'S NOT. >> 28-0, NEBRASKA AT THE BREAK. >>> THIS HALFTIME REPORT IS PRESENTED BY FORD. BUILT FORD PROUD. ♪(Voya)♪ There are some things that work better together. Like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. Voya provides tools that help you make the right investment and benefit choices. So you can reach today's financial goals And look forward to a more confident future. Voya, Well Planned, Well Invested, Well Protected. If anyone here today who has reasons why these two shouldn't be together. Stop, you can't do that. You can't watch football. Without Tostitos. Want one? I do. (♪♪) You may now dip the chip. Congratulations. What? Tostitos, the official chip and dip sponsor of the NFL. This isn't a commercial, this is our wedding. Guys, can I have one? Starving. >>> YOU'RE WATCHING THE FORD HALFTIME REPORT. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT UFC FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. >> I'M GOING TO PUT ON THE GREATEST LIVE SPORTS EVENT ANYBODY HAS EVER SEEN. >> THE SPHERE, ONE OF THE GREAT ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT. >>> MEANWHILE, WHAT IS GOING ON IN TUSCALOOSA? USF -- THIS IS MIGHTY CLOSE, BOOG. >> THEY ALWAYS PLAY THEM TOUGH. THEY PLAYED THEM TOUGH IN TAMPA. RIGHT NOW, THE BULLS DEFENSE IS GETTING AFTER JALEN MILROE. >> OKAY, IT'S 14-13. >>> MEANWHILE, NUMBER 18 LSU COMING OFF THAT TOUGH LOSS TO USC TAKING ON NICHOLLS. >> WHO? COMEN GUGGENHEIM. >> KEV, I THINK YOU CAN RUN FASTER THAN HIM. >> PUT IT IN THE GUGGENHEIM. RIGHT NOW, 23-21 ON ESPN+. >> THE NATIVES ARE RESTLESS. >>> MEANWHILE, CAM WARD COMING OFF THAT FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE IN THE SWAMP, TAKING ON FLORIDA A&M, THIS IS 2-0, AND WARD JUST TAKING HIS TIME AND HOW DOES HE GET OPEN? >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OWL ORANGE? >>> DON'T MIND IT. WHEN YOU WIN, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. RIGHT NOW, 56-9. >>> SPEAKING OF WINNING AND LOOKING GOOD. HENRY PARRISH JR., HE WAS AT OLE MISS, TRANSFERRED TO MIAMI, NOW HE'S BACK AT OLE MISS AND SCORING TOUCHDOWNS. HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN THIS ONE. >> IF THEY CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL, THIS OFFENSE BECOMES EVEN MORE DYNAMIC. >> AVERAGED 12 YARDS PER CARRY AND 165 YARDS. 52-3 IS YOUR FINAL. >>> YOU HEAR THAT MUSIC, "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL," CANNOT WAIT. AARON RODGERS, CAN YOU PLAY PAST FOUR PLAYS FOR THE JETS? TAKING ON THE NINERS IN THE BAY AREA. THAT GAME ON ABC, ESPN, "THE MANNING CAST" ON ESPN2. TUNE INTO THE JETS AND NINERS ON ESPN "MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL." FIND THIS AND EVERY LIVE EVENT WITH WHERE TO WATCH, ONLY ON THE ESPN APP AND ESPN.COM. JUST TAP THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LIVE SPORTS. >>> THIS HALFTIME REPORT IS PRESENTED BY FORD. BUILT FORD PROUD. Let's go to our next segment, "Fairest Calls," inspired by GEICO's fair and fast 24/7 claims service. Do we have to do the GEICO stuff while I'm here? Yep. We do. Let's play the clip. Holding. Number 53. 10-yard penalty. This literally happens every game. Can we just skip to the action!? Nope! Nothing but fair and fast claims, just like GEICO! Here's the next clip. But I don't wanna play the clip. Pass interference. Number 34. Wow. Doesn't get any fairer than this, boys. For savings and service, Get more with GEICO. Full-Time Fans, you give the season everything you've got. And I've got my eyes on you. I'm the Modelo Recruiter. And I'm rewarding the most passionate fans. Because that kind of dedication deserves a Modelo. ♪♪ >>> TIME NOW FOR OUR PRIME TIME PERFORMERS. I'M GOING TO START WITH KYLE McCORD. THE MUCH MALIGNED QUARTERBACK LEAVING OHIO STATE, GOING TO SYRACUSE. HOW ABOUT THIS? BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH 300 PASSING YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN THE OPENER FOR FRAN BROWN AT HOME IN THE DOME. THEY KNOCK OFF A TOP 25 TEAM, GEORGIA TECH, 31-28. >> HERE'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HIM, KEV. HE DIDN'T GET BITTER, HE GOT BETTER. HE'S STARRING AT SYRACUSE. >> CONGRATS TO THEM. FRAN BROWN AND IS THE ORANGE ARE 2-0. >>> KEV, FOR ME, I'M GOING WITH QUINN EWERS. 24 OF 36, THREE TOUCHDOWNS. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING WAS HIS LEADERSHIP. ON THE ROAD, IN THE BIG HOUSE, 100,000, HE SILENCED THEM ALL. HIS POCKET MOVEMENT, POISE, ACCURACY WAS WELL ON DISPLAY UP IN THE BIG HOUSE. >> TEXAS LOOKS REALLY GOOD. BIG SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF THEM IN OCTOBER. YOU KNOW, OUR PRIME TIME PERFORMER COLLECTIVELY, THE ENTIRE NORTHERN ILLINOIS TEAM, TAKING DOWN NUMBER FIVE NOTRE DAME IN SOUTH BEND. >> HOW ABOUT THEIR DEFENSE? THEY HELD NOTRE DAME TO 246 YARDS. AND WHEN THE KICKER GETS TO CAMPUS TONIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE A PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG. >> YES. THE PAYOUT, $1.4 MILLION -- >> NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK. >> AND THE W. HEY. ALSO A PRIME TIME PERFORMER, 45 YEARS AGO, ESPN STARTED IN A SMALL TOWN OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! >> Rece: WELCOME BACK TO CHARLOTTE AND THE DUKE'S MAYO CLASSIC. THIS IS SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, PRESENTED BY CAPITAL ONE, ABOUT TO START THE THIRD QUARTER. TENNESSEE WITH A 20-3 LEAD ON NORTH CAROLINA STATE. RECE DAVIS, KIRK HERBSTREIT, HOLLY ROWE WITH YOU. NORTH CAROLINA STATE FOUGHT FOR AWHILE. NOW DOWN 17. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SECOND HALF? >> Kirk: YEAH, THAT PICK SIX, OBVIOUSLY A DAGGER. MOVING IN WITH A CHANCE TO MAYBE PUT A TOUCHDOWN ON THE BOARD. AND THEN YOU FLIP IT THE OTHER WAY. IT'S ALMOST A 14-POINT SWING. BIGGEST THING THEY HAVE TO DO, WITH A DAVE DOEREN TYPE OF DEFENSE, OR TEAM, IS THEIR DEFENSE. VOLS GET THE BALL TO START THINGS OFF. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THEIR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND TRY TO LOOK FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITIES. AND I JUST THINK IT'S ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA STATE'S GOT TO CATCH A BREAK. LET'S BE HONEST. LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD, THE WAY THEIR OFFENSE IS. THE ONLY WAY THEY GET BACK INTO THIS GAME IS NOT JUST STOPS, THEY NEED SHORT FIELDS. THAT MEANS THEY NEED TURNOVERS. >> Rece: EACH TEAM RAN 31 PLAYS IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT TENNESSEE ALMOST DOUBLED THE YARDAGE THAT NORTH CAROLINA STATE HAD. THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE 85-YARD PICK SIX. WE'VE TALKED OFFENSE, OFFENSE, OFFENSE, BUT YOU LOOK AT OUR PLAYBOOK, BROUGHT TO YOU BY MODELO. >> Kirk: YOU HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. JAMES PEARCE, HERE HE SHOWS YOU WHAT HE CAN DO, BEING ABLE TO DEFEND THE RUN. THE SPEED AND THE EFFORT OF THIS GET FENCE. LOOK AT OMARI THOMAS HERE. THAT'S A THIRD DOWN PLAY. LOOK AT THE WHITE JER SISEYS FLG TO THE FOOTBALL. JOSEPHS GETS UP IN THE AIR. FORCES THAT ERRANT PASS. AND THERE'S THE SAFETY, WILL BROOKS, THAT TAKES IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE FOR THAT BIG PICK SIX FOR THIS TENNESSEE DEFENSE. SO, TIM BANKS, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, HAS TO BE VERY PLEASED WITH THIS DEFENSE. NOT JUST UP FRONT, BUT THE ENTIRE UNIT'S PLAYING GREAT. >> Rece: HEUPEL WILL TAKE THAT DEFENSE ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. TEN STRAIGHT QUARTERS WITHOUT A TOUCHDOWN. NONE LAST WEEK AGAINST CHATTANOOGA. THE SHOUTOUT IN THE BOWL GAME AGAINST IOWA. AND THE FIRST HALF HERE AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA STATE. COLLIN SMITH ABOUT TO PUT A FOOT TO IT. AND WE ARE UNDER WAY IN CHARLOTTE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF. BALL WILL GO INTO THE END ZONE, IT WILL COME OUT TO THE 25 FOR THE VOLS. HOLLY? >> Holly: DAVE DOEREN SAID, WE PUT OURSELVES IN A GOOD POSITION OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THEN SILLY MISTAKES END THE DRIVE. WE HAVE TO START COMING AWAY WITH POINTS. HE DOES LIKE HOW THEIR OFFENSE HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE CLOCK AND ON RATE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINISHING THE PLAY. >> Kirk: AND HOLLY, JUST TO SPEAK -- THE RED ZONE OPPORTUNITY, THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PICK SIX WHERE THEY WERE DRIVING TO SCORE, AND EARLIER IN THAT FIRST HALF, THEY WERE DOWN IN THE RED ZONE. CAME AWAY BOTH TIMES INSIDE THE 20 WITH NO POINTS. >> Rece: NOW TENNESSEE GOES TO WORK. FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK NICO IAMALEAVA. FIRST PASS OF THE SECOND HALF IS COMPLETE AND HE'LL PICK UP ABOUT FOUR. FINDING ETHAN DAVIS. >> Kirk: YEAH, HE HAD AN EFFICIENT FIRST HALF. HE HAD THE ONE INTERCEPTION, BUT 10 OF 14. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO QUITE YET HIT THOSE BIG PLAYS. HE HAD THE ONE DOWN THE LEFT SIDELINE, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT. THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING THE BALL. >> Rece: SAMPSON LOOKED LIKE HE HAD ROOM, BUT A GOOD CLOSE BY THE NC STATE DEFENSE TO BRING UP THIRD DOWN. THIS FEELS LIKE AN IMPORTANT THIRD DOWN. IAMALEAVA FLIPS IT OUT COMPLETE. TENNESSEE HAS THE FIRST DOWN. AND IT'S SQUIRREL WHITE WHO WILL SCOOT OUT OF BOUNDS WITH A FIRST DOWN FOR THE VOLS. >> Kirk: LET'S LOOK AT THIS REAL QUICK. HE GETS COMPLETELY LOST COMING FROM THE BACK SIDE. FAKE, BACK OUT IN THE FLAT. DEFENSE IS THINKING RUN. AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SLIDE HIM OUT. GREAT CALL THERE BY JOSH HEUPEL. >> Rece: 22 YARDS ON THE PICKUP. NC STATE HAD ONE DRIVE WITH A FEW EXPLOSIVE PLAYS. THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE. TENNESSEE'S BEEN ABLE TO RIP OFF CHUNKS OF YARDAGE JUST LIKE THAT. SAMPSON WAS HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE ON THAT FOOTBALL. >> Kirk: OFFENSIVE LINE FOR MOST OF THIS GAME, WITH NORTH CAROLINA STATE PLAYING THIS 3-3-5, THEY HAVE BEEN LIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. BECAUSE OF THAT, JOSH HEUPEL IS ALLOWING THEM TO DICTATE THE PLAY CALL. IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIGHT UP FRONT, NO PROBLEM. WE'LL RUN THE FOOTBALL. WE'LL HIT THE PASSES OUT QUICK. NORTH CAROLINA STATE ALMOST HAS, LIKE, KIND OF -- THEY'RE AGGRESSIVE, BUT BEND BUT DON'T BREAK. GIVE UP THE PASSES UNDERNEATH, JUST DON'T GIVE UP THE QUICK STRIKE. >> Rece: DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR TONY GIBSON IN HIS CAREER HAS HAD SUCCESS AGAINST THIS STYLE OF OFFENSE, BUT RIGHT NOW, TENNESSEE IS HAVING THE SUCCESS, AS SAMPSON SPINS HIS WAY INSIDE THE 30 DOWN TO THE 28. SHAWN BROWN STOPS HIM. >> Kirk: IF THIS OFFENSIVE LINE CAN STAY HEALTHY THIS YEAR, THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE MOST TEAMS THEY PLAY A LOT TO DEAL WITH. >> Rece: BACK TO THE GROUND AGAIN. BRING UP A THIRD DOWN, AS BRANDON CLEVELAND STOPS SAMPSON. >> Kirk: THEY HAVE BEEN JOE MOORE AWARD FINALISTS THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND THEY BRING FOUR OF THOSE STARTERS BACK FROM THAT OFFENSIVE LINE. MOVED JOHN CAMPBELL, WHO WAS A LEFT TACKLE, OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE. HE'S BACK FOR HIS SEVENTH YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. THEY BROUGHT IN LANCE HEARD, AS WELL. AN ABUNDANCE OF EXPERIENCE. AND THE REASON THEY'RE SO TOUGH, THEY CAN RUN THE BALL, AND WITH NICO, MORE EXPERIENCE HE'S GOING TO GAIN, EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE A PALANCED ATTACK. >> Rece: HEARD, A TRANSFER FROM LSU. AND THIS TIME, IT IS NORTH CAROLINA STATE WINNING THE BATTLE AT THE POINT OF ATTACK. SHAWN BROWN AGAIN, THE FIRST TO HIT HIM. >> Kirk: GREAT JOB BY SHAWN BROWN. THIS IS A GREAT JOB, UNDERSTANDING THE DOWN ANDY ANSWER, SO HE GOT DOWNHILL IN A HURRY. PLAYING THAT WILL LINEBACKER IN THIS DEFENSE. DEFENSE IS BUILT FOR HIM TO FLY AROUND AND MAKE PLAYS. HE DOES IT THERE. >> Rece: TENNESSEE ON FOURTH DOWN, THEY NEED THREE TO KEEP THE DRIVE GOING. HELMET COMMUNICATION'S OFF INSIDE 15 ON THE PLAY CLOCK. SEE IN NICO GETS IT OFF. HE DOES. IAMALEAVA WILL KEEP IT HIMSELF. NICO HAS THE FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE. >> Kirk: A HECK OF A BLOCK BY 87, LINED UP ON THAT LEFT SIDE. AND THIS GIVES YOU IDEA -- WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT HIS ATHLETICISM AND WHAT HE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE AS A QUARTERBACK. THEY SAVE IT FOR CRITICAL MOMENTS WHEN HE'S GOING TO USE HIS LEGS. >> Rece: LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE SNAP, AND NOW NICO TAKES A BIT OF A HIT. HE WENT DOWN. IT WILL BE DOWN RIGHT THERE. NO HARM, NO FOUL, EVERYBODY CONTINUING TO PLAY. >> Kirk: RECE HAS THE HAND UP, TAKE IT EASY. IAMALEAVA, HE REMINDS ME OF HENDON HOOKER. HE WAS A SPECIAL RUNNER IN THIS OFFENSE. AND IT GIVES YOU ANOTHER MAN TO ACCOUNT FOR WHEN THAT QUARTERBACK RUN GAME GETS GOING AND ANOTHER PLAYER, DEFENSIVE PLAYER, YOU HAVE TO BRING DOWN CLOSE TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, IF THEY GET THAT QUARTERBACK RUN GAME GOING. >> Rece: IAMALEAVA PULLS IT AND IT'S AN EASY TOUCHDOWN PASS TO MILES KITSELMAN. >> Kirk: YOU RUN THE BALL, YOU RUN THE BALL, THE DEFENSE, AS MUCH AS THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT RESPECTING WHAT THIS OFFENSE CAN DO WITH PLAY ACTION, YOU JUST LULLED THE SLEEP. TIGHT END'S RIGHT HERE. HE'S BEEN BLOCKING, DOING HIS JOB. HERE, THEY JUST SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF A HESITATION. BLOCKS THE IN-MAN, JUST FOR A BEAT. SAFETY COMES UP, THINKING IT'S A RUN -- NOBODY PICKS HIM UP. THAT'S A BLOWN ASSIGNMENT BY NORTH CAROLINA STATE. >> Rece: GETS IN THE END ZONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS CAREER. AND IT IS GOOD ON ROCKY TOP RIGHT NOW. BIG ORANGE UP BY 24. BIBIG G ORORANANGEGE U UP P BYB. [car horn] I'm the team mascot, and boy, am I running late. 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When other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host, Try one you have all to yourself. There's nothing chill about a hot sweaty line. Unless... you add mountain cold refreshment. Coors Light. Choose Chill. >> Rece: THERE IS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. IT WILL BE AWARDED MONDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 20th, IN ATLANTA. FIRST YEAR OF THE 12-TEAM COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF, AND RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, PARTICULARLY TODAY IN SOME OF THE GAMES THAT ARE STILL GOING ON RIGHT NOW, PRETTY WIDE OPEN RACE FOR THAT TROPHY, ASSUMING GEORGIA, TEXAS, AND OHIO STATE JUST DON'T POUND EVERYBODY IN THEIR PATH. >> Kirk: I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT USF, BUT ALABAMA IS ONCE AGAIN IN A BATTLE. >> Rece: COACHED BY FORMER TENNESSEE ASSISTANT ALEX GOLDEN. HOLLY. >> Holly: WHEN WE TALKED TO NIKKO E MALL SAY THIS WEEK, ASKED HIM ABOUT HIS DRIVE TO BE GREAT, HE SAID IT'S HIS FAMILY. HE IS THE THIRD CHILD OF EIGHT CHILDREN. AND HE SAID HIS FAMILY IS HIS EVERYTHING. HE'S VERY PROUD OF HIS POLYNESIAN HERITAGE. A CUSTOM THEY DO AND PERFORM IN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE GREW UP IN LONG BEACH. AND THAT IS HIS DAD, BIG NICK. HIS MOM IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, LOVING FAMILY, WHO HAS MADE NICO THE MAN THAT HE IS. HE SAID THAT DAD IS HARD ON HIM, BUT HE LOVES THAT HIS DAD MAKES HIM AS GREAT AS HE IS. >> Rece: HE'S CERTAINLY ENJOY WHAT HE'S SEEING TONIGHT, HOLLY. THINGS ARE STARTING TO UNRAVEL A LITTLE BIT FOR THE WOLFPACK. ON THAT KICKOFF, THEY HAD A PERSONAL FOUL CALLED ON THE RETURN TEAM, SO, THE LAST THING THEY NEED IS BAD FIELD POSITION, BUT THAT'S NOW WHAT THEY HAVE, AFTER THE PENALTY BACKS THEM UP HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL AFTER THE TOUCHBACK. STILL A LONG WAY TO GO. THEY NEED TO GET SOMETHING STARTED. AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. KIRK JUST SHOWED YOU HOW GREAT THAT D-LINE HAS BEEN, AND THEY COME UP BIG AGAIN. >> Kirk: JOSHUA JOSEPHS IS GOING TO BE A FUTURE STAR FOR THIS DEFENSE. YOU'LL SEE HIM MAINLY WHEN IT'S RUSHING DOWNS. HE'S A LITTLE BIT UNDERSIZED, BUT HERE, JUST GETS OFF A BLOCK AND DOES A NICE JOB PROTECTING THE EDGE OF THIS DEFENSE. 6'3", 245, A JUNIOR. HAD A GREAT CAMP, VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. YOU PUT HE AND JAMES PEARCE ON THE FIELD TOGETHER AS PASS RUSHERS, OH, A LOT OF SPEED. >> Rece: AND KNOCKED DOWN IMMEDIATELY AFTER CATCHING IT IS JUSTIN JOLY, AND THE FLAG'S GOING TO COME IN RIGHT THERE, AND THAT WAS NOT A SMART PLAY BY McCOY. >> Kirk: KEENAN PILI, MIDDLE LINEBACKER, 11 -- >> Referee: AFTER THE PLAY WAS OVER, PERSONAL FOUL, NUMBER 11. 15-YARD PENALTY FROM THE END OF THE RUN. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Rece: McCOY MADE THE GOOD PLAY, AND IT WAS PILI WHO MADE THE POOR ONE. >> Kirk: YEAH, JUST A HUSTLE PLAY WHERE HE JUST DIDN'T LET UP. YOU KNOW, HE'S THE LEADER OF THAT DEFENSE. NOBODY KNOWS BETTER THAN HIM. YOU HAVE THESE GUYS PINNED BACK. YOU PUT UP 27-3. HE'S A PLAYER THAT'S WORKED VERY HARD TO COME BACK FROM THAT INJURY IN THE OPENER LAST YEAR WITH THAT TRICEP. GREAT TO SEE HIM BACK. HE JUST MADE A MENTAL ERE ROAR THERE. >> Rece: REALLY EXCITED TO MAKE HIS DEBUT. THERE IS A FLAG DOWN ON THE PLAY, AS JOLY MAKES ANOTHER CATCH FOR THE WOLFPACK. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FLAG'S ABOUT. >> Referee: OFFSIDE, DEFENSE, NUMBER 90. THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED. RESULT OF THE PLAY IS A FIRST DOWN. >> Rece: WOLFPACK NEEDED THAT ONE TO GO IN THEIR FAVOR, AND IT DID. THEY HAVE MOVED IT UP TO THE 38. GRAYSON McCALL HAS CONNECTED ON 13 OUT OF 19. JUST 106 YARDS. JORDAN WATERS IN THE BACKFIELD, 4 OFIES ON THE NIGHT HAVE GONE FOR NEGATIVE YARDAGE. >> Referee: FALSE START. OFFENSE, NUMBER 56. FIVE-YARD PENALTY. STILL FIRST DOWN. >> Rece: THAT'S THE CENTER, ZEKE CORRELL, TRANSFERRED OVER FROM NOTRE DAME. THEY'VE COUNTED ON HIM TO STABILIZE THAT OFFENSIVE LINE. WILL BE FIRST AND 15 AS THE WOLFPACK TRIES TO GET SOMETHING GOING. McCALL. FEELING THE HEAT. NOW GETS RID OF IT. A FLAG COMES DOWN WE HIND THE PLAY. WATERS IS IN THE OPEN FIELD. HE GETS DOWN CLOSE TO THE 45 YARD LINE, BUT A FLAG WAS IN THE BACKFIELD. AND NOW THERE'S ANOTHER FLAG THROWN OVER CLOSE TO THE NC STATE SIDELINE. >> Kirk: ANTHONY CARTER, THE LEFT GUARD, ON THE HOLD. AND THEN ON THE TACKLE, LOOKED LIKE A HORSE COLLAR ON TENNESSEE. >> Rece: ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CREW OUT OF THE BIG TEN HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT BUSY. >> Referee: HOLDING. OFFENSE, NUMBER 75. TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT, REPEAT FIRST DOWN. THERE IS NO FOUL FOR A HORSE COLLAR TACKLE ON THE PLAY. >> Rece: THEY PICKED UP THE SECOND FLAG, AND THINGS NOT GOING THEIR WAY. >> Kirk: 75 RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE COMING THROUGH ON THE BLITZ. BEATS HIM, GETS TO THE EDGE. LOCKS UP THE JERSEY THERE. AND NC STATE GOING BACKWARDS AGAIN. >> Rece: IT HAS BEEN A LONG NIGHT FOR THE MOST PART FOR NC STATE, AND IT HAS PARTICULARLY BEEN A LONG SECOND HALF OF OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND FIRST HALF OF THE THIRD QUARTER. NOW NEEDING 25 ON FIRST DOWN. AND McCALL HAS THE BALL KNOCKED FREE AND TENNESSEE IS SIGNALING THAT THEY'VE GOT IT -- AND THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE MADE ANOTHER BIG PLAY, IT APPEARS -- AND THEY HAVE! >> Kirk: GRAYSON McCALL DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL. HE'S TRYING TO MAYBE POTENTIALLY GET IT OUT TO THE OUTSIDE TO RAPHAEL. GIFTS THE BALL AWAY FROM HIS BODY. BAILEY KNOCKS IT AWAY. BALL IS FREE. I THINK BAILEY FALLS ON TOP OF THAT FOR THE RECOVERY. SO -- HE KNOCKS IT LOOSE. SE SEES THAT BALL WITH ONE HAND. McCALL TRYING TO GET IT OUT THERE TO OUR RIGHT TO 0. ONCE HE GOT IT AWAY FROM HIS BODY, JUST GREAT AWARENESS BY THE BIG DEFENSIVE LINE. WHAT A GAME, AS ADVERTISED, THE TENNESSEE DEFENSIVE FRONT, COLLECTIVELY, HAS HAD. >> Rece: TENNESSEE ALREADY IN FIRM CONTROL CAN REALLY MAKE THE MOUNTAIN CLOSE TO INSURMOUNTABLE HERE AS THEY TURN THIS INTO A TOUCHDOWN, TAKING OVER AT THE 22 YARD LINE. IAMALEAVA LEADING THIS TENNESSEE OFFENSE. DONE A GOOD JOB RUNNING IT. SAMPSON'S BEEN A TOUGH RUNNER ALL NIGHT. AND HE'S GETTING UP CLOSE TO 100 YARDS ON THE EVENING. HE GOES OVER 90 WITH THAT CARRY. >> Kirk: HOW ABOUT IF YOU'RE A TENNESSEE FAN, YOU THINK BACK TO THE IOWA GAME, THE GAME AGAINST CHATTANOOGA, AND TONIGHT. THREE STARTS FOR THIS YOUNG QUARTERBACK, HE'S OUTSCORED THEM AS A TEAM 131-6. THAT'S A PROGRAM-ALTERING TALENT AT QUARTERBACK FOR TENNESSEE. >> Rece: THEY'VE GOT SOME PROGRAM-ALTERING GUYS IN THAT DEFENSIVE FRONT, TOO, AND A LOT OF THEM. >> Kirk: YEAH. SAW A LATE ROLLUP ON AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, GOOD TO SEE THAT HE IS UP. TENNESSEE OFFENSIVE LINE. >> Rece: ANDREJ KARIC, I BELIEVE. >> Kirk: GOOD TO SEE HIM BACK UP ON HIS FEET. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD RUN. I MEAN -- >> Rece: YEAH. >> Kirk: I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GET A LOT TOUGHER, RIGHT? THIS IS WHERE HE GETS ROLLED UP ON. OH, BOY. >> Rece: IN THIS AGE OF FOOTBALL, WHEN YOU SHUT PEOPLE DOWN LIKE THAT, IT'S PRETTY HUGE. IAMALEAVA DANCING AROUND, BUT THIS TIME, THE WOLFPACK GETS TO HIM IN THE BACKFIELD. REALLY GOOD NIGHT FOR BROWN. >> Kirk: SURE HAS. ANOTHER FLAG DOWN. LOOKS LIKE IT CAME IN LATE. >> Rece: WE'LL SORT IT OUT. GOING TO CALL THE HOLD. SEEM TO BE THE PRELIMINARY SIGNAL. >> Referee: HOLDING ON THE OFFENSE, NUMBER 74. THAT PENALTY IS DECLINED. FOURTH DOWN. >> Rece: SO JOSH HEUPEL WILL SEND OUT THE FIELD GOAL UNIT. TRY TO EXTEND THIS LEAD. AFTER THE TURNOVER, PERHAPS BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR THIS WOLFPACK DEFENSE TO KEEP THE VOLUNTEERS OUT OF THE END ZONE. THIS WILL BE A 36-YARD ATTEMPT FOR MAX GILBERT. HE'S 2 FOR 2 TONIGHT. HAD A CAREER LONG 45-YARDER RIGHT AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF. GILBERT PUTS IT ON THE WAY. AND HE IS SOLID AS A ROCK. ANDROLLING, ON TOP 30-3 IN CHARLOTTE. The truth about DIY is you never really do it all by yourself. Because this setup took 2 videos, and a quick demo. You can change your color here. And all of this, started here, detoured here, and ended... down here. 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TRADITION IN THE BOWL SEASON, THE DUMPING OF THE MAYO ON THE COACHES. >> Kirk: OR DRINK IT. >> Rece: THIS IS TONIGHT. THIS IS A CONTEST. >> Kirk: FAR LEFT IS GOING TO WORK DOWN THERE. HE'S NOT GIVING UP. LOOK AT THIS. HE SAID, THE HECK OF IT. LOOK AT BEARD IN THE MIDDLE. WOW. WHAT AN EFFORT. >> Rece: I THINK -- I WANT TO TELL YOU, DUKE'S MAYO IS A FINE CONDIMENT. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THIS. >> Kirk: YEP. >> Rece: BUT I THINK -- >> Kirk: WOULD YOU DRINK IT? >> Rece: NO, A LITTLE MORE DISCRETION. >> Kirk: TERRIFIC ON A TURKEY SANDWICH. >> Rece: OUTSTANDING. PUT IT ON SOME CORNED BEEF OR TURKEY, HAM. >> Kirk: YOU ATE CORNED BEEF TODAY. >> Rece: OH, MAN. FROM ZINGERMAN'S THERE FROM ANN ARBOR. TREMENDOUS. AS WE LOOK AT TONIGHT'S SONIC DRIVE-IN RECAP. >> Kirk: A LOT OF THE S.E.C. DEFENSES ARE GOING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH JOSH HEUPEL AND THIS OFFENSE. SEE WHAT THEY DO. THEY KIND OF LULL YOU TO SLEEP WITH THE TIGHT ENDS. HE TOLD US THIS WEEK, WHEN WE HAVE TIGHT ENDS, WE'RE VERY TOUGH TO BEAT. KITSELMAN BLOCKING, BLOCKING, AND THEN THEY LULL YOU TO SLEEP WITH A SIMILAR ACTION. EYES ARE IN THE BACKFIELD. YOU LOSE THE TIGHT END. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DEAL WITH WITH THE ENTIRE PACKAGE OF THIS OFFENSE. >> Rece: THE NUMBER YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, OUTSCORING OPPONENTS 13-6 IN NICO'S THREE STARTS. >> Kirk: OUTSIDE OF SQUIRREL WHITE, WHO CAN BE THAT VERTICAL THREAT? THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO FIND SOME THREATS WHEN THEY GET INTO CONFERENCE PLAY OF BEING A COMPLETE OFFENSE AND HOW THEY CAN ATTACK. >> Rece: McCALL FINDS HOLLYWOOD SMOTHERS, AND THEY ARE CAUSING WRECKS EVERYWHERE. CARTER IN THERE, BOY, THEY'RE PLAYING BALL. >> Kirk: PILI IS GOING TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, BUT I THINK CARTER IS THEIR NEXT SUPERSTAR AT OUTSIDE LINEBACKER. 6'1", 234 OUT OF SMYRNA. CAN FLY TO THE FOOTBALL. AND THE ENTIRE DEFENSE, RICKEY GIBSON GETTING INVOLVED THERE, 7 CARTER. JUST FUN TO SEE A DEFENSE EARLY IN THE YEAR PLAYING WITH THE KIND OF CONFIDENCE THAT THIS TENNESSEE DEFENSE IS PLAYING WITH RIGHT NOW. >> Rece: I'M A BELIEVER IN MOVING TEAMS AROUND IN THE EARLY PART IN THE RANKINGS. THIS LOOKS LIKE A TOP TEN TEAM OR BETTER TO ME. >> Kirk: YEAH. >> Rece: GRAYSON McCALL FIRES IN THE MIDDLE -- PICKED -- TIPPED, ALMOST PICKED. BROOKS ALMOST HAD ANOTHER ONE. >> Kirk: DISGUISING THE LOOKS. SHOW BLITZ IN THE MIDDLE. BAIL OUT. COME FROM THE OUTSIDE. McCALL FEELS IT, SENSES IT. ACTUALLY, IF THE CROSSER DIDN'T GET IN THE WAY, CONCEPCION MAKES THAT CATCH FOR A NICE RECEPTION. >> Rece: YOU SAW THE FRUSTRATION FROM K.C. HE GOT THE BALL A LOT EARLY IN THE GAME, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET HIM LOOSE. WOLFPACK HAS FAILED ON ITS LAST FIVE THIRD DOWN CONVERSION ATTEMPTS. PEARCE. MAKES McCALL STEP UP. GRAYSON GETS AWAY. STILL ON HIS FEET. SLIDES -- DID HE START THE SLIDE A LITTLE TOO SOON? IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE. SEE WHAT -- >> Kirk: LIKE YOU SAY, IT'S WHERE HE STARTS THE SLIDE AND WHERE THE BALL IS. THEY'RE JUST RUSHING FOUR. AND THERE'S PEARCE. FORCES HIM TO STEP UP. GOOD AWARENESS OF THE FIRST DOWN MARKER. BECAUSE OF THAT, GOING FORWARD WITH THE FEET, WHERE THE BALL IS, HE'S GOING TO BE HALF A YARD SHORT. >> Rece: WELL, DOWN 30-3, TRYING TO GET SOMETHING GOING AND -- AND YOU SEE THE FRUSTRATION FROM GRAYSON. HE'S PLAYED A LOT OF BALL. >> Kirk: AGAINST THIS D-LINE, THIS ISN'T EASY. TENNESSEE MAY HAVE CALLED A TIME-OUT. THEY DID. >> Rece: HEUPEL NOT WILLING TO CONCEDE AN INCH. NOR SHOULD HE. STILL THIRD QUARTER. FOURTH DOWN, NC STATE TRYING TO CONVERT AND KEEP POSITION, DOWN BIG, TRYING TO MAKE A MIRACLE RALLY HERE IN CHARLOTTE. You know why I love Halloween? Why? People give me Kit Kats, for free. Son, you're eight, all your Kit Kats are free. ♪♪ Happy Halloween! Have a break. Have a Kit Kat. At Papa Johns, we start with better. 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Try just standing and say... “At T-Mobile, you get tons of benefits and you can still save versus the other guys.” Forget it. Check out the T-Mobile savings calculator to see how much you can save. Are these my only lines? They sure are! >> Rece: AERIAL COVERAGE PROVIDED BY GOODYEAR. CELEBRATING THE CHALLENGE OF ROAD GAMES EVERYWHERE. ARE YOU READY FOR THE ROAD? GOODYEAR IS MORE DRIVEN. AND NEXT SATURDAY, "COLLEGE GAME DAY" HEADED NOT FAR FROM HERE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, LSU TAKING ON SHANE BEAMER'S GAMECOCKS AFTER THEY DISMANTLED KENTUCKY TODAY. >> Kirk: THEY DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING. CONGRATS TO SHANE BEAMER AND THE GAMECOCKS. HERE COMES LSU. THEY WON DECISIVELY TONIGHT -- THEY'RE WINNING BIG. THAT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN. EARLY KICK. CHRIS FOWLER WILL BE BACK FROM U.S. OPEN, HOLLY ROWE AND MYSELF. >> Rece: I THINK THE PLAN IS TO GO INSIDE THE STADIUM FOR THE FINAL HOUR OF THE SHOW. AND GRAYSON McCALL ON FOURTH DOWN TRYING TO GET TO THAT YELLOW LINE -- AND THE TENNESSEE FRONT IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH FOR THE WOLFPACK TONIGHT. >> Kirk: AND THAT'S WHY JOSH HEUPEL CALLED A TIME-OUT. GIVE HIS DEFENSIVE LINE A CHANCE TO DIG IN AND PENETRATE RIGHT HERE AND GET THESE BACKERS FLYING DOWNHILL. YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY RUN THIS UP THE MIDDLE. LOOK AT THAT PENETRATION. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THAT'S TYREE WEST THAT GOT IN THERE, 42. YOU SEE HOW QUICK THEY GOT OFF THE FOOTBALL? THERE'S THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER WHO THEY MISSED SO BADLY LAST YEAR, PILI. THE REST OF THOSE WHITE JERSEYS JUST FLYING TO THE FOOTBALL. YOU COULD TELL THE PERSONAL TILL OF A DEFENSE BY HOW THEY PURSUE AND RUN TO THE FOOTBALL. TIM BANKS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH HIS DEFENSE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. LIKE I SAID, THROUGH RECRUITING, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, GETTING MORE SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY FEEL EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE INEXPERIENCED IN THAT BACK END, MORE DEPTH, MORE SPEED, AND A BETTER DEFENSE. >> Rece: TENNESSEE BACK TO THE GROUND. CONTINUING THE THOUGHT ON THE DEFENSE FOR TENNESSEE, I ASKED TIM THIS WEEK ABOUT THE SECONDARY, BECAUSE THEY LOST 11 GUYS, EITHER TO THE PROS OR TO THE PORTAL IN THE BACK END. AND HIS RESPONSE WAS, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM TIME TO MATURE, BUT THE FIRST THING YOU NEED WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT SECONDARY IS A GREAT DEFENSIVE FRONT. AND WE THINK WE'VE GOT THAT. >> Kirk: YEAH. THEY DEFINITELY -- HOW ABOUT TONIGHT AGAINST THE RUN? THEY FACED 18 RUNS -- 18. TEN OF THEM, THEY'VE MADE CONTACT IN THE BACKFIELD. >> Rece: IAMALEAVA LOOKING FOR BRU McCOY. AND HE GOES OUT OF BOUNDS. BRANDON CISSE ON THE COVERAGE. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BIG, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BRU McCOY'S THE MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN COOKIE GUY. >> Kirk: HE ACTUALLY RUNS -- HE RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS WITH THAT LEFT FOOT, SO, EVEN IF HE CAUGHT THAT FOOTBALL AND GOT A FOOT DOWN, HE'S ALREADY OUT OF BOUNDS AND ENDS UP NOT GETTING THE FOOT DOWN ANYWAY. THAT'S WHY THE REFEREE TAKES THE HAT OFF AS THE INDICATOR THERE. >> Rece: CLARIFY ABOUT THE COOKIES. N.I.L. DEAL, IF BRU SCORES, WHEN YOU GO INTO THE COOKIE SHOP IN KNOXVILLE ON MONDAY, YOU GET TWO FREE RUNS. >> Kirk: AND THEY ARE FANTASTIC. NICE ENOUGH TO DROP THOSE OFF. >> Rece: NICO IS GOING TO WALTZ INTO THE END ZONE. TOUCHDOWN, TENNESSEE. 31 YARDS. AND A CAN OF WHOOPING HAS BEEN OPENED IN CHARLOTTE. >> Kirk: AND AGAIN, I LOOK AT THIS AS MORE OF IMAGINING THEM DOWN THE ROAD. THEY GO TO NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, IN A COUPLE WEEKS, BIG GAMES IN THE S.E.C. COMING UP. AND YOU JUST ENVISION THIS OFFENSE CONTINUING TO GROW WITH THIS YOUNG QUARTERBACK. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ZONE, A LOT OF SITTING BACK. WELL, THIS TIME, NORTH CAROLINA STATE, THEY DECIDE TO MAN UP. BRINGING PRESSURE. GOT ALL THIS PRESSURE. PROBLEM IS, THERE'S NOBODY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD. SO, YOU GET ONE BLOCK FROM THE RIGHT GUARD HERE, AND WATCH HOW THIS FREES IT UP. AND HE'S GOT THE SPEED TO MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIS. 6'6" AND CAN GO. WITHOUT THAT SAFETY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD TO BE AN ERASER, YOU GET THE ONE BLOCK FROM THE RIGHT GUARD THAT'S PULLING AROUND THERE, SPRAGGINS, AND THE LINEBACKERS ARE BLITZING. THERE'S NO SAFETY. EVERYBODY'S IN MAN COVERAGE. YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL, PLAYING MAN COVERAGE AGAINST THIS OFFENSE. PROGRESSIVE PYLON CAM SHOWING 8 GO INTO THE END ZONE FOR THAT TOUCHDOWN. AND IF YOU'RE A VOLS FAN, YOU ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS TEAM CAN GO. >> Rece: LONGEST RUN OF HIS CAREER. AND AT A PLACE WITH A NUMBER OF STOIED QUARTERBACKS, NICO IAMALEAVA IS CERTAINLY OFF TO A GREAT START IN HIS PURSUIT OF THAT GREATNESS, HOLLY. >> Holly: HE'S ACTUALLY LEANED ON SOME OF THE GREAT QUARTERBACKS OF THE PAST TO LEARN HOW TO PREPARE BETTER. NICO SAID THAT HE LEARNED THAT HENDON HOOKER WOKE UP EARLY, GOT INTO THE BUILDING AND WATCHED FILM, SO, HE STARTED TO COPY THAT. THEN, HE WENT TO JOE MILTON, LEARNED HOW HE DID HIS PREPARATION. HE'S TALKED TO PEYTON MANNING ABOUT HIS SUNDAY PREP AFTER HE WOULD PLAY IN THE NFL WHAT HE WOULD DO THE FOLLOWING DAYS OF THE WEEK. HE SAID HIS HEAVY DAY OF PREP IS TUESDAY. BUT HE'S TRYING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT FROM ALL OF THOSE GREATS, TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF HIMSELF AS A VERY YOUNG RED SHIRT FRESHMAN. >> Rece: WELL, HOLLY, HE'S GOT THE BIG ORANGE NATION EXCITED, AND BOY, THINGS ARE JUST COMING APART FOR NORTH CAROLINA STATE, AS THEY FUMBLE AND TENNESSEE HAS IT, AND MAKING THE PLAY IS JEREMIAH TEELANDER. >> Kirk: THE EXCHANGE WITH JORDAN WALTERS -- McCALL JUST LOSES THE FOOTBALL. >> Rece: IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARISH FEW MOMENTS FOR GRAYSON McCALL. >> Kirk: SEE WHERE THAT BALL -- I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S EXPECTING THE BALL TO BE HANDED TO WATERS OR -- HERE'S A GOOD LOOK AT IT RIGHT HERE. YEAH, THAT RIGHT ELBOW LOOKS LIKE IT HIT THE FOOTBALL AND A GOOD HEADS UP PLAY BY THE VOLS DEFENSE AGAIN, GETTING YET ANOTHER TURNOVER AND GIVING IAMALEAVA THE OFFENSE IN GREAT FIELD POSITION. >> Rece: NOW TENNESSEE HAS A CHANCE TO REALLY POUR IT ON. THEY KEEP IT ON THE GROUND. BISHOP BACK IN THERE AT RUNNING BACK FOR HEUPEL. >> Kirk: IT'S EARLY IN IAMALEAVA'S CAREER, BUT DO YOU FEEL THAT HE COULD BECOME A PROGRAM CHANGER, AS FAR AS A JOHNNY MANZIEL, A CAM NEWTON, A TIM TEBOW, DO YOU THINK HE HAS THE POTENTIAL, NOT JUST TO BE A GOOD QUARTERBACK, BUT TO LURE OTHER RECRUITS IN, TO CHANGE AN IMAGE, TO CHANGE AN ENTIRE CULTURE OF EXPECTATIONS? >> Rece: PRETTY LOFTY COMPANY, BUT AS IT PERTAINS TO THAT, GUYS WANTING TO PLAY WITH HIM, HIM BEING PERFECT FOR THIS OFFENSE, I CAN -- I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT ASPECT OF IT. I'M GOING TO NEED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HURT HIS CAUSE -- >> Kirk: I'M JUST SAYING WITH THE HYPE, THE ANTICIPATION -- I DID JOHNNY MANZIEL'S FIRST GAME WITH BRENT, AND WHEN THEY PLAYED FLORIDA, AND IT WAS A GOOD FLORIDA TEAM, AND HE JUST -- JOHNNY WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF PLAYER, BECAUSE OF THE STYLE THAT HE PLAYED WITH, AND IT WAS JUST -- OH, MY GOSH, A STAR IS BORN. AND I'M JUST -- I'M WITH YOU, I MEAN, I WANT TO SEE MUCH, MUCH MORE. BUT I JUST THINK WITHIN THE OFFENSE, HIS DEMEANOR, THE WORK ETHIC, THE HUMILITY, WHAT HOLLY JUST REPORTED ON, HIS WILLINGNESS TO REACH OUT TO OTHERS FOR WISDOM. I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT IS CAN BE SOMETHING -- NOT TO MENTION, THE VOLS ARE ALREADY BUILDING WITH JOSH HEUPEL. >> Rece: IT COMES OUT NICE. HE FINDS AN OPEN MAN AGAIN, IT'S KITSELMAN WITH THE FIRST DOWN. WITH A NIGHT FOR KITSELMAN. >> Kirk: I'M JUST SAYING, AS A PROGRAM, THEY WERE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NICE GET SURE THERE BY THE QUARTERBACK. >> Rece: NOAH POTTER ON HIS THIRD STOP. OHIO STATE, CINCINNATI. BROTHER WAS AN OUTSTANDING COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER. YOU SEE NICO HEADING OVER. HERE ARE THE THREE STARTS, AND NOTHING BUT SUCCESS HAS FOLLOWED NUMBER 8 AROUND. >> Kirk: AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING AN INDIVIDUAL STAR. YOU CAN LOOK AT HIS NUMBERS AND SAY, EH, WHATEVER. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT. I'M INTERESTED IN HIM WINNING AND HOW HE AFFECTS THE DEFENSE, AND HOW HE AFFECTS THE ENTIRE OVERALL OPERATION. THIS IS WHAT I THINK IS NOT YET KNOWN ABOUT HIM IS THE BUILD TO USE HIS FEET. HERE, OFFSCHEDULE, BEING ABLE TO MAKE A THROW. WE KNOW ABOUT HIS ARM STRENGTH. WE KNOW ABOUT THE ACCURACY AND WHAT HE CAN DO. BUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT, AS WELL. THEY'VE OPENED UP HOLES FOR HIM AND OTHERS TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME HE DROPS BACK TO THROW, HE'S BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH PLENTY OF TIME, SO, AGAIN, HE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE, I'M SURE HE'LL SAY IT AFTER THE GAME, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ME. AS MUCH AS PEOPLE WANT TO POINT THE FINGER AT ME, IT'S ALL OF US, AND HE'S RIGHT. THIS IS A GOOD GROUP EARLY IN THE YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO AGAIN SEE WHERE THEY CAN GROW AND HOW HIGH THEY CAN GO. >> Rece: KIRK, YOU POINTED IT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT, YOU'VE GOT FOUR SENIORS ON THAT OFFENSIVE FRONT. AND THEN A REALLY TALENTED LEFT TACKLE IN LANCE HEARD. THEY HAVE TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS TONIGHT. IAMALEAVA IS HIT AS HE THROWS -- AND NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A PICK. AND WE MIGHT HAVE A PICK SIX FROM AYDAN WHITE. WHITE'S ON HIS WAY -- DOES HE HAVE ENOUGH GAS? IS HE GOING TO BE CAUGHT FROM BEHIND -- IS HE NOT! TOUCHDOWN FOR THE PACK. >> Kirk: WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS, WITH THE SENIORS AND THE EXPERIENCE, AND HOW MUCH THEY PROTECTED HIM, AND RIGHT ON CUE, VANN, WHO IS THE PLAY MAKER FOR THIS NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEFENSE, IS ABLE TO SPLIT THE RIGHT SIDE AND GET THE PRESSURE. AND RIGHT AS IAMALEAVA WANTS TO THROW THIS FOOTBALL -- RIGHT THERE ON THE FOLLOWTHROUGH, HE JUST GOT HIS LEFT ARM UP THERE AND THE BALL WENT STRAIGHT UP INTO THE AIR. >> Rece: TREMENDOUS PASS RUSH. AND THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MANY AREAS OF THIS GAME IN WHICH NC STATE HAS OUTPERFORMED TENNESSEE, BUT THEIR PICK SIX WENT 87 YARDS, TENNESSEE'S ONLY WENT 85. >> Kirk: I DON'T THINK IAMALEAVA EXPECTED THIS KIND OF PENETRATION TO GET IN THERE. HE'S GOT A ONE-ON-ONE MATCH-UP, BUT LOOK HOW POWERFUL AND HOW QUICK -- THAT'S THE FIRST TIME, REALLY, WE'VE SEEN VANN TAKE OVER AND GET THAT KIND OF PASS RUSH AND THE BENEFICIARY IS WHITE. CAMPBELL'S SAYING, HEY, THAT ONE'S ON US UP FRONT. >> Rece: WHITE, THE LAST TWO YEARS, HAS NOT ALLOWED A TOUCHDOWN IN COVERAGE, AND THEN HE GETS ONE OF HIS OWN. >> Kirk: WHAT I LOVE IS THAT NC STATE'S STILL FIGHTING. I MEAN, THIS GAME IS OVER, AND IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS. AND THERE'S VANN, MAKING A PLAY TO GET PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK LIKE THAT, SO -- SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT NC STATE'S ABOUT. CONTINUING TO PLAY HARD. >> Rece: COULDN'T AGREE MORE. AND THAT'S BEEN A HALLMARK OF DAVE DOEREN'S ENTIRE COACHING CAREER, AND PARTICULARLY HIS TIME AT NC STATE, WINNINGEST COACH IN WOLFPACK HISTORY. TRYING TO GET THE PACK TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN IN THE ACC. BEEN A LONG TIME. THEY HAVEN'T WON THE CONFERENCE SINCE 1979. THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE A CHANCE THIS YEAR. HASN'T BEEN THEIR BEST NIGHT TONIGHT, BUT STILL FIGHTING ALL THE WAY. KICKOFF WILL GO INTO THE END ZONE. THAT WILL COME OUT TO THE 25. AND WE GO TO KEVIN NEGANDHI. >> TIME FOR OUR CHICK-FIL-A MOVE ON THE FIELD. THINGS MIGHTY CLOSE IN TUSCALOOSA. FOURTH QUARTER HERE, 14-13, BAMA OVER USF. AND KOBE PRENTICE, TOUCHDOWN RIGHT HERE TO MAKE IT 21-13 WITH UNDER TEN MINUTES TO GO, ON ESPN. AND CHECK OUT THIS OTHER SCORE IN THE S.E.C. THAT IS NUMBER 15 OKLAHOMA ONLY UP BY TWO AGAINST HOUSTON. THAT GAME ON THE S.E.C. NETWORK, EARLY PARTS OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. BACK TO YOU, RECE. >> Rece: KEVIN, TENNESSEE AND TEXAS HOLDING DOWN THINGS FOR THE S.E.C., AS GEORGIA DID LAST WEEK, BUT ELSEWHERE, IT -- IT'S BEEN SHAKY. I MEAN, AUBURN LOST TO CAL TODAY, ACC/S.E.C. MATCH-UP. YOU HAVE OKLAHOMA AND ALABAMA STRUGGLING AGAINST TEAMS THAT MOST OTHERS PUT AWAY. >> Kirk: AND THIS IS AFTER LAST WEEK. THEY DIDN'T LOOK AS DOMINANT AS YOU'D EXPECT THEM IN SOME OF THOSE HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCH-UPS. >> Rece: ARKANSAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN STILLWATER. GREAT COMEBACK FOR OKLAHOMA STATE. THE CONFERENCE THING GETS OVERBLOWN SOMETIMES, BUT THE BIG 12 STILL HAD A GOOD DAY. REALLY HAD A GOOD DAY. >> Kirk: SURE DID. FIGHTING ILLINI ABLE TO KNOCK OFF KANSAS, 23-17. GOOD JOB BY THEIR DEFENSE, PLAYING AT HOME. BIG ONE FOR BIELEMA. >> Rece: 15-YARD PENALTY AGAINST NC STATE MOVED THE BALL OUT TO THE 40 AFTER THE PICK SIX. AND AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WOLFPACK STILL IN THERE SCRAPPING, AS WE ARE HEADED DOWN TO THE TWO-MINUTE MARK HERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. >> Rece: SHIPLEY, 88, COMING INTO THIS GAME, CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND BRING IN SOME ENERGY WITH HIM. BRING UP A SECOND DOWN AND 11. >> Kirk: BAND'S DOING A GOOD JOB TONIGHT. >> Rece: YEAH. BOTH BANDS PERFORMED AT HALFTIME. A LOT OF FOLKS IN RED HAVE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK AND LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. THEY'VE GOT LOUISIANA TECH NEXT WEEK. SOME HAVE EMPTIED OUT. TENNESSEE STILL IN HERE, SOAKING IT UP, HOLLY. >> Holly: SAMPSON HAS BEEN TERRIFIC RUNNING THE BALL TONIGHT. HE'S ADDED SOME WEIGHT THIS SEASON, ABOUT 12 POUNDS. HE SAID, HE'S EATING A TON OF CHICKEN, TAKING PROTEIN SMOOTHIES, PBJ, BOILED EGGS, HE'S ADDED IS 12 TO 14 SOLID POUNDS. AND HIS STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH SAID THEY MEASURE ABOUT 25 DIFFERENT METRICS, AND HE IS OFF THE CHART IN ALL OF THEM. BEST POWER OUTPUT, TOP ACCELERATION, HE'S SHOWING THAT HE CAN BE A FEATURED BACK. >> Rece: WENT TO EDDIE LACY'S HIGH SCHOOL, DUTCHTOWN, OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE. NOW NICO'S GOING TO ANSWER. GOT A WIDE OPEN MAN. IT'S MILES KITSELMAN. SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT, AND OF HIS CAREER. BUT THERE IS LAUNDRY ON THE FIELD JUST SHORT OF THE 50 YARD LINE. AND I THINK THE 57-YARD TOUCHDOWN IS GOING TO COME BACK. >> Referee: OFFENSE, NUMBER 66. FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REPEAT THIRD DOWN. >> Kirk: WHEN YOU SCRAMBLE LIKE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO SAY WHAT A GOOD JOB OF -- YOU GET OUT OF THERE, YOU KEEP YOUR EYES DOWNFIELD, HIS VISION WAS DOWNFIELD, WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO BREAK FREE. AND MAN, IT WAS ABOUT TO BE A MASSIVE NIGHT FOR THE BIG TIGHT END. BUT WATCH THE OFFENSIVE LINE. HERE'S YOUR TIGHT END. WATCH THIS OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, AS HE STARTS TO SCRAMBLE. AND RIGHT THERE, YOU GOT A COUPLE GUYS GETTING DOWNFIELD. KITSELMAN -- BOY. HE'S ALREADY HAD A REALLY BIG NIGHT. I THINK THAT WAS CLOSE. >> Rece: I MEAN, I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT. THEY USUALLY GIVE YOU THREE YARDS IN COLLEGE, AND -- >> Kirk: THAT WAS A COUPLE YARDS. >> Rece: YEAH. >> Kirk: TOO GOOD OF A PLAY. >> Rece: I KNOW, HE'S GOT TO BE CLEAR-CUT. UNLESS MY EYES WERE DECEIVING ME AND I MISSED SOMEONE THERE. AT ANY RATE, IT'S THIRD AND 12. SHOVEL PASS. AND THIS TIME, SAMPSON BREAKS A TACKLE. HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN, HE'S INTO NC STATE TERRITORY, AND HE POWERS DOWN TO ABOUT THE 41 YARD LINE. 21-YARD PICKUP. >> Kirk: HOW GOOD LOOKING IS SAMPSON, MAN? THEY'RE WAITING FOR THIS PLAY. THEY'RE SITTING THERE, SHAWN BROWN LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO MAKE A PLAY ON IT, BUT HE JUST SHAKES HIM. AGAIN, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE'S -- 133 YARDS IN A BOWL GAME, HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER. MUCH BIGGER, MORE DURABLE. VISION, PATIENCE, UPPER BODY STRENGTH. HE LOOKS LIKE A NICE BACK IN THIS OFFENSE. FITS PERFECTLY. >> Rece: FINAL 17 SECONDS OF THE THIRD QUARTER. BRANDON CISSE IS THE WALL OF PACK PLAYER THAT'S BEING CHECKED OUT BY THE TRAINING STAFF. HE'S PLAYED WELL TONIGHT, MADE A COUPLE PLAYS. NC STATE'S BEEN UP AGAINST IT FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. HOLLY, MORE ON SAMPSON, WHO IS FLOURISHING TONIGHT. >> Holly: HERE'S THE THING. EVERY SINGLE THING HE DOES, HE DOES WELL. HE WAS A 4.0 STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS THE HOMECOMING KING. HE WENT ON A MISSION TRIP TO BOTSWANA. EVERYTHING THIS YOUNG MAN PUTS HIS MIND TO, HE IS GOING TO BE EXCELLENT AT. HE'S BEEN ON THE S.E.C. HONOR ROLL. HE SAID, MY DAD USED TO TELL ME, WHEN YOU DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING, YOU BETTER PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS AND BE EXCELLENT AT IT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM DYLAN. >> Kirk: GREAT ADVICE FROM DAD. TOTAL PACKAGE. >> Rece: HE'S A COUPLE YARDS AWAY FROM HAVING HIS SECOND 100-YARD GAME OF THIS YOUNG SEASON, GOING BACK-TO-BACK. AND THERE'S A QUARTER TO PLAY IN CHARLOTTE. 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NICO IAMALEAVA OFF TO A GREAT START. GUY TO BUILD AROUND. DANCING OUT OF TROUBLE. IAMALEAVA WILL STEP OUT OF BOUNDS. INSIDE THE 40. MAYBE JUST INSIDE THE 35 YARD LINE. >> Kirk: JUST SLIPPERY. TAKING A PLAY THAT'S POTENTIALLY A SACK AND A MINUS FOUR, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO STEP UP LIKE THAT, AND THEN THE SPEED. HE'S GOT REALLY GOOD SPEED FOR AS LONG AS HE IS AT 6'6". I MEAN, YOU GO FROM BEING SECOND AND 12, SECOND AND 14, TO SECOND AND FOUR. >> Rece: HE WAS KNOWN ON THE ELITE 11, 7 ON 7 TYPE CIRCUITS FOR HIS PENCHANT FOR WEARING PAJAMA PANTS OUT THERE AND SPINNING THE FOOTBALL ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT. >> Kirk: DOWNPLAYED THAT. >> Rece: KEEP THOSE AT HOME NOW. WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IS GET TENNESSEE HOME, BY GIVING IT DYLAN SAMPSON, AND GIVE NUMBER 6 SIX. 34 YARDS TO THE HOUSE. >> Kirk: THEY LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE COUNTER PLAY. THEY'VE RUN IT SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE THEY PULLED THE BACKSIDE GUARD, THEY PULL THE H. THIS TIME, THEY'RE GOING TO PULL AROUND THE BIG LEFT TACKLE LANCE HEARD. THE PATIENCE OF SAMPSON. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, LET THE BLOCKS, AND THEN HE BEATS THE LAST MAN. GREAT BACKS ARE GOING TO BEAT THAT EXTRA MAN DOWN IN THE BOX. AND WHITE, THE CORNER, REALLY NO CHANCE AT ALL. AND I'LL TELL YOU, SAMPSON NOW, THREE STRAIGHT 100-YARD GAMES, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE IOWA GAME. THIS KID REALLY LOOKS GOOD. >> Rece: THE HEART OF JOSH HEUPEL'S OFFENSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ABILITY TO RUN THE BALL IN ADDITION TO SPREADING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEY'VE GOT A DUDE THAT CAN DO IT. SAMPSON'S HAD A NIGHT. BASICALLY EVERYBODY IN THE STORMTROOPER WHITE AND ORANGE HAS BEEN ROLLING AND DANCING. [ram bleats] ♪♪ [falcon screeches] ♪♪ [lion roars] ♪♪ [bear grunts] ♪♪ Announcer: Down the sideline, Announcer: oh he's got it... With NFL Sunday Ticket and Youtube TV, you can spend Sundays with your teams... ♪♪ all in one place. Watch every game, every Sunday. ━ Thanks. ━ Mhm. What'd you get? 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AND AFTER A WEEK OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, WE WERE LOOKING AT NOTRE DAME LAST WEEK AFTER THE A&M GAME, THINKING THEY HAD SUCH A BIG YEAR. AND THEY STILL COULD. BUT THIS IS WHAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL WILL DO TO YOU. A WEEK LATER, AT HOME, THEY LOSE TO A MAC TEAM IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS, WHO PLAYED A GREAT GAME TODAY. >> Rece: YOU WONDERED WITH THE PORTAL, SOME OF THE TEAMS LOSING THEIR BETTER PLAYERS, HOW OFTEN YOU WOULD SEE THAT MACTION. THE MAC STEPPING UP AND WINNING GAMES LIKE THAT. THAT WAS A HUGE WIN FOR THOMAS HAMMOCK AND THE HUSKIES OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS. >> Kirk: THEY CAME INTO THIS GAME 0 FOR 14 LIFETIME AGAINST TOP TEN TEAMS. THOMAS HAMMOCK, A RUNNING BACK IN HIS DAY, A GREAT PLAYER. MASSIVE WIN THERE. >> Rece: THOMAS GOING TO THE SIDELINE A LITTLE NICKED. THAT WAS -- I MEAN, LOOK, I QUOTED HIM THIS MORNING, SPENT TEN YEARS IN THE STUDIO WITH HIM, BUT LOU HOLTZ ALWAYS SAID, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE SAME TEAM WEEK TO WEEK. AND THAT'S BEEN EXEMPLIFIED. YOU AND OUR BUDDY DARREN BROWN GOT THE FOUR-BOX UP OVER HERE, OKLAHOMA IN A BATTLE. ALABAMA FIGHTING USF. >> Kirk: ILLINOIS BEAT KANSAS. I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW. ILLINOIS HADN'T WON A BIG GAME IN YEARS. >> Rece: WHAT I CAN COUNT ON, THAT TENNESSEE DEFENSIVE LINE WREAKING HAVOC TONIGHT. MY GOODNESS. >> Kirk: YEAH, THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE. WEST HAS HAD A GREAT GAME. AGAIN, MENTIONED THE ROTATION. THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE. LOOK AT 42. TYREE WEST, DOMINIC BAILEY. OMAR NORMAN-LOTT. BRYSON EASON, ELIJAH SIMMONS, THOMAS, PEARCE AND JOSEPHS ON THE EDGE. >> Rece: NC STATE HOPED TO RUN THE FOOTBALL, THEY HAVE 34 YARDS RUSHING. SO MANY TACKLES FOR LOSS. NOT ALL JUST BECAUSE OF YARDAGE LOST ON SACKS, THOUGH THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THAT, TOO. GRAYSON McCALL GETS DOWN. ENDED UP CLOSE TO FIRST DOWN YARDAGE. ABOUT A YARD SHORT. >> Kirk: NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE DEPTH AND THE TALENT AND THE STRENGTH AND QUICKNESS UP FRONT, BUT TIM BANKS DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF NOT REALLY LETTING YOU HAVE A GOOD FIELD FOR WHAT THEY'RE IN. YOU KNOW, THEY -- THEY ARE VERY MULTIPLE. THEY GIVE A LOT OF LOOKS, PRESNAP TO POST SNAP. AND I THINK THE LINEBACKERS IN THIS YOUNG SECONDARY, YOU KNOW, A FEW GAMES DOWN THE ROAD, THIS IS GOING TO BECOME A COMPLETE UNIT. YOU CAN SEE WHY TIM BANKS IS SO BULLISH IN FEELING THAT THIS DEFENSE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE -- OH -- WE HAVE A GUY DOWN, A TENNESSEE PLAYER. >> Rece: THAT IS -- I THINK -- YEAH, THAT'S TYREE WEST. THE MAN WHO JUST MADE THE PLAY A MOMENT AGO. AND CERTAINLY, YOU'RE RIGHT, KIRK, HOPEFULLY THAT'S JUST A CRAMP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT HE APPEARS TO BE IN AGONY RIGHT NOW. WE'LL CHECK ON WEST'S CONDITION WHEN YOU COME BACK TO CHARLOTTE. Whoa, it's The Capital One Bank Guy! That's me! Could we get a selfie? Of course! 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Service! ♪Stand back I'm going to show ya,♪ ♪how Doug and LiMu roll, yeah!♪ ♪♪ ♪You know you got to live it,♪ ♪♪ ♪if you want to win...♪ [Bump] Time out! Only pay for what you need. ♪Liberty, Liberty,♪ ♪Liberty, Liberty.♪ There's nothing chill about a hot sweaty line. Unless... you add mountain cold refreshment. Coors Light. Choose Chill. In every generation there are those who question the status quo. Questions like, why can't chicken be slow-roasted? Why can't I have shredded purple cabbage? (♪♪) Why can't my quesadilla have cheese inside and out? And where's my Avocado Verde Salsa? (♪♪) The new era of chicken is here to stay. (♪♪) The Cantina Chicken Menu. Only at Taco Bell. (Bong) >> Rece: BACK HERE IN CHARLOTTE, FOURTH QUARTER, TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE. DON'T FORGET, THE U.S. OPEN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH TOMORROW, 2:00 P.M. EASTERN, ABC AND ESPN+. TAYLOR FRITZ TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST AMERICAN MAN TO WIN THE U.S. OPEN SINCE ANDY RODDICK IN 2003. COVERAGE BEGINS WITH THE MEN'S PREF SHOW. CHRIS FOWLER WILL BE THERE. >> Kirk: 2003. >> Rece: AMAZING. >> Kirk: JOKER AND ROGER AND RAFA HAVE BEEN WINNING THEM ALL FOR 20 YEARS. >> Rece: BEEN DOMINANT. LEGENDS OF THE SPORT. SEE IF HE CAN BRING IT HOME IN NEW YORK TOMORROW. ON FOURTH DOWN, GRAYSON McCALL. JOLY STRETCHES -- AND HE WILL NOT GET THERE. McCOY WRESTLING THE BIG TIGHT END DOWN AND THE STRAINS OF ROCKY TOP REVERBERATING THROUGH THE STADIUM, AS TENNESSEE STOPS THEM AGAIN. >> Kirk: GOOD DISCIPLINE ON THIS FOURTH DOWN PLAY. ALMOST ANTICIPATING THIS BALL OUT INTO THE FLAT. HE'S RIGHT THERE, THE TRANSFER FROM OREGON STATE. PROBABLY THEIR MOST CONSISTENT CORNER BREAKING CAMP, AND GETTING READY. HE'S GOT GOOD SIZE. THAT TIME, GREAT AWARENESS OF WHERE THIS BALL NEEDED TO BE. ONCE AGAIN, THIS TENNESSEE -- GAME BALL TONIGHT, AS MUCH AS WE TALKED ABOUT NICO, GAME BALL GOES TO TIM BANKS AND THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE. JUST DOMINANT PERFORMANCE. >> Rece: THEY HAVE BEEN SENSATIONAL. WE'VE MENTIONED IT A COUPLE TIMES, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING, ESPECIALLY WITH GAMES LIKE OKLAHOMA COMING UP, ALABAMA AND GEORGIA LATER, THEY ARE DEEP ON THAT DEFENSIVE FRONT. AND IMPRESSIVE. NOT JUST RUN OF THE MILL GUYS UP THERE. GUYS THAT CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS. >> Kirk: WHEN YOU THROW IN A HEALTHY KEENAN PILI, ARIANNE CARTER AT LINEBACKER, THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THEY FEEL PLAYING BEHIND THAT DEFENSIVE LINE? McCOY, GIBSON, HARRISON AND CARTER AT THE NICKEL SPOT. WE SAW WILL BROOKS ON A PICK SIX. THIS DEFENSE HAS SOME GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF PLAYS, PLAY WITH A TON OF CONFIDENCE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A QUARTERBACK LIKE THAT, IT JUST FREES YOU UP AS A DEFENSE. >> Rece: GIBSON DIDN'T PLAY LAST WEEK. WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS FULLY HEALTHY FOR THIS ONE. AND TENNESSEE'S TRYING TO HANG HALF A HUNDRED ON THE BOARD AND SUPPORT THAT DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT, HOLLY. >> Holly: WELL, IT'S BEEN TERRIFIC. TIM BANKS PREPARED THIS TEAM SO WELL, THEY WERE RUNNING THREE NUMBER 10s AT PRACTICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW WHERE K.C. CONCEPCION WAS AT ALL TIMES. I NOTICED WILLIAM INGE, HE'S BEEN TERRIFIC WITH THE LINEBACKERS TONIGHT. THIS IS A WELL-COACHED DEFENSE. YOU'VE SEEN IT IN THE PREPARATION AND ON THE SIDELINE. >> Rece: HOLLY, CONCEPCION, FIVE CATCHES, 53 YARDS. AN TENNESSEE JUST KEEPS ROLLING. DESEAN BISHOP NOW GETTING IT INSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE. THERE'S WILLIAM. >> Kirk: OUR CREW WAS WITH WILLIAM FIVE TIMES LAST YEAR AS WE FOLLOWED THE HUSKIES' RUN. >> Rece: REALLY ENGAGING GUY. GOT A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AT MEDIA DAY LAST YEAR BEFORE THE MICHIGAN/WASHINGTON NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. VETERAN COACH, A LOT OF WISDOM. DOING A GREAT JOB HERE ON HEUPEL'S STAFF WITH THE VOLS. TENNESSEE PUT UP 69 IN THE OPENER AGAINST WESTERN CAROLINA. NOW A CHANCE TO GO OVER 50 AGAINST NC STATE. STILL NINE MINUTES TO PLAY HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THIRD DOWN COMING. >> Kirk: THE NEXT THREE GAMES FOR TENNESSEE, THEY'VE GOT KENT STATE, THEY GO TO NORMAN, AND THEN THEY HAVE A BYE, AND THEN ON THE ROAD TO ARKANSAS. JOSH HEUPEL'S RETURN TO NORMAN, OF COURSE, WHERE HE LED THE SOONERS TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, FINISHED SECOND IN THE HEISMAN TROPHY BACK IN 2000. I'M SURE HE WON'T BE THINKING MUCH ABOUT THAT, IT WILL JUST BE ABOUT PUTTING A GAME PLAN TOGETHER AND GETTING A W. IT WILL BE COOL, THOUGH. >> Rece: GOING TO BE AN EMOTIONAL TRIP. AND IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN FOR TENNESSEE. HOLDEN STAES CATCHES THE TOSS FROM IAMALEAVA, AND TENNESSEE HAS HUNG HALF A HUNDRED ON THE BOARD. >> Kirk: I THINK THE RULE IN THE TRUE NEUTRAL SITE GAMES, THE CONTINUOUS CLOCK STARTS ONCE YOU HANG HALF A HUNDRED. >> Rece: THE SECRET OF GREAT TEAMS IS CONTINUE TO PLAY. BROADCASTERS, MEANWHILE, START LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK. >> Kirk: YEAH, YEAH, GOOD TIME TO WORK ON THE RUN GAME. >> Rece: YOU'VE GOT A BIG WEEK COMING UP HERE, TOO. >> Kirk: DO I? OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH. I DO. >> Rece: I KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE BETTER THAN YOU? >> Kirk: NO, JUST LOCKED IN HERE. >> Rece: OH, OKAY. FINISH STRONG HERE. >> Kirk: I GOT THREE GAMES OVER HERE ON FAR RIGHT. WE'RE WATCHING EVERYTHING. >> Rece: KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON IT. KIRK MIGHT EVEN OPEN THE PHONE LINES, WHO KNOWS? ght, we're don! We're not done. You need more boxes. Fast. I can fix that fast. Fast fixes with Phelps. That's why you're the GOAT! Mr. Swimming! The human dolphin! Or Michael. Delivery at the speed you need. (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) The thrill of finding your path with the Nissan Pathfinder Rock Creek. (♪♪) >> I had 20 years of experience as an HR professional and I had reached a ceiling, so I enrolled in UMGC. I would not be the person that I am today had it not been for the partnership with UMGC. Shhh... We're in the land of the birds now. ♪("New World" by Mathew Hollingsworth)♪ Okay nature boy, what's that bird then? ♪♪ [notification sound] ♪♪ It's a Male Finch! ♪♪ They give seeds to females in a bonding ritual. [inner voice] Wow... [bird chipping] ♪♪ >> Rece: SUNDAY NIGHT BASEBALL, THE SERIES FINALE BETWEEN THE DIAMONDBACKS, THE SECOND NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD TEAM, AND THE AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST-LEADING ASTROS. 7:00 EASTERN ON ESPN, ESPN DEPORTES, AND ESPN RADIO. COVERAGE BEGINS, 6:00 EASTERN TIME WITH "BASEBALL TONIGHT: SUNDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN." NC STATE IS ABOUT TO GET THE BALL BACK. THEIR SECOND HALF POSSESSIONS HAVE GONE LIKE THIS -- FUMBLE, TURNOVER ON DOWNS, FUMBLE, TURNOVER ON DOWNS. AND THEY'RE DOWN 51-10. >> Kirk: IAMALEAVA HAS HAD A GREAT NIGHT LEADING THIS FOOTBALL TEAM. CHANCE TO GROW, GET BETTER. BY THE WAY, THIS NC STATE DEFENSE IS EXPECTED TO BE PRETTY GOOD. 3-3-5, GIVE YOU SOME TWISTS AND TURNS. AFTER THE PICK SIX, IT'S BEEN ALL VOLS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL. HE'S PLAYED A VERY EFFICIENT FOOTBALL GAME. A COUPLE OF TURNOVERS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, VERY EFFICIENT. RUN THE FOOTBALL. FIND THE OPEN RECEIVERS. ALL IN ALL -- WE HATE TO MAKE THIS JUST ABOUT HIM, BUT IT WAS REALLY HIS NIGHT FOR THE NATION TO SEE WHO HE IS. BUT THIS IS REALLY -- THIS IS A TENNESSEE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT. NOT JUST ABOUT HIM. >> Rece: GRAYSON McCALL'S NIGHT APPEARS TO BE FINISHED, THE TRANSFER QUARTERBACK FROM COASTAL CAROLINA HAS GIVEN WAY TO C.J. BAILEY, AND C.J.'S OFFENSE PRETTY MUCH FINDING THE SAME THING. TENNESSEE GUYS IN THE BACKFIELD. THERE IS A FLAG DOWN. >> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION, NUMBER 74 LINING UP IN THE BACKFIELD. PENALTY IS DECLINED. SECOND DOWN. >> Rece: THAT'S THREE OF THOSE TONIGHT FOR ANTHONY BELTON AS WE GO DOWN TO HOLLY. >> Holly: YOU CAN SEE McKENZIE MELTON, HE HAD A HORRIFIC LEG INJURY, HERE HE IS GOING INTO THE COACHING PROFESSION. HE HAS BEEN SITTING RIGHT BY NICO ALL NIGHT LONG. THEY ARE WATCHING THE TABLET TOGETHER. THEY HAVE A SHARED CONNECTION, I'LL TELL YOU AFTER THE PLAY. >> Rece: REMEMBER McKENZIE THAT NIGHT COMING OFF THE BENCH. HOLLY? >> Holly: REMEMBER, McKENZIE MELTON IS FROM HAWAII, HE SHARES THAT POLYNESIAN HERITAGE WITH NICO. AND THEY HAVE CONNECTED ON A REALLY DIFFERENT LEVEL. COACHES, PEOPLE INSIDE THE TENNESSEE PROGRAM TELL US THAT McKENZIE HAS BEEN FABULOUS FOR HIM. HE TRUSTS HIM, HE'S A GUY THAT JUST BARELY FINISHED PLAYING, SO, THEY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. AND THEY CAN REALLY SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE ON MANY LEVELS. >> Rece: McKENZIE MELTON, HE WAS JUST SCINTILLATING AT UCF, SOME OF THOSE GREAT UCF TEAMS. SUFFERED THAT TERRIBLE INJURY, WENT TO FLORIDA STATE, HAD A MOMENT AGAINST NOTRE DAME, AND -- C.J. BAILEY PUTS IT ON THE DECK. THE YOUNGSTER GETTING SOME EXPERIENCE HERE AT THE END OF THE BLOWOUT. SO, MELTON CAME OFF THE BUNCH AND WARMED THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE, NOT JUST COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS, BUT SPORTS FANS, BECAUSE IT LOOKED AS IF HIS CAREER MIGHT BE OVER. HAD TO STRUGGLE TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN. CAME BACK OUT, LED THAT COMEBACK THAT NIGHT. >> Kirk: THAT WAS SPECIAL. WE WERE JUST -- FORGET FOOTBALL, IS HE GOING TO BE OKAY? IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WALK? THEN TO COME OUT AND PLAY THE WAY HE DID THAT NIGHT, VERY MEMORABLE EVENING. >> Rece: 6:30 TO GO, NC STATE WILL HAVE TO PUNT IT AWAY. AND YOU START TO WONDER NOW IN NICO'S NIGHT WILL COME TO AN END. I KNOW HE'S YOUNG, NEEDS REPS AND SO FORTH, BUT -- >> Kirk: NO, NO. >> Rece: MIGHT BE TIME TO PULL THE PLUG ON THAT. THERE'S SQUIRREL WHITE. SQUIRREL WHITE LOOKING FOR ROOM. LET'S SEE IF HE'S GOT ENOUGH TO GET TO THE CORNER. ACROSS THE 45, TO THE 50, 45 -- NOT QUITE ENOUGH REAL ESTATE TO TURN THE CORNER AND TAKE THAT ONE ALL THE WAY BACK. OKAY, SO, JOSH HEUPEL, CAME FROM JUNIOR COLLEGE, THE LEFTY, LED BOB STOOPS TEAM TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2000. >> Kirk: THAT WAS A SPECIAL TEAM. THEY WERE REALLY UNDERDOGS FOR MUCH OF THE YEAR. ENDED UP GETTING INTO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DOWN IN MIAMI AGAINST FLORIDA STATE, AND CHRIS WINE KEY AND THEY WON THAT GAME 14-2 OR SOMETHING -- 13-2. >> Rece: THAT WAS A DYNAMIC FLORIDA STATE TEAM. MAN, THAT OKLAHOMA DEFENSE WAS STRONG AND HEUPEL WAS THE QUARTERBACK THEY NEEDED. AND THAT -- >> Kirk: THEY'RE GOING TO UPDATE THAT OKLAHOMA CHANCE TO WIN, I THINK. ALL THOSE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE UPDATED. CAN YOU THROW THAT UP AGAIN, BILLY? LET ME JUST LOOK AT THAT BASED ON JUST WATCHING THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS. DOESN'T MEAN OKLAHOMA IS A BAD TEAM. THE FACT THAT THEY'RE IN A BATTLE WITH HOUSTON. ALABAMA AT HOME, AGAIN, THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY LOW TO ME. GEORGIA -- FORGET ABOUT FOR A SECOND. THAT'S -- THEY'RE JUST A DIFFERENT TEAM. >> Rece: WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE LATER. >> Kirk: WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE LATER. THE REST OF THEM -- BUT I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GAMES THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY. GEORGIA, OF COURSE, ON THE ROAD IN ATHENS WILL BE A VERY, VERY TOUGH GAME, BUT BY THEN, THIS YOUNG TEAM WILL HAVE GROWN UP. YOU KNOW? >> Rece: THINGS MAY HAVE CHANGED BY THEN. GASTON MOORE IS PLAYING QUARTERBACK. NICO'S NIGHT IS DONE. >> Kirk: WHEN I SAY YOUNG TEAM, THE YOUNG SECONDARY, YOU KNOW, NICO GETTING MORE AND MORE REPS, JUST CONTINUING TO GEL AND GROW, BUT -- >> Rece: THAT'S PART OF IT. THERE ARE ENOUGH INEXPERIENCED PARTS ON THIS TEAM, CERTAINLY NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT. BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE A BETTER START, THESE FIRST TWO WEEKS. AND THEY LOOK LIKE -- THEY HAVE THE LOOK OF A TEAM THAT CAN DEVELOP AND BE A CONTENDER IN THE S.E.C. WHAT WE SAW FROM TEXAS TODAY, AND WHAT WE SAW FROM GEORGIA LAST WEEK -- THREE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES BY S.E.C. TEAMS. CONFERENCE THAT HAS STRUGGLED OVERALL, SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS. >> Kirk: YEAH. WOULD YOU PUT MIAMI IN THERE? JUST TALKING ABOUT IMPRESSIVE TEAMS. >> Rece: YEAH. FOR SURE. >> Kirk: WE REALLY ONLY HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEM IN THAT ONE GAME. AND IT WAS ON THE ROAD IN AN S.E.C. STADIUM AND THEY, I THINK, WOWED EVERYBODY WITH CAM WARD AND DAMIAN MARTINEZ COMING OVER, BOTH ARE TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS. THAT WAS A WOW MOMENT. GEORGIA LAST WEEK WAS A WOW MOMENT. I THINK USC REALLY IMPRESSED A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, GOING AND TAKING ON LSU, WHO, BY THE WAY, PLAYED GOOD FOOTBALL, BUT USC FOUND A WAY TO WIN THE GAME. YOU MENTIONED TEXAS, WITH A BIG STATEMENT. SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT MICHIGAN BEING A YOUNG TEAM, AFTER THEY LOST SO MUCH, BUT -- YOU AND I WERE STANDING ON THE SIDELINE IN THAT ATMOSPHERE. >> Rece: WOO. >> Kirk: THAT WAS A HYPED UP ATMOSPHERE AGAINST THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. I DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT -- SARK IS BUILDING SOMETHING SPECIAL THERE. WHEN THEY WENT LAST YEAR TO ALABAMA, THEY WENT INTO THAT GAME EXPECTING TO WIN, YOU KNOW? AND I THINK THESE LAST THREE YEARS, IT'S JUST BEEN GROWING AND GROWING. THEY CAME CLOSE LAST YEAR, AND THEY LOOK LIKE A TEAM THAT'S FOR REAL. GEORGIA/TEXAS DOWN THE ROAD IN OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE MASSIVE. >> Rece: YEAH. F-1 RACE IN AUSTIN THAT WEEK. IT WILL BE UP FOR GRABS. BACK TO THE BIG HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON, MICHIGAN, EARLY IN THE GAME, BEFORE THE THING GOT OUT OF HAND, SAID, THIS IS OHIO STATE-LEVEL NOISE. IT WAS A CAULDRON OF INTENSITY THAT TEXAS JUST WENT IN THERE AND QUIETED. LONG FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT FOR THE YOUNG KICKER, AND -- GILBERT COULDN'T GET THAT ONE TO GO THROUGH. THAT WAS A 53 YARDER. MY BUDDY MIKE BLACK DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB SPOTTING, KICKING EXPERT. SAID YOUNG KICKER NEEDS SOME REPS, GIVE HIM A SHOT AT IT, JUST TO LET HIM TAKE A SWING. SO, 51-10, INSIDE FOUR MINUTES TO PLAY. PROGRAM TIMELINE FOR THE BIG ORANGE. PHILLIP FULMER, 51-98. OVER A 12-SEASON SPAN, MIXED BAG THERE WITH A NUMBER OF COACHES. BUT JOSH HEUPEL STABILIZED THINGS. HAD THE 11-WIN SEASON AND PERHAPS IF NOT FOR THE JURY TO HENDON HOOKER, MAYBE THEY WIND UP IN THE PLAYOFF THAT YEAR. >> Kirk: 11-2 WITH HENDON HOOKER. 9-4 LAST YEAR. 20 WINS. THAT'S THE BEST TWO-YEAR RUN SINCE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK 20 YEARS AGO, '03-04. THAT'S UNREAL. >> Rece: IT'S BEEN AWHILE. THEY WANDERED IN THE WILDERNESS FOR AWHILE. THEY SEEM TO HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY NOW. AND THEY ARE PLAYING HUNGRY UNTIL THE END. >> Kirk: THIS IS THE BACKUP DEFENSE. AND THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING, RUNNING TO THE FOOTBALL, HITTING PEOPLE. AND ENJOYING IT. JUST FLYING AROUND RIGHT NOW. >> Rece: THE FRESHMAN FAROOQ WAS IN THERE. WANTED TO GET SOME OF THE ACTION. >> Kirk: THIS TENNESSEE DEFENSE, IT'S NOT OVER YET, 134 YARDS THEY'VE ALLOWED TONIGHT. EARLIER IN THE GAME, THEY ALLOWED -- REMEMBER THAT OPENING DRIVE. NC STATE WAS 3 OF 3 ON THIRD DOWN. SINCE THEN, THEY'RE 0 FOR 8, AND THEY'VE NOT ALLOWED A TOUCHDOWN. REMEMBER, IT WAS A SIX PICK. NO TOUCHDOWNS FOR THIS DEFENSE IN THE LAST 12 QUARTERS. >> Rece: AND THEIR DEFENSE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN OF THEIR OWN TO MATCH IT. THEY HAD A PICK SIX THEMSELVES. TWO PICK SIXES, ONE 85 YARDS, ONE 87. OF COURSE, THREE TURNOVERS TO 12 TACKLES FOR LOSS. IT SEEMS LIKE TWICE THAT MANY. I'M SURE IT DOES TO DAVE DOEREN. ROBERT ANAE AND THAT NORTH CAROLINA STATE OFFENSE, WHO HAD HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE BALL, SLOW THE GAME DOWN, SHORTEN IT. TIM BANKS AND CREW WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT. THIRD AND 12. QUARTERBACK WILL KEEP IT, AS NC STATE'S GETTING ITS YOUNG QUARTERBACK SOME ACTION, AND C.J. BAILEY MAKES A NICE RUN. BAILEY, A FRESHMAN FROM MIAMI. IT WILL BE A FOURTH DOWN. NEED ONE. THEY HAVEN'T HAD MUCH SUCCESS, FOURTH AND SHORT TONIGHT. TWO-MINUTE TIME-OUT. TENNESSEE ON ITS WAY TO ITS SECOND VICTORY OF THE SEASON. WE'LL WRAP IT UP FROM CHARLOTTE WHEN YOU COME BACK. WH As a member of Navy Federal Credit Union, Frank feels financially at ease. 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NC STATE WAVING THE WHITE FLAG. PUNTING ON FOURTH AND TWO. TENNESSEE WILL MAKE THE FAIR CATCH. AND FROM HERE, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RUN IT OUT. THIS TENNESSEE DEFENSE HAS JUST BEEN STIFLING. >> Kirk: IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. I MEAN, JUST -- IF YOU LIKE DEFENSE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ERA OF SPREAD AND OFFENSE AND FIREPOWER, I -- I FIND IT REFRESHING TO WATCH A DEFENSE FLY AROUND. DIDN'T HAVE TO BLITZ VERY OFTEN. THEY BROUGHT IT WHEN THEY NEEDED TO, BUT MIXED IT UP. KNEW COMING IT WOULD BE A BATTLE FOR NC STATE. I LOVE HOW THEY FLY TO THE BALL. PLAY WITH THAT RECKLESS ABANDON CONFIDENCE. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH THEM GROW. THEY HAVE KENT STATE, THEY HAVE A BYE, THEN THEY GO TO NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WHO INCIDENTALLY, OKLAHOMA SURVIVED A SCARE FROM HOUSTON. THEY ENDED UP WINNING 16-12, SO, THEY REMAIN UNBEATEN. PLENTY OF WORK TO DO FOR THE SOONERS. >> Rece: WHEN YOU HAVE MORE AND MORE ADMIRATION FOR THE TEAMS WHO DO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS, BECAUSE IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO DO NOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME OLDER TEAMS SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH ALL OF THE TRANSFERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU DO IT, YOU DESERVE THE PRAISE FOR IT. NOTRE DAME WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT, ALABAMA PULLED AWAY LATE, OKLAHOMA SURVIVED. BUT TENNESSEE CAME HERE AGAINST A GOOD, SOLID TEAM AND FLEXED. >> Kirk: YEAH, THEY DID. YOU VOTE IN THE AP? WHERE DID YOU HAVE THEM LAST WEEK? >> Rece: I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE, 15, 16, 17, SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA. >> Kirk: NOW? >> Rece: I IMAGINE THEY'LL BE IN THE TOP TEN. MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. I'M TRYING TO -- YOU TRY TO REWARD THE TEAMS EARLY ON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE -- IT'S GOING TO BE WILD FLUCTUATION. I'VE HAD NOTRE DAME -- >> Kirk: VOLATILE EARLY. >> Rece: PENN STATE IN THE TOP FIVE OR SIX AFTER THEIR WINS LAST WEEK, THEN PENN STATE -- HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SCUFFLED AROUND, SO -- >> Kirk: YEAH, THE BOWLING GREEN STATE FALCONS GAVE THEM ALL THEY COULD HANDLE THERE. ALMOST UPSET THEM. KANSAS STATE -- THEY ENDED UP WINNING AGAINST TULANE, THEY FOUND A WAY? MARK, APPRECIATE IT. >> Rece: PULLED IT OUT. OKLAHOMA STATE, WE MENTIONED EARLIER, AGAINST ARKANSAS. PRETTY GOOD DAY FOR THE BIG 12. AND ARIZONA STATE IS OFF TO A GOOD START AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE, TOO. EARLY GOING. >> Kirk: THAT'S MY SUPER DOGS, RIGHT? >> Rece: HOW MANY ARE YOU GETTING THERE? >> Kirk: I THINK 5 1/2. GREAT JOB, KID. LOVE CALLS THE GAMES WITH YOU. >> Rece: LIKEWISE. CHRIS FOWLER WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. GOT THE U.S. OPEN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP COMING UP ON SUNDAY. AND THE CLOCK WINDS DOWN, AND WILL STRIKE ZEROS. A DISAPPOINTING NIGHT FOR DAVE DOEREN AND A REALLY IMPRESSIVE ONE FOR TENNESSEE AND JOSH HEUPEL. DOEREN FINDS JOSH THERE, AND THE TWO SHARE A WORD, AND BOY OH BOY, TENNESSEE HAS BEEN ROLLING. HOLLY ROWE HAS THE STAR YOUNG QUARTERBACK OF THE VOLUNTEERS, NICO IAMALEAVA. >> Holly: THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR FIRST BIG TRUE TESTS -- HE'S TOO NICE. HE WANTS TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE. THIS IS ONE OF YOUR FIRST BIG TESTS. HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU PASSED SO FAR TONIGHT? >> PLAYED A LITTLE SLOPPY IN THE BEGINNING. I THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB IN FINISHING STRONG IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Holly: THE COACHES TALKED TO US ABOUT YOUR POISE AND COMPOSURE. YOU WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND HAVE GOOD DRIVES. HOW DO YOU MOVE QUICKLY PAST THOSE MISTAKES? >> I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S STUCK WITH ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG. MY DAD INSTILLED IN ME TO MOVE ON QUICK. WE HAD A BAD PLAY IN THE SECOND QUARTER, I HAD TO BOUNCE BACK. >> Holly: YOU RAN FOR SOME KEY FIRST DOWNS, SHOWED YOUR ATHLETICISM. HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO SHOW YOUR SKILL SET TONIGHT? >> YEAH, I THINK I WAS JUST TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE WAS GIVING ME. WHEN THEY DROP EIGHT, YOU KNOW, I HAD SO MANY ANSWERS, AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FORCE STUFF. SO, I THINK SECOND HALF, I SETTLED DOWN WELL. >> Holly: OVER 100 POINTS IN YOUR LAST TWO GAMES. WHAT'S NEXT FOR THIS OFFENSE THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO CONNECT ON AND IMPROVE WITH? >> I THINK EVERYTHING. WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT OUR GOAL IN MIND IS, SO, EVERY DAY, WE'RE PUSHING FUR OUR GOAL. >> Holly: I SEE YOUR FOLKS IN THE CROWD. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> MEANS EVERYTHING. I LOVE HAVING MY PARENTS HERE. HAVE SOME FAMILY OUT HERE FROM NORTH CAROLINA COME OUT. I LOVE HAVING MY FAMILY HERE SUPPORTING ME. >> Holly: THANK YOU, NICO. >> APPRECIATE YOU. >> Rece: SEVEN SIBLINGS. NICO IAMALEAVA IS THE GUY TENNESSEE HAS BEEN WAITING ON, THEIR FANS, AND THEY'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BIG YEAR. FINAL SCORE FROM CHARLOTTE, 51-10. TENNESSEE WINS OVER NC STATE. TONIGHT'S GAME WAS PRODUCED BY -- EQUALLY GREAT NOW. EXCEPT ON THE WEST COAST, STAY TUNED FOR YOUR LATE LOCAL NEWS OVER MOST OF THESE ABC STATIONS. A VICTORIOUS NIGHT FOR HEUPEL AND THE BIG ORANGE. FOR KIRK HERBSTREIT AND HOLLY ROWE, I'M RECE DAVIS SAYING GOOD NIGHT FROM THE DUKE'S MAYO CLASSIC IN CHARLOTTE, WHERE TENNESSEE ROLLED TO VICTORY.