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The Auburn Wire’s staff predictions for Tigers vs. Tennessee

The staff at The Auburn Wire make their predictions for the matchup between the Tigers and Tennessee on Saturday in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

It feels like three months have went by since we last saw Auburn on the football field.

While it has only been 20 days, it will be nice to see the Tigers in action once again on Saturday as they host Tennessee in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Gus Malzahn’s team is favored by 10.5 points and should be able to pull off the victory.

Here is how the staff here at The Auburn Wire sees the game going down.

Shea Brennaman

Tennessee is on an abysmal four-game losing streak as they enter Jordan-Hare this weekend. Go ahead and make that five. The Tigers proved they have plenty of offensive firepower against LSU and will continue to capitalize off of that win come Saturday. Tennessee is giving up a lot of yardage and they don’t have the tools to stop impact players like Seth Williams and Tank Bigsby. I think Gus Malzahn pulls out all the stops here in honor of his 100th game.

Prediction: Auburn 42, Tennessee 21.

Brian Stultz

I have picked Auburn to lose its last two games and, fortunately, I was wrong. That makes me wonder if I should keep on picking against the Tigers, but I just can’t do that this week. Tank Bigsby and company are going to shove it down Tennessee’s throats as Malzahn gets revenge for his second-worst loss as an Auburn coach.

Prediction: Auburn 41, Tennessee 24

College Football News makes prediction for Auburn-Tennessee

Pete Fiutak of College Football News makes his prediction for Saturday’s matchup between Auburn and Tennessee in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Auburn hosts Tennessee on Saturday in Jordan-Hare Stadium as the Tigers return to the field after a 20-day layoff.

Pete Fiutak of College Football News made his prediction for the matchup:

Why Tennessee Will Win

Can Jarrett Guarantano somehow recreate the magic of a few years ago?

The Vols were able to beat Auburn in 2018 when Guarantano went off for 328 yards, two touchdown passes, and a whole slew of big plays. The Vols either need him to catch fire, or hope the experience Harrison Bailey got in the Arkansas game is enough to be ready to step in and give the Tigers trouble.

Auburn might be finding ways to come up with wins, but the defense hasn’t been great at getting off the field – Tennessee has to somehow keep the chains moving. The Tiger pass defense got hit by LSU for 315 yards, and the run D that got ripped up by Ole Miss a few weeks ago.

There isn’t one glaring weakness on the AU D, but it’s generally just okay. However …

Why Auburn Will Win

Tennessee is a strange mess. The offense that looked like it would grow into a thing after the first three weeks just sort of stopped. Granted, Kentucky keeps scores low and Alabama is Alabama, but the 302 yards put up in 31-point loss to the Tide marked the only time the Vols get over 300 in the last four games.

The running game isn’t working, the passing attack managed 107 yards against Arkansas, and nothing seems to be happening even with the offensive line not playing all that poorly.

Auburn has its issues – congrats on being the last win in the Will Muschamp era at South Carolina – but it’s finding ways to win.

Did it catch a break against Ole Miss? Yeah. Did it catch a monster break against Ole Miss? Oh yeah. But it’s the SEC. If you’re 4-2, you won four games, you take them, you don’t ask questions, and you move on.

As much as Bo Nix and the passing game have to do a better job of clicking, the offense has managed both 200 yards rushing and receiving in each of the last three games, and is coming off its best performance of the season with a big day against LSU.

What’s Going To Happen

The losing coach in this won’t be Muschamped, but the fan base will get really, really, really grouchy.

Auburn has more of its stuff together and should be consistent enough offensively to survive – at least compared to Tennessee. The Vols don’t do any one offensive thing well, and the defense isn’t taking the ball away enough to matter.

Prediction: Auburn 30, Tennessee 23