NCAA Football — #18 Tennessee began its season on the road at UCLA, and left 0-1 after losing 27-24 in overtime . Bruins quarterback Kevin Craft threw four interceptions in the first half alone, but rallied the team in the second half by not throwing more interceptions… After a thrilling 0-0 first half, Fresno State beat Rutgers 24-7 in New Jersey. The Bulldogs were ...

Here’s what the world is saying about the Vols’ disappointing loss to UCLA last night in the Rose Bowl. Trust me, it isn’t pretty… Final Statistics: Tennessee vs. UCLA — 01 September 2008 Holding Hands is Not Going to Help… From the Good Guys (Vol Bloggers): Pants, It’s Just Pants — Rocky Top Talk Big Orange ...

Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you cordially to a liveblog this evening that we’re tentatively calling the first Identity Crisis of the year: Tennessee at UCLA. UCLA has to break in Rick Neuheisel , who’s already deep down a hole because of who he’s not (and who he’s really not ) and Tennessee, who face tough scrutiny for what they are ( Bloomin’ Onion ...

Did you hear? It was a big week for the Bruins. Very big. Massive, really. With their 27-24 OT win Monday night over traditional SEC power Tennessee, UCLA not only shocked the college football world but energized the local populace beyond the excitement kicked up by the return of Rick Neuheisel to Westwood and the [...]

You mocked us when we included Tennessee in our preseason Top 10 , and obviously, we deserved it. In what we regarded as the largest upset in a bizarre weekend of college football - Clemson didn’t really lose to Nick Saban; nope, didn’t happen - Tennessee lost at UCLA, 27-24 in triple OT . Rebuilding UCLA. Down-to-its-third-QB UCLA. Four-picks-in-a-half UCLA. You want to blame ...

I’m still in recovery mode from the UCLA-Tennessee game yesterday. Between the broiling temps before and during the game, the pregame and stadium-smuggled booze, and the four-hour game itself, I was positively toast late last night. As it should be. ( SbB Girl Alex with Tennessee Defensive Coaching Staff) The highlight of the game for me was actually having 50-yard line seats ...

After Monday night’s loss to UCLA, some are suggesting the Tennessee Volunteers need time to develop a rhythm and gel into cohesive units. There isn’t time to do that in college football. The time to prepare has passed and it’s obvious the Vols didn’t utilize the time properly. For the second straight year Tennessee appeared [...]

Photos - UCLA beats Tennessee!!! I am still working on videos, but thought I'd share some photos. What an AWESOME experience and a huge win! GO BRUINS!!!

Disbelief and embarrassment. It took a few moments for last night’s loss to UCLA to really sink in. This morning before I left for class I was trying to find a comparable loss that I’ve been a part of, and I’m not sure there is one ( maybe Arkansas ‘99?). It’s been awhile since Tennessee can really truly say it was upset like it was last night. Even my two ...

This game was the cherry on top of the desert. I f you didn’t see this game you missed out on one of the best games of the year. Tennessee again went out to the West Coast to start the season and just like last year came away empty handed. The game was a story [...]

It's one thing for your team to lose right in front of you. Trust me, I've had plenty of experience with that. Quite another for the opposing coach to take the mic and verbally disembowel you before you've even been able to leave the stadium after an overtime game . Rick Neuheisel pulls it off. Immediately after this speech, UCLA set off fireworks for twenty minutes, it was so dark around ...

While UCLA’s Kevin Craft was not throwing interceptions during UCLA’s improbable overtime win against 18th-ranked Tennessee , a group of University of Oklahoma athletes were busy getting jumped in a nightclub. (Actually, the bar-room brawl went down early Sunday morning, I just wanted an opportunity to point out that Craft threw FOUR first-half interceptions and the Vols ...

You know, I go ahead and finally pick the favorite to win the Tennessee/UCLA game last night. Then what happens? UCLA pulls the massive upset. I even turned off the game at half time, figuring Kevin Craft wouldn't get it together in the second half. Well, Rick Neuheisel is an official genius. I'm not saying that he'll win the Pac-10 this year, or that Tennessee is a good team this year (at ...

In the first half of the game, yoiu would have been forgiven for thinking that Karl Dorrell was still in charge at UCLA — it was such an offensive abortion and an affront to football that Tennessee was playing down to the Bruins, who were put behind the eight-ball by their juco transfer QB Kevin Craft’s 4 first-half picks. ( Rex Grossman thinks that’s a bad job of ...

UCLA QB Kevin Craft had a terrible first half, throwing 4 INT's, one of which was returned for a Tennessee TD. But he stepped it up in the 2nd half, finishing with 25 completions, as the Bruins beat the Volunteers 27-24 in Rick Neuheisel's coaching debut at his alma mater. Craft's early struggles put the Bruins in a tough position early, but they were able to stay in the game, never ...

For those who didn't find a reason to tune into UCLA-Tennessee last night...shame on you. Let the Neuheisel hype fest commence in earnest. Not that it's ever stopped. Call us easy converts, but we're starting to believe this may be the start of a real turnaround for this program. It's also another indication of these Fulmer teams just never seeming to have the mental toughness (or whatever ...

Might the beautiful Sir Rick Neuheisel actually win this game? Isn't the SEC supposed to be invincible? Hasn't Phil Fulmer been fired yet? I guess I'll have to watch.

EDSBS LIVE celebrates CFB's opening weekend by hosting what promises to be a lively "discussion group" during tonight's telecast of the Tennessee-UCLA game at the Rose Bowl. We'll launch the show as soon as the 2nd quarter ends, recap the weekend's action through halftime and on into the second half for as long as it takes. Join us here at halftime for the return of in-season EDSBS LIVE.

When: 4:00 PM ET, ESPN Why You Should Care: Is Fresno State BCS-buster material? We'll probably find out with a road test against Rutgers, who slipped from 2006 to 2007. This is pretty much a huge game for both teams. Fresno State Will Win Because...: It was obvious that Rutgers struggled against power backs that can run between the tackles last season, and Ryan Matthews fits that ...

Saw something very cool over at Bruins Nation today, which I immediately endeavored to steal. I figure it's okay, because the merchandise is hot anyway, having originally been stolen from SB Nation Angels blog Halos Heaven . Here's the idea. Each Game Day, we'll post three questions about that day's Tennessee game. You post answers in the comment thread. Answer correctly and you get ...