loose lips sink ships.....

This may very well be the best protected secret in University of Tennessee football history – Will Erik Ainge be ready to play against LSU after suffering a high ankle sprain in last week’s South Carolina game? Or is Jonathan Crompton going to take the controls on Saturday? If you ask me, it’s all a head game.

Phillip Fulmer didn’t just fall off the turnip truck. He knows how to play the game, both on and off the field. When asked about his positive outlook from earlier in the week, he quickly defended his stance. “I said he'd be ready to go,” Fulmer explained. “Now, how much he can actually go, we'll see, but he'll be ready to go.”

This will be Tennessee’s toughest game of the season – so far. (They’ve still got to go to Arkansas next week.) All indications are that LSU’s chink in their armor isn’t on the field, it’s on the sidelines. Seems strange to hear people say we’ve got an advantage when it comes to coaching after hearing the exact opposite for years and years.

This UT team has yet to shrink from a challenge. They’re one of the more resilient teams I’ve seen in several years. Regardless of how good LSU looks on paper, the game’s still going to be played on the field. And I like our chances.

Go get ‘em, Vols…..