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Ten Takeaways on Titans’ 2022 Schedule
NASHVILLE – The Titans’ street towards a possible seventh straight profitable season, fourth straight playoff berth and third straight AFC South title begins Sept. 11 in Nissan Stadium towards the New York Giants.
We’ve recognized who the Titans would face in 2022 for months.
However we all know now that the 17-game 2022 schedule consists of 4 prime-time contests and an early bye week (Week 6), in addition to a Christmas Eve recreation towards Houston earlier than the Titans end at dwelling towards Jacksonville on Jan. 8.
Listed here are 10 takeaways from the Titans’ 2022 schedule:
• Prime-time gamers – The Titans shall be on nationwide tv at the least 4 occasions in the course of the 2022 season – Week 2 at Buffalo on Monday Night time Soccer; Week 9 at Kansas Metropolis on Sunday Night time Soccer; Week 11 at Inexperienced Bay on Thursday Night time Soccer; and Week 17 towards Dallas on Thursday Night time Soccer. It’s probably the most prime-time video games for the staff in a single season since 2009.
The Titans have received 5 of their final seven primetime video games, and went 3-0 in primetime contests final season.
The competition at Inexperienced Bay will give the Titans an opportunity to do one thing they’ve by no means completed – win a Thursday-night recreation on the street. Tennessee is 0-6 all-time away from dwelling on Thursday nights.
• Enviable opponent – Each NFL staff desires to get out of the gate with a win, and the Titans will definitely have an incredible alternative to take action with a house recreation towards the New York Giants in Week 1. The sport would be the first for brand spanking new Giants coach Brian Daboll, however he has loads of challenges main as much as the Music Metropolis opener. The Giants completed 4-13 final season, a file that included six straight losses to shut out the schedule. They have been 1-8 on the street. Sportsbetting.ag and www.BetOnline.ag every have the Titans as a really early 6.5-point favourite.
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• Depraved stretch – We’ve recognized for some time the Titans would face a number of of the NFL’s finest quarterbacks in 2022. However we didn’t know Tennessee would face 4 in a four-week stretch. The rugged month begins when the Titans face the Chiefs’ Pat Mahomes in Week 9, and it continues with a house recreation towards the Broncos’ Russell Wilson in Week 10, a street recreation towards the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers in Week 11 and a house recreation towards Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow in Week 12. Whew. Three of the 4 quarterbacks – Mahomes, Rodgers and Burrow – threw for greater than 4,000 yards final season, and the foursome mixed for 133 touchdowns versus 40 interceptions.
• Powerful timing (Half One) – The Titans will face a stiff sufficient take a look at as is once they journey to Kansas Metropolis for a Week 9 Sunday Night time Soccer recreation. However what makes life much more difficult is the actual fact the Chiefs have a Bye Week in Week 8, giving one of many NFL’s most gifted groups a full further week to relaxation and put together for the Titans.
• Powerful timing (Half Two) — Taking part in on Thursday night time is hard for all NFL groups due to the quick turnaround from the earlier Sunday. However the street groups have even much less time to arrange as a result of they need to issue journey into the schedule. That would be the case for the Titans in Week 12, when Tennessee travels to Inexperienced Bay for a Thursday night time recreation, enjoying a Packers staff that was at dwelling the earlier Sunday.
• Higher timing – With a pair of Thursday night time video games along with their bye, the Titans can have three video games wherein they get pleasure from a protracted relaxation interval between video games. They host the Colts in Week 7 following their bye, and the Bengals in Week 11 following a Thursday night time recreation at Inexperienced Bay. In Week 18, the Titans have a protracted week to arrange for his or her season finale at Jacksonville, following a Thursday recreation towards Dallas.
Since Mike Vrabel was employed in 2018, the Titans are 4-0 following their bye and 4-0 following Thursday night time video games for a mixed 8-0 file in the course of the common season. The Titans and Steelers are the NFL’s solely undefeated groups throughout that interval with 9 or extra relaxation days between video games.
• Vacation greetings – One of many extra anticipated video games of the season is about for Dec. 4, when the Titans head north to face former Tennessee vast receiver A.J. Brown and the Philadelphia Eagles. In a shocking commerce, the Titans despatched Brown to the Eagles on the primary night time of the NFL Draft, in change for the 18th and 101st general picks within the draft. With the 18th decide, the Titans chosen Arkansas receiver Treylon Burks, who is predicted to take Brown’s place within the lineup.
Another acquainted faces the Titans will see this season: cornerback Adoree Jackson in Week 1 towards the New York Giants; guard Rodger Saffold, sort out David Quessenberry and defensive sort out DaQuan Jones in Week 2 towards Buffalo; linebacker Jayon Brown and defensive lineman Kyle Peko in Week 3 towards Las Vegas; and sort out Dennis Kelly in Weeks 4 and seven towards Indianapolis.
• Shifting and shifting – For those who get pleasure from a set routine so far as watching the Titans, this isn’t your 12 months. Solely eight of the Titans’ video games are at present scheduled for Sunday midday kickoffs. There are 4 primetime video games, three late Sunday afternoon kickoffs, one Saturday contest and the Week 18 matchup at Jacksonville, which can obtain a day (Jan. 7 or 8) and kickoff time later within the season.
• Unusual scheduling – It appeared a odd final season when the Titans and Colts, the groups most certainly to compete for the AFC South title, performed twice inside 5 weeks and didn’t face each other after Oct. 31. However when you thought that was uncommon, it will get much more unusual this season. The Titans and Colts face one another twice in three weeks, and received’t see each other in the course of the common season after Week 7 in Nissan Stadium.
• Residence-stretch happiness – If historical past is any indication, the Titans needs to be typically happy with the final 5 video games of the schedule. These contests embrace each video games towards Jacksonville, a staff the Titans have overwhelmed 5 straight occasions general – and eight straight on the street. There’s additionally a house recreation towards Houston, a staff the Titans have overwhelmed in 4 of the final 5 conferences. Dallas shall be a problem, however the Titans could be thought-about favorites at this level. The outlier, after all, is Week 15 on the Los Angeles Chargers, when the Titans will face a staff – and a area – which have at all times been problematic.
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What coach Tim Corbin said about Vanderbilt baseball, Tennessee confrontation after Game 3
KNOXVILLE ― After the final out of Vanderbilt baseball’s 7-5 win against Tennessee on May 11, which clinched the rivalry series win for the first time since 2021, the teams had to be separated on the field after the benches cleared and several players appeared to exchange words.
A Vanderbilt program spokesperson said he was not aware of any ejections or suspensions stemming from the game.
“I didn’t know what happened really, until I was in the middle of it, but it was just two emotional teams that all played hard,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said. “You know that boys will be boys.”
Tempers had flared all game. During the first inning, both teams were issued warnings after Vanderbilt catcher Colin Barczi took exception to Tennessee first baseman Andrew Fischer chirping at Commodores players while rounding the bases after a home run. Both Fischer and Barczi hit two home runs in the game.
“Rubber match, Game 3. Both have one win in the series. So, I mean obviously, both teams wanted it more than anything,” Barczi said.
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter, @aria_gerson.
KNOXVILLE ― Ethan McElvain took the mound for the ninth inning against Tennessee in a move that felt like it could go either very well or very poorly.
McElvain has a 7.33 ERA this season, but the potential has always been evident with his mid-90s fastball. He gave up at least one run in his first nine outings of the season and multiple runs in seven of those, and though he was originally in the weekend rotation, Vanderbilt baseball moved him to the bullpen after five weeks.
Facing the top of the order, McElvain retired all three batters he faced, including striking out Andrew Fischer with a 97 mph fastball to close out the 10-6 win on May 10 and force a rubber match in the series.
Vanderbilt (35-16, 15-11 SEC) has dealt with inconsistent performances all season in part because of a young roster that has faced growing pains. But as the regular season comes closer to a conclusion, those same players have stepped up.
In the series opener, it was Brodie Johnston, who hit a ninth-inning home run in a 3-2 loss and made several key defensive plays. In Game 2, it was McElvain and sophomore Braden Holcomb, who had a home run and three RBIs.
“I think we’re as talented of a group as there is,” Holcomb said. “I think once, when we play with confidence, and we just go out there and let it go, I think we’re one of the best teams in the country.”
Holcomb has been rounding into form of late, with six extra-base hits in his past seven games. Most notably, he hit two home runs in a game against Alabama, including a walk-off to clinch the series for Vanderbilt. He is part of a formidable middle-of-the-order core with Johnston, Riley Nelson and Colin Barczi.
Younger pitchers have come in handy, too. Luke Guth got the Game 2 win with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts.
“I just trust him,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said of McElvain. ” . . . I think he’s really improved over the past couple ofweeks. I like where his mind is. I like where his delivery is. I like where the ball is going. I like his intent. It’s good. He wants to pitch. We’ve got to get him out there.”
Corbin says his teams typically tend to improve after exams are over before hitting a late-season peak. One game against the Vols doesn’t necessarily make that the case this time, but several players are showing positive indicators.
The win also erased some of the previous demons of Lindsey Nelson Stadium, where Vanderbilt got swept in 2023. Just two players who played in Game 2 were on the 2023 team, and only one was on the 2022 team that was swept at home by the Vols, starting what would eventually become a nine-game losing streak in the rivalry.
Now a younger group has the chance to create its own legacy in a series Tennessee has dominated of late.
“I wasn’t here (in 2023), but there’s a lot of guys on the team that were here, and I’m sure that feels really good,” Holcomb said. “Coming in this environment, getting a win, that’s going to set us up in the long run. So that’s good, and that’s important.”
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X, formerly Twitter, @aria_gerson.
An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude jolted parts of the southern U.S. on Saturday morning.
The quake hit about 13 miles from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles south of Knoxville, the U.S. Geological Survey said, around 9 a.m. local time.
Residents in Atlanta and parts of western North Carolina reported on social media feeling the tremors.
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The USGS initially reported the earthquake as a 3.5 magnitude quake before increasing it to 4.1.
There were no immediate reports of significant damage or injuries.
Gabriela Reilly was making waffles with her husband when they felt their entire home shake in Braselton, Georgia, which is northeast of Atlanta.
“Our ceiling fan started shaking for about 10 seconds,” she said. “I thought a giant aircraft had flown low right over the neighborhood, but my husband said, ‘No, that was definitely an earthquake!’”
Earthquakes are not uncommon in the region. The Eastern Tennessee seismic zone is one of the most active in the Southeast and extends across parts of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
Two tremors struck in December 2018. One was a 4.4 magnitude earthquake that was centered in Decatur, Tennessee, which is south of Knoxville. It shook homes as far away as Atlanta.
Another earthquake struck a few days later with a magnitude of 3.0. Its epicenter was about two miles (four kilometers) southeast of Mascot, near Knoxville. It also was felt in parts of Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina.
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