Tennessee OT Lance Heard out vs. Oklahoma, per Pete Thamel
Tennessee offensive tackle Lance Heard is out for Saturday night’s game against Oklahoma, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. It will be Heard’s second-straight missed game.
Dayne Davis will start in place of Heard, according to Thamel, making his eighth career start. Heard continues to deal with a leg injury.
So far, things have not been trending in a positive direction for Heard to play this week, as he was out on both the Wednesday and Thursday availability reports.
Even with Heard out, though, the Volunteers are one of the hottest offenses in the country.
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Tennessee comes in as one of the hottest teams in the country to open the year. They’re 3-0 where they’ve won by a total score of 191-13 for an average of 63.7 points per game scored while allowing only 4.3 points. This will be their toughest competition yet, though, with it being their first true road game against a fellow highly-rated conference opponent.
As for Oklahoma, this is their first-ever game in the league with it being their debut to the SEC. They’re playing it after their own 3-0 start where they’ve won by an average of 22.3 points per victory. Still, they’ve also had their questions over the past two weeks after having to win close ones over Houston and Tulane.
There are also the connections between the two head coaches and with OU. Josh Heupel returns after being a national title-winning quarterback for the Sooners in 2000. He also spent over a decade on staff in two stints, specifically working with their offense as a co-coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He will then be matching up against Brent Venables, who is in his third season as head coach at Oklahoma, who was on that staff with the program during Heupel’s career there as a player.
And more than that, there’s plenty riding on the contest for both teams as they both push to compete for the SEC crown.
Tennessee vs. Oklahoma odds: Early point spread released, How to Watch
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Channel: ABC/ESPN+, Fubo TV (Streaming)
Location: Norman, OK
Tennessee and Oklahoma are set for a much-anticipated showdown in the SEC. The odds are now in for it ahead of kickoff this weekend.
According to FanDuel, Tennessee opened up as a 6.5 point favorite in this one. The total was set at 47.5 points.
If you want to bet the money line, Tennessee was listed as the -225 favorite while Oklahoma is at +184.