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Vols sticking with MacIntyre; Steiner on Norris; McAfee on MNF

George MacIntyre gets a second consecutive start for No. 14 Tennessee against No. 6 Alabama after debuting last week.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTennessee is set to start George MacIntyre at quarterback for the second straight week when number fourteen hosts number six Alabama, ESPN reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo weeks in a row. That's a lifetime contract in college football, and it's all downhill from here, mark my words.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI've held this end of the couch for six years. Nobody has ever announced a competition.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGive it time. The cushion has a very good backup.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGuenther Steiner says Lando Norris made, quote, not a world champion move, after he collided with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in the Singapore sprint race.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA collision with your own teammate. I once did that with a trolley at the supermarket, and the tea is still not forgiven.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour own trolley.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd Pat McAfee is responding to talk that he could replace Troy Aikman on Monday Night Football.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAikman is in his last year at ESPN, and Joe Buck just signed a six-year, one hundred eight million dollar extension.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty years together since two thousand two, and now the analyst is the one on the bench. I give the booth six months.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody replaces anybody on this couch, Dale. My cushion stays mine.

  12. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSkip's out in the field, Hank, and I hear he's standing in something wet again.

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