Mike’s Analysis:

We were prepared to pick Tennessee ATS, but yielding double digits to an opponent in desperation mode carries too much risk. The safer option, if not terribly profitable, is an ML play. Texas has not only weathered two must-wins in two days, but Thursday’s was extended to two overtimes. Three Longhorns logged 40-plus minutes. The emotional tool perhaps was greater than the physical one as Texas appeared beaten a few times, only to rally. Tennessee’s seventh-ranked scoring defense should clamp down on the exhausted ‘Horns.