The Tennessee Vols got hit with a stray during the opening round of the College Football Playoff thanks to old friend adversary Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated. There was a significant amount of complaining this weekend after blowout wins in the first round of the playoff by Ole Miss and Oregon

The inclusion or exclusion of the Group of Five from the College Football Playoff remains a point of contention among fans and analysts after another couple of routs during this year’s first-round games over the weekend.

As a result, the Hurricanes will go on the road to face Texas A&M and Alabama will travel for a rematch with Oklahoma as the two standout games of the first round. The first round is rounded out by another rematch between Tulane and Ole Miss, and James Madison taking on Oregon as the biggest underdog of this year's playoff.

Jimmy pats himself on back for calling for Tim Banks' firing. James troubled by lack of intensity in Vols basketball.

The College Football Playoff begins Friday, and Ed Orgeron argued Notre Dame should have made the field over Alabama and weighed in on SEC strength and coaching changes.

Below is Tennessee's bowl game history and results in program history. Dec. 5, 1931: New York Charity Game: Tennessee 13, New York University 0* Jan. 2, 1939: Orange Bowl: Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0 Jan. 1, 1941: Sugar Bowl: Boston College 19, Tennessee 13

Tennessee will play Illinois in the Music City Bowl, featuring prolific passers Joey Aguilar and Luke Altmyer. Here's the matchup and prediction.

The playoffs started in college football over the weekend and the NFL slate was awash with playoff implications.