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Here are some things to watch in the Southeastern Conference during the second week of the season:GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 17 Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway: More than 150,000 fans are expected to gather at a speedway that has been transformed into a football stadium for this long-awaited matchup. That crowd would shatter the NCAA single-game attendance record of 115,109, set at Michigan Stadium for Michigans 2013 victory over Notre Dame. Tennessee tumbled eight spots in the Top 25 after rallying for a 20-13 overtime triumph over Appalachian State, while Virginia Tech beat Football Championship Subdivision program Liberty 36-13 in its first game under new coach Justin Fuente.MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: Arkansas offensive line vs. No. 15 TCU defensive line: Arkansas wont have a chance of winning at TCU unless it gets plenty of improvement from an offensive line that lost three starters from last season. Arkansas allowed four sacks and averaged just 2.7 yards per carry in a 21-20 victory over Louisiana Tech. A line led by left tackle Dan Skipper faces a major challenge against a TCU defensive front featuring ends Josh Carraway and James McFarland.NUMBERS GAME: The SEC went 6-6 in nonconference games in the opening week of the season. The league had gone 313-53 in regular-season nonconference games from 2009-15 for an .855 winning percentage. ... Georgias Nick Chubb ran for 222 yards against North Carolina last week and now has three career 200-yard performances. The only Georgia running back with more 200-yard games was Herschel Walker with nine. ... Florida has beaten Kentucky 29 straight times, which represents the longest active winning streak over a major opponent in an uninterrupted series. The longest such streak ever is owned by Notre Dame, which beat Navy 43 straight years from 1964-2006. ... Although former Southwest Conference rivals Arkansas and TCU have faced each other 68 times, Saturday marks their first meeting since 1991.LONG SHOT: Florida is a 17-point favorite over Kentucky, which is a lot of points considering how pedestrian the Gators offense looked in last weeks win over UMass. Mississippi State is a 6+-point favorite over South Carolina even though the Bulldogs lost to South Alabama last week. Vanderbilts a 5 +-point favorite over a solid Middle Tennessee team despite scoring just 10 points in its season-opening loss to South Carolina.IMPACT PLAYER: Alabama QB Jalen Hurts: One of the big questions for Alabama was who would emerge as the guy to replace Jake Coker. The Tide may have found that guy last week after Hurts -- a freshman -- threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more scores in a 52-6 wipeout of Southern California.-----AP Sports Writers Steve Megargee in Knoxville, Tennessee, and David Brandt in Jackson, Mississippi, contributed to this story. 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If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland coach Brenda Frese is still tinkering with her lineup before the Terrapins head into a more challenging part of their schedule.A deep and talented roster has given her plenty of options.Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 19 points and No. 6 Maryland routed Maryland-Eastern Shore 106-61 on Wednesday night.Maryland (2-0) got another big game from two of its highly touted freshmen, Kaila Charles and Destiny Slocum, both of whom got their second straight start. Slocum had 10 points, hitting three 3-pointers. Charles scored 14 points. Another freshman Jenna Staiti scored all 10 of her points in the second half and had 14 rebounds.We spend a lot of time talking about when youre number is called be ready to play, Frese said. I think you see that we have a lot of combinations that we can go with. Defensively, we have to get a lot better.Maryland shot 45 of 80 (56 percent) from the field and scored 22 points off 12 turnovers. Brionna Jones had 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, two shy of 34th career double-double.The Terrapins beat Maryland-Eastern Shore 106-30 last year and were never threatened in this one. Walker-Kimbrough made six of seven shots from the field for 16 points and Maryland led 54-29 at the half.I thought we played together, Walker-Kimbrough said. Coach called some pretty good sets in the beginning. We just took what the defense gave us. We have so many weapons.The Hawks were just 10 of 29 (34.5 percent) from the field and were outrebounded 29-12 in the opening two quarters.Maryland continued to pull away in the third quarter and a jumper by Charles at the buzzer boosted the margin to 80-50. Kiah Gillespie had six of her 12 points the final quarter for the Terps.Ciani Byrom led the Hawks (1-1) with 14 points, Mariiah McCoy finished with 10.ddddddddddddI thought the kids showed a lot of character, a lot of fight, Hawks coach Fred Batchelor said. They knew we were playing against a team where we were an inferior opponent. I was really impressed with the ability of our kids to keep their heads up and continue to have some confidence.BIG PICTUREUMES: Despite the loss, Maryland-Eastern Shore has an experienced lineup that could make a run for a title in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.Maryland: The Terrapins high-powered offense has completely overmatched their opening two opponents and scored at least 100 points for the second straight game.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Terrapins did nothing to hurt their ranking. With a couple of the top teams playing each other over the next few days, they could move up.SPREADING THE WEALTHNo player on Maryland has been on the floor for more than 25 minutes in either of the opening two games. Frese has been able to freely rotate players and gotten contributions from almost her entire roster. At least 12 players have scored points in both of the Terrapins victories this season.HELP ON THE WAYMaryland-Eastern Shore guard Moengaroa Subritzky won an appeal for another year of eligibility but must sit out the first three games. The New Zealand native was a First Team all-MEAC selection and led the team in numerous offensive categories last season, including three-point percentage (.326), three-pointers made (44) and steals (29).UP NEXTUMES: The Hawks play the second of a three-game road trip Saturday against in-state rival UMBC.Maryland: The Terps host another local school as they play Mount St. Marys on Friday. ' ' '