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Ainge, Cutcliffe energize Volunteers' offense

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Saturday, September 2, 2006

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Midway through the first half of Tennessee's game against ninth-ranked California at Neyland Stadium on Saturday night, Volunteers quarterback Erik Ainge threw a pass that looked like so many he threw during a turnover-plagued sophomore season in 2005. Ainge, who went from freshman All-American in 2004 to benched scapegoat during the Vols' 5-6 season last year, had just thrown a pass behind receiver Lucas Taylor, who tipped the football into the air. The pass was intercepte ...

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