Last season, Princeton Fant caught 12 passes for 103 yards. Jacob Warren had six for 73, a grand tight end total of 18 catches for 176 yards. This season, in two games between them: 11 catches for 112 yards. Those 11 catches currently represent 35% of Tennessee’s total receptions, a […]

With the loss to Pitt, it’s a pretty safe bet that our community expected win total is going south of 7 after rounding up. We’ve spent the first two weeks at 6.74 and 6.60, but now the real question will be how many of us will dip into the 5’s […]

What is the most important piece of information from this game? Tennessee’s offense lost its starting quarterback midway through the second quarter, its 1B tailback to health protocols, its 1A tailback after eight carries, a starting wide receiver on the second possession, and its starting center to an ankle sprain […]

Our community Expected Win Total Machine has the Vols at 6.60 projected wins this week, down just a hair from 6.74 a week ago. This reflects the conversations I bet you’ve had this week: yeah, we won by 32, but it didn’t look great all the time. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh got […]

The Vols opened +1.5 against Pittsburgh, making Saturday’s contest an excellent initial reading for the program Josh Heupel is seeking to build. Many of us have talked about how it feels like Lane Kiffin’s Week 2 test against UCLA a dozen years ago – more on that in a moment […]

The question this week: will our community expected win total for the Vols, at 6.74 going into Bowling Green, go down even in 32-point victory? Will it stay north of 6.5 wins, or will 6-6 become our most likely outcome? Expected win total is about us, but it’s also about […]

So much of what happened last night was new. The question, which was never going to be answered last night, is how much of it will be better. Josh Heupel’s offense snapped the ball 88 times. The last time we saw Tennessee play against Texas A&M last December, they snapped […]

It’s. Game. Day. Thanks to everyone who used the Gameday on Rocky Top Expected Win Total Machine to make their picks for the season. Heading into tonight, here’s how Tennessee fans are feeling on the year: Total Expected Wins: 6.74 Game-by-game probabilities: Bowling Green 95.1% Pittsburgh 58.4% Tennessee Tech 97.5% […]

Pandemic, month whatever, and the thing I’ve found most helpful during these crazy days still comes from March of 2020: If you want idiot optimism, of course, we have that too. We also spent a lot of time before, during, and immediately following the transition from Pruitt and Fulmer to […]

It’s back, and this time a full slate of games every week! Hey now! It’s the 2021 Gameday on Rocky Top picks contest, once again from our longtime friends at Fun Office Pools. It’s free to play – you can join our group right here. As always, the pool uses […]