A huge part of being a great basketball team is overcoming adversity, and that’s the simple reason why this Tennessee team has to settle for “very good” right now. It’s going to take a major breakthrough for the Vols to take that next, logical leap. One of the best, […]
Month: December 2017
Tennessee Junior Running Back John Kelly Declares for NFL Draft
Under new head coach Jeremy Pruitt, getting Tennessee back to relevance is going to be an arduous rebuilding project, and 2018 will be a fresh start. There’s going to be a little more newness after Friday’s news. Junior running back John Kelly announced on his Instagram that he is foregoing […]
Tennessee at Arkansas Preview
The first game of SEC play might be the most difficult, depending on which set of power ratings you ask. RPI Forecast uses Jeff Sagarin’s, which give Tennessee just a 28% chance to win at Arkansas tomorrow. That’s the lowest percentage left on the schedule – the Vols are currently […]
SEC Basketball Preview: The Best of a Generation
LSU is at Memphis today, and Kentucky faces Louisville on Friday. Then SEC play tips off, with Tennessee and Arkansas doing the honors Saturday at 1:00 PM ET. Five years ago, you could have confused the SEC for a mid-major league. Florida dominated a newly-expanded conference in 2013, rated second […]
(High School All-Star) Bowl Season is Upon Us
Although Tennessee is shut out of a bowl game for the first time since 2013, there are still bowl games of interest. And I’m not just talking about rooting against UGA and Alabama and the rest of Tennessee’s SEC rivals in their respective game. Instead, there are three high school […]
The Case for Anthony Grant
There is a lot of speculation that current Tennessee RB commitment Anthony Grant will not end up signing with UT. After all, not only did he elect to not sign in the Early Signing Period but he’s also yet to take his official visit to Knoxville and instead visited Virginia […]
Tennessee Vols 2018 Recruiting Class: Early Signing Day Defensive Capsules
Yesterday, we took a look at Tennessee’s early offensive signees. Now, let’s examine the five defenders who the Vols desperately need to come in and provide some immediate help. With defensive-minded head coach Jeremy Pruitt, defensive coordinator Kevin Sherrer and long-time SEC assistants Tracy Rocker and Chris Rumph, along with […]
Tennessee Vols 2018 Recruiting Class: Early Signing Day Offensive Capsules
Tennessee’s 2018 recruiting class was looking rough for a while after Butch Jones was fired, the prior administration — led by rogue athletic director John Currie — botched hiring his replacement and Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt was brought in to be UT’s new head coach. In nine days, the […]
Vols put the afterburners on Wake Forest en route to SEC play
Tennessee played the last eight minutes of the first half without Grant Williams, Admiral Schofield, and Jordan Bowen, all out with two fouls. Wake Forest was up 22-19 when Bowden joined the other two on the bench. But, apparently believing Rick Barnes’ comments about this team having 11 starters, a […]
Wake Forest and #nobadlosses
Tennessee…escaped? Is “escaped” the word we want to use for Wednesday night? Furman held the Vols to 37.1% from the floor and 5-of-20 from the arc; nine missed free throws didn’t help. But Tennessee’s defense was again present and accounted for: Devin Sibley scored 22 points on 16 shots, but […]