So John Adams lit the familiar off-season flame of non-conference scheduling today, arguing the Vols shouldn’t be scheduling the likes of Oklahoma in the future. The Sooners are back for a home-and-home in Norman in 2020 and Knoxville in 2024. Adams’ point is that Tennessee’s schedule is already hard enough without […]
Month: May 2018
Tennessee’s Roster Needs Reinforcements, and Help is On the Way
In looking at the two weakest positions on the 2018 team coming out of spring practice – the OL and Cornerback – I’ve made it clear that I think that while the team is not in any position to compete for titles it’s reasonable for a fan to expect improvement […]
Tennessee Recruiting: Tight Ends? Check. Vols Sew Up Position with Sean Brown Commitment
The Tennessee Vols got some anticipated excellent news on Friday night when Coosa, Georgia, tight end Sean Brown decided to end the recruiting process and commit. C O M M I T E D… 🍊 pic.twitter.com/2JPbrQSmZy — Sean Brown (@SB3_SZN) May 12, 2018 The 6’5″, 245-pound 3-star prospect chose UT […]
Pruitt in Year One: 2014 Georgia and 2018 Tennessee
In this year’s Gameday on Rocky Top preseason magazine, I wrote a narrative review of Jeremy Pruitt’s defenses at Florida State, Georgia, and Alabama. The numbers from Tallahassee and Tuscaloosa represent a ceiling you hope Pruitt can approach in Knoxville: Florida State had the best defense in college football in […]
Starter continuity in the SEC
Distressingly few players start every game in any given season in the SEC, but the 2017 data suggests that having your quarterback the whole way makes a pretty big difference.
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Tennessee Football: Pruitt’s Early Success Will Be Determined By Diamonds
Every first-year regime is going to experience a recruiting kick from prospects enamored with the “newness” around the program. Jeremy Pruitt nabbing 4-stars J.J. Peterson, Jerome Carvin and Jeremy Banks were prime examples of this. Say what you want about Pruitt’s early recruiting victories — they mean very little. Every […]
Wanya Morris Commitment A Step Towards Building Championship Level OL
Tennessee picked up a big commitment on Tuesday from borderline 5-star OL Wanya Morris from Grayson, HS in Georgia. Morris picked the Vols over fellow finalist Auburn after a back and forth recruitment. He’s a true offensive tackle and an elite prospect with the kind of size and mobility that […]
How Should Tennessee Celebrate Jason Witten?
Jason Witten is retiring after 15 years with the Dallas Cowboys. The former Vol will be neither gone or forgotten: Breaking: Jason Witten is retiring from the Cowboys and joining ESPN as an analyst for Monday Night Football, multiple sources tell @toddarcher. pic.twitter.com/JnPvCrvzNW — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 3, 2018 Tennessee […]
Jeremy Pruitt Lands Early Bell Cow of 2019 Recruiting Class in Wanya Morris
As much as I wanted to make an awful Boyz II Men reference in that headline, it would have buried the news on just how important 4-star offensive tackle Wanya Morris‘s pledge to Tennessee was on Tuesday. After all, not only is this the nation’s No. 46 overall player, the […]