Our Tennessee Vols are not a good football team. That doesn’t mean they won’t be or they can’t be. But they were awful in 2017, as we all know. And they didn’t look a whole lot better on Saturday. They may say that you can’t tell a whole lot about […]
Author: Brad Shepard
What to Watch For: Tennessee’s 2018 Orange & White Game on Saturday
With temperatures expected to be beautiful under sunny skies and a lot of top-notch recruits heading to Knoxville to enjoy the festivities, the biggest focus needs to be on Shields-Watkins Field. The top recruits aren’t going to head to Rocky Top without marked improvement on the field. The Vols […]
Tennessee Football: Pruitt Offering No Clues About Quarterback Competition
It’s kind of hard to have a full-tilt quarterback competition when only half of your quarterback arsenal is on campus. So, it isn’t [only] that Jeremy Pruitt has been stubborn with information so far this spring; it’s just that he isn’t able to see the entire picture yet, so […]
Tennessee Football: Will the Pruitt Way Be the Winning Way?
You’re a Tennessee fan, and you’re skeptical. The two things may as well be synonymous after what we’ve been through for the past decade-plus, especially after what our dysfunctional administration put us through this offseason. New head football coach Jeremy Pruitt doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt yet, and, […]
Tennessee Recruiting Efforts Show Commitment to More Beef
This past week might be more indicative of what we should expect from the Jeremy Pruitt regime, as the relationships he’s taken time to build manifested itself in a flurry of commitments. One common theme throughout most of these new pledges is that they’re bigger than the players currently on […]
Tennessee Spring Has Sprung: 5 Intriguing Vols Storylines to Watch
The Jeremy Pruitt era officially began Tuesday as the Tennessee Volunteers took to the practice field for the first of 15 spring practices. Coming off the program’s worst year in history and a winless slate in the SEC, hope is all we have. Hope of improvement. Hope of development and […]
Tennessee Gets Michigan State Transfer Running Back Madre London
Tennessee needs immediate-impact playmakers all over the field, and that’s why the Volunteers are such an attractive option for graduate transfers. A week after getting Stanford quarterback Keller Chryst, UT added another player who figures to get important touches on Sunday night when Michigan State senior transfer Madre London […]
Tennessee Basketball Nets No. 3 Seed in South Region; Starts NCAA Tournament Against Wright State in Dallas
Beat Kentucky on Sunday, and Tennessee could have stared down a No. 2 seed, and the Vols were hoping they’d be getting it in their back yard in Nashville. Instead, following a 77-72 loss to Kentucky in the SEC Tournament Final, UT had to settle for what could wind […]
Tennessee Vols Basketball Makes Us All Feel Like Champions
For the past decade-plus, I’ve worn my Power T with pride, but there have been a lot of times where I’ve looked down forlornly at it, wondering if it was my scarlet letter. Living in Alabama, it’s been a burden to carry around with me. I’ll never shun my […]
Per VolQuest Report: Trey Smith Out for Spring
Good football news has been hard to come by in Knoxville the past few weeks, and Saturday brought another blow as VolQuest.com’s Austin Price and Brent Hubbs reported all-star sophomore offensive lineman Trey Smith will miss spring drills to deal with a “medical issue.” Fortunately for the Vols, it doesn’t […]