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BJ Ojulari and Eric Shaw and the Illustration of Pruitt’s Recruiting Philosophy
By week’s end, both OLB BJ Ojulari and TE Eric Shaw will have announced their commitments to their respective universities of choice. Both have been to Tennessee’s campus multiple times, both are rated s 4-stars by 247 Sports (Ojulari at #184 overall – and also a 4-star on Rivals, Shaw […]
Year Two is for Freshmen
In the 90’s, Tennessee had five Freshman All-Americans: Aaron Hayden and Raymond Austin in 1991, Jamal Lewis in 1997, and Albert Haynesworth and Leonard Scott in 1999. All five made the first team. (Research via Tennessee’s 2019 media guide) In the next decade, that number jumped to 18, including seven […]
Two Weeks Into Camp, Do Early CB Returns Change Calculus for 2020 DB Recruiting?
With a roster that has been drastically improved since Coach Jeremy Pruitt took over but still has a ways to go in order for Tennessee to be a true SEC contender, there realistically isn’t one position that can reasonably be considered in strong shape top to bottom. There are certainly […]
Injury Prevents the Defense of Your Dreams, Again
Wherever you might’ve placed Emmit Gooden on your “least afford to lose” list, his presence there at all speaks to the problem of his out-for-the-season absence. Two things we’ve been saying all off-season: Defensive line is a bigger question mark than offensive line, because at least some of those guys […]
Gooden’s injury: bad news, but no cause for panic
“You know unfortunately last night Emmit Gooden suffered a knee injury and won’t be with us this year.” Jeremy Pruitt, 8/7/19 Heck of an opener there from Jeremy Pruitt yesterday. I didn’t see the video, so I can’t say for sure what his demeanor was, but from a cold reading of the […]
Can Vols Make a Play for Former Georgia 5-star Brenton Cox?
With the news that former 5-star OLB Brenton Cox has decided to transfer (or, if you believe Georgia homers, has been dismissed) from UGA the logical question is of course where will he end up. He’ll obvious be heavily coveted, assuming he doesn’t have serious skeletons in his closet, as […]
Defense: Can Vols Get Step-Up Performances from any Butch-era Bench Players?
We’ve taken a look at the potential for the 2019 Tennessee team were its former bluechip recruits on the offensive and defensive side of the ball to play up to their rankings. When you look at it from that angle, there is reason for some optimism if you put a […]
Hope is Undefeated in August
It’s the first day of practice, a preseason NFL game was on last night, and Madden releases today. Welcome to August. The power rankings for individual off-season days used to be topped by the release of that year’s NCAA Football game. By the time actual practice started you could throw […]
Offense: Can Vols Get Step-Up Performances from any Butch-era Bench Players?
We’ve taken a look at the potential for the 2019 Tennessee team were its former bluechip recruits on the offensive and defensive side of the ball to play up to their rankings. When you look at it from that angle, there is reason for some optimism if you put a […]