At this point, I feel like Tennessee is going to struggle to make a bowl game. But that’s not to say the Vols can’t. When you have a game like they had against South Carolina where you’ve got myriad opportunities to win and you can’t come through with the W, […]
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Locks & Keys Week 9: Solving the Muschamp Puzzle
Will Muschamp is not a good football coach. There is empirical evidence supporting this. It was obvious at Florida, and even though there have been some flashes at South Carolina, we’re beginning to see it this year as the Steve Spurrier recruits fade away and Muschamp gets “his” players in […]
Sunday Best: Everything Starts Now, But For Which Quarterback?
Up until the minute Jarrett Guarantano left Saturday’s game with what originally was called a collarbone issue but wound up being bruised ribs, I would have told you the guy under center was the one who gave the Vols the best chance to win. After watching Keller Chryst against […]
Locks & Keys Week 8: Vols vs. Alabama, Hold Your Breath and Hope
When I was younger, there were no games I looked forward to more than Alabama. Your really could throw out the records, and the streaks were even fun because you knew it could go either way any year. Nick Saban has sucked the joy out of that. Well, him […]
Locks & Keys Week 3: A Miner Test Before Florida
That’s a little more like it, Vols. After an embarrassing season-opening 40-14 loss at the hands of West Virginia, Tennessee played a much easier opponent in Week 2, overcoming a sluggish start to dominate visiting East Tennessee State, 59-3. The Vols again play a pushover this week with an early […]
A Last Look at West Virginia Before Looking Ahead
I blame myself for yesterday. Not Tennessee’s loss to West Virginia, but the way I felt after Tennessee lost to West Virginia. A part of me — no matter how much I tried to be rational about the situation — thought all the awful shards of 2017 could be simply […]
Why Somebody Must Stand Up in Tennessee’s Quarterback Derby
If you think Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt is mum on his quarterback battle this preseason because he wants to lob a bit of gamesmanship in the direction of West Virginia, I think you’re off. It’s because he’s simply not enamored with either of his two frontrunners — or anybody in […]
What Roman Harrison’s Commitment Means to the Vols
Over the past decade, new Tennessee head football coach Jeremy Pruitt has developed a reputation for building some of the best collegiate defenses the sport has ever seen. So, you go into his tenure with the Vols trusting that UT is going to be much-improved on that side of the […]
Vols stuff to watch 6.15.18: An impressive 17-year-old
Don’t miss this media session with impressive new hoops player D.J. Burns.
Tennessee Football: Heaping Expectations on the Unexpected
Tennessee first-year football coach Jeremy Pruitt told the media before his Big Orange Caravan stop in Chattanooga this past week that he expects the 27-30 players the Vols will infuse into the roster who didn’t help this spring will totally change the complexion of the team. According to GoVols247’s […]