As we noted a few weeks ago, the Vols continue to have plenty of recruiting momentum as the month of June kicks off. Since then they’ve added an instate TE with a sky-high ceiling in Jacob Warren and then this past week the nation’s No. 1 punter in Skyler Delong. And […]
Month: June 2017
Gameday Today: CBS thinks the Vols are a good (over/under) bet in 2017
All’s fair in love and officials, CBSSports thinks Tennessee is a good bet, and Derek Barnett’s got good bend. This and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Hoops Tennessee basketball leads off today because Rick Barnes is apparently a stickler for honesty — except when it comes to officials. So […]
Gameday Today: Sensible quotes on Rocky Top, but no plans for Dubai
Gameday Today is awestruck at all of the sensible things said on Rocky Top over the weekend and disappointed at news the Vols will not be playing in Dubai anytime soon. This and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Football So the Vols hire a public relations expert and suddenly […]
Post-Spring Projections: Tennessee Defensive Line
Let’s continue the series with a look at the Tennessee defensive line depth chart exiting spring with a prediction of what to expect this September. Spring practice — like most all the springs before of the Butch Jones era — didn’t tell us much. But after what we saw and read, […]
Gameday Today: Public relations is apparently important on Rocky Top
Gameday Today welcomes a public relations expert to Rocky Top, weighs in on redshirts and graduate transfers, and marvels at what Derek Barnett can do with a cheap pen. All this and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Football Tennessee has hired Zach Stipe as Director of Football Communications, which […]
Gameday Today: Butch Jones, “classic over-explainer”
Gameday Today nods its head at the suggestion that Butch Jones is a “classic over-explainer,” loves new punters and old defensive ends, and wonders how many coaches will carry bullhorns on the sidelines this fall. Butch Jones, Pitchforks, and Kum Ba Yah: An epilogue Another national columnist weighs in, as USA Today’s […]
The punter with the greatest punting name in the history of names commits to Tennessee
A punter with a very Tennessee name and a very appropriate name committed to the Volunteers out of the blue on Thursday, and he has a ranking worthy of excitement, no matter how unsexy a kicking commit is. Skyler DeLong — that’s right, SKYler DeLONG, an awesome name for a […]
Gameday Today: Kum ba yah, giving Butch Jones the benefit of the doubt
Swords are beaten back into plowshares as people start to give irrepressible optimist Butch Jones the benefit of the doubt, John Adams remains confused, and Tennessee goes all in with Nike and experiments with parking passes. All that, plus hoops news and speedster Christian Coleman in Gameday Today. And then […]