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Month: January 2019
Relative to 2019 Opponents, Vols Big Winners as NFL Early Entry Period Closes
With the NFL early entrant deadline having come and gone, we can now take a look at the landscape as it relates to Tennessee and its 2019 opponents. The Vols were able to avoid any significant losses to the NFL. LB Quarte Sapp, who briefly quit the team midseason before […]
Tennessee 106, Arkansas 87: Vols better get it together
Sure, the Vols beat the Razorbacks 106-87, but they better get their act together in a hurry or it’s going to be a long season. Right, coach?
Tennessee Football hires Tee Martin
Tee Martin’s coming home. Martin’s return to Rocky Top is yet another wave of refreshing news for Vols fans. As with the Chaney news a few days ago, there are a lot of reasons to like this hire: He brings even more championship experience and reminds us of better days, […]
Tee Martin’s Instant Recruiting Impact
The return of Tee Martin to Tennessee to the Tennessee staff is a big deal both in terms of perception – he’s a former National Championship winning QB with a street named after him on campus and most recently was the Offensive Coordinator at Southern Cal – as well as […]
Tennessee vs Arkansas Preview
Here’s what I wrote Monday afternoon: Tennessee’s quest for #1 takes a backseat this week: #1 Duke and #4 Virginia play Saturday in Durham (6:00 PM ET ESPN), and the winner will almost certainly be ranked ahead of the Vols next Monday. That’s a 1 vs 2 showdown in KenPom; […]
Worth watching 1.14.19: Tennessee-Florida hoops highlights
Worth reading 1.14.19: 2018 football’s encouraging leap in S&P+
The best stuff to read today for Vols fans.
Where 2018 Ranks in the Last 50 Years of Tennessee Football
We use S&P+ during football season (and KenPom for basketball) a lot on our site. Part of it comes from the 10+ years we spent at SB Nation, where Bill Connelly continues to do great work with advanced statistics. And specific to Tennessee, the longer the Vols struggle, the more […]
Tennessee 78 Florida 67: Put Your Hands Together
Surprise blowouts are delightful, but perhaps we forgot how much fun one of these can be too. Florida was 22nd in overall KenPom and fifth in defensive efficiency. The Vols were favored by only a deuce. And to the finish, the Gators lived up to all of that, even if […]