Back when life was good and the Vols hadn’t lost yet, this year’s recruiting class looked like it could be one to remember for head coach Butch Jones. On Saturday, it continued to crumble with the season and Jones’ coaching regime. Georgia high school running back Lyn-J Dixon decommitted […]
Author: Brad Shepard
Gamecocks beat the Vols, 15-9: It’s a Coaching Thing
As Saturday’s probable era-ending 15-9 loss to South Carolina unfolded, it became clear to me that history is repeating itself before our half-covered eyes. Butch Jones’ coaching decisions on the field will ultimately be his undoing in Knoxville, but choices he made off it certainly won’t help. Jones decided this […]
Tennessee’s Locks & Keys: Week 7: Time to Pay Back Muschamp
Tennessee got a much-needed bye week after three consecutive trying weeks for head coach Butch Jones and the program. It probably didn’t feel like one. Right now, everybody has a source on Jones’ future — or lack of one, depending who you ask — on the Tennessee sideline. There are […]
Tennessee’s Locks & [No] Keys: Week 6 — Along with a Cautionary Tale on Guarantano
If you’re like me, you’ve probably sleep-walked through this week in a daze. It hasn’t been that long ago that our team was 5-0 to start the 2016 season heading into a pivotal road game against fellow unbeaten Texas A&M nearly midway through last year. Now, Butch Jones and […]
Georgia 41, Tennessee 0: And The Walls Came Tumbling Down Brick By Brick
Interception. Punt. Punt. Punt. Punt. Fumble. Punt. Interception. Punt. Fumble. Punt. That’s how Tennessee’s first 11 drives looked on Saturday in a disgraceful 41-0 home loss to Georgia at Neyland Stadium. Yet, there Quinten Dormady still was, in there as Tennessee’s starting quarterback late in game the Vols were losing […]
Tennessee’s Locks & Keys: Week 5
Brad’s keys to a Vols victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, plus a few other games and point-spreads he likes this week.
Tennessee 17, UMass 13: The Heat Is On
My seat in Section Q at Neyland Stadium today was in the shade and out of the searing Knoxville heat. That’s OK. I was fuming so much watching that game that I probably kept everybody sitting around me sweating. Yeah, I was angry watching Tennessee sleepwalk through a 17-13 win-that-felt-like-a-loss […]
Tennessee’s Locks & Keys: Week 4
If you’re finished crying … or drinking … or spitting anger after last week’s coaching debacle that led to a 26-20 What-the-Hail?!!? Mary win by Florida over the Vols, it’s time to get back on the horse and get ready to play the Minutemen. Hey, that’s one mascot we […]
Could Injuries Force Tennessee into Its Most Talented Lineup?
The injury bug has turned into more of an epidemic around the Tennessee football program over the past two years. After two of the Vols’ most important players — middle linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. and receiver Jauan Jennings — were lost for the year before the season really even started, […]
Florida Stuns Tennessee 26-20 in Another New Way To Lose
Tennessee did a noble thing on Saturday after Hurricane Irma by putting “Florida Strong” on the back of their helmets. Unfortunately for the Vols, they were Tennessee Soft in key moments against the Florida Gators, failing to be the aggressor until too late and losing on a 63-yard missile of […]