Gameday on Rocky Top 2017 hits the newsstands all over the state of Tennessee (and select locations in neighboring states) on Friday, June 2, but as a Gameday on Rocky Top reader, you can get it before then, and with free shipping to boot. Pre-order Gameday on Rocky Top 2017 online, and […]
Author: Joel Hollingsworth
Gameday Today: Vols not resisting the sweat-talk
Football Breaking News Flash: Butch Jones inherited an “absolute total mess” at Tennessee. Seriously, though, this is VFL Phillip Fulmer speaking truth, but doing so publicly, going on the record with his opinion that he thinks Jones is doing fine. Vols’ defensive tackle Kendal Vickers is not making […]
Don’t miss this special Mother’s Day tribute from Tennessee Football
Happy Mother’s Day, y’all. Do yourself a favor and take a minute to watch this Mother’s Day video from Tennessee Football. Players write cards to their moms, read them, and then are surprised when asked to turn around and see their moms listening on the video screen behind them. And […]
Gameday today: It’s all a super-revealing mind game, man
Football It’s all a mind game, man. When defensive back Rashaan Gaulden had to sit out most of the spring due to injury, new position coach Charlton Warren told him that he could look at it one of two ways: Either he wasn’t getting any reps, or he was going […]
Tennessee Vols land commitment from another 4-star recruit in quarterback Adrian Martinez
The Tennessee Vols just landed another huge commitment for the class of 2018, this one from 4-star quarterback Adrian Martinez, who 247Sports ranks as the nation’s seventh-best dual-threat quarterback in the class. Martinez had been committed to Cal up until a couple of weeks ago, but he started leaning orange […]
Gameday Today: Not a fan of Will Muschamp edition
Football Tennessee freshman offensive tackle K’Rojhn Calbert is not a fan of the Muschamp culture at South Carolina. Sort of confirms most of what you thought a Muschamp locker room would be like, doesn’t it? Muschamp, though, does outrank Butch Jones in CBS’ list of the best coaches in […]
Four reasons to like the Tennessee Volunteers in 2017
One of my favorite things about doing the magazine every year is that I generally come away from the process with a list of things that I’m looking forward to when the season finally arrives. I wasn’t sure whether that would happen this year because we were coming off a mixed-bag season […]
Vols quarterback Joshua Dobbs selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
VFL and NCAA poster boy for brainy student-athletes everywhere Joshua Dobbs was just selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the draft’s 135th overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft. Nice Guys everywhere, rejoice. We don’t always finish last. Dobbs’ played in 37 games over the course of his Tennessee career. He […]
Vols wide receiver Josh Malone selected by Cincinnati in fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
And that makes five. Five Tennessee Volunteers now taken in the 2017 NFL Draft, as the Cincinnati Bengals just selected receiver Josh Malone with the 128th pick. Malone had 50 catches for 972 yards and 11 touchdowns last season. For his career, Malone played in every game that past three seasons […]
Vols linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin selected by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
VFL linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin is the fourth Tennessee Volunteer to be taken in this year’s NFL Draft. He was chosen by the Detroit Lions with the 124th pick overall. Maybin (known to some of us around here simply as “Mayhem”) was poised to dominate his senior season last fall, but […]