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Worth reading 7.9.18: Impact of talent on the rebuild

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from Vince Ferrara:

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. Ten Questions for 2018: Tyson Helton’s Offense | Gameday on Rocky Top, via Gameday on Rocky Top
  2. Tennessee Vols Basketball: Chris Lofton’s favorite memory with Vols wasn’t his best game, via 247Sports
  3. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee LB Solon Page III, via 247Sports
  4. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee WR Josh Palmer, via 247Sports
  5. What to expect from SEC’s new head coaches in 2018, via Sports Illustrated
  6. How ‘NCAA Football’ lives on and what might happen next, via SB Nation
  7. Jeremy Pruitt: Vols studied opponents in spring, via KnoxNews
  8. Former UT coach Charlie Coiner develops Firstdown Playbook, via KnoxNews

Behind the paywalls

  • Williams, Vols ready to build on success, via VolQuest
  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Tennessee among ‘top schools’ for Memphis LB Martavius French, via 247Sports
  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Vols QB commit Brian Maurer shows ‘competitive edge’ at The Opening Finals, via 247Sports
  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Vols ‘pretty high on my list’ for elite 2020 lineman Omari Thomas, via 247Sports

Worth reading 7.6.18: Recruiting decision projections

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. Tennessee Vols Basketball: Chris Lofton talks Rick Barnes, Tennessee basketball and the shot, via 247Sports
  2. Tennessee Vols Basketball Recruiting: Four-star 2019 PG Tre Mann sets decision date, via 247Sports
  3. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee QB Will McBride, via 247Sports
  4. Tennessees 2018 opponents at a glance: Alabama, via 247Sports
  5. Micah Abernathy representing Vols at SEC leadership meetings, via 247Sports
  6. Most exciting player Way-Too-Early Top 25, via ESPN. Grant Williams earns the nod for Tennessee.
  7. 3 things college football teams need to convert third-and-longs – SBNation.com, via SB Nation
  8. The Opening Finals 2018: 19 things I learned about top recruits – SBNation.com, via SB Nation

Behind the paywalls

  • War Room 7-06-18… | VolQuest.com, via VolQuest
  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Analyst weighs in on Vols’ commitments at The Opening Finals, via 247Sports
  • Darnell Wright shares thoughts on recruiting as SEC, Pac-12, ACC, Big Ten all push for him, via 247Sports
  • How James Franklin is attracting blue-chip talent to Penn State – The Athletic, via The Athletic

Worth watching 7.5.18: Tony Robinson, Replacement

Tony Robinson was before my time as a Vols fan, but I had heard a lot about him, so I enjoyed this video. I didn’t realize he was basically one of the guys from The Replacements.


More good stuff from the VOLeaders trip to Ecuador:

Worth reading 7.5.18: Vols fireworks

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from Grant Ramey:

Lots of awesome video in this one.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. Tennessee QB commit Brian Maurer recruiting for Vols at top prospects event, via KnoxNews
  2. Tucker names Top 5, narrows focus as junior season looms, via VolQuest
  3. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee OL Riley Locklear, via 247Sports
  4. Munoz family among Ohio’s elite, via KnoxNews
  5. Tennessee Vols Athletics: Vols still producing draft talent at high level according to ESPN ranking, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

  • Update on JJ…., via VolQuest
  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Elite OL Mitchell Mayes enjoys ‘everything about’ Vols on visit, via 247Sports

Worth watching/listening 7.4.18: Phil Steele on the Vols

This isn’t exactly something to “watch,” unless you want to stare at the picture while listening, but it’s Phil Steele’s take on the Vols, so it’s worth your time:

High praise for Grant Williams:

Worth reading 7.4.18: Praise for Rick Barnes

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from Grant Ramey:

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. Phil Steele Sees Talent That Can Help Tennessee This Year, via WNML
  2. Tuesday’s top performers from The Opening: Southeast, via 247Sports
  3. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee DB Cheyenne Labruzza, via 247Sports
  4. College Basketball Top 25: The pressing question for every team in our preseason rankings – CollegeBasketballTalk, via NBC Sports. The question for Tennessee (ranked No. 7) is how they’ll adjust to being the hunted.

Behind the paywalls

  • How college football coaches think changes to kickoffs will play out in 2018 – The Athletic, via The Athletic. Another terrific piece from The Athletic, this one looking at the strategies that might develop in response to the new kickoff rule.
  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Five-star OT Wanya Morris ‘still with Tennessee,’ hearing from Auburn, via 247Sports. But not to worry. Not yet, anyway.
  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Top juco DT Savion Williams schedules Tennessee visit, via 247Sports
  • Recruiting news notes and buzz from The Opening Finals, via 247Sports

Worth watching 7.3.18: Eating guinea pigs

Mmmm?


Sounds of squeaks:

Worth reading 7.3.18: Hoops and expectations

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. Who will be the nation’s top QB in 2018?, via 247Sports. Everybody’s loving West Virginia’s Will Grier.
  2. Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Four-star WR Ramel Keyton commit locked in with Vols, recruiting others, via 247Sports
  3. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee WR Jacquez Jones, via 247Sports
  4. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee RB Tim Jordan, via 247Sports
  5. Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Vols CB target Jordan Huff decommits from Michigan State, via 247Sports
  6. The Opening Finals: Top performers from Monday in the trenches, via 247Sports
  7. Monday’s top performers from The Opening: Southeast, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

  • Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Five Tennessee targets who could commit to Vols soon, via 247Sports

Worth watching 7.2.18

 

 

John Pennington’s television show is always worth watching, and this one was especially entertaining in part due to the trivia contest they conducted. Here’s the first segment:

Brian Maurer with a 63-yard throw in the QB long toss competition. Alabama commit Taulia Tagovailoa won with a throw of 66 yards pic.twitter.com/L1Im6u6Jm3

Worth reading 7.2.18: Signal-stealing, Vols Top 10

If you only read two things as a Vols fan today . . .

. . . make it these, from SEC Country and The Athletic:

  1. Top 10 Tennessee football, men’s basketball moments since 1998, via SEC Country
  2. The game within a game: Secrets of a college football signal stealer, via The Athletic

The SEC Country piece is Mike Griffith’s last for the shuttering SEC Country, and is a nostalgic trip down memory lane (with video) of Mike’s time covering the Vols.

The article on signal-stealing is from Bruce Feldman. The Athletic is a subscription-only site, but if you have access, you can’t miss this piece. It’s a really interesting look at the strategy of deciphering your opponent’s coded communications.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. UT recruiting rankings didn’t match won-loss record under Jones, via Jimmy Hyams at WNML
  2. Former Vol Josh Smith admits frustrations with Butch Jones, via 247Sports
  3. Coming to ‘real terms’ helped Brian Maurer land at Tennessee, via 247Sports
  4. Admiral Schofield makes SI’s top 60 prospects for 2019 NBA Draft, via 247Sports
  5. Vols focusing on difference between ‘nice run’ and ‘great program’, via 247Sports
  6. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee DE/LB Deandre Johnson, via 247Sports
  7. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee safety Theo Jackson, via 247Sports
  8. Second-Year Surge: Tennessee LB Will Ignont, via 247Sports
  9. Offensive Linemen breakdown The Opening Finals 2018, via 247Sports
  10. 78 of the greatest college football GIFs ever, via SB Nation

Behind the paywalls

  • Top ranked offensive tackle Darnell Wright talks recruiting at The Opening Finals, via 247Sports
  • Vols offer Taulia Tagovailoa opportunity to ‘write my own story’, via 247Sports
  • Vols one of four teams ‘pushing Georgia’ for five-star WR Jadon Haselwood, via 247Sports
  • Vols, Gamecocks ‘above all the other schools’ for four-star CB Jaydon Hill, via 247Sports