This loss hurts in the feels; in an environment like Sunday’s there is no other option in defeat. And that’s good: the first ranked match-up in Thompson-Boling Arena since 2010 produced the close game we should expect from such an encounter, and the inevitable pain from losing it. In falling […]
Author: Will Shelton
Tennessee vs North Carolina Preview
It’s been six years since Tennessee played a game like this, seven since they played one in Knoxville. Let’s go. Relax about the MiG. RPI Forecast gives Tennessee an 88.9% chance to finish with 19 or more regular season wins. Their projections shouldn’t be taken as gospel today, but become […]
Tennessee Leads the Nation in Assist Percentage
There will be plenty of words to come about Sunday’s match-up between #20 Tennessee and #7 North Carolina, only the Vols’ third ranked non-conference match-up in Knoxville since Thompson-Boling Arena opened 30 years ago. But first, a note about something the Vols are doing so well it should impact their […]
Gameday on Rocky Top Bowl Pick ‘Em
Our Gameday on Rocky Top Bowl Pick ‘Em via Fun Office Pools is now open! Games start this Saturday, so join the pool and get your picks in now. If you’ve played in any of our contests before, you should have received an email inviting you to join. The pool […]
A History of Ranked Match-ups in Knoxville
How special is Sunday’s showdown with North Carolina? Here are the ranked non-conference match-ups in the history of Thompson-Boling Arena: #9 Tennessee 66 #18 Wisconsin 56 on November 21, 2000 #16 Tennessee 76 #1 Kansas 68 on January 10, 2010 #20 Tennessee vs #7 North Carolina, Sunday That’s it. This […]
As football moves forward, basketball is making its own moment
Tennessee basketball has come to the aid of Tennessee football at critical junctures twice in the last dozen years. When the football Vols stumbled in the fall of 2005, missing a bowl for the first time since 1988, Bruce Pearl’s first team turned in a two seed in the NCAA […]
Report: USC’s Tyson Helton to be Tennessee’s Offensive Coordinator
Jeremy Pruitt works fast: VolQuest is reporting Southern Cal passing game coordinator Tyson Helton will be Tennessee’s new offensive coordinator. He will lead an offensive staff including Robert Gillespie staying on with running backs, and Colorado State offensive coordinator Will Friend coming aboard as offensive line coach, plus a familiar […]
The Bricks and The Ceiling
I’ve already been wrong about Jeremy Pruitt once. Fourteen months ago, #9 Tennessee and #1 Alabama played the highest-ranked Third Saturday in October ever. The Vols had just dropped 684 yards on Texas A&M, and touched up Georgia’s defenses for 920 yards and 70 points in their last two meetings […]
Tennessee at Georgia Tech Preview
One more reason this weekend was a great time to take a breath on the coaching search: you can pay attention to the best thing on campus right now. The basketball Vols are 26th in Ken Pomeroy’s ratings, a far more valid early season rating than RPI…but, hey, the Vols […]
Feels Like Home
When Tennessee’s search came up empty in Raleigh on Thursday morning, it seemed like two options were available. The Vols could press pause, take a breath after the events of an unprecedented week, and reset the board. Or the Vols could press on, try to make a hire as quickly […]