Tomorrow will be 77 days until it’s Football Time in Tennessee. Today is one day until Omaha. Growing up, it felt like football could always have the kind of year they just enjoyed in 2022. The Vols finished in the Top 15 14 times in 19 seasons from 1989-2007. There […]
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Omaha: Make a little history of your own
Last Monday, we did some research on how the 2022-23 Vols finished in the Top 16 in football, men’s & women’s basketball, baseball and softball for the first time in school history. That ride ain’t over just yet: Baseball always has the opportunity for the last word on an academic […]
Competitive Excellence: Vols Secure a Top 16 Finish in Five Major Sports
Tennessee’s five-year strategic plan for the athletic department was released 11 months ago. In the “competitive excellence” section, the plan calls for the Vols to earn the top Director’s Cup finish in the SEC, and for each sport to strive for a Top 16 finish nationally. Tennessee just won the […]
It’s Steep Out Here
There is no hurt like “we had a chance to win it all” hurt. The pain is a privilege. This, of course, was not, “Tennessee fans think they have a chance to win it all, but…”. These baseball Vols were number one for months, consistently the best in a way […]
Success, Relatively Speaking
One of the most interesting and most difficult questions to answer right now is, “What is a successful outcome for this Tennessee baseball team?” When you’ve been number one for months and you find yourself in best. team. ever. conversations, there’s a version of this answer that goes national championship […]
How hard is it to win an SEC Championship?
If I asked you to guess where Tennessee ranked in SEC Championships in the five biggest sports (football, men’s & women’s basketball, baseball, softball) in the last ten years, what would you say? We know football is still working on the comeback. We know the Lady Vols aren’t at the […]
What are the most dominant regular seasons in UT’s modern era?
Tennessee’s baseball team begins its final regular season series today at Mississippi State. The defending national champs have struggled this season, 9-18 in league play and fighting to make the SEC Tournament next week. Meanwhile, Tennessee already clinched the SEC title at 22-5, five games up on Arkansas. The Vols […]
Available History for Tennessee Baseball
A series loss at Kentucky may have slowed the momentum, but the Vols remain number one in three different polls. Seven weeks atop the polls means the baseball program has now spent more time at number one than our men’s basketball program all-time. And Tennessee locked up the SEC East […]
Tennessee’s Rise in College Baseball Polls from Preseason to #1
Midweek loss aside, Tennessee should have every opportunity to remain at number one for a fourth straight week if they take care of business against Alabama this weekend. The Vols are 31-2, unanimously atop the polls. Depending on who you ask, Miami (26-6) or Oregon State (24-7) is behind them […]
Hope, Good Things, etc.
Tennessee’s season came to an end in Omaha yesterday, a second loss in two chances at the College World Series. There’s a significant percentage of this conversation that now has to wait, holding its breath for Tony Vitello and Danny White to emerge at the same press conference instead of […]