Gameday Today welcomes a public relations expert to Rocky Top, weighs in on redshirts and graduate transfers, and marvels at what Derek Barnett can do with a cheap pen. All this and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Football Tennessee has hired Zach Stipe as Director of Football Communications, which […]
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Gameday Today: Butch Jones, “classic over-explainer”
Gameday Today nods its head at the suggestion that Butch Jones is a “classic over-explainer,” loves new punters and old defensive ends, and wonders how many coaches will carry bullhorns on the sidelines this fall. Butch Jones, Pitchforks, and Kum Ba Yah: An epilogue Another national columnist weighs in, as USA Today’s […]
Gameday Today: Kum ba yah, giving Butch Jones the benefit of the doubt
Swords are beaten back into plowshares as people start to give irrepressible optimist Butch Jones the benefit of the doubt, John Adams remains confused, and Tennessee goes all in with Nike and experiments with parking passes. All that, plus hoops news and speedster Christian Coleman in Gameday Today. And then […]
Post-Spring Projections: Tennessee Offensive Line
Let’s continue the series with a look at the Tennessee offensive line depth chart exiting spring with a prediction of what to expect this September. Spring practice — like most all the springs before of the Butch Jones era — didn’t tell us much. But after what we saw and […]
Gameday Today: ALL THE OUTRAGE OF THE DAY IN A SINGLE POST
Gameday Today rounds up the outrage of the day, including Butch Jones believing he’s making progress, Josh Dobbs wearing the colors of his new home, Vegas believing in Kentucky, and declining to cut off our South Florida nose to spite Lane Kiffin’s face. Outrageous! The SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Florida […]
Gameday Today: Settlement agreements, 71% off! Today only!
Gameday Today leads off with an offer nobody wants, but at a bigly discount. Also, talking about the season, Larry Scott’s contract, softball, and who is this Travis Kelce guy? Football Tennessee receiver Josh Smith’s roommate, Kennedy Foster, wants to file a $3M lawsuit against Smith for allegedly beating him up, […]
Gameday Today: Vols Tight Ends and the Ninja Persuader Dad Power
Football Who knew that promoting your tight ends coach to offensive coordinator would ignite a sudden interest in the tight end position? Seriously, I go on vacation for a week and suddenly everyone’s talking about tight ends. The current roster is looking pretty good, as is the incoming crop of […]
The Vols 2018 Class is looking good, and could get even better in June
As June rapidly approaches, the Vols are in a situation not seen since the 2014 class that featured early commitments from studs like Todd Kelly Jr and Jalen Hurd: A highly-ranked class featuring not just a large collection of commitments, but a commitment list jampacked with studs from top to […]
Post-Spring Projections: Tennessee Tight Ends
Let’s continue the series with a look at the Tennessee tight ends depth chart exiting spring with a prediction of what to expect this September. Spring practice — like most all the springs before of the Butch Jones era — didn’t tell us much. But after what we saw and read, […]
Post-Spring Projections: Tennessee Wide Receivers
Let’s continue the series with a look at the Tennessee wide receivers depth chart exiting spring with a prediction of what to expect this September. Spring practice — like most all the springs before of the Butch Jones era — didn’t tell us much. But after what we saw and […]