The Vols remained at #5 in the College Football Playoff poll this week after two overtimes and many of our bedtimes. Shout out to Michigan State, giving the Vols an early transitive scrimmage win over Kentucky in basketball. The top four speak for themselves, all undefeated at 10-0. LSU trails […]

We’ve reached the final two games of the regular season, which means our boundaries are pretty clearly defined in expected wins. That’s usually true for Tennessee when we close the season with Vanderbilt; it’s especially true for this Tennessee team, playing with an inevitability they’ll take on the road to […]

When Missouri hit a 38-yard pass to make it 28-24 midway through the third quarter, were you worried? Tennessee still had a sizeable statistical advantage, turned away twice on fourth down inside the Missouri 40 in the first half. The Tigers, meanwhile, had already gone three-and-out four times. It felt […]

Of all the benchmarks we can use for this turnaround, the happiest one is Missouri. On October 2, 2021, the Vols went to Columbia at 2-2. Vanquished at Florida the week before in a second half that got out of hand, 38-14. An announced attendance of 82,203 to watch them […]

Here’s the question now: how confident are you the Vols will go 3-0 the next three weeks? That starts this week with Mizzou, who was blown out 40-12 at Kansas State in week two. The Wildcats are #23 in the land this week, so we probably weren’t giving them enough […]

I’ve been down with the flu for the past few days, and I feel like this game fit that mood perfectly: stuffy, sleepy, body aches, all that. Credit the defending champs for playing like it: Georgia’s defense may or may not have the first round picks of the 2021 squad, […]

Here’s our TV watching schedule for this week, curated just for Vols fans.

Hat Guy and his Statsy Preview Machine agree with Vegas and SP+ that Georgia will cover against the Vols tomorrow. I think they’re all wrong.

In a four-team playoff, there may still be opportunity for the loser on Saturday. Because of that, it’s hard to quantify exactly where this game falls on the list of, you know, “biggest ever.” But I do know this: if Clemson, TCU, and the Ohio State/Michigan winner remain undefeated, it’s […]

For a while this season, I found myself waiting for enough distance to be sure we were out of the wilderness. Some of this is the ghosts of 2016, for sure. But coming in, that was a good goal for the 2022 season: put together the best year in 15 […]