With temperatures expected to be beautiful under sunny skies and a lot of top-notch recruits heading to Knoxville to enjoy the festivities, the biggest focus needs to be on Shields-Watkins Field. The top recruits aren’t going to head to Rocky Top without marked improvement on the field. The Vols […]
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2018 Orange and White Game Recruiting Preview
Going into the 2018 Orange and White Game the Tennessee Volunteers currently sit with four commitments for the class of 2019 and one commitment for the class of 2020. And while the commitments have certainly come more slowly than Vol fans are used to under the former staff, what one […]
Tennessee Football: Pruitt Offering No Clues About Quarterback Competition
It’s kind of hard to have a full-tilt quarterback competition when only half of your quarterback arsenal is on campus. So, it isn’t [only] that Jeremy Pruitt has been stubborn with information so far this spring; it’s just that he isn’t able to see the entire picture yet, so […]
SEC Coaches in Year One
Setting a reasonable expectation is never easy in college football, especially in a new coach’s first year. For Jeremy Pruitt, five wins would be a literal improvement; six and a bowl berth would probably earn a nod of approval. But it’s not exactly the same as in Butch Jones’ first […]
Tennessee Football: Will the Pruitt Way Be the Winning Way?
You’re a Tennessee fan, and you’re skeptical. The two things may as well be synonymous after what we’ve been through for the past decade-plus, especially after what our dysfunctional administration put us through this offseason. New head football coach Jeremy Pruitt doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt yet, and, […]
Tennessee Recruiting Efforts Show Commitment to More Beef
This past week might be more indicative of what we should expect from the Jeremy Pruitt regime, as the relationships he’s taken time to build manifested itself in a flurry of commitments. One common theme throughout most of these new pledges is that they’re bigger than the players currently on […]
Tennessee Spring Has Sprung: 5 Intriguing Vols Storylines to Watch
The Jeremy Pruitt era officially began Tuesday as the Tennessee Volunteers took to the practice field for the first of 15 spring practices. Coming off the program’s worst year in history and a winless slate in the SEC, hope is all we have. Hope of improvement. Hope of development and […]
Gameday Today: VFL Pro Day roundup
A roundup of videos and quotes from players participating in yesterday’s Pro Day on Rocky Top.
Tennessee Gets Michigan State Transfer Running Back Madre London
Tennessee needs immediate-impact playmakers all over the field, and that’s why the Volunteers are such an attractive option for graduate transfers. A week after getting Stanford quarterback Keller Chryst, UT added another player who figures to get important touches on Sunday night when Michigan State senior transfer Madre London […]
Grad transfer Keller Chryst commits to Tennessee
Tennessee has locked up the commitment of Stanford grad-transfer quarterback Keller Chryst for the 2018 season.