Category Archives: Today on Gameday

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from SB Nation’s Bill Connelly:

• 2019’s projected 130-team S&P+ rankings, from Bama to UTEP

Okay, so this preliminary list has Tennessee at No. 21, which will likely come as a surprise. Follow the link, because there’s an entire section devoted to Tennessee’s rankiing. The nutshell version is that the Vols played a ton of young guys last year and therefore have one of the best “returning production” numbers, plus they had a very good recruiting class.

Temper all of that, though, by noting that a No. 21 overall ranking is still fifth in the SEC East behind Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Missouri. Sheesh.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Post-signing day projected Vols depth chart: Offense, via 247Sports
2. Tennessee No. 1, Duke No. 2 in latest AP poll, via ESPN
3. Everything Rick Barnes said during Monday’s press conference, via 247Sports
4. Barnes updates status of Vols’ Pons, Bone, via 247Sports
5. Barnes backs Williams to finish stronger than last season, via 247Sports
6. TENNESSEE’S ORANGE AND WHITE GAME PRESENTED BY CHEVROLET SET FOR APRIL 13 – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
7. Tennessee 73 Florida 61 – The New Normal, via Gameday on Rocky Top

Behind the paywalls

• Jeremy Pruitt and Phillip Fulmer reflect on lessons learned…, via The Athletic
• VolQuest.com – Monday’s 3-2-1: Huge week edition, via VolQuest

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from Wes Rucker at 247Sports:

• Enjoy the No. 1 ranking, Vols fans. You earned it.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Anything is Possible, via Will at Gameday on Rocky Top
2. College basketball media, fans react to Vols at No. 1, via 247Sports
   
3. Admiral Schofield on being ranked No. 1: ‘Let the hate begin’, via 247Sports
   
4. Top Spot: Tennessee Ascends to No. 1 in AP Rankings – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
   
5. Vol Hoops Recruiting: Barnes Should Keep Looking for 2019, via DylanVol at Gameday on Rocky Top
6. The Wise Move for the (Possible) Last Spot, via DylanVol at Gameday on Rocky Top
7. Tee Martin hire was about more than recruiting for Pruitt, via 247Sports
8. Vols Add Transfer Deangelo Gibbs – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
   
9. Pruitt reveals what Vols are getting in Georgia transfer Gibbs, via 247Sports
10. Departures leave Pruitt a staff void with special teams, via 247Sports
    
11. Lady Vols Drop Nail-Biter To Arkansas, 80-79 – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
    

From the archives

2009: Recruiting U: the innovation we didn’t expect, via Joel at Rocky Top Talk. Despite how it all turned out, this wasn’t a bad reason to be excited about Lane Kiffn.

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from The Athletic:

• Strained bodies and minds and embracing change: Former Vols offer insight into Jim Chaney’s approach

Yes, it’s behind a paywall, but it’s the thing most worth your time today.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Tennessee picks up a couple of crystal ball predictions for Henry To’oto’o in light of the departure of Alabama DC Tosh Lupoi , via 247Sports
   
2. Four-star Alabama commit Khris Bogle reacts to Tosh Lupoi news, via 247Sports
3. Report: Vols assistant [Charles Kelly] has coordinator offer from Maryland, via 247Sports. Also, Tee Martin is reportedly already on the road recruiting.
4. Newcomer Profile: Solomon should be worth the wait for Vols, via 247Sports
5. Phillip Fulmer seen coaching offensive linemen at UT Vols football practice, via KnoxNews. Minor violations, but the Knoxville News Sentinel appears conditioned to attack when it comes to The Papa.

Best of luck to TK.

Behind the paywalls

• Five-star OL [Darnell Wright] gets another visit from Vols’ coaches, via 247Sports

From the archives

• 2010: Kiffin cut off retreat for everyone but himself, via Joel at Rocky Top Talk. Written not in the heat of the moment but after time to consider it, this is what I think was the reason we were justified in being upset the night Kiffin left.
• 2018: Barnes, Bruce, and Cuonzo: The Real Thing, via Will Gameday on Rocky Top. It is possible to love all of these guys.

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Arkansas’ Mike Anderson: Tennessee is nation’s best team

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Relative to 2019 Opponents, Vols Big Winners as NFL Early Entry Period Closes, via Gameday on Rocky Top
2. The five toughest games on Tennessee’s 2019 schedule, via 247Sports
3. Transfer Portal: Tracking players exploring transfer options, via 247Sports
4. Tee Martin’s circuitous path comes full circle in return to Vols, via 247Sports
5. Tennessee 106, Arkansas 87: Vols better get it together, via Gameday on Rocky Top
   

Behind the paywalls

• First Look: Projecting the Tennessee Vols’ 2019 defensive…, via The Athletic
• Vols learn lesson in boredom in win over Razorbacks, via VolQuest
• An early look at Tennessee’s official visitors for this weekend, via VolQuest

From the Archives . . . January 16

On this day back in 2011 . . .

. . . We were getting really tired of having to see the Bruce Pearl Timeline during every broadcast of every Tennessee basketball game, as evidenced by this post:

• Breaking News: There Is No News On Bruce Pearl, via Joel at Rocky Top Talk