Category Archives: Today on Gameday

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Rucker: Practice shows potential obstacles ahead of first game

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Tennessee practices hampered by Covid-19 absences, via 247Sports
2. Guarantano ‘more comfortable’ in second season in same offense, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

• Tennessee mailbag: What has to happen for the 10-game season to be completed? – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• What We Learned: Vols enter pivotal week of preseason practice, via 247Sports

If you read only one thing about college football today . . .

. . . make it this, from ESPN:

• How college football will look and function in this coronavirus season of change

Other Vols and college football stuff worth reading today

1. Connelly – My 10 random thoughts heading into the college football season, via ESPN
2. Georgia quarterback Jamie Newman opts out of 2020 season, via the AJC
3. How Tee Martin is coaching Tennessee’s receivers differently now, via 247Sports
4. Roman Harrison could be pass-rushing ‘force’ for Vols, via 247Sports
5. Yves Pons Media Availability Quote Transcription and Video, via UTSports

Behind the paywalls

• Projecting Tennessee’s defense and special teams depth chart for the 2020 season – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Projecting Tennessee’s offensive depth chart for the 2020 season – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Stock Up: Tennessee’s standouts through nine practices, via 247Sports

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

. . . make it this, from Gameday on Rocky Top:

• Could Tennessee have one of college football’s best defenses?

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. SEC Announces Game Times and TV Info for Select Games – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
2. Pruitt expects Vols’ culture to be asset in unusual season, via 247Sports
3. In My Own Words feat. Jauan Jennings – Dreaming of This Moment, via 49ers.com
4. Vols Open Week Three of Preseason Practice – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
5. Why Henry To’o To’o feels equipped to lead Tennessee football defense, via KnoxNews
6. Pruitt on Tennessee’s social injustice march: ‘That was one day’, via the Times Free Press
7. Pruitt: Tennessee will play both true freshman running backs, via 247Sports
8. Two veterans on defensive line standing out to Pruitt, via 247Sports
9. 2020 College Football TV Schedule: Week 1, via Gameday on Rocky Top

Behind the paywalls

• Previewing the SEC: Is another offensive awakening in store to alter the race?, via The Athletic

If you read only one thing about the college football today . . .

. . . make it this, from KnoxNews:

• With COVID-19, college football’s secrecy could be a big problem

Quote:

A lack of transparency and oversight isn’t advisable when introducing an unprecedented honor system into a bitterly competitive world where each program is used to doing everything it can to gain an edge.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. College football preseason SP+ rankings — Ohio State tops Alabama, Clemson, via ESPN
2. College football’s best players – Trevor Lawrence, Derek Stingley Jr. and more, via ESPN
3. Harrison Bailey has first week of Tennessee football practices, via KnoxNews
4. Jeremy Pruitt explains the learning curve ahead for freshmen WRs, via 247Sports
5. Ansley: Niedermeyer, Felton giving boost to Tennessee defense, via 247Sports
6. UT chancellor Donde Plowman talks fall football, COVID concerns, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

• Tennessee stock watch: Who’s rising and falling in preseason camp so far? – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Football chat recap: Surprise contributors, D-line future & more, via 247Sports

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

. . . make it this, from the Times Free Press:

• Wiedmer: College football’s return is what the South lives to see | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Mapping college football crowds and COVID risk, via ESPN
2. What we learned from Tennessee football practice, Week 2, via KnoxNews
3. Tennessee’s Brandon Kennedy not through with adventurous college experience, via the Times Free Press
4. WATCH: Vols’ Trey Smith speaks at another social-justice rally, via 247Sports
5. Strategic redshirts might be necessary for Tennessee basketball, via 247Sports
6. Vols return to practice after brief pause amid Covid-19 concerns, via 247Sports
7. Rick Barnes breaks down Tennessee’s new-look backcourt, via 247Sports
8. Fulkerson needs to ‘stay hungry for it’ after breakout season, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

• Inside the march against racism organized by Tennessee athletes – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• What We Learned: Takeaways from Tennessee’s latest practices, via 247Sports

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

. . . make it this, from the Times Free Press:

• Jim Chaney’s stability should be a plus for this season’s Volunteers | Chattanooga Times Free Press

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Vol Coordinators Meet With Media, Discuss Preseason Practice, via UTSports
2. College football 2020: Picking the best game each week of this year’s schedule, via Sporting News
3. Georgia loses WR Dominick Blaylock for season after another knee injury, via ESPN
4. New mantra motivating Vols’ Josh Palmer going into senior season, via 247Sports
5. Chaney: Coaches, players controlling what they can in COVID-land, via 247Sports