Category Archives: Today on Gameday

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Vols’ Butler: Mental health must be respected, especially now

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Vols center Kennedy: ‘Great relationship’ with Guarantano helps, via 247Sports
2. Freshman receivers capable of being ‘something special’ for Vols, via 247Sports
3. Vols Pruitt moves practice to accommodate social-justice march, via 247Sports
4. ‘Meticulous’ new coach quickly left impression on Vols D-lineman, via 247Sports
5. Tennessee Announces Adjusted-Seating Ticket Plan for Neyland Stadium – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
6. Trey Smith Named First Team All-American by Associated Press – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports

Behind the paywalls

• Why the talent gap between Tennessee and Missouri doesn’t show up on the field – The Athletic, via The Athletic

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Tennessee O-line shows progress with pleasing preseason start

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Kennedy praises Tennessee staff for COVID-19 quarantine help, via 247Sports
2. Vols Turn Up Intensity In Third Practice of Preseason – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports

Behind the paywalls

• Tennessee camp takeaways: Harrison Bailey’s quarantine and the Cade Mays saga, via The Athletic
• What We Learned: Takeaways from Tennessee’s first four practices, via 247Sports

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

. . . make it this, from ESPN:

• Heartbreak, confusion, anger – The harsh reality for many college football players

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. 20 compelling storylines that will lead us through the 2020 college football season – CBSSports.com, via CBS Sports
2. Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer requests pay cut, via KnoxNews
3. College football rankings: Clemson solidly No. 1 over Alabama in 2020 Preseason CBS Sports 76 – CBSSports.com, via CBS Sports
4. Punter returns to Vols having previously entered transfer portal, via 247Sports
5. 2020 Football Roster – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports

Behind the paywalls

• Q&A: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on the SEC moving forward with college football – The Athletic, via The Athletic

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Rucker: Thoughts on this week’s torrent of Tennessee news

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Wiedmer: #FreeCadeMays should unite all SEC fan bases, even UGA’s | Chattanooga Times Free Press, via the Times Free Press
2. Lawyer: Cade Mays transfer appeal centers on ‘toxic environment’, via 247Sports
3. Eric Gray weighs in on Day 1 of fall camp, new face shields, via 247Sports
4. Pruitt explains how Jeremy Banks got second chance with Vols, via 247Sports
5. SEC announces fan health and safety guidelines, via SEC Sports

Oh, look! It’s actual news about actual football! Reunited, and it feels so good.

If you do only one thing regarding the Vols today . . .

. . . use our Expected Win Total Machine to set a benchmark for the season:

• The GRT Expected Win Total Machine: 2020 Preseason | Gameday on Rocky Top

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Odds released for every Week 1 SEC football game, via 247Sports
2. Vols file appeal after Cade Mays has NCAA transfer waiver denied, via 247Sports
3. Trey Smith starts #FreeCadeMays movement, via 247Sports
4. Jay Bilas slams NCAA over Vols OL Cade Mays’ denied waiver, via 247Sports
5. Pruitt details Tennessee’s latest COVID-19 test numbers, via 247Sports
6. Jeremy Banks reinstated to Tennessee football program, via 247Sports
7. Veteran Vols DB ruled out for 2020 season, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

• Staples: The SEC just showed us what we’ve been missing, and it’s tantalizing – The Athletic, via The Athletic

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

. . . make it this, from Will, so you know what to root for when the schedule is revealed this evening at 7:00:

• What does a balanced schedule for Tennessee look like? | Gameday on Rocky Top

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Football Opens Practice Monday, 2020 Schedule To Be Unveiled – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
2. 2021 five-star PG Kennedy Chandler commits to Tennessee, via 247Sports
3. Rucker: Barnes making Vols hoops what it always should have been, via 247Sports
4. Sources — SEC football coaches irked by added opponents, via ESPN
5. College football schedule takeaways – SEC additions, the Notre Dame experiment and more, via ESPN
6. The inside story of college football’s wildest week ever, via ESPN

Behind the paywalls

• ‘We support our boys’: Tennessee football parents weigh in on returning to play – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• SEC task force member Q&A: ‘I think our teams can absolutely get through this’ – The Athletic, via The Athletic