Category Archives: Today on Gameday

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

. . . make it this, from ESPN:

• The state of college football leadership in 2020 — The NCAA, a commissioner and more

Other college sports stuff worth reading today

1. UT clarifies status of tailgating plans for this season, via 247Sports
2. NCAA president: No fall sports championships, including FCS football, in 2020, via CBS Sports
3. Mark Emmert Has Announced There Will Be No 2020 Fall NCAA Championships, via Sports Illustrated
4. Could Fulkerson be Vols’ next SEC Player of the Year candidate?, via 247Sports
5. Tennessee football storylines that will define Jeremy Pruitt’s Year 3, via KnoxNews

Behind the paywalls

• Mandel: A revised and reduced preseason college football top 25 – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Rexrode: Why a spring football season could be exactly what the Vols need – The Athletic, via The Athletic

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Rucker: Big Ten, Pac-12 just altered college football for years

Other college football stuff worth reading today

1. What a spring college football season could — and should — look like, via ESPN
2. Big Ten, Pac-12 have sealed college football’s fate, via KnoxNews
3. What’s next for SEC, Tennessee after Big Ten & Pac-12 decisions, via 247Sports
4. Wiedmer: Could UK coaching loss become huge gain for UT hoops? | Chattanooga Times Free Press, via the Times Free Press

Behind the paywalls

• The SEC: It had reasons for starting late, and those reasons haven’t changed – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Tennessee mailbag: The hope of an SEC season and how the decision is made – The Athletic, via The Athletic

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Rucker: What are you doing, Big Ten? And why?

Other college football stuff worth reading today

1. Tennessee’s Trey Smith, who had lung issues, wants to play college football season, via ESPN
2. Tennessee QB intends to transfer, via 247Sports
3. Five VFLs Continue Action in NBA Bubble – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
4. Big Ten, Pac-12 expected to vote Tuesday on whether to move forward with 2020 college football season – CBSSports.com, via CBS Sports
5. Nick Saban says Crimson Tide football players safer at Alabama than ‘running around at home’, via ESPN
6. Power Five leaders met Sunday to discuss viability of 2020 college football season, talks continue Monday – CBSSports.com, via CBS Sports

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

. . . make it this, from ESPN:

• Sources — Power 5 conferences talking about no fall football

Other crazy college football stuff you’d never thought you’d see

1. How the MAC fall sports shutdown will impact college football across the country, via ESPN
2. College football stars hold video call to further unite, issue statement, via ESPN
3. SEC football protocols include mask requirement, two tests per week, via ESPN
4. Several Vols join in on CFB’s #WeWantToPlay player movement, via 247Sports

And yet, we’re all still the backup quarterback, you know, getting ready just in case . . .

1. Is this Tennessee’s most difficult schedule ever, via Gameday on Rocky Top
2. 2020 SEC Conference Football Power Index | ESPN, via ESPN
3. 2020-21 Vols have ‘potential to do something very, very special’, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

• Kendall: Predicting the results for the new, and expanded,SEC schedule – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• A thankless SEC scheduling job won’t get any thank-yous from Tennessee – The Athletic, via The Athletic

Must reads about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it these, from ESPN and CBS:

• 2020 College Football Rankings for Preseason | ESPN
• Coaches Poll top 25 reactions: Oklahoma and Tennessee are underrated while Texas is overrated, via CBS Sports

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Frustrations growing for college athletic directors amid the coronavirus pandemic, via ESPN
2. How college football’s scheduling decisions came together, via ESPN

Behind the paywalls

• What lies ahead for Trey Smith? Assessing Tennessee’s NFL Draft prospects, via The Athletic

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

. . . make it this, from CBS Sports:

• A revolution is brewing as athletes ensure the 2020 college football season will be played on their terms – CBSSports.com

Other college football stuff worth reading today

1. Playing football vs. risking health: Inside the decisions facing college football’s coaches and players
2. #BigTenUnited | By Players of the Big Ten, via The Players Tribune

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Rucker: Extreme measures must be taken to save football season

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. SEC Announces New Football Preseason Practice Schedule, Vols To Start Aug. 17 – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
2. Wiedmer: Could reasons to play football this fall just kind of not be good enough? | Chattanooga Times Free Press, via the Times Free Press
3. UConn becomes first FBS team to cancel football season due to coronavirus, via ESPN
4. Big Ten football schedule 2020: 10-game conference slates begin Sept. 3, Ohio State-Michigan on Oct. 24 – CBSSports.com, via CBS Sports
5. What Obstacles Does College Football Face Heading Into the 2020 Season?, via Sports Illustrated

Behind the paywalls

• Mandel’s Mailbag: What needs to happen by September for there to be a season? – The Athletic, via The Athletic

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• How Santiago Vescovi went from midyear enrollee to starting PG

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Rucker: Vescovi gives Vols reason for hope, via 247Sports
2. Johnson explains decision to leave Vols for Florida State, via 247Sports
3. Rick Barnes doesn’t have answers for slumping Jordan Bowden, via 247Sports

Behind the paywalls

• The story of Tennessee’s season told by the people who played and coached it – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Rexrode: From Jacksonville 2020 to Atlanta 2021, a Tennessee football championship contention plan – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Inside Tennessee’s onside kick, Jeremy Pruitt’s prediction and the offense’s weird night – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• Tennessee takeaways: What we learned rewatching the Vols’ dramatic Gator Bowl win – The Athletic, via The Athletic
• DL Bailey ready to help ‘build something special’ with Vols, via 247Sports
• Mays hoping to ‘get a leg up’ with Vols as early enrollee, via 247Sports