The national media continues to marvel at what Coach Rick Barnes has built at Tennessee and never fails to mention that it’s been done without highly ranked recruits. However, as Vol fans know that has started to change, first with the signing of current redshirt(ing) freshman big man DJ Burns, […]
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Vol Hoops Recruiting: Barnes Should Keep Looking for 2019
After signing his first 5-star at Tennessee in G Josiah James, along with Wing Davonte Gaines and Stretch-4 Drew Pember, it appeared that Rick Barnes was finished recruiting for the 2019 class. After all, the Vols have one scholarship open during the 2018-19 season and have only two seniors in […]
Relative to 2019 Opponents, Vols Big Winners as NFL Early Entry Period Closes
With the NFL early entrant deadline having come and gone, we can now take a look at the landscape as it relates to Tennessee and its 2019 opponents. The Vols were able to avoid any significant losses to the NFL. LB Quarte Sapp, who briefly quit the team midseason before […]
Tee Martin’s Instant Recruiting Impact
The return of Tee Martin to Tennessee to the Tennessee staff is a big deal both in terms of perception – he’s a former National Championship winning QB with a street named after him on campus and most recently was the Offensive Coordinator at Southern Cal – as well as […]
Grateful for the Dead Period to be Over
With the December 2018 Early Signing Period in the books, the recruiting world will get cranked back up this weekend after the dead period ends. And after watching last night’s National Championship Game one can be sure that Coach Jeremy Pruitt is chomping at the bit to do everything he […]
Friday Recruiting Musings
As next week brings All-Star Games, each game includes Vol signees and targets as well, with OL Darnell Wright and ILB Henry To’oto’to the prime prospects at the Under Armour All-America Game and All-American Bowl, respectively. Tennessee signees OL Wanya Morris and S Jaylen “Tank” McCullough will represent the Vols at the UA […]
Holiday Weekend Recruiting Thoughts
Tennessee’s Early Signing Period class ranks #13 in the country and #6 in the SEC. These respective rankings of course do not count the addition of the Aubrey Solomon, who was a 5-star DT in the class of 2017 and has played in both of his seasons at Michigan – […]
The Final Countdown: Early Signing Day Approaches
With the Early Signing Period beginning next week, Tennessee has a very strong class of 2019 recruiting class. However, especially with the large need for both talent and depth across the roster, the Vols still need to add more pieces. Below we take a look at how things could shake […]
Locks & Keys Week 11: Tennessee vs. Kentucky – This is the Season
You’d be right to be a Tennessee fan and be concerned that the Vols are hosting a top-15 program in a must-win situation in order to make it to the postseason [at least, with a traditional 6-6 record…] Yet, that’s exactly what position I think the Vols are in this […]
Sunday Best: Tennessee vs. Charlotte; A Defensive Stand
This is going to be short and sweet. The first reason for that is there simply wasn’t much about which to be excited in a lackluster 14-3 win over Conference USA also-ran Charlotte that looked like neither the players nor the coaches wanted to be in Neyland Stadium. Secondly, […]