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Worth reading 8.9.19: Year 2 leaps
If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . . . . . make it this, from ESPN: Which coach is ready to make the Year 2 leap? Other Vols stuff worth reading today DL Middleton shows ‘ability’ during first week of camp, via 247Sports Behind the paywalls […]
Injury Prevents the Defense of Your Dreams, Again
Wherever you might’ve placed Emmit Gooden on your “least afford to lose” list, his presence there at all speaks to the problem of his out-for-the-season absence. Two things we’ve been saying all off-season: Defensive line is a bigger question mark than offensive line, because at least some of those guys […]
Gooden’s injury: bad news, but no cause for panic
“You know unfortunately last night Emmit Gooden suffered a knee injury and won’t be with us this year.” Jeremy Pruitt, 8/7/19 Heck of an opener there from Jeremy Pruitt yesterday. I didn’t see the video, so I can’t say for sure what his demeanor was, but from a cold reading of the […]
Worth reading 8.8.19: Gooden out for season, Niehaus departs
If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . . . . . make it this, from 247Sports: Everything Jeremy Pruitt said after Wednesday’s practice The big news in there is that (1) nose tackle Emmit Gooden has torn his ACL and will be out for the […]
Keon Johnson and Corey Walker Make 2020 Class One of Tennessee’s Best
Keon Johnson’s commitment gives Rick Barnes three of Tennessee’s eight highest-rated signees in the modern recruiting era (247’s commitment list goes back to 2003): Tobias Harris Scotty Hopson Robert Hubbs Josiah James Duke Crews Keon Johnson Ramar Smith Corey Walker Johnson is the second-highest in-state player in that group behind […]
Can Vols Make a Play for Former Georgia 5-star Brenton Cox?
With the news that former 5-star OLB Brenton Cox has decided to transfer (or, if you believe Georgia homers, has been dismissed) from UGA the logical question is of course where will he end up. He’ll obvious be heavily coveted, assuming he doesn’t have serious skeletons in his closet, as […]
Defense: Can Vols Get Step-Up Performances from any Butch-era Bench Players?
We’ve taken a look at the potential for the 2019 Tennessee team were its former bluechip recruits on the offensive and defensive side of the ball to play up to their rankings. When you look at it from that angle, there is reason for some optimism if you put a […]
Hope is Undefeated in August
It’s the first day of practice, a preseason NFL game was on last night, and Madden releases today. Welcome to August. The power rankings for individual off-season days used to be topped by the release of that year’s NCAA Football game. By the time actual practice started you could throw […]
Offense: Can Vols Get Step-Up Performances from any Butch-era Bench Players?
We’ve taken a look at the potential for the 2019 Tennessee team were its former bluechip recruits on the offensive and defensive side of the ball to play up to their rankings. When you look at it from that angle, there is reason for some optimism if you put a […]