Of the many interesting scheduling ideas floating around this off-season (including Joel’s here a few days ago), my favorite is from back in January: Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight’s Make College Football Great Again. Their post uses the Big Ten, in part an effort to help prevent another Penn State or Ohio […]
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Tennessee Vols Recruiting: Random Thoughts
A half dozen random recruiting thoughts as it’s not even July, and the 2018 class is currently ranked #5 in the country with 15 commitments: Still no Emerson What’s even more impressive about the current ranking of the class is that it doesn’t yet include Vols lock and borderline 5-star […]
Butch Jones, Bane, and the Bye Week
When I was 11, Superman died. It had the intended effect: me and thousands of others got invested in comic books thanks to Doomsday, one mammoth event leading to several others over the next few years. The following summer, Batman got in on the action with the 18-month arc Knightfall. […]
Tennessee Recruiting: Vols Complete Weekend Peach State Trifecta With Jamarcus Chatman Commitment
Last year, “Orange Carpet Day” produced eight commitments on that Saturday. This year, the annual event waited a week before yielding pledges for the Vols. Rome (Ga.) defensive tackle Jamarcus Chatman made it three commitments for UT from the state of Georgia in two days on Sunday night, officially pulling […]
Tennessee Recruiting: Vols Land Grant, Second RB in As Many Days
After they visited Knoxville for “Orange Carpet Day” last weekend, it became clear that Lyn-J Dixon and Anthony Grant could decide they wanted to team up in Tennessee’s offensive backfield for the next few years. On Sunday, that possibility came one step closer to a reality when Grant, a 3-star runner […]
Tennessee Recruiting: Vols Get Top Target in Running Back Lyn-J Dixon
Before Tennessee got a commitment (and subsequent decommitment) from Florida running back Jashaun Corbin, before Master Teague was ever truly pursued, the Vols were hot and heavy after Georgia tailback Lyn-J Dixon. It’s definitely not a stretch to say he was one of the biggest priorities in UT’s class. On […]
Vols Recruiting: Defensive end board suddenly looking robust
While the Vols signed a very promising group of defensive ends in the 2017 class, including early-enrollee Deandre Johnson, Matthew Butler, Ryan Thaxton, and Marcus Bembry, the DE position is arguably UT’s thinnest in terms of proven depth and talent. Therefore, it is a position of immense focus for the […]
Tennessee’s Alabama problem is really an SEC problem
There’s been a lot of talk recently about Tennessee’s “Alabama Problem” — it’s annual rivalry game with the Tide on the Third Saturday in October. The Knoxville News Sentinel’s John Adams kicked things off on June 5 by publishing an article entitled Tennessee Vols shouldn’t have to play Alabama every […]
Gameday Today: Phillip Fulmer, summer football, and summer hoops
More thoughts on The Papa, football keeps grinding, and updates on the Rocky Top League. This and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Football Yay! CBS Sports is going with the over, saying Tennessee will win at least eight games this fall. Boo! CBS Sports also ranks the Tennessee coaching […]
Tennessee Volunteers hype video: Thunderstruck
Hey, look. It’s a Tennessee Volunteers hype video. You’re welcome. [ess_grid alias=”grt-2017-promo-grid”][/ess_grid]
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