Butch Jones has put together the best five-year recruiting streak in Knoxville since 2001-05. But the Vols still trail Georgia in blue chip ratio.
Tag: Phillip Fulmer
Butch Jones: Comebacks, Blown Leads, and Pace of Play
In late September 2015, after two of the most difficult losses of the modern era, we researched how often the Vols had historically blown leads. In 17 years Phillip Fulmer’s teams blew a two-possession lead in a loss just six times: 1994 at Mississippi State: led 21-7 third quarter, lost […]
Gameday Today: New adventures with old friends, team chemistry, and over-aggressive facial hair
Gameday Today jumps off a cliff with old friends, fans the flames of team chemistry, and marvels at Spencer Hall’s facial hair. This and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Sports writing meta I just got back to East Tennessee from five days in San Francisco and the accursed Pacific […]
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 […]
The Papa! The Papa! Phillip Fulmer returns to Rocky Top as an official advisor
We’re huge fans of Phillip Fulmer around here. Back at the old place, we called him The Papa, after Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, and credited him with much of the best parts about Tradition on Rocky Top. He was the “guy who’d been hugging history and tradition so tightly […]
Gameday Today: The importance of focus in a distracted world
Rock Gullickson focuses on focus, football welcomes a new commit, and punter Trevor Daniel is actually a real live person with a face and everything. This and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Football and learning to focus You’ve probably heard that new strength and conditioning coach Rock Gullickson came […]
Gameday Today: Orange Carpet Day, Peyton Manning, and donuts
It’s Orange Carpet Day on Rocky Top, Peyton Manning’s on campus, and I apparently eat donuts like offensive linemen eat donuts. This and more in today’s link roundup. Orange Carpet Day Rocky Top hosts its annual Orange Carpet Day today, and a slew of recruits are on campus to just […]
Gameday Today: History lessons, accelerators, and brakes
Butch Jones is bringing back the history lessons and trying to find the brake on the Trey Smith hype train. Plus hoops updates and more in today’s Vols link roundup. Football I’ll just leave this here: https://twitter.com/vol_football/status/875442820676411393 And now that your pump is primed, let’s get on with the football […]
Gameday Today: Vols not resisting the sweat-talk
Football Breaking News Flash: Butch Jones inherited an “absolute total mess” at Tennessee. Seriously, though, this is VFL Phillip Fulmer speaking truth, but doing so publicly, going on the record with his opinion that he thinks Jones is doing fine. Vols’ defensive tackle Kendal Vickers is not making […]
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