Worth reading 2.19.19: On improving the defense

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

. . . make it this, from 247Sports:

• Fixing defensive issues is ‘absolutely a mindset’ for No. 5 Vols

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Tennessee-Vanderbilt: the four factors, via Gameday on Rocky Top
2. Vols staffer Tom Satkowiak inspiration for Donate Life Night, via 247Sports
3. Can Vols Start a Whitehaven Pipeline in Football and Hoops?, via Gameday on Rocky Top
4. Toughest Regular Season Schedules from 2018. – Phil Steele, via Phil Steele. So yeah, Tennessee Football’s strength of schedule ranked third in the nation last year. Sheesh, it’s hard to rebuild against that level of competition.
5. Tennessee Vols basketball team needs more from its bench, via the Times Free Press
6. Freshman CB Burrell could be ‘great player’ for Vols, via 247Sports
7. College basketball TV schedule for Vols fans: Week of 2.18.19, via Gameday on Rocky Top

Behind the paywalls

• How an inside joke between classmates spawned a fictional…, via The Athletic