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Worth reading 7.24.18: Is Pruitt a turnover machine?

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

. . . make it this, from ESPN’s David Hale:

This is a great, mostly general, look at turnovers in football, but includes a couple of really interesting paragraphs about Jeremy Pruitt, whose recent teams have ranked in the top 10 three times. When he’s taken over a defense, he’s increased turnovers by an average of almost 10 per season. He appears to be an exception to the conventional wisdom that turnovers are mostly luck.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

  1. What Happened at UGA in 2015? Part One… The Vacuum is Filled, via Dawg PostThe details on the rift between Pruitt and Mark Richt. Sounds like Richt was, in keeping with the internet meme, losing control of his program and that Pruitt didn’t respond to it well.
  2. The Next Step List: Drew Richmond and Baylen Buchanan, via Gameday on Rocky Top
  3. Bobby Majors discusses Hall of Fame nomination, Fulmer hiring Pruitt, via Vols WireHuh. Majors giving Fulmer props. These dogs and cats aren’t just living together, they’re having babies.
  4. SEC brides keep duping Bama grooms with fake cakes, via SB NationNot Vols, but fun.
  5. Tennessee Vols Football: Tennessee dismisses redshirt freshman LB Ryan Thaxton following arrest, via 247Sports
  6. SEC pundits believe Jeremy Pruitt’s résumé casts optimism for Vols, via VolQuest
  7. Eli Wolf: Jeremy Pruitt earning respect of Tennessee players, via 247Sports
  8. Rucker: Vols’ search for locker room leaders continues, via 247Sports
  9. Tennessee Vols football: Marquez Callaway seeing ‘a lot of growth’ from Jarrett Guarantano, via 247Sports
  10. Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Tennessee commit named MaxPreps preseason All-American, via 247Sports
  11. 50 states: VFL David Leaverton’s journey of unity in America, via Vols Wire
  12. Vince’s View: #SECMED18 Performance Awards “The Vinny’s”, via WNML

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