If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .
. . . make it this, from VolQuest’s Jesse Simonton:
I agree with the opinion that Florida is the most important game for the Vols this fall. A loss to West Virginia won’t surprise anyone, but a win wouldn’t do much to mitigate the inevitable disappointment during the grueling Florida-Georgia-Auburn-Alabama-South Carolina stretch. A win against the Gators to kick off that gauntlet, though, would give Pruitt some goodwill to spend for the rest of it.
Other Vols stuff worth reading today
- Cobbservations: Details of Jeremy Pruitt’s time at Georgia are most insightful look yet at mentality of Tennessee’s first-year coach, via the Times Free Press
- Take Two: Is Jeremy Pruitt’s personality a fit for Tennessee?, via Rivals
- Tennessee Vols football: David Johnson making wide receivers ‘get the details right’, via 247Sports
- Vols’ Eli Wolf keeping praise, criticism of teammates in-house, via 247Sports
- Tennessee football: 5 dream/disaster scenarios for the Vols in 2018, via Saturday Down South
- Tennessee Vols Preseason Camp Primer: Quarterback, via 247Sports
- College Football’s Top 30 Breakout Running Backs for 2018, via Athlon Sports
- Tennessee Vols Football: Trey Smith named to Outland Trophy watch list, via 247Sports
- Tennessee football recruiting: QB Brian Maurer has message for Vol Nation, via 247Sports
- Tennessee Vols Basketball: Tobias Harris turns down $80 million extension with Clippers, via 247Sports
Fan Day details:
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— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) July 24, 2018
It’s Tennessee Takeover on the SEC Network tomorrow:
Set those DVRs.
The Tennessee #SECNTakeover goes live Thursday at midnight on @SECNetwork
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— Tennessee Athletics (@Vol_Sports) July 24, 2018
Behind the paywalls
- For Jeremy Pruitt, being opportunistic as a player created…, via The Athletic. Again, this is a fantastic piece that would be a Must Read if it weren’t behind a paywall.
- 2018 Positional Preview: RBs, via VolQuest
- Tennessee Vols football recruiting: Tennessee set to host targets for cookout, via 247Sports
The Rivals link appears to be a dud, but I am going to assume that they concluded that Pruitt is a good fit for Tennessee because he satisfies our most important requirement for EVERY new coach here: he is not his predecessor.
That was weird. Our software was stripping out an extra hyphen at the end of the link that was necessary, apparently.
And yes, there was a bit of that in there, but mostly just that if he’s a bit blunt, he’s what the program needs right now.
Just like Dooley was what the program needed right then and Butch was what the program needed right then. And here we are again. Pruitt may work out. Or we could be back here in 3-4 years saying “Coach _______ is exactly what the program needs right now! He’s not so blunt!” Just the way these things work now.