Worth reading 8.19.19: The Idiot Optimist bucks his therapist

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

. . . make it the 2019 edition of an annual favorite from Will’s alter ego:

• The Idiot Optimist’s Guide to the 2019 Season | Gameday on Rocky Top

No true Tennessee fan can let ESPN believe the Vols are going to win more games than we do.

The Idiot Optimist, 8/19/19

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Jeremy Pruitt trying to practice patience with Vols, via the Times Free Press
2. ESPN reveals CFB Preseason Power Index Top 25, via 247Sports. No. 15!
3. Everything Jeremy Pruitt said on Sunday, via 247Sports
4. Vol Report: Pruitt Praises Team Speed in Final Scrimmage – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
5. UT to Implement Alcohol Sales at Neyland Stadium Beginning September 7 – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
6. Michigan mocks Buckeyes’ ‘The’ trademark application, via Sports Illustrated
7. The 50 best college football programs over 150 years, via ESPN
8. Long snaps, longer odds: Riley Lovingood’s road from church…, via The Athletic

Behind the paywalls

• What we learned, saw and heard in Week 3 of Tennessee’s…, via The Athletic
• Takeaways from Tennessee’s second preseason scrimmage, via 247Sports
• Updating Tennessee’s projected depth chart, via 247Sports