After former 247Sports reporter John Brice wrote that the Big Orange Caravan wasn’t likely to happen again this year, Tennessee senior associate athletic director for communications said that the event is still happening, just with a late start, in a story released by the Knox News Sentinel today. Brice’s post, which came on his blog “Brice’s…
Last week, the NCAA adopted several new rules that will affect every program. In fact, some of the things Tennessee has done in the past could point to why one of these rules was created. The biggest proposal is a new signing day period in football. February has always been host of National Signing Day, but…
Derek Barnett is topping another draft list from Pro Football Focus, this time at No.1 of PFF’s 10 prospects we’re higher on than most list. The PFF guys have been on the Derek Barnett train for quite a while, citing pretty much just his stats and dominant nature. It’s wild when a player with really good (even great)…
Pekka Rinne is having some kind of series for the Nashville Predators. After shutting out the Blackhawks in Chicago for the first two games of the series (the first time the Hawks have been shut out in back-to-back playoff games since 2002), things turned back to Nashville for a potential foot-on-the-neck game for the Predators.…
Tennessee’s spring practice has shown us that true freshman offensive tackle Trey Smith is a big, aggressive dude. This video shows Smith giving the business to Jonathan Kongbo. Trey Smith handling Kongbo. pic.twitter.com/4ayAD1HY3t — VolBlood (@VolBlood) April 7, 2017 Now, a video showing Smith allegedly attacking then-recruit and Ole Miss signee Tony Gray has…
With spring practice underway and the 2017 football season looming, let’s look at the Tennessee schedule game-by-game and talk about which games will have the biggest stakes. 12. Indiana State Come on, it’s Indiana State. 11. UMass The Minutemen almost beat Vanderbilt in 2014 and gave Florida some trouble last year, but shouldn’t prove too tough…
Jonathan Kongbo came rolling into Knoxville on the biggest hype train we have seen in years. Or maybe it just CSX rumbling through campus in the middle of the night. Kongbo entered Tennessee last year as a redshirt sophomore from British Columbia. He didn’t start playing football until his senior year at Holy Cross High…
It’s been a big day on the recruiting trail for Tennessee basketball. The Vols signed two four-star forwards which has been a position of need for several years. Along with 6-foot-10 center Zach Kent, Tennessee added Derrick Walker and Yves Pons. Here are some quick notes on the two: Derrick Walker (Kansas City, MO)…
There are moments in life that people never forget. We all remember the scene in Homeward Bound when all the dogs come running over the hill and on to the front porch, or when Nemo is reunited with his parents. Everyone loves a feel-good moment in life. When this Florida Grandpa puts on a…
Tennessee is at the midway point of spring camp and another practice is in the books. The media was allowed three viewing periods, but per usual, we didn’t see much. I spent the majority of my time with the quarterbacks and special teams units. We didn’t really see any passing drills. During the open…