Tennessee gritted out yet another win in matchup with a new potential NCAA Tournament hopeful team on Sunday night and defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 77-70. The Vols are now riding a three-game winning streak and are off to their best start since the 2010-2011 season. The teams were heading in opposite directions before…
Tennessee (5-1) faces its first true road test on Sunday afternoon against the Josh Pastner-led Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (4-2, 0-0 SEC) at 6 p.m in Atlanta. The Vols are looking to run their win streak to three games while also trying for their best start under Rick Barnes. With a win, Tennessee will be off to…
Around the country, students of all ages are scrambling to fix and improve their grades before the final report cards are sent home to mom and dad. Similarly, Week 14 of the college football season gives 12 teams the opportunity to impress the playoff committee in one final showing against the best of the best.…
“We whipped the dog crap out of ’em, didn’t we!?” Those are the words that Auburn coach Gus Malzahn uttered after taking down then undefeated No. 1 Georgia 40-17 at home just three weeks ago. On Saturday, the Bulldogs and second-year coach Kirby Smart will have a chance to make Malzahn eat his words,…
If you somehow made it through this season without getting alcohol poisoning form watching the Vols, then hats off to you. Although the coaching search may want to make you drink, there won’t be a bowl game — so don’t stress there — hopefully this weekend won’t take as much of a toll on your liver.…
The University of Tennessee and Chancellor Beverly Davenport announced Friday afternoon that Tennessee legend Phillip Fulmer will replace John Currie as athletic director effective immediately. Fulmer moves to the position after serving as the special advisor to president Joe DiPietro for community, athletics and university relations for four months. Davenport opened up and apologized to…
After only 8 short months in the position, John Currie has been relieved of his duties as Tennessee athletic director. Currie had been under a lot of heat after multiple head coaching deals fell through. Everyone saw this move coming, it was all just a matter of when. From the whole Greg Schiano fiasco to…
This week has officially been dubbed Hella-crazy-who-knows-what Coaching Search Week. I just keep waiting for Jeff Probst to pop out of a bush with a microphone and declare “THIS WEEK ON SURVIVOR:” with news about the Tennessee coaching search. If he did it tonight, it’d be even more perfect, because it seems like John Currie…
With the coaching search circus that is currently going on in Knoxville, people are looking for someone who can get the job done. As the administration goes around in circles, let’s look look at some coaches that the Vols would find are good fits and proven coaches. 1. Tee Martin Martin is a former National…
Jordan Bowden got the Vols off to a hot start and Grant Williams ensured that they never looked back as Tennessee cruised to an 84-60 win over the Mercer Bears in Thompson-Boling Arena on Wednesday night. Here’s a few things we learned from the Vols’ big victory. Grant Williams can do it all This isn’t…