Tennessee Volunteer fans can exhale now as new athletic director Phillip Fulmer has found their guy. After what seemed to be a process that would never end, the Vols have hired Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt to be their next head coach. https://twitter.com/Vol_Football/status/938805838403244033 Who is Jeremy Pruitt? Pruitt, 43, played …
Read More »Is Peyton Manning In The Running To Be The Next Tennessee Head Coach?
There are few people more popular around Knoxville, Tennessee than Peyton Manning. Despite never beating the Gators, Manning threw for over 11,000 yards, 89 touchdowns and only 33 interceptions while at UT. He won the Maxwell Award in 1997 and was named to the Tennessee Athletics Hall of Fame in …
Read More »Gator Legend Steve Spurrier Enters Hall Of Fame As A Head Coach
The accolades just keep on coming for Florida Gator legend Steve Spurrier. Spurrier was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame Tuesday night. He was inducted for his work as the head coach for Duke, Florida, and South Carolina. "I really appreciate going into the Hall of Fame. I'm …
Read More »Mississippi State Names Joe Moorhead As New Head Coach, Tennessee Continues Search
The SEC coaching carousel is in full swing with the regular season all but over. We’ve seen Florida sign Dan Mullen and Mississippi State name Joe Moorhead as their next head coach, but Texas A&M and Tennessee are still searching for their new head man. The Joe Moorhead Era …
Read More »SEC Power Rankings: Part 2
It has truly been a wild week in the SEC. From the Florida Gators’ two barn-burners in the PK80 Tournament, to Alabama being forced to play Minnesota 5-on-3, there was plenty of action in the last 7 days. Below is the second edition of our SEC Power Rankings. Feel free …
Read More »Vols, Like Gators, Look to Hire Coach to Raise Program Back to National Prominence
In 2014 and 2015, the Tennessee Volunteers were very cyclical. They had very high preseason hopes, took care of easy non-conference games, disappointed in SEC play, Head Coach Butch Jones received flak, then they had very convincing bowl wins to get to nine wins and show promise for the future. …
Read More »Volunteers Fire Butch Jones After 5 Seasons
Tennessee fired head coach Butch Jones in the wake of an embarrassing 50-17 loss to Missouri. After back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2015 and 2016, the Volunteers success has regressed to 3-9 in their past 12 SEC games. Jones finished with a 34-27 career record as Tennessee’s head coach for five …
Read More »Preview: Struggling Vols Take on Surging Tigers
While the Tennessee Volunteers are working to get back on their feet this season, the Missouri Tigers are on their way up. When the two teams meet up this Saturday in Columbia, they’re much different teams that who they started out as. Tennessee won their first game in more than …
Read More »SEC Football Roundup: Week Eight
What Happened This Week in the SEC? Five SEC teams (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Texas A&M) were on a bye this week, so it was a down week for SEC football. The matchups that took place this week were not as thrilling as usual, with no game ending …
Read More »Gator Soccer Gets Second Straight Win In Victory Over Volunteers
The 20th ranked Florida soccer team wins its second straight game after beating 11th ranked Tennessee 2-1 on Sunday. The game was also the second straight match for the Gators where the opponent was in the top-12. Florida has won three straight games in Knoxville dating back to 2013 and …
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