Category: Tennessee Vols Football

  • Tennessee vs Georgia game notes (live updates)

    I figured I would try something new this week and provide a few basic thoughts during today’s game against UGA. I’ll update during the game. Feel free to leave a comment below.

  • Josh Smith won’t travel to Georgia

    Tennessee wide receiver Josh Smith will not be on the travel squad to Athens for this weekend’s matchup against the Bulldogs. “Josh Smith will not make the trip to Athens,” Butch Jones said on Nashville radio Thursday afternoon. “We will also be minus Von Pearson. Josh Malone will have a great opportunity.” Smith suffered a high…

  • Striking Stat: Vols are least-penalized team in the nation

    It a game often described as one of inches, penalties can be the difference between winning and losing. It might surprise you to learn that Tennessee, a team playing 22 true freshmen, has the fewest penalty yards per game of any team in the country. The Vols have committed just nine penalties this season for 64 yards,…

  • Was 1999 Tennessee’s most talented team?

    It’s nearly impossible (but fun) to legitimately compare teams across different seasons. That is, unless the one making the comparison played on both of the teams being compared. Former Vol Fred White, who played at Tennessee under coach Phillip Fulmer from 1996-1999, said Monday on Big Orange Hotline that the 1999 team was more talented than…