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It is finally almost “Football Time in Tennessee.” You can smell it in the air here in Middle Tennessee, despite it being 105°F outside.

Any team that wins the SEC has to have talent, but today more than ever, you must have old lady luck on your side as well. Gone are the days where when you can count a few conference games as automatic wins.

We have counted it down from months to weeks and now days. The best 5 months of the year are finally here.

I left work early last Monday morning, and after failing to find anything appealing on FM radio, I begrudgingly tuned into The Herd on ESPN Radio for my ride home.

I have debated blogging on this topic for a few days, but this morning I decided to go ahead with this. I am not writing this to disparage a young man, I am writing this to encourage a kid.

Kickoff is drawing near, and a Coker-less UT football team is more and more apparent, but if you think that defenses can relax, just remember that Arian Foster may have something to say about that.

Looking back on the history of Tennessee football, you quickly find that most Volunteer football teams seem to have big play threats at Wide Receiver. C’mon, you know that this university did not obtain the moniker “Wide Receiver U” for turning out one or two greats.

It’s scrimmage time! Tomorrow will be the Vols first full scrimmage this fall. It will be approximately 100 plays and, of course, it will be closed to the public.

I like to pass along a few tidbits from the day that stand out to me as newsworthy. Feel free to add your thoughts by clicking on “comments”.

I know, it’s football season but I thought the basketball team heading off to Europe was news worthy. Here are coach Pearl’s comments before heading out.