Oh, thank goodness this weekend is finally upon us. The College Football season got kicked off last night as most of us probably watched South Carolina dismantle an undermanned and offensively inept North Carolina State Wolf pack team that fit the billing as a lower tier ACC team. The good news about that game…….the SEC didn’t get embarrassed by, let’s face it, a bad ACC team.

Volnation, buckle your chinstraps. The time for talk has come and gone. With apologies to Jimmy Buffet, come Monday it will be alright. We’ve spent nine lonely months in a big orange haze, and it is time for kickoff to arrive.

The NCAA Membership Services staff informed the University of Tennessee that Brandon Warren was cleared to play this season.
Brandon Warren won his appeal and will be eligible to play on September 1st against UCLA.
Discuss Brandon Warren’s eligibility with other Vol fans in the Vols forum.
-utsports release on Brandon Warren
-GoVolsXtra coverage of Brandon Warren
-Chris Low’s coverage [...]

With students returning to campus, it’s time for the Trap to return. Let’s get it going.

As we draw closer to the season, everyone has a take on what is going to happen this year in college football.

I’ll offer a little different spin on that and tell you what WON’T happen this college football season, much to the chagrin of some of us TN fans, and most certainly to some of our rival fans…….

Vols Wednesday practice video.

I have never been a student of the paranormal. Last week I was driving through town and saw an old Jeep Cherokee with KY Ghost Hunters printed in large letters across the back of the windshield. It made me laugh out loud. It also made me wonder about the kind of person that would hire a spook sleuth to inspect their property. Then it hit me. Perhaps this UT football program could use a ghost hunter or two to come out to Neyland stadium and run some tests on the Vol sidelines.

Thursday’s circus at SEC Media Days turned out to be more of a lesson on attorneys and law rather than football. When all was said and done, I sat back and realized I hadn’t heard a word of what coach Fulmer said about the team. The only quotes I could recall were regarding the subpoena.

SEC Media Days kicked off on Wednesday, marking the official start of the 2008 football season for fans and media across the south.
Florida Gator coach Urban Meyer and his trusty sidekick Tim Tebow took front stage in Hoover, Alabama as media members flocked in record numbers to cover the event.
I’ve filtered through most of the [...]

Candace Parker’s scuffle in last night’s WNBA game.