I hope that your neighbors have stopped shooting off their July 4 fireworks. Unfortunately mine haven’t…..I am still hearing them every night around 10:30. Oh well. I guess they figure if they have to travel 130 miles over the Jellico Pass they may as well buy a three weeks supply for their celebrations.

With Hillary conceding and McCain desperately reshaping his image to appeal to the more conservative members of the Republican Party, one idea will permeate the airwaves and the public discussion. In the coming weeks “party unity” will be a political buzz word thrown around in both democratic and republican circles. In many ways the upcoming 2008 campaign for Jonathan Crompton is no different.

The countdown to kickoff continues, and along with that comes a warning to the Volnation. Prepare yourself for an earful of prognostications declaring Georgia and Florida the heirs to the SEC throne for the upcoming football season. Yes we have seen and heard it all before. It seems eerily similar to the hype surrounding both of those programs last year. Meanwhile, in Knoxville, UT is quietly toiling away….installing a new offense and propping the confidence of a defensive front seven which was a very shaky unit last year.

On Friday, I heard an interview with Tennessee’s wide receiver coach Latrell Scott who is going through his first spring practice with the Vols since coming over from Richmond with offensive coordinator Dave Clawson. The following is a summary of a few things from the interview that I found interesting.

Stan Drayton has been officially named as the new running backs coach at Tennessee according to the Tennessean.