"Nothing much has changed there in terms of Mike DeBord remaining the frontrunner and in some ways, strengthening his spot there as Jones, Bob Welton and others at UT field a larger volume of calls endorsing DeBord.
However, we're told that as we previously noted, the Vols' contingent was rather impressed with Boise State offensive coordinator Mike Sanford and made extensive calls around the country regarding Sanford.
Matt Canada also received one of the Vols' more formal interviews, but no one has suggested Canada impressed quite the same as both DeBord and Sanford.
UT folks indicated Tuesday and again Wednesday, as we noted, that there's no rush on the timeline to formally make/announce the hire. At this point, we're told Friday would be the earliest and next week around national signing day remains a very real possibility."
- VQ