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Op The Vols recruited Cardwell, if I recall correctly.

Keith Law came out with his 1st top 30 draft list today in The Athletic. Three Vols were listed, including his #1 prospect (Doyle).

While the Vols have had a little bad luck with injuries, at least we are not worried about losing our best player. I just read that Auburn’s player-of-the-year candidate, Johni Broome, will miss Auburn’s next game, if not more, with his shoulder injury.

If you look closely at the coach’s poll, it lists a high/low for every team. That simply indicates the highest point and lowest point each team has landed in the rankings since the start of the season. Tennesse’s low is 12, which was their ranking in the first poll of the season. It does not...

The national media didn’t seem to expect the Vols to beat Illinois. CBS Sports had six of their sports writers to predict the winner of that game. Five of them picked Illinois to win, and only Jerry Palm picked Tennessee. To me, that’s a bit of a surprise. Palm has always seemed to disrespect...

Missouri beating Kansas by 10 today is clear evidence of how true that statement is.

I just glanced at the other scores between SEC and ACC squads tonight. ALL SEC teams had either won or were leading in the second half. The only exception? Kentucky was trailing Clemson by seven at halftime. The SEC is going to be tough as hell this season.

Louisville is currently beating Indiana by 34 with less than a minute to go, so that should help everyone get over the exhibition loss to Indiana.

I‘m from Knoxville, but I now live in eastern Alabama, near Jacksonville. Population is about 50/50 Auburn/Bama fans. I did run into a UT fan recently at the grocery store, and he turned out to be the son of a former UT player.

Speaking of getting positive attention, CJ Moore of The Athletic has the Vols ranked pretty high in his power rankings…1st.