Have they run this information past Tuesday? I think we can claim they have been steered wrong in some of their facts.
With Jon Gruden in Charlotte to call the Monday Night Football game between the Dolphins and Panthers, many Tennessee fans continue to ponder the possibility of the former Super Bowl winner becoming the coach of the Vols.
And while Gruden-to-Tennessee remains very wishful thinking and very unlikely to happen, it remains too soon to close the door entirely on it actually happening this time.
Jon Gruden (Photo: 247Sports)
Enough sources have indicated that the Vols are kicking the tires with Gruden, and it appears he is taking a longer look at the Tennessee job than in the past, especially five years ago when Tennessee last had a coach search.
Gruden's ties to Tennessee are well known by now. He was a graduate assistant for the Vols under Johnny Majors in the late 1980s, and his wife is from East Tennessee and his son currently attends Tennessee.
His familiarity with the Vols also include his role in a 2014 recruiting camp for quarterbacks, his hosting of Tennessee's assistant coaches in recent offseasons and him attending Tennessee games here and there, whether it be the Outback Bowl romp of Northwestern on New Year's Day 2016 or the South Carolina game roughly a month ago when he was in the state to call the Titans two nights later for ESPN.
Those connections are purely just circumstantial, though.
Sources told us that Gruden has contacted three former Tennessee players who are currently college assistant coaches about the job and even potentially joining him.
One of them, sources told GoVols247's Wes Rucker, is Dale Jones, the former All-SEC linebacker who currently coaches linebackers at Appalachian State.
The other two coaches we believe Gruden reached out to are Florida State assistants Randy Sanders and Jay Graham. Sanders played quarterback at Tennessee and coached multiple positions on offense before becoming the coordinator during his 22-year stint in Knoxville. Graham starred for the Vols and his coaching resume includes a stint under Steve Spurrier at South Carolina and one season at Tennessee
However, one of them is not Tee Martin. A source close to the former Tennessee championship-winning quarterback and current USC offensive coordinator indicated to GoVols247's Grant Ramey that Gruden has not reached out to Martin.