Month: October 2018

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – As the Tennessee football team returned to practice on Monday at Haslam Field, head coach Jeremy Pruitt said the Vols had their best offensive game of the season on Saturday in the 27-24 loss at South Carolina. Despite the defeat, Tennessee was able to methodically use quick passes and screens to keep the…

Opening statement:“The outcome of the last game was not what we were looking for. There’s a lot of bright spots that we can build off of, especially offensively. We ran the ball a little better last week. We converted some on third down, but if you look at us, one time we had way too…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tennessee fell to South Carolina on Saturday night as the Gamecocks rallied to take a late, 27-24 lead at Williams-Brice Stadium. With the loss, Tennessee holds a 3-5 (1-4 SEC) record while the Gamecocks move to 4-3 (3-3 SEC). The Vols were led by redshirt sophomore quarterback Jarrett Guarantano who completed 27-of-39 passes for 207 yards…

Tennessee football head coach Jeremy Pruitt announced on Thursday that sophomore left tackle Trey Smith will be out indefinitely after physicians discovered blood clots in his lungs on Wednesday. Smith will continue to receive care under the guidance of the University of Tennessee team physicians and he is expected to make a full recovery. “The…

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tennessee will look to earn its second straight road victory this Saturday night when it travels to Columbia to take on South Carolina at Williams-Brice Stadium.  Saturday’s game will feature a primetime broadcast at 7:30 p.m. ET on the SEC Network. Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Jordan Rodgers (analyst) will have the call in…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt said the Volunteer football team had one of its best weeks of practice on Wednesday as UT has turned its focus to this weekend’s road test against South Carolina. “I think our guys have had a really good week of practice for three days,” Pruitt said.   “There’s been a lot of…

After being plagued by fumble issues this season, true freshman running back Jeremy Banks was moved to inside linebacker during Tuesday’s practice (see yesterday’s practice thread for video). Today, on the SEC Coaches Teleconference, Jeremy Pruitt sad he believes Banks could be ready to play as early as this week.  “I think it gives us a…