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Big Orange Banditos surprise Tennessee assistant Chris Ogden

Apparently, first-year Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes is quite the prankster. Thanks in part to Barnes’ sense of humor, Tennessee assistant coach Chris Ogden, received a startling birthday surprise when he awoke to the sound of the Big Orange Banditos. “So I was sound asleep [Thursday morning] when all of a sudden I hear ……

October 17, 2015

Tennessee Vols Basketball

Big Orange Banditos
Vols offer Bryson Young, four-star defensive end from California

Tennessee offered class of 2016 four-star defensive end Bryson Young on Monday, according to Adam Gorney of Rivals.com. #Tennessee #Vols is the newest offer for four-star DE Bryson Young from Clovis (Calif.) Buchanan @Volquest_Paul pic.twitter.com/Kz7FqVMp13 — Adam Gorney (@adamgorney) August 3, 2015 Rivals rates Young as the No. 19 weakside defensive end in the class…

August 3, 2015

Vols Football Recruiting

Bryson Young
Josh Richardson signs with Miami Heat

Josh Richardson signed his contract with the Miami Heat on Monday, and could earn more than $2.5 million over the next three years, according to ESPN. Richardson was the 40th pick in this year’s NBA Draft and averaged 11.8 points per game in the Heat summer leagues. According to the Sun Sentinel, the contract is…

August 3, 2015

Former Basketball Vols

Josh Richardson
Freshman tight end Kyle Oliver leaving Tennessee

Tennessee freshman tight end Kyle Oliver is leaving the Tennessee football program for an unspecified violation of team rules. According to Dustin Dopriak, Oliver was in the car with Charles Mosley during his incident with police last week. According to a police report, Oliver was in the car when redshirt freshman lineman Charles Mosley was…

July 30, 2015

Tennessee Vols Football

Kyle Oliver
Vols ranked in first Amway Coaches Poll

The first Amway Coaches Poll was released this morning and Tennessee is ranked No. 25. HOW THE POLL WORKS The Amway Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of…

July 30, 2015

Tennessee Vols Football
Eric Berry cleared to practice by Chiefs

Former Vol Eric Berry, who has been battling Lymphoma since last December, was cleared to practice late Tuesday evening by the Kansas City Chiefs. From Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com: The Chiefs announced the surprising news Tuesday night that Berry has been cleared to take the field again on Wednesday morning for the first time since…

July 28, 2015

Former Football Vols

Eric Berry
Vols offer four-star LA offensive tackle at Orange Carpet Day

It’s Orange Carpet Day on the hill, and Tennessee offered class of 2017 Louisiana offensive tackle Adrian Ealy on Saturday, according to his Twitter. https://twitter.com/adrian_ealy/status/625023542090944512 Listed at 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, Ealy is rated four stars by each of the four major recruiting services and is considered the No. 4 prospect in the state by…

July 25, 2015

Vols Football Recruiting

Adrian Ealy, Orange Carpet Day
Joc Bruce leaving Tennessee

In a statement released late Friday, Joc Bruce confirmed that he’s leaving Tennessee.Bruce said in a statement to VolQuest and WVLT, “I would like to announce that I will no longer be attending the University of Tennessee. Coach Jones and I have talked, and have together decided that this is what is best for me at…

July 24, 2015

Tennessee Vols Football

Jocquez Bruce
NCAA alleges Tyndall committed multiple violations

Southern Miss released its notice of allegations from the NCAA on Friday. According to the document, former Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall committed multiple violations while at Southern Miss. Ben Frederickson wrote on knoxnews.com, “The NCAA says Tyndall, along with members of his former Southern Miss staff, committed multiple violations, including arranging fraudulent academic credit for prospective…

July 24, 2015

Former Basketball Vols

Donnie Tyndall
Vols make final five for Georgia running back

Four-star Georgia running back Elijah Holyfield narrowed his list from 10 schools, down to just five on Thursday. Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee made the cut for Holyfield, according to Chad Simmons of Scout.com The son of former boxing legend Evander Holyfield, Elijah is a widely considered one of the top five tailbacks in…

July 23, 2015

Tennessee Vols Football

Elijah Holyfield

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