{"id":3860,"date":"2017-08-25T13:07:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T17:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2017-08-25T13:31:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T17:31:41","slug":"freaknotes-wiggins-still-hurt-tuttle-live-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/2017\/08\/25\/freaknotes-wiggins-still-hurt-tuttle-live-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"FreakNotes: Wiggins still hurt; Tuttle getting live reps; Vols can&#8217;t take step back"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tennessee Vols Football News<\/h2>\n<p><strong>August 25, Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday. We&#8217;re only 10 days away from Tennessee Vols football! &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-football\/270197-official-countdown-2017-season-post14015649.html#post14015649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Countdown thread<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/freaknotes\/2017\/08\/24\/tennessee-lands-4-star-cornerback-jaycee-horn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee landed a big commitment last night<\/a>, from 4-star GA cornerback <strong>Jaycee Horn<\/strong>. The Vols&#8217; 2018 class is now up to 23 commits. Despite mixed opinions on how this team may perform on the field this year, <strong>Butch Jones<\/strong> keeps chugging full throttle ahead on the recruiting trail. The group of secondary players in this class, including Horn, is especially impressive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/utsports.com\/news\/2017\/8\/24\/football-four-vols-named-to-senior-bowl-watch-list.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four Vols were named to the Senior Bowl Watch List<\/a>: <strong>Todd Kelly Jr.,<\/strong> <strong>Evan Berry<\/strong>, <strong>Trevor Daniel<\/strong> and <strong>Ethan Wolf<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Butch said yesterday that <strong>Shaq Wiggins<\/strong> is still hurt, but is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelWBratton\/status\/900852497803345920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected back next week<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tennessee&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-basketball\/276659-vols-conference-schedule-finalized-dates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southeastern Conference basketball schedule<\/a> was announced yesterday.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Derek Barnett<\/strong> got the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JClarkCSN\/status\/900857255184265216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start at defensive end last night<\/a> for the Philadelphia Eagles. It doesn&#8217;t appear he was credited for any tackles in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/boxscore?gameId=400951803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">box score<\/a>, though.<\/li>\n<li>It seems unlikely that we&#8217;ll see him against Georgia Tech, but Butch<strong> Jones<\/strong> said that <strong>Shy Tuttle<\/strong> took some live reps yesterday. <em>&#8220;Shy continues to work,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;He did some live reps today, and I think the more live reps he can get, the more confidence he brings about. But also from a conditioning standpoint, as well.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>&#8212; forum discussion: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volnation.com\/forum\/tennessee-vols-football\/276685-shy-tutle-live-reps-yesterday.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shy Tuttle took live reps yesterday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone&#8217;s pal, Paul Finebaum, points out that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finebaum\/status\/901127154330730497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee has a 3% chance of winning the SEC<\/a>, according to ESPNStatsInfo. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secsports.com\/video\/20448108\/tennessee-stay-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reece Davis was on Finebaum&#8217;s show<\/a> and said, <em>&#8220;Butch Jones is a good coach, a really good coach. But I think they missed a window last year, some of it through performance, and some of it through bad luck. They were decimated by injury on the defensive side. I don&#8217;t think anybody is expecting them to do what they hoped they would do a year ago, but they can&#8217;t take a giant step backwards.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Vols Football News August 25, Friday I hope everyone is having a fantastic Friday. We&#8217;re only 10 days away from Tennessee Vols football! &#8212; Countdown thread. Tennessee landed a big commitment last night, from 4-star GA cornerback Jaycee Horn. The Vols&#8217; 2018 class is now up to 23 commits. 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