Author: Freak

Tennessee will try to continue their winning ways at Thompson Boling Arena tonight as they welcome the Ole Miss Rebels to town for the SEC conference opener for each team. Home games have been rare in Knoxville as of late. Tonight’s 8pm tipoff marks only the second home game for the Vols in the past…

Stan Drayton has been officially named as the new running backs coach at Tennessee according to the Tennessean.

Lots of news today in Knoxville but none bigger than the continued coaching search on the hill. Much of today’s speculation centers around Richmond head coach Dave Clawson who reportedly was in town today visiting with Coach Fulmer. Clawson is in his fourth year with the Spiders and has developed a reputation as a program…

The coaching carousel continues to spin. Round and round it goes where it stops nobody knows. As long as it’s been spinning, and it feels like it’s been a while, we don’t appear to be any closer to finding out who will be named Tennessee’s next offensive coordinator than we were when the process began.

In case you haven’t had enough of the Outback Bowl yet, I ran across these ESPN highlights. It’s very thorough, spanning over eleven minutes in length. Enjoy!

According to an article this morning in the Times Free Press, Demetrice Morley has met the academic requirements to re-enroll for the spring semester at Tennessee. In order for Morley to be eligible to play next season however, the formal process will need to be completed. That’s expected to happen sometime next week.

It’s always disturbing to see an upperclassmen suffer a serious injury that results in missing significant playing time. That’s exactly what happened to senior Brad Cottam when he injured his wrist in August and learned he would miss 2-3 months of the season.

For only the third time since the 98 championship season, Tennessee finishes the season with a win. The Vols overcame the many distractions that faced them during the post season, including coaching vacancies, suspended players and having to witness Duke officials attend bowl practice.

Do you know who Bruce Warwick is? Honestly? Well, apparently you should. Warwick’s official title at Tennessee is Assistant AD of Football Operations, but that’s about all the information I could find from the University’s website. It doesn’t even begin to describe the respect that Warwick seems to have on the hill and around the…

Tune in tonight at 8:00 for the Bowl edition of VolNation Live. Larkin and vol.freak will take your calls regarding the Outback Bowl, the current coaching search or whatever else may be on your mind.