After taking his Dive Bar Tour to Chicago (July 15), Bakersfield (Aug. 15) and New Braunfels (Sept. 23)—and with an upcoming date in Sanford, Fla., on Oct. 16—Garth Brooks announced the fifth stop on his seven-date tour: The Dusty Armadillo in Rootstown, Ohio.
“This is going to be like coming home for us,” says Garth. “You can ask any of those guys that played all those gigs at the very first—we spent our life in Ohio, practically!”
Like the four previous stops on the tour, tickets to show are only available via country radio in the area. Garth’s seven-date Dive Bar Tour takes its name from his current single, “Dive Bar,” which features Blake Shelton.
Tennessee defensive lineman Matthew Butler spoke to the media on Tuesday, in a group session, to review the Miss State win and preview the next opponent Saturday, Alabama.
Vols DE Matthew Butler / Credit: 99.1 The Sports Animal
Tennessee safety Theo Jackson spoke to the media on Tuesday, in a group session, to review the Miss State win and preview the next opponent Saturday, Alabama.
Vols safety Theo Jackson / Credit: 99.1 The Sports Animal
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — University of Tennessee junior forward Rennia Davis has been named to the women’s preseason All-SEC Second Team, according to voting by a select panel of SEC and national media members.
Davis was one of 10 players chosen for preseason all-league honors, including five first-team picks and five second-team selections. The Lady Vol standout earned All-SEC Second Team recognition as a sophomore following her play during the 2018-19 campaign.
A 6-foot-2 product of Ribault High School in Jacksonville, Florida, Davis led UT in scoring (14.9), rebounding (7.7) and free throw percentage (.856) in her second season on Rocky Top. She ranked No. 1 in the SEC in free throw percentage, No. 8 in rebounding and No. 12 in scoring a year ago.
Davis’ scoring average tied for No. 5 all-time by a UT sophomore, while her rebound average was the ninth-best for a second-year performer at Tennessee. Her sophomore-year double-double total (9) was the sixth-most by an active player in the SEC last season and the second-most by an underclassman.
Texas A&M’s Chennedy Carter was the overwhelming choice for SEC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year. Arkansas’ Chelsea Dungee and Rhyne Howard of Kentucky also received votes.
Joining Carter, Dungee and Howard on the All-SEC First Team are LSU’s Ayana Mitchell and South Carolina’s Tyasha Harris. Other All-SEC Second Team members besides Davis include Unique Thompson, Auburn; Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, South Carolina; Ciera Johnson, Texas A&M; and Mariella Fasoula, Vanderbilt.
South Carolina was predicted to win the 2020 Southeastern Conference women’s basketball championship by the same panel of media members.
Following the Gamecocks, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee and Auburn rounded out the top half of the league. LSU, Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt filled out the bottom half.
The Lady Vols were 19-13 overall and 7-9 in SEC play a year ago, tying for eighth place in the league standings. Tennessee enters the 2019-20 season led by new head coach Kellie Harper and returning two starters and six total letterwinners who saw action last year. UT welcomes five new players and another who sat out 2018-19 due to injury.
PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. South Carolina
2. Texas A&M
3. Mississippi State
4. Kentucky
5. Arkansas 6. Tennessee
7. Auburn
8. LSU
9. Missouri
10. Georgia
11. Alabama
12. Florida
13. Ole Miss
14. Vanderbilt
PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M
PRESEASON ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM
Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Ayana Mitchell, LSU
Tyasha Harris, South Carolina
Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M
PRESEASON ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM
Unique Thompson, Auburn
Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, South Carolina Rennia Davis, Tennessee
Ciera Johnson, Texas A&M
Mariella Fasoula, Vanderbilt
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A trio of Vols were named to the PFF College SEC Team of the Week on Monday after leading Tennessee to its first SEC win of the season last Saturday.
Offensive lineman Trey Smith, safety Nigel Warrior and outside linebacker Darrell Taylor were all recognized for their efforts in UT’s 20-10 victory over Mississippi State.
Smith led an offensive line that allowed just one sack and paved the way for 190 rushing yards. With the Vols clinging to a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, Smith and the offensive line were dominant in Tennessee’s final possession of the game, a nine-play, 91-yard scoring drive that took nearly six minutes off the clock and effectively iced the game.
Warrior helped lead a dominant effort by the Vols’ defense, limiting Mississippi State to season lows in points (10) and total yards (267). The senior from College Park, Ga., was one of the Vols’ top players on defense, finishing with four tackles, two pass breakups and one of UT’s three interceptions. This is Warrior’s second appearance on the PFF College SEC Team of the Week this season.
Joining Warrior on the defensive team of the week was Taylor, who was a second-team selection after spearheading a dominant performance by the front seven. The redshirt senior linebacker recorded the fourth multi-sack game of his career, registering two sacks along with a forced fumble, and played a major role in limiting the SEC’s leading rusher, Kylin Hill, to just 13 yards on 11 carries.
Now with 14 sacks during his Tennessee career, Taylor is second in the SEC among active players in career sacks, trailing only Florida’s Jabari Zuniga (18.5). Taylor’s six career forced fumbles are also tied for the most among active SEC players. Tennessee’s defense totaled seven sacks in the win, its most in a conference game since Nov. 22, 2008 at Vanderbilt.
The entire PFF College SEC Team of the Week can be found HERE.
Birmingham, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference released its men’s basketball preseason All-SEC teams Tuesday, and Tennessee senior Lamonte Turner was a second-team selection.
Turner also was one of nine players who received votes for SEC Player of the Year. Voting was conducted by a select panel of both SEC and national media members.
That media panel also projected the 14-team order of finish, and Tennessee was picked to finish fifth in the SEC regular-season race.
A senior guard who graduated in May, Turner on Monday was named to the watch list for the 2020 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. He was previously selected as the 2018 SEC Co-Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore.
Tennessee enters the season riding the nation’s longest active home win streak, having won 26 straight at Thompson-Boling Arena dating to the 2017-18 SEC Championship season.
The Volunteers’ 57 total wins over the last two seasons are the most among all SEC teams.
Tennessee senior Jordan Bowden is one of 20 players on the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award watch list, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday.
On Monday, fellow Vols senior Lamonte Turner was named to the Hall’s watch list for its Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award.
Named after Hall of Famer and former West Virginia guard Jerry West, the annual honor now in its sixth year recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel selected the 20-man watch list.
Bowden is one of seven SEC shooting guards on this season’s watch list (complete list below), and Tennessee will face seven candidates this year.
Entering his senior season, Bowden has started 68 of the 101 games in which he has appeared. He has improved his scoring average every year of his career and needs just 59 points to join Tennessee’s prestigious 1,000-Point Club.
An explosive and versatile scorer, the Knoxville native averaged 10.6 points per game last season but increased his scoring output to 12.1 ppg during SEC play. Bowden also committed only 35 turnovers in 1,002 total minutes played last year (27.8 mpg). He has made more than 50 3-pointers in each of the last two seasons.
An All-SEC candidate, Bowden is on track to receive his degree in Africana Studies in May.
New to the award this season is fan voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds. Fans are able to vote starting on Friday, Oct. 18.
By mid-February, the 20-player watch list will be narrowed to 10. In March, the names of five finalists will be presented to West and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee. The winner of the 2020 Jerry West Award will be announced at ESPN’s college basketball awards show after the Final Four on April 10.
Previous winners of the award include R.J. Barrett, Duke (2019), Carsen Edwards, Purdue (2018), Malik Monk, Kentucky (2017), Buddy Hield, Oklahoma (2016) and D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State (2015).
For more information on the 2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall on Twitter and Instagram.
2020 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
Isaiah Joe, Arkansas
Kamar Baldwin, Butler
Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati
Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton
Kellan Grady, Davidson
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
Anthony Edwards, Georgia
Trent Frazier, Illinois
Joe Wieskamp, Iowa
Tyrese Maxey, Kentucky
Skylar Mays, LSU
Joshua Langford, Michigan State
Temple ‘T.J.’ Gibbs, Notre Dame
Breein Tyree, Ole Miss
Myles Powell, Seton Hall
A.J. Lawson, South Carolina
Mustapha Heron, St. John’s
Desmond Bane, TCU Jordan Bowden, Tennessee
Sam Merrill, Utah State
*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2019-20 season
Stagecoach Music Festival announced that Carrie Underwood, Eric Church and Thomas Rhett will headline its three-day musical extravaganza in Indio, Calif., in April 2020. TR will headline opening night on April 24, while Carrie will be featured on April 25 and Eric will close the festival on April 26.
The 14th annual Stagecoach Festival will also feature more than 50 additional acts, including Alan Jackson, Dan + Shay, Jon Pardi, Midland, Morgan Wallen, Tanya Tucker and more.
Festival passes go on sale on Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. PT, ranging from $319 (three-day general admission) to $1,299 (three-day reserved seating).
2020 Stagecoach Lineup
Alan Jackson
Billy Ray Cyrus
Brandon Ratcliff
Brett Young
Bryan Adams
Carrie Underwood
Caylee Hammack
Chris Lane
Courtney Marie Andrews
Dan + Shay
Desure
Diplo
Dustin Lynch
Eric Church
Gabby Barrett
Gone West
Guy Fieri
Hailey Whitters
Hardy
Hayes Carll
Ian Noe
Ingrid Andress
Jade Jackson
Jimmie Allen
Jon Pardi
Laci Kaye Booth
Lil Nas X
LOCASH
Marty Stuart
Midland
Mitchell Tenpenny
Morgan Wallen
Neal McCoy
Nikki Lane
Niko Moon
Orville Peck
Pam Tillis
Paul Cauthen
Payton Smith
RaeLynn
Riley Green
Ryan Bingham
Seaforth
Shenandoah
Tanya Tucker
Teddy Robb
Temecula Road
Tenille Townes
The Haden Triplets
The Last Bandoleros
Thomas Rhett
Whitney Rose
ZZ Top
Willie Jones
Brantley Gilbert’s fifth studio album, Fire & Brimstone, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, moving 36,000 equivalent units according to Nielsen Music.
The new album—buoyed by Top 10 lead single “What Happens in a Small Town with Lindsay Ell—features 15 songs, all of which Brantley had a hand in writing. In addition to Lindsay, Brantley’s new album features guest vocals from Colt Ford, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss, Willie Nelson and Lukas Nelson.
“With this record, the goal for me was to let each song just be what it was––uninhibited and unfiltered,” says Brantley. “We just followed the song’s instincts. I like to be able to write, and if it feels like the song is leading a certain way, then let’s go chase it.”
Fire & Brimstone follows Brantley’s previous chart-topping albums Just as I Am (2014) and The Devil Don’t Sleep (2017).
Fire & Brimstone Tracks & Songwriters
1. Fire’t Up (Brantley Gilbert, Brandon Day, Justin Weaver)
2. Not Like Us (Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill, Amy Wadge)
3. Welcome to Hazeville (Brantley Gilbert, Rodney Clawson, Andrew DeRoberts, Colt Ford) featuring Colt Ford, Lukas Nelson and Willie Nelson
4. What Happens in a Small Town (Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill, Josh Dunne) featuring Lindsay Ell
5. She Ain’t Home (Brantley Gilbert, Brian Davis, Justin Weaver)
6. Lost Soul’s Prayer (Brantley Gilbert, Andrew DeRoberts)
7. Tough Town (Brantley Gilbert, Blake Chaffin, Andrew DeRoberts, Josh Phillips)
8. Fire & Brimstone (Brantley Gilbert) featuring Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss
9. Laid Back Ride (Brantley Gilbert)
10. Bad Boy (Brantley Gilbert, Andrew DeRoberts, Josh Phillips)
11. New Money (Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Brock Berryhill, Brandon Day)
12. Breaks Down (Brantley Gilbert, Jaida Dreyer, Josh Mirenda, Justin Weaver)
13. Man of Steel (Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Cole Taylor)
14. Never Gonna Be Alone (Brantley Gilbert, Brock Berryhill, Erik Dylan)
15. Man that Hung the Moon (Brantley Gilbert)
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