Tennessee linebacker Darrell Taylor spoke to the media in the Radio Room on Tuesday at SEC Football Media Days.
He covered a lot of different topics including what stands out about head coach Jeremy Pruitt.
“I’m pretty sure ya’ll already know this, but he’s one of the countriest guys I’ve ever met in my life. I know he’s from Alabama. He’s one of the countriest guys I ever met in my life. I think it’s pretty funny because when he yells at us it’s like ‘Coach Pruitt, that’s pretty funny what you said and how you saying it.’ He does not like that (players laughing at him) and he’ll make you run for it. But, that’s alright, we’re all in condition.”
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KNOXVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 10, 2018 – Defensive lineman Darrell Taylor #19 of the Tennessee Volunteers during the game between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, TN. Photo By Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee linebacker Darrell Taylor spoke to the local media in a group session on Tuesday at SEC Football Media Days.
He covered a lot of different topics including what he thinks of first-year defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley.
“I think he’s brought a lot. He’s helped us just as much as Coach Pruitt and the other guys on the staff have. I think he’s brought intensity to the defense. He’s brought a lot of other things that will help us be successful this year.”
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Tennessee linebacker Darrell Taylor spoke to Jimmy Hyams and other media members on radio row on Tuesday at SEC Football Media Days.
He covered a lot of different topics including how he is working on being more consistent.
“That’s just a matter of me studying film better and knowing how to break it down and sitting with my coaches and talking about it. That’s me working on my technique. That’s me staying a little later after practice just to work that technique just to get better at it.”
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Tennessee linebacker Daniel Bituli spoke to the media in the Radio Room on Tuesday at SEC Football Media Days.
He covered a lot of different topics including head coach Jeremy Pruitt’s high-level of intensity.
“It is, and we need that. These coaches come with the same intensity each and every day. It’s pretty crazy to see how they can keep up that same level of energy each and every day. It feeds in the locker room. It feeds on us. So, we’re really excited to have Coach Pruitt here. He knows what he’s doing, so we’re just following his lead.”
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Brandon Kennedy and Dominick Wood-Anderson UT LO & TE / Credit: UT Athletics
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Watch list season is in full swing as two more Tennessee players earned preseason recognition on Friday afternoon.
Senior tight end Dominick Wood-Anderson and redshirt senior center Brandon Kennedy were named to the preseason watch lists for the John Mackey Award and the Rimington Trophy, respectively.
Given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end, the Mackey Award recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee. The 2019 Mackey Award recipient will be announced on Dec. 11 and then presented live on Dec. 12 at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on ESPNU.
Wood-Anderson is entering his second season at Tennessee after starring for two years at junior college powerhouse Arizona Western. In his first season on Rocky Top, Wood-Anderson appeared in 11 games, starting 10 of them, and finished with 17 catches for 140 yards and two touchdowns. The San Diego, Calif., native scored the Vols’ first touchdown of the 2018 season on a 1-yard reception on fourth down against West Virginia in his collegiate debut. Wood-Anderson also had a career-high four catches and scored a touchdown in UT’s upset victory over No. 11 Kentucky.
Wood-Anderson is the first Vols’ tight end to be named to the Mackey preseason watch list since Ethan Wolf in 2017. VFLs Jason Witten (2002) and Luke Stocker (2010) are the only two Tennessee players to be named semifinalists for the award in program history.
The Rimington Trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding center in NCAA Division I College Football and is celebrating its 20thanniversary this season. Since its inception, the award has raised over $4.2 million for the Boomer Esiason Foundation, which is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis.
The Rimington Trophy Committee released a preseason watch list consisting of 80 centers representing every Division I FBS conference. Like Wood-Anderson, Kennedy is also entering his second season as a member of the Tennessee football team after spending his first three years at Alabama where he played in 10 games for the Crimson Tide.
Kennedy started UT’s season opener in the Belk College Kickoff game against West Virginia in Charlotte last season before sustaining a season-ending injury in practice the next week. The Wetumpka, Ala., native was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in the Fall of 2018 and is expected to anchor the Vols’ offensive line this season.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee senior Marquez Callaway was tabbed an All-SEC second team selection as a return specialist by the media in attendance at SEC Media Days.
Callaway has been one of the conference’s most dangerous return men during his time at Tennessee, racking up 389 punt return yards on 29 attempts while scoring a pair of touchdowns. His career punt return average of 13.4 is the highest among any active player in the FBS.
The Warner Robins, Ga., native averaged 11.9 yards per punt return last season, which ranked third in the SEC and No. 13 in the nation. Callaway’s 82-yard punt return against Charlotte was his first touchdown of the season and is tied for the 12th-longest punt return in Tennessee history. It was also UT’s longest punt return since 2015.
Callaway’s other punt return touchdown came as a freshman in 2016, when he took one back 62 yards in a win over Tennessee Tech for his first-career touchdown. That punt return touchdown was the first by a Vol freshman since Devaun Swafford brought a blocked punt back 15 yards in 2013.
Callaway enters the 2019 season as one of the Vols’ top receivers as well. The senior wide out ranks second on the team in career receptions (62), receiving yards (1,011) and receiving touchdowns (seven), trailing only redshirt senior Jauan Jennings in those categories.
The Tennessee football team will begin year two of the Jeremy Pruitt era next month with an experienced team that returns 18 starters, including quarterback Jarrett Guarantano, leading tackler Daniel Bituli and the SEC’s returning leader in sacks Darrell Taylor.
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Alabama was forced to cancel two dates on their 50th Anniversary Tour as frontman Randy Owen deals with vertigo and migraines.
The Hall of Fame group of Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook cancelled their shows at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, ON, on July 19 and at the Big Sky Music Festival in Oro-Medonte, ON, on July 20.
Alabama is celebrating a half-century of making music with their current 50th Anniversary Tour. The cross-country trek kicked off in January with an announced run of more than 50 shows through November, featuring an array of openers, including Charlie Daniels Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Beach Boys, John Anderson, Restless Heart, Exile, John Michael Montgomery, Scotty McCreery and more.
Alabama 50th Anniversary Tour
July 26 | Columbus Civic Center | Columbus, GA (w/ John Michael Montgomery)
July 27 | Thunder Valley Amphitheatre | Bristol, TN (w/ John Michael Montgomery)
Aug. 16 | State Fair of West Virginia | Lewisburg, WV
Aug. 17 | PNG Bank Arts Center | Holmdel, NJ (w/ Scotty McCreery)
Aug. 23 | Van Andel Arena | Grand Rapids, MI (w/ Restless Heart)
Aug. 24 | The Country Fest’s Neon Nights | North Lawrence, OH
Aug. 29 | Mohegan Sun Arena | Wilkes|Barre, PA (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Aug. 31 | Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion | Gilford, NH (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Sept. 1 | Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion | Bangor, ME (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Sept. 13 | Fox Theatre | Detroit, MI (w/ Exile)
Sept. 14 | Tailgates N’ Tallboys | Peoria, IL
Sept. 27 | Martin Luther King Jr. Arena | Savannah, GA
Sept. 28 | Hertz Arena | Estero, FL
Oct. 3 | Colonial Life Arena | Columbia, SC (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Oct. 4 | Legacy Arena at the BJCC | Birmingham, AL (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Oct. 10 | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center | Tallahassee, FL (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Oct. 11 | Spectrum Center | Charlotte, NC (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov. 1 | WinStar World Casino & Resort | Thackerville, OK
Nov. 8 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center | Madison, WI (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Nov. 9 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse | Indianapolis, IN (w/ Restless Heart)
Nov. 20 | Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, TN (w/ The Charlie Daniels Band)
Billy Currington will return to country radio on Aug. 5 with the release of his new single, “Details.” The easygoing jam revolves around a man who is focused on the little “details” that make his girlfriend special.
Penned by Mark Trussell, Nicolle Galyon and Stephen Lee Olsen, “Details” will most likely be featured on Billy’s upcoming seventh studio album, although no official announcement has been made. The new single follows Billy’s most recent single, “Bring It On Over,” which was released in 2018 and cracked the Top 30 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.
Billy’s most recent album, Summer Forever, which was released in 2015, spawned No. 1 hits “Don’t It,” “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To” and “Do I Make You Wanna.”
Kane Brown joined forces with electronic music producer/DJ Marshmello for a new single, “One Thing Right.”
Penned by Kane, Marshmello, Jesse Frasure, Josh Hoge and Matthew McGinn, “One Thing Right” is Marshmello’s first collaboration with a country artist. The tune was initially slated for Kane’s 2018 sophomore album, Experiment, but Kane decided to send it to Marshmello after meeting him at the 2018 American Music Awards.
“Marshmello had reached out to say congratulations while I was at the AMAs,” says Kane. “I sent him the song and he ended up being really passionate about it, and said he wanted to even make it a single, so we ended up working on it together. I am a huge Marshmello fan and think he is an incredible artist in his space, so I am thrilled to be able to get to collaborate with him on this. It’s amazing seeing a song you wrote come to life like that.”
Kane and Marshmello dropped a high-speed new video for the tune, which you can watch below.
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