Video/Photos: Tennessee Athletics 2021-22 Year in Review

Video/Photos: Tennessee Athletics 2021-22 Year in Review

Posted on July 1, 2022

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“This past year, it’s felt like the whole of Tennessee Athletics has been on a mission. There’s been an energy that maybe used to be contained to one team, but now that energy just ignites everyone else. And it goes beyond the walls of a single team. I haven’t felt anything like this in my 17 years, and it’s just getting stronger. The confidence that comes with success just feeds more confidence and success. It’s a great time to be a Tennessee Vol!”

– Matt Kredich, Director of Swimming & Diving

Tennessee in 2021-22 claimed its first SEC Overall All-Sports title, presented by USA Today Network, and the Vols also captured the program’s first SEC Men’s All-Sports title since 2007-08. In the SEC Women’s All-Sports standings, Tennessee finished second behind Florida.

Across the nine sports for which the SEC tracks head-to-head win/loss records (and at least 13 teams compete), Tennessee owned the league’s best intraconference win percentage in 2021-22 at .672. The next-best win percentage was .595 (Florida). Those nine sports are football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, soccer and volleyball.

Eight Tennessee teams (four men’s and four women’s) finished in the top 16 or advanced to at least the round of 16 in their respective NCAA Championships.

Tennessee also was one of only seven Division I programs in the country to make a football bowl game and also qualify for the NCAA Championships in men’s basketball, women’s basketball, softball and baseball (joining Arkansas, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, UCLA and Virginia Tech).  

Tennessee produced a school-record 10 Academic All-Americans in 2021-22—six Lady Vols and four Vols. 

For a comprehensive and interactive Year in Review experience, featuring several sport-specific notes and highlights, click HERE.

-UT Athletics

Video/Photos: Tennessee Athletics 2021-22 Year in Review

Video/Photos: Tennessee Athletics 2021-22 Year in Review

Posted on July 1, 2022

HIGHLIGHT VIDEO  |  PHOTO GALLERY  |  VIEW FULL STORY

“This past year, it’s felt like the whole of Tennessee Athletics has been on a mission. There’s been an energy that maybe used to be contained to one team, but now that energy just ignites everyone else. And it goes beyond the walls of a single team. I haven’t felt anything like this in my 17 years, and it’s just getting stronger. The confidence that comes with success just feeds more confidence and success. It’s a great time to be a Tennessee Vol!”

– Matt Kredich, Director of Swimming & Diving

Tennessee in 2021-22 claimed its first SEC Overall All-Sports title, presented by USA Today Network, and the Vols also captured the program’s first SEC Men’s All-Sports title since 2007-08. In the SEC Women’s All-Sports standings, Tennessee finished second behind Florida.

Across the nine sports for which the SEC tracks head-to-head win/loss records (and at least 13 teams compete), Tennessee owned the league’s best intraconference win percentage in 2021-22 at .672. The next-best win percentage was .595 (Florida). Those nine sports are football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, soccer and volleyball.

Eight Tennessee teams (four men’s and four women’s) finished in the top 16 or advanced to at least the round of 16 in their respective NCAA Championships.

Tennessee also was one of only seven Division I programs in the country to make a football bowl game and also qualify for the NCAA Championships in men’s basketball, women’s basketball, softball and baseball (joining Arkansas, LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, UCLA and Virginia Tech).  

Tennessee produced a school-record 10 Academic All-Americans in 2021-22—six Lady Vols and four Vols. 

For a comprehensive and interactive Year in Review experience, featuring several sport-specific notes and highlights, click HERE.

-UT Athletics

Old Dominion Crashed a Wedding – and There Were No Hard Feelings About It

Old Dominion Crashed a Wedding – and There Were No Hard Feelings About It

Posted on June 30, 2022

Old Dominion is out on the road with Kenny Chesney‘s Here And Now tour.

But…when they’re not rocking stadiums with their music – turns out the guys like to freelance as a wedding band!

OD posted “We had the privilege of playing a small part in Jade and Carson‘s big day. It’s an amazing thing to see how our music is in people’s lives and this is a very special way to witness it, so thank you for including us in such a beautiful night!”

When it came to Old Dominion crashing the wedding…there was no hard feelings…

Photo Credit: Mason Allen

Blake Shelton Shares the Song that He Wanted to Single Out

Blake Shelton Shares the Song that He Wanted to Single Out

Posted on June 30, 2022

Blake Shelton fans might remember that the song “I Don’t Care” appears on two of his albums.

The song first showed up on Blake’s 2007 album, Pure BS.

Then “I Don’t Care” also appeared in the track list for Blake’s next album – 2008’s Startin’ Fires.

Turns out that the song showing up on two albums wasn’t an error – Blake really wanted to give that track a chance to be a single at country radio…which it was not.

Now in 2022, Blake is reaching back to bring “I Don’t Care” to the fans’ attention again.

Turning to social media Shelton posted, “Back in the day I wanted this song to be a single so bad I put it on 2 different albums. We never got to it and I still regret it. Thought I’d dig it out for y’all. It’s called ‘I Don’t Care.'”

Check out the special acoustic version of the track from Blake Shelton here…

Photo Credit: Andrew Eccles

Ryan Hurd Drops the Music Video for His Single “Pass It On”

Ryan Hurd Drops the Music Video for His Single “Pass It On”

Posted on June 30, 2022

Ryan Hurd‘s current single at country radio, “Pass It On,” is from his album, Pelago.

Ryan shares the story behind the song, “I wrote ‘Pass It On’ with Jordan Schmidt and my wife Maren Morris and Hardy. Originally it was a an idea we were kind of angling toward Maren’s third album. And as the song kind of got moving, we kind of found Michael (Hardy) to be singing more of it. And so it sort of felt more like it was more of a song for a guy to sing. And so somehow it fell, out of the three artists in the room, it fell to me. And I’m really thankful that it did because I love just the recording of the way that it feels and it’s I love how unabashedly positive it is and I think that’s a great way to kick off an album. Also, I love like hearing Hardy and Maren sing the background vocals on it like that, to me is really cool. And obviously neither one of them are featured and they don’t need to be. They they kind of speak for themselves but it’s just really fun to have like your friends and obviously Maren sings on a lot of the album but it’s fun to have them be a part of it.”

The music video for “Pass It On” from Ryan Hurd features Maren Morris and some awesome roller skating skills.

Check it out here…

Photo Credit: Nicki Fletcher

In Case You Missed It – Jimmie Allen Stopped by Good Morning America

In Case You Missed It – Jimmie Allen Stopped by Good Morning America

Posted on June 30, 2022

Jimmie Allen is out making the rounds promoting his recently released third album, Tulip Drive.

One of those stops was at Good Morning America.

Jimmie shared some of the inspiration behind his new album, and sang his song “Be Alright” – which one of the 18-tracks on his album, Tulip Drive.

Photo Courtesy of Jimmie Allen

Lainey Wilson is Loving Being on Stage for Festivals in 2022

Lainey Wilson is Loving Being on Stage for Festivals in 2022

Posted on June 30, 2022

Lainey Wilson is having a great summer so far – and it’s just getting started!

Lainey shared, “Man I like it out here! Me and festival season are becoming real good friends.”

Lainey added, “Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico – I’ll see y’all this weekend.”

People showing up to Lainey Wilson’s concerts will see her sing this one…it’s her latest single at country radio, “Heart Like A Truck.”

Photo Courtesy of Lainey Wilson

George Birge Shares the Story of the 3 Country Music Singers That Changed His Life

George Birge Shares the Story of the 3 Country Music Singers That Changed His Life

Posted on June 30, 2022

George Birge released his debut self-titled 5-track EP back in March.

The five song EP includes his viral hit “Beer Beer Truck Truck.”

The EP also includes his single “Mind On You.”

George recently shared the story of 3 country music singers who changed his life – and it all surrounds “Mind On You.”

Thanks to Colt Ford, Clay Walker, Jason Aldean – George Birge’s single “Mind On You” is headed to country radio…but you don’t have to wait to listen to it…check out the song here…

Photo Credit: Dustin Haney

In Case You Missed It – Jimmie Allen Performed “Down Home” on The Late Show

In Case You Missed It – Jimmie Allen Performed “Down Home” on The Late Show

Posted on June 29, 2022

Jimmie Allen‘s new album Tulip Drive arrived for fans to check out this past Friday.

This week Jimmie stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to sing his current single “Down Home” – which is one of 18-tracks from Tulip Drive.

Watch his performance here…

Photo Courtesy of Jimmie Allen/The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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