Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello, right handed pitcher Chad Dallas and third baseman Jake Rucker spoke to the media in the postgame press conference after UT’s 4-2 win over LSU in Game 1 of the Knoxville Super Regional. Video courtesy of UT Athletics.
LSU HC Paul Mainieri followed by RHP Landon Marceaux, RHP Ma’Khail Hilliard and 2B Zach Arnold spoke to the media to preview the Super Regional in Knoxville vs. Tennessee. Courtesy of LSU Athletics.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 2 Tennessee opens its Super Regional series against fellow SEC foe No. 14 LSU at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Saturday night at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
The third-seeded Volunteers are hosting a Super Regional for the first time in program history and will be making just the third Super Regional appearance since the tournament moved to its current format.
Game 1: Tennessee vs. LSU | Saturday, June 12 | 7 p.m. ESPN2
Game 2: LSU vs. Tennessee | Sunday, June 13 | 12 p.m. or 3 p.m. | ESPN2 or ESPNU
Game 3 (If Necessary) | Tennessee vs. LSU | Monday, June 14 | 4 p.m. or 7 p.m. | ESPN2 or ESPNU
Tickets for this weekend are officially sold out. A limited number of standing room only tickets will be made available at the Lindsey Nelson Stadium Ticket office 90 minutes prior to each game. For more ticket info, click HERE.
Fan parking for this weekend’s games will be located in the G-16 garage (entrance located on Pat Head Summitt Street) and the C-22 lot (located down Volunteer Blvd.). An updated parking map for this weekend can be seen HERE (PDF).
TV/Stream: ESPN2 / ESPNU / ESPN App
Talent: Tom Hart (PxP), VFL Chris Burke (Analyst)
Radio: Vol Network (FM 99.1 / AM 990)
Talent: John Wilkerson and Vince Ferrara
Appearances: 10 (Last in 2019)
Super Regional Record: 4-0 (1.000)
College World Series Appearances: 4 (1951, 1995, 2001, 2005)
This will be UT’s third appearance in a Super Regional and its first since sweeping Georgia Tech in 2005.
Overall: LSU leads, 59-25
In Knoxville: LSU leads, 20-16
In Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 36-8
Neutral Sites: LSU leads, 3-1
Last Meeting: W, 3-2 (March 28, 2021)
Tennessee recorded just its second sweep of LSU in program history when the two sides met in Knoxville back in late March. The Vols recorded a pair of walk-off wins in games two and three. All three games in the series were decided by two or fewer runs.
A pair of wins this weekend would send Tennessee to the program’s fifth-ever College World Series and first since 2005.
There, the Vols would open their run in Omaha with a date against the winner of the Columbia Super Regional between Virginia and Dallas Baptist.
-UT Athletics
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After their outstanding performance in the classroom, Tennessee football student-athletes Paxton Brooks and Matthew Butler have been named to the 2020-21 Academic All-District III Football Team, the organization announced on Friday.
The team recognizes the top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. First- and second-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced in early July.
Brooks, a native of Lexington, South Carolina, is making an appearance on the All-District team for the second time in his career. A three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient and “Volunteer of Distinction” honoree, Brooks maintained a 3.92 GPA while earning his undergraduate degree in kinesiology in May.
On the field, Brooks was one of the top punters and kickoff specialists in the nation. In 2020, he ranked fourth in the conference in punting average at 43.63 yards per punt, and he was top 15 in the FBS in kickoff average at 64.10 yards per kickoff. He owned a 67.50 touchback percentage, which ranked top 20 nationally.
Butler, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, is also making a second straight appearance on the All-District squad. He compiled a 3.63 GPA in political science and graduated in December 2020. Butler was a nominee for the SEC’s McWhorter Award and a recipient of a 2021 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, becoming the seventh Vol football student-athlete to earn the accolade dating back to 1971.
A four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, Butler elected to return for his second senior season this fall. In 2020, he started all 10 games at defensive end and finished with 43 tackles, which was tops among all Vol defensive linemen and fourth overall on the squad.
-UT Athletics
New music from Zac Brown Band is available now!
Talking about the new song, Zac Brown says, “‘Same Boat’ is just about us all being the same rather than how we are all different. We go through a lot of the same things and it’s a reflection of being a human-being.”
Check out the new song from Zac Brown Band here…
Photo Credit: Alex Chapman
This is A Day in the Country with Paul Koffy – June 11th
On this day in 2019, Luke Combs was invited to be a member of the Grand Ole Opry
In 2015, Blake Shelton‘s hit “Honey Bee” is certified triple-platinum
In 2012, Eric Church is double certified first his album Sinners Like Me went Gold, and his song “Springsteen” was Platinum
Started with a Grand Ole Opry note, and ending with one too…On this day way back in 1949 Hank Williams made his debut on the Opry
Photo Courtesy of Hank Williams & The Country Daily
Did you catch the 2021 CMT Music Awards this week?
If not – we have all the star-studded performances here for you…if you did see it, you can enjoy all these all over again…
Lady A opens the show Lindsay Ell, The Shindellas and Carly Pearce singing “Like A Lady”
Chris Stapleton performed his song “Arkansas” from the Bonnaroo Farm.
From Assembly Hall in Nashville – Luke Combs performed “Cold As You”
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram & Jon Randall perform “Tequila Does” from their album, The Marfa Tapes.
Brothers Osborne and Dierks Bentley sing “Lighten Up” as the sun was setting on Bonnaroo Farm
CMT Music Awards co-host Kelsea Ballerini and Paul Klein from LANY perform a rooftop version of “I Quit Drinking”
Thomas Rhett sings “Country Again” from his album, Country Again – Side A
Lauren Alaina is joined Jon Pardi on their song “Getting Over Him”
Luke Bryan knocks out his number-one “Down To One”
Mickey Guyton, and BRELAND first sing “Cross Country” – then is joined on stage by the one and only Gladys Knight to song “Friendship Train.”
Ingrid Andress also had a moment when she sang her own song, “Lady Like,” then duets with JP Saxe on “Like That.”
Chris Young and CMT Music Awards co-host Kane Brown sing their hit song “Famous Friends”
NEEDTOBREATHE and Carrie Underwood sing “I Wanna Remember”
In a night filled with awesome pairings and duets, Chris Stapleton once again captures the spotlight when he joins the fantastic H.E.R. on “Hold On.”
Oh, and they gave out trophies too!
All of the CMT Music Awards winners are here in a montage of their acceptance speeches…including Carrie Underwood, Kelsea Ballerini, Kane Brown, Little Big Town, Kane Brown and Chris Young, and Dylan Scott.
Photo Courtesy of CMT Music Awards
Earlier this week Brad Paisley took his fans for a drive to preview his new song “City of Music.”
He posted, “I’ve been working on a new record & we’re releasing this song on Friday. I like listening in the car, so…let’s do that.“
Now the new music from Brad Paisley is here! Check out “City of Music”…
Photo Courtesy of Brad Paisley
It was in late April that Charly Reynolds released her latest track “BS I Need” – and in May it made it’s way into the Top-10 of the digital sales chart.
Charly shared, “I can’t even find the words to say to thank you all for the support of my music journey, and of my new song Bs I Need! If you haven’t heard it yet, click the link to listen. I love y’all so much and couldn’t have done this without you!! THANK YOU!!!”
She also posted a video sharing the news with her fans…
Charly says “Music is my passion and it is my hope that in sharing my experiences, it will enable me to connect with more and more people and to ultimately make a difference in their life.”
When it comes to her song “BS I Need”, which she co-wrote with Brad Hutsell, Charly describes it as “a catchy up-beat summer tune showcasing my fun and rowdy side.” She also adds that it’s “the perfect song to get you ready for the beach, the sand and a margarita in your hand!”
Sounds like the recipe for the perfect summer…check out the music video for Charly Reynolds’ “BS I Need” – right here…
Photo Credit: Worthwhile Multimedia
University of Tennessee athletics director Danny White met with the media this week to discuss the My All campaign, Tony Vitello and facility upgrades for Lindsey Nelson Stadium and Neyland Stadium, among other things. Video is courtesy of our friends at WVLT-TV.
