Tennessee Announces 2021 Orange & White Game Details

Tennessee Announces 2021 Orange & White Game Details

Posted on April 13, 2021
UT’s Orange & White Spring Game / Credit: UT Athletics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Chevrolet Orange & White Game returns to Neyland Stadium at 4 p.m. ET on April 24 with free admission to all fans.

The main bowl of Neyland Stadium will be general admission seating utilizing every other row. Tickets are not required. Gates open at 2:30 p.m. Face coverings will be required at entry and during movement through the stadium.

Free parking areas open at 10 a.m. For more information on game day parking, click here. View a PDF parking map here (PDF).

Normal game day policies will be in effect, including the clear bag policy. Game day road closures will be in effect as well. Beginning at 11 a.m., Phillip Fulmer Way will be closed from Cumberland Avenue to Peyton Manning Pass.

Tennessee’s family-friendly pregame tailgate at Vol Village will open at 12:30 p.m. in Lot 9 (directly west of Neyland Stadium) and will feature music provided by VFL Sterling Henton, photo opportunities, Smokey, food vendors, giveaways and other activities.

The full Pride of the Southland Band will be in attendance during the spring game.

The contest will be broadcast live on SEC Network+ and the Vol Radio Network.

While admission is free and tickets are not required, fans can RSVP to receive Orange & White Game information and updates as well as a chance to enter to win two (2) 2021 Tennessee football season tickets at UTSports.com/OW.

Saturday’s events kick off with softball hosting Georgia at 2 p.m. at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.

First-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and his Volunteers culminate the spring at 4 p.m. Heupel, who owned a 28-8 record at UCF, brings an explosive, up-tempo offensive philosophy and an attacking defensive style to Knoxville.

Season tickets for the centennial celebration of Neyland Stadium and the start of the Heupel era are on sale now at AllVols.com.  Season tickets start as low as $300, with the Vol Pass and payment plan options offered. Fans can experience the Neyland Stadium 3D map to select tickets based on preference. Fans with questions related to seats, views and options can utilize the live “CHAT” feature on AllVols.com.

Fans interested in season tickets can schedule an appointment time to speak with a representative on the day of the spring game here.

Tennessee opens the 2021 campaign against Bowling Green on Sept. 4 in Neyland Stadium. The Vols and the SEC return to a 12-game regular season slate following a unique 2020 campaign that included 10 conference-only contests due to COVID-19. The eight-game-home schedule includes visits from Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Ole Miss and Georgia.

-UT Athletics

Thomas Rhett’s New Song, “Country Again,” Is About His Life

Thomas Rhett’s New Song, “Country Again,” Is About His Life

Posted on April 13, 2021

Thomas Rhett is following up his number-one hit “What’s Your Country Song” with…”Country Again.”

This is the title track for his double album — Side A arrives at the end of this month on the 30th. Side B will coming later this year.

Talking about the new project Thomas says, “Country Again: Side A is everything I wanted to say when I was 19 years old, but hadn’t lived enough to know how to say any of those things yet,” he adds. “It’s about the crazy journey that took me out into the world over the last ten years and ultimately brought me back home, more centered and content than ever, with a deep understanding for what’s important in life. I’ve had a blast sharing some of these songs in their acoustic form during quarantine and am blown away by the reaction the fans have already shown.”

And when it comes to the new track, “Country Again,” Thomas says that this is more than just a song…he says it’s part of who he is, “I think this song really is about my life. Just slowing down and really trying to look at the priorities in my life and what they mean to me. And realizing that it’s okay just to stop for a second. It’s okay to just to live simple and to really put your priorities at the top of your list – the ones that are most important to you. For me, that’s becoming a better dad, a better husband, a better friend, a better son, a better brother, and really getting back to my roots a little bit and what all that entails.”

Check out the music video for Thomas Rhett’s brand new song, “Country Again.”

Photo Courtesy of Valory Music Co

Postgame/Boxscore/Story: No. 16 Lady Vols Blank Tennessee Tech, 8-0

Postgame/Boxscore/Story: No. 16 Lady Vols Blank Tennessee Tech, 8-0

Posted on April 13, 2021
UT Softball / Credit: UT Athletics

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A consistent effort on both sides of the plate pushed the No. 16 Tennessee softball team past Tennessee Tech, 8-0, on Monday evening at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.

Tennessee’s (29-6) win marked both its 22nd straight victory over Tennessee Tech (15-19) and its sixth shutout in nonconference midweek encounters this season.

Junior pitcher Ashley Rogers was stellar again in the circle tossing her sixth complete game shutout of the year, while fanning five batters and allowing just a single baserunner on one hit that came in the fourth inning.

Senior Chelsea Seggern and freshman Rylie West led the way for UT at the plate with each grabbing a pair of hits, while combining for three RBIs.

Senior Kiki Milloy also finished the night with multiple runs batted in with a three-run blast to end the in-state showdown in the fifth inning. The frozen rope marked Milloy’s 12th homer of the year and upped her season RBI total to 30.

UT opened its account on a flared single to left off the bat of Seggern that scored graduate student Cailin Hannon and gave the Lady Vols a quick, 1-0 lead in the opening inning.

Two innings later, Tennessee posted its first crooked number of the evening with a three-spot in the third on a single from Rylie West, a walk with the bases loaded and wild pitch.

West pushed across her second RBI of the night when she belted a triple to deep center field that scored Seggern to put the Lady Vols up, 5-0 through four innings of play.

In the ensuing frame, Milloy went yard over the left field wall with two runners on to end the evenings contest in both run-rule and walk-off fashion.

UP NEXT
UT returns to action with a midweek doubleheader with in-state foe Tennessee Tech on Wednesday night. First pitches for the twin bill from Sherri Parker Lee Stadium are set for 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET.

PDF Box Score | Updated Season Stats | Ralph Weekly Postgame

-UT Athletics

Baseball Preview: Third-Ranked Vols Set for Road Tilt at Western Carolina

Baseball Preview: Third-Ranked Vols Set for Road Tilt at Western Carolina

Posted on April 13, 2021
Vols 1B Luc Lipcius and C Connor Pavolony / Credit: UT Athletics

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – No. 3 Tennessee opens play this week with a quick trip to Western Carolina to take on the Catamounts Tuesday at 5 p.m.

This will be the second meeting between the two programs this season after the Vols earned a 9-2 win in Knoxville on March 30. The Catamounts enter Tuesday’s contest on a five-game winning streak.

BROADCAST INFO

Tuesday’s game will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription required).

Fans can also listen to the game on UTSports.com and the UT Gameday app as John Wilkerson calls the action. Tuesday’s game will not air on the radio.

SERIES HISTORY

Overall: Tennessee leads, 23-7
In Knoxville: Tennessee leads, 17-4
In Cullowhee: Tennessee leads, 5-3
Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: W, 9-2 (March 30, 2021)

Tennessee has won the last six meetings in the series, including the past four road contests.

NOTABLE

Perfect Game Midseason Accolades
Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello and freshman pitcher Blade Tidwell earned some serious recognition from Perfect Game last week. Vitello was named the Midseason Coach of the Year while Tidwell was tabbed as a Freshman All-American.

Making History
The Vols have continued to reach new highs this season and set another new standard on Monday, earning their highest ranking in program history. UT is ranked No. 3 in the USA Today Top 25 and Perfect Game top 25 poll.

Impressive in SEC Play
Tennessee’s 9-3 record through 12 SEC games is its best since 2004. The Big Orange are currently tied for first in the eastern division with in-state rival Vanderbilt. With their series win over the Gators last weekend, the Vols have secured a win in each of their first four conference series for the first time since 1970.

Aussie On Base
Liam Spence is coming off another impressive week where he batted .429 and drew five walks. The senior from Geelong, Australia has reached base in 34 consecutive games played dating back to last season. Spence leads the SEC or is tied for the lead in batting average (.405), runs (35) and on-base percentage (.538).

OPPONENT SCOUT

Western Carolina Catamounts

  • 2021 Record: 18-7 (6-2 SoCon)
  • Rankings: Not Ranked
  • 2019 Postseason: N/A
  • Head Coach: Bobby Moranda (14th season) // Has led the Catamounts to a pair of Southern Conference regular-season championships and a SoCon Tournament title in 2016.
  • Predicted SoCon Finish: T-5th (Coaches) // 6th (Media)
  • Preseason All-SoCon Selections: Zach Franklin (1st Team – RP), Luke Robinson (1st Team – C), Justice Bigbie (1st Team – OF)
  • Stat Leaders:
    • Batting Avg: Will Prater (.426)
    • Runs: Justice Bigbie (37)
    • Hits: Luke Robinson (37)
    • Home Runs: Luke Robinson (8)
    • RBI: Luke Robinson (33)
    • Stolen Bases: Justice Bigbie (7-7)
    • Wins: Zebby Matthews (5)
    • ERA (min. 15.0 IP): Zach Franklin (1.74)
    • Innings Pitched: Zebby Matthews (42.1)
    • Strikeouts: Zebby Matthews (41)
  • Notable: Lead the nation in runs per game (9.3) and rank second nationally in on-base percentage (.433).

ON DECK

Tennessee hosts No. 2 Vanderbilt for a huge in-state and conference showdown between top-five teams at Lindsey Nelson Stadium this weekend. Friday’s series opener will begin at 7 p.m. and be televised on ESPNU.

-UT Athletics

Gabby Barrett Picked a Good One, and Now Its Number-One

Gabby Barrett Picked a Good One, and Now Its Number-One

Posted on April 12, 2021

Congrats to Gabby Barrett — not only was she just named this year’s ACM New Female Artist, but now she also has the number-1 spot on the Billboard country airplay chart!

She’s in the top spot with “The Good Ones” — a song that is dedicated to her husband Cade Foehner, because Gabby says that he is one of the good ones.

Gabby shares, “The story with ‘The Good Ones’ is I found myself a good one! People would always come up and ask me ‘Oh, how’s your boyfriend? How’s this one?’ and I’d be ‘Oh, he’s a good one. He’s a keeper.’ So, I wanted to write a song, and kind of saying that he’s a good one, and it’s about him,”

Not only did Gabby use Cade as the inspiration for her new track when she was co-writing it, but the happy couple performed it on last year’s ACM Awards…as Gabby sang, Cade was right there on stage with her playing guitar. Gabby and Cade started their love story 3 year’s ago when they were both contestants on American Idol. After marrying in October of 2019, the couple made their duo a trio this year as they welcome a beautiful baby daughter.

Cade also makes a special appearance in Gabby’s music video for “The Good Ones” which you can check out right here…

Photo Credit: Robby Klein

Lauren Alaina & Jon Pardi Perform “Getting Over Him” at the Ryman

Lauren Alaina & Jon Pardi Perform “Getting Over Him” at the Ryman

Posted on April 12, 2021

Lauren Alaina and Jon Pardi has released a performance video to their “Getting Over Him.”

With her love of puns, Lauren shared, “There’s a RYMAN reason I chose to put Jon Pardi on this song. Watch us perform ‘Getting Over Him’ now.”

Lauren added, “Jon Pardi who is one of my dear friends. I absolutely love him and his personality, and I knew when I wrote this song with Emily Weisband and Paul DiGiovanni that he we would be the perfect guy for it. It’s about going out and having a good time, and Jon Pardi is the definition of going out and having a good time.”

Check out the performance video of Lauren and Jon performing “Getting Over Him” at the Ryman.

Photo Credit: Katie Kauss

LANCO Says the Memory is Much More Important than the Beer

LANCO Says the Memory is Much More Important than the Beer

Posted on April 12, 2021

LANCO is at country radio right now with their current single, “Near Mrs.” but they recently shared a little something extra with the fans.

“One Beer” is a new song from the guys, written lead singer Brandon Lancaster, drummer Tripp Howell and Jaren Johnston from The Cadillac Three.

Brandon says, “There are some memories in life where you don’t remember every detail, but one vivid experience that stuck with all of us was our first drink and the people we were with.”

Tripp shares, “I love that this song turns into a conversation piece after listening, and it gives people the chance to reminisce on their own story. That’s how this song started to quickly come together….when we are on the road and someone spills a drink the running tag line is ‘I remember my first beer’… and we just went off our own memories and the song started to write itself.”

Brandon adds, “It’s a universal song that’s going to be fun to get back on the road and play for our fans. They might not remember the beer, but they will take away an experience, which is the entire sentiment of the song.”

Check out the new song right here — this is the lyric video for “One Beer” from LANCO

You can also check out their song that’s at country radio, this is the music video for “Near Mrs.” featuring all the Mrs.’ of LANCO.

Photos Courtesy of Sony Music Nashville

Maddie & Tae React To Their Previous Music Videos & Share Behind the Scenes Tidbits

Maddie & Tae React To Their Previous Music Videos & Share Behind the Scenes Tidbits

Posted on April 12, 2021

Have you ever looked back through family videos that you’ve taken and laughed at what you did years ago?

ACM Award Duo of the Year nominees Maddie & Tae recently did that with their own music videos — and shared their reactions with fans.

Things you’ll learn as they take you through their comments…

Maddie & Tae share which pieces of clothing they still have from their very first music video, “Girl In A Country Song.”

Maddie still uses one of the items from the “Fly” music video shoot.

For their “Shut Up And Fish” video, find out if it’s Maddie or Tae’s brother in the video — and which fellow country music star’s future wife also stars in the music video.

And then while reviewing their “Die From A Broken Heart” – Tae shares the behind the scenes secrets of what the bathtub was filled with, and what she was wearing in those scenes.

Maddie & Tae end the video of looking at music videos by thanking fans for watching, and saying that they “Had the best time taking a trip down memory lane.”

They also tease that there’s a new video on the way soon!

Check out Maddie & Tae checking out their previous videos right here…

Photo Credit: Nolan Feldpausch

Travis Denning Kicks It Old School for His “ABBY” Music Video

Travis Denning Kicks It Old School for His “ABBY” Music Video

Posted on April 12, 2021

Travis Denning‘s song “ABBY” is already a super fun track, so how do you make the music video even better…you dial it back. Back to the early 2000s.

Travis shares, “‘ABBY’ has always been a song that typically gets a good laugh when people first hear the lyrics. So, when it came to a concept for the music video, it just made sense for it to be something that matched that sentiment of lightheartedness and not taking yourself too seriously. We had so much fun shooting this music video and honestly just paying tribute to some of my favorite artists in the genre, from Toby Keith to Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney to Montgomery Gentry. I hope everyone feels that when they’re watching it.”

At the start of the video Travis says “I swear the early 2000 were perfect for country music videos, I mean they were cheesy, but god they were fun and they’re so nostalgic now…I wish I could do a video like that.”

Then the “ABBY” T-Shirt wearing girl next to him simply says “Maybe you should.”

And that’s when the fun begins…

Check out the very nostalgic “ABBY” music video from Travis Denning…

Photo Courtesy of UMG Nashville

 

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