Category Archives: Vols News
MLB.com’s Richard Justice shares 2020 MLB favorites; breaks down Braves and Cubs
Richard Justice, longtime MLB writer (MLB.com) and contributor (MLB Network) joined Heather Harrington and Vince Ferrara on Sports 180 on Monday. Richard discussed the Braves, Cubs and all the favorit...
Jun 29, 2020
Willie Gault relives UT days, compares Super Bowl Shuffle with “Thriller” & Ditka to Majors
Tennessee football and track VFL, Olympian and NFL standout Willie Gault joined John Wilkerson and JImmy Hyams on SportsTalk on 99.1 The Sports Animal in Knoxville. They discussed Gault’s nomina...
Jun 29, 2020
Trey Smith Named to Sporting News Preseason All-America First Team
Credit: UT Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee senior offensive lineman Trey Smith was named to the Sporting News’ 2020 Preseason All-America first team, as announced by the organization on T...
Jun 25, 2020
Tennessee last in SEC in future Power 5 non-conference games scheduled
By Vince Ferrara / @VinceSports Which SEC teams are scheduling tougher future non-conference games with more than one Power 5 opponent per season? Which schools look like they schedule to be try to be...
Jun 20, 2020
Poll Question: Which Vols true freshman will have the biggest impact in 2020?
Here’s our latest poll question that’s always on the bottom right of the main page of the website. We want to know, which ONE true freshman will make the biggest impact on the 2020 Tenness...
Jun 20, 2020
Fulmer discusses stadium capacity, future non-conference scheduling, athletics money paid to school and more on SportsTalk
UT AD Jeremy Pruitt & HC Jeremy Pruitt / Credit: UT AthleticsBy Sports Animal Staff / @SportsRadioWNMLJimmy Hyams and Vince Ferrara talked with University of Tennessee director of athletics Philli...
Jun 17, 2020
Three VFLs on 2021 NFF College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
2021 HOF Class / Credit: UT Athletics IRVING, Texas - Tennessee football legends Willie Gault (1979-82), Bobby Majors (1969-71) and Al Wilson (1995-98) were announced to the 2021 National Football Fou...
Jun 16, 2020
List of UT connections on NFL coaching staffs and front offices including 8 VFLs
Jon Gruden and Joshua Dobbs / Credit: UT AthleticsBy Vince Ferrara / @VinceSportsAs you may have seen in the past, I track the VFLs, one-time Vols and Knoxville area players in the NFL.Well, It's time...
Jun 15, 2020
Freshmen at a disadvantage for playing time? Pruitt says no; numbers prove he plays plenty
Vols HC Jeremy Pruitt / Credit: 99.1 The Sports Animal By Vince Ferrara / @VinceSports A common narrative about college football, since the sports shutdown, is that it will be harder than usual this s...
Jun 13, 2020
Junior Sluggers Soularie & Daniels Selected on Day 2 of MLB Draft
Alerick Soularie and Zach Daniels / Credit: UT Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee baseball had two more players selected on the second and final day of the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft on Thur...
Jun 11, 2020
