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Report: Tennessee Football Gives Up Completely, Hauls Greg Schiano Out Of The Dumpster<em></em>
The Tennessee Volunteers just finished their worst season—at least by total wins—since 1977, going 4-8 with zero victories in SEC play. Naturally, this meant that head coach Butch Jones was out on his ass before the season even ended, replaced by interim coach and Michigan failure Brady Hoke. But wi...
Tennessee WR Jauan Jennings Dismissed After Ranting About Team's "Lying-Ass Coaches"
Tennessee receiver Jauan Jennings was kicked off the team earlier this week after he went on a expletive-laden rant against the school’s coaching staff. Jennings has missed almost the entire season with a wrist injury, although according to him, he was close to returning for the Volunteers’ game aga...
Report: Tennessee Fires Butch Jones
The morning after a 50-17 loss to Missouri that dropped the Volunteers’ conference record to 0-6, Tennessee has fired head football coach Butch Jones, according to Bruce Feldman....
Like Butch Jones's Career, Tennessee Hail Mary Pass Falls Just Short
Jarrett Guarantano connected with Jeff George on a 48-yard hail mary on the final play of Tennessee’s game at Kentucky Saturday night. The problem? The Volunteers started the play 51 yards away from the end zone....
Leverage
Let it be known that if you’re going to commit a penalty that wipes off a turnover in the red zone, go all the way. ...
Lovely Act Of Kindness And Sportsmanship Marred By Bullcrap Football Game
Tennessee and South Carolina played an ugly, low-wattage football game today, combining for one touchdown, six field goals, and a botched extra point, in a contest that didn’t even have the decency to include a couple goddamn turnovers. The Gamecocks came out on top after scoring 12 unanswered secon...
Vols Brawl
Georgia beat Tennessee 41-0 in Knoxville today, an ass-whupping that paled only to those apparently being dispersed among spectators....
Florida Beats Tennessee With 63-Yard Hail Mary In Dumbest Football Game Ever [UPDATE: Now With Gators' Radio Call]
An “SEC” game that starred blunders, turnovers, and penalties ended on a rare stroke of competence as Feleipe Franks connected with Tyrie Cleveland for 63 yards on the game’s final play to earn the Gators a 26-20 win over Tennessee in Gainesville....
As Usual, Tennessee Will Be Good, But Not Too Good
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...
Lane Kiffin Owned By Autograph Seekers
Florida Atlantic head football coach Lane Kiffin, the most frequently dunked-on coach in recent college football history, has willingly shared two more stories about times in which he was savagely owned....
This Is The Fastest 100-Meter Dash In NCAA History
The Tennessee Volunteers’ Christian Coleman is in top form as his collegiate season comes to a close. The runner-up in both the 100m and 200m last year, Coleman completely destroyed tonight’s semifinal heat at the NCAA Championships, and then some. But his time was off the charts: a wind-legal 9.82 ...
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Tennessee Receiver Josh Smith Arrested For Domestic Assault of Male Roommate [Updated]
Tennessee wide receiver Josh Smith was arrested last night for domestic assault of his roommate....
It's Been 20 Years Since Peyton Manning, The Jets, And The Draft That Might Have Been
Twenty years ago, the NFL draft was marked by one of the most fateful quarterback choices in league history: Peyton Manning’s decision to stay at the University of Tennessee for his senior year. The Jets, who had the No. 1 pick in 1997, are still reeling from the aftershocks. And it all may have bee...
Vols Brawl
Tennessee scored a big Music City Bowl win over Nebraska tonight, but that wasn’t enough for some Volunteers fans, it seems:...
Things Have Gotten Weird In The SEC East
With 10 weeks of college football in the books, now seems like a great time to check in on the SEC East and see who’s going to get stomped by Alabama in the conference title game....
Tennessee's Magic Only Goes So Far
Tennessee almost followed up last week’s Hail Mary-fueled victory by overcoming a three-touchdown second-half deficit in order to defeat Texas A&M in double overtime. “Almost” is the operative word there. The Vols fell behind early and stayed that way for most of the game, hitting a low point by tra...
Tennessee Forces Overtime With Improbable Comeback
This season’s cardiac kids performed magic in College Station again today as Tennessee forced overtime against Texas A & M thanks to forcing a fumble on what could have been a game-sealing play, marching 80 yards for a touchdown in just over a minute, then—we’re guessing here—using mind control to f...
Tennessee's Danny O'Brien Carted Off After Helmet-To-Helmet Hit [Update]
Senior Tennessee defensive lineman Danny O’Brien left the field in College Station on a stretcher today after a fourth-quarter helmet-to-helmet hit....