Chalk Talk

The Big Orange will bus to Nashville Friday for Saturday’s game against the Commodores in a series that has actually become a rivalry over the past decade.  And we should expect another close game as these two teams match up well against each other.  Both are 5-6 overall and 2-5 …

Before we “Talk” about the Missouri Tigers let’s look back at last weeks’ win over Kentucky.  This was a game that Vol fans had been waiting to see……a win that would solidify the apparent improvement we thought we were seeing the last few games.  We saw that Saturday and as …

The Kentucky Wildcats come to Neyland Saturday as Tennessee ends the regular season with a three game SEC east schedule that effectively includes three home games……Kentucky and Missouri in Knoxville and Vanderbilt in Nashville.  Tennessee is now 1-3 in conference play, 4-5 overall after a 14-3 win over Charlotte last …

There are few things tougher than bouncing back after losing a game that you had a real good chance to win.  Such was the case last Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina.  A good chance to win in the fourth quarter and the Vols came up empty.  But if you are …

So here we are almost in November, seven games under our belt and four conference games remaining.  The Vols now 3-4 overall and 1-3 in conference play are record wise about where most thought they would be….at least from a conference perspective.  Entering the season I thought winning one of …

Tennessee hosts Alabama this third week in October coming off a huge win in Auburn.  I don’t recall ever playing the Tigers and Tide in consecutive weeks even during the era when both were annual rival games.  There are good reasons why they were not scheduled back to back but …

An old rival, for many years prior to the SEC expanding in 1992 and moving to division play, the Auburn Tigers were usually the Vols first conference opponent.  I had the opportunity to coach in ten of these games and without question they were the most physical opponent we played …

This is a very good time for an open week after two physical SEC East rivals and prior to two physical SEC opponents from the West.  The good news on the injury front is there seems to be little news on the injury front …..and no news is usually good …