By Mark Nagi The Class of 2020 will not go down as the top recruiting class in Tennessee history. But the 23 student-athletes that have signed with the Vols will go a long way towards filling some gaping holes on this team. At last look, the Vols class had jumped up to 10th in the […]
By Mark Nagi Asked to describe the past couple of months, West linebacker Drew Francis said simply, “It was definitely stressful.” Back in July 2019, Francis verbally committed to Arkansas, turning down offers from Purdue and Memphis, among others. But in November, head coach Chad Morris was fired, and Francis’s world was turned upside down. […]
By Mark Nagi Sequels rarely live up to the original. For every Godfather II there are endless Caddyshack 2s. That’s the way I felt watching last Thursday night when the Lady Vols played UConn for the first time in over 13 years. In 2007, Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt surprisingly decided not to renew […]
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