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VOLS NAME SAL SUNSERI DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Alabama assistant head coach experienced two national titles with Crimson Tide,
Super Bowl appearance with Carolina Panthers
University
of Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley announced Friday that the
Vols have hired Sal Sunseri as defensive coordinator. VOLS NAME SAM PITTMAN OFFENSIVE LINE COACH
Coaching veteran spent last five seasons on North Carolina staff
University
of Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley announced Thursday that
the Vols have hired Sam Pittman as offensive line coach. Pittman, who
has spent the last five years at the University of North Carolina staff
from 2007-11 in charge of the offensive line, was named associate head
coach before the 2011 season. Austin Johnson Set For College All-Star Game
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. - Tennessee linebacker Austin Johnson will be playing in the
Casino Del Sol All-Star Game in Tucson, Ariz., on Jan. 16 at Kino
Stadium. Poole To Play In East-West Shrine Game
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. -- Tennessee tailback Tauren Poole will be playing in the 2012
East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 21, 2012 at Tropicana Field in St.
Petersburg, Fla. Poole is the 43rd Volunteer to be selected to the game. UT’s Lamp Takes Platform Crown at Georgia Diving Invitational
By Todd Mounce
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. – Tennessee redshirt sophomore diver Tori Lamp bettered her
runner-up performance yesterday on the 3-meter boards with a victory on
the platform on the final day of the Georgia Diving Invitational held
at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Ga. HELMS PLACES THIRD ON PLATFORM AT UGA
Tennessee
junior Ryan Helms took third place in the platform competition Thursday
in the final afternoon of competition at the Georgia Diving
Invitational in Athens, Ga. STRONG FINISH GIVES HELMS SECOND ON 1-METER SPRINGBOARD
Tennessee
senior Ryan Helms recorded the highest score in the finals to vault to
second in the 1-meter springboard Wednesday at the Georgia Diving
Invitational in Athens, Ga. Three Lady Vols Shine on Day Two of Georgia Diving Invite
By Todd Mounce
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. – All three of the Tennessee Lady Vol divers who were in action
Wednesday fared well on the 3-meter boards, as Tori Lamp, Gabrielle
Trudeau and Jodie McGroarty claimed top five finishes at the Georgia
Diving Invitational held at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Ga. LADY VOL TENNIS RANKED 18TH TO OPEN 2012 SEASON
Three Individuals Ranked In Singles, Two Duos In Doubles
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. - The Tennessee Lady Vol tennis team will open the 2012 spring
season ranked 18th nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
(ITA)...
Vols head coach Derek Dooley met with the media "I
know you wanted to visit with me about a few issues and I certainly
wanted to come speak on a couple of things just to clear up some of the
confusion, so what I'd like to do is kind of start with some of these
high-item issues that have been floating out there and at least clear
them up." TENNESSEE FOOTBALL 2012 SCHEDULE RELEASED
Vols to host Florida, Alabama, Missouri among slate of seven home games
The
University of Tennessee announced the football schedule for the 2012
season, with the Vols slated to host seven games at Neyland Stadium
next fall. Lamp Punches Ticket to Olympic Trials With Fifth-Place Finish
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. – University of Tennessee diver Tori Lamp accomplished what she
set out to do Sunday, grabbing fifth in the 10-meter platform finals at
the USA Diving Winter Nationals at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate
Aquatic Center. UT’s Lamp Earns Sixth in Platform Quarterfinals, Earns Spot in Semis
The Knoxville native will compete tomorrow morning at the USA Winter Nationals
By Todd Mounce
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. - University of Tennessee redshirt sophomore Tori Lamp notched a
spot in the platform semifinals after placing sixth in Saturday’s
quarterfinals at the USA Diving Winter Nationals at the Allan Jones
Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. USA Diving Winter National Championships and World Cup Trials Coming to Knoxville
The nation’s best divers will compete at the University of Tennessee from December 15-22
INDIANAPOLIS
– The nation’s best divers are coming to Knoxville. The USA Diving
Winter National Championships and World Cup Trials will be held
December 15-22, 2011 at the University of Tennessee’s Allan Jones
Aquatic Center. Vols' Johnson, Randolph Named Yahoo! Freshman All-Americans
Tennessee
freshmen A.J. Johnson and Brian Randolph were named to the Yahoo!
Sports Freshman All-America Team on Monday. Johnson earned first-team
honors while Randolph made the second team. GRAHAM JOINS TENNESSEE COACHING STAFF
Vols letterman returns to alma mater to coach running backs
Tennessee
head football coach Derek Dooley announced today the addition of Vols
letterman Jay Graham to the Tennessee coaching staff as the running
backs coach. Graham, most recently the running backs/tight ends
coach at South Carolina... The Meaning of Thanksgiving
For
thousands living in Knoxville, there is no home. And without a home,
celebrating Thanksgiving gets complicated. On Sunday night, though
around 100 local homeless got to celebrate the holiday with Tennessee
student-athletes at the Varsity Inn inside Gibbs Hall.
“This
is such a wonderful opportunity,” senior diver Gabrielle Trudeau said.
“It’s getting colder outside, and it’s great to be able to offer these
people a break, a warm meal and some new clothes.” STAYING FOCUSED
Vols Face Same Must-Win Situation For Second Straight Week
KNOXVILLE
- Tennessee might be winding down its final week of regular-season
practice, but the mentality has remained on winning Saturday to keep
the season alive. UT’s Molly Hannis Earns SEC Honors, Named Freshman of the Week
By Todd Mounce
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. – For the second time this season, the Southeastern Conference
announced Monday that Tennessee Lady Vol swimmer Molly Hannis has been
selected as the league’s Freshman of the Week. DALLAS DEVELOPING
Freshman Wide Receiver Embracing Opportunity
KNOXVILLE
- It’s no secret that Tennessee has relied heavily on its true freshmen
this season, playing the third-most of any school in the FBS (16). KENTUCKY WEEK
Tennessee Locked In On Final Regular-Season Game
KNOXVILLE
- For the second consecutive season, Tennessee will head into its final
game of the season needing a sixth win to secure bowl eligibility.
And for the second straight year, all the Vols will be worried about is the opponent at hand, Kentucky.JACKSON, MAGGITT EARN SEC HONORS
First UT Duo To Be Honored By SEC In Same Week Since 2007
KNOXVILLE
- For just the 11th time in school history, multiple players were found
on the SEC’s Players of the Week list. Senior DL Malik Jackson earned
SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week, while freshman LB Curt Maggitt was
awarded SEC Freshman of the Week honors, the league office announced
Monday. Vols Rally for OT Win, 27-21
BY DREW EDWARDS
KNOXVILLE
-- Twice last season, Tennessee celebrated in vain. First at LSU, then
in the Music City Bowl against North Carolina, joy turned into
gut-punch losses.
On Saturday night in Neyland Stadium, Tennessee
celebrated in the south end zone, only to have it interrupted for an
official review.Lady Vol Swimming & Diving Finishes Tennessee Invite in Second
By Amanda Pruitt
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. - Behind multiple finalists in three races and a trio NCAA B-cut
times Friday, the ninth-ranked Lady Vols remained second to finish the
Tennessee Invitational at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic
Center. ROBLES SCORES HISTORIC DEBUT IN PLATFORM
VOLS FINISH THIRD IN TENNESSEE INVITATIONAL
Freshman Mauricio Robles’ collegiate debut in platform diving Friday was nothing short of historic.
Robles
became the second Vol ever to score more than 400 points in the
platform diving event, winning the contest with a 404.00 total as the
Vols finished third of five schools in the team standings in the
Tennessee Invitational. SLATER, HENAHAN WIN ON SECOND DAY OF INVITE
Swimming
victories by a freshman and a senior highlighted Thursday’s competition
at the Tennessee Invitational as the Vols finished the second day in
third place at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center. EDUCATING BRAY
Sophomore Quarterback Progressed Mentally During Injury
KNOXVILLE
- While Tyler Bray was sidelined for five weeks with a broken thumb,
the Tennessee sophomore quarterback used that time gain more experience
in the film room while he was limited from physically throwing the
football.
Lady Vol Swimming & Diving in Second After Day One of UT Invite
By Todd Mounce
KNOXVILLE,
Tenn. – The ninth-ranked University of Tennessee Lady Vol swimming and
diving team saved its best performance for last, as the 400y medley
relay team recorded a runner-up finish in the final event of day one of
the Tennessee Invitational at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic
Center.
DUO
WINS DICK VITALE TOURNEY: IT’S AWESOME, BABY!
Boren
& Toti Win Dick Vitale Clay Court Classic
Doubles Championship
LAKEWOOD
RANCH, Fla.- Sophomore Brynn Boren and freshman
Sarah Toti, the
top-seeded tandem at the Dick Vitale
Intercollegiate Clay Court
Classic, won the tournament’s doubles championship
Sunday at the
Lakewood Ranch Golf & Country Club to cap a
strong fall for the
Lady Vol tennis program.
TENNESSEE-ARKANSAS
FOOTBALL POSTGAME QUOTES
Tennessee Head Coach Derek Dooley :
“Give Arkansas a lot of credit. They put it to
us. Not much you can say
after a game like that. Very disappointing in
how it ended, but we
missed a lot of opportunities. "
IN
THE HUDDLE
Worley’s
Confidence Grows In Leading UT Offense
KNOXVILLE
- As Tennessee prepares for its third game with
freshman quarterback
Justin Worley leading the huddle, his confidence
in the 11-man circle
is growing.
Not only has Worley’s confidence bolstered, but
the
confidence in him from the other 10 players in the
huddle has shot up
as well.
Vols
Shut Out MTSU on Homecoming
BY
DREW EDWARDS
KNOXVILLE
-- Heading into Saturday's homecoming game against
Middle Tennessee
State, Tennessee hadn't made a visit to the end
zone -- checkerboard or
otherwise -- in more than two games.
The Vols snapped a
10-quarter touchdown drought on their second
possession and kept on
scoring, defeating the Blue Raiders 24-0 Saturday
night in Neyland
Stadium.
HUNTER
STAYS POSITIVE
Sophomore
WR Doesn’t Let Injury Keep Him From Improving
KNOXVILLE
- Being on crutches hasn’t prevented Tennessee
sophomore wide receiver
Justin Hunter from being a part of the team or
becoming a better player.
Hunter,
who underwent surgery in September to repair a
torn ACL in his left
knee suffered at Florida, has tried to maintain a
positive mindset, not
only to help himself, but his teammates as well.
Tennessee-South
Carolina Postgame Notes
"We
fought them hard, but we are just a mess on
offense. We can't run it,
we struggled to throw it. We had the ball twice in
the red area and we
turned the ball over. I don't know what else you
can do defensively. We
didn't stop the run very well in the second half,
that's for sure. They
went on a 99-yard drive. For the most part we just
couldn't get
anything going on offense. It was a real struggle.
Give them a lot of
credit. It's tough and we have to move on."
ROGERS
IN TOUCH WITH HIS CHI
Yoga
Classes Help Sophomore WR Stay Positive
KNOXVILLE
- Everyone copes with adversity differently. For
Tennessee sophomore
wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers, the method of choice
is yoga.
“I’ve
really been going in there (yoga class) and
getting in touch with my
Chi, trying to keep everything level-headed,”
Rogers said. “I think
I’ve been doing a good job. I’m really just trying
to stay positive. I
feel like it’s just for the better of our team.”
TRADING
SPACES
Alex
Bullard To Start At Center, James Stone To Guard
KNOXVILLE
- When Tennessee faces Alabama on Saturday, it
will also be facing
another change in the center of the offense.
Sophomore Alex Bullard,
who has started the first six games at left guard
for the Vols, will
switch places with sophomore James Stone and be
responsible for
snapping the ball to quarterback Matt Simms this
weekend.
IN
SIMMS WE TRUST
Senior
Quarterback Takes First-Team Reps In Prep For
Saturday
KNOXVILLE
- Tennessee will have a different, but familiar
look under center when
the Vols take the field Saturday at Neyland
Stadium. Senior Matt Simms
will replace the injured Tyler Bray, who
suffered a fractured right
thumb, at quarterback.
“I’m glad we have Matt and we don’t
have to shift with someone with no experience or
no command of the
offense,” head coach Derek Dooley said of Simms
PLUSKOTA/HENDERSON
FALL IN ITA CONSOLATION SEMIS, 8-6
PACIFIC
PALISADES, Calif. - Following a competitive
showing at the Riviera/ITA
All-American Championships, the Lady Vols tennis
team finished Saturday
as senior Natalie Pluskota and freshman Joanna
Henderson lost, 8-6, to
No. 9 Lindsey Hardenbergh and Erin Vierra of
Virginia in the semifinals
of the doubles main consolation draw at the
Riviera Tennis Center.
Vols
Fall Short Against Georgia, 20-12
BY
DREW EDWARDS
KNOXVILLE
-- For much of the season, Tennessee coach Derek
Dooley bemoaned his
team's tendency to give up one or two costly
plays.
Unfortunately
for the Vols, that trend continued in a 20-12 loss
to Georgia in front
of 102,455 fans in Neyland Stadium on Saturday
night.
After finishing the first half tied, the Vols
surrendered 14 unanswered points in the third
quarter and couldn't catch back up.
GEORGIA
WEEK
Vols
Face Bulldogs Saturday At 7 p.m. ET On ESPN2.
KNOXVILLE
- When two teams play annually, it’s easy to look
at the series’ recent
history in anticipation of the next meeting.
Tennessee however, isn’t
looking for retaliation for last year’s loss to
Georgia.
TENNIS
SWEEPS DAY ONE OF ITA QUALIFIERS
Boren
and Pluskota Each One Win Away From Main Draw
Berth
PACIFIC
PALISADES, Calif. - Led by sophomore Brynn
Boren’s pair of singles wins
and one doubles win, the Tennessee women’s
tennis swept through its
first day (5-0) of the Riviera/ITA All-American
Championship qualifiers
Tuesday at the Riviera Country Club.
ARNETT’S
OPPORTUNITY
Freshman
WR Making Most Of Increased Playing Time
KNOXVILLE
- While Tennessee sophomores Tyler Bray and
Da’Rick Rogers are
garnering plenty of attention - and rightfully so
- freshman wide
receiver DeAnthony Arnett has quietly made the
most of his playing time
so far.
Vols
Roll Past Buffalo, 41-10
BY
DREW EDWARDS
KNOXVILLE -- Tennessee's week of rest didn't
derail its offense.
Quarterback
Tyler Bray and receiver Da'Rick Rogers kept the
SEC's best passing
offense on track, and the Vols gained 531 yards
of total offense in a
41-10 victory over Buffalo on Saturday in front
of 87,758 at Neyland
Stadium.
"Now we turn our attention to what lies ahead,"
UT coach Derek Dooley said.
Tennessee
Swimming and Diving Tops UNCW in Opening Dual
Meet
The
Lady Vols won 14 events against the Seahawks
By Todd Mounce
“It
was great to get the season started,” Lady Vol
head coach Matt Kredich
said. “This was the earliest that we have competed
since I have been
here and I really like swimming a meet this early.
It really gave us a
chance to focus on some specific things that are
difficult to focus on
until you get into a meet.”
VOLS
SPLIT SQUADS FOR ALL-AMERICAN, GEORGIA TECH INVITE
For this second week in a row, the Tennessee
Volunteers are heading to a pair of tennis
tournaments over the weekend.
TOP-10
VOLS PLAY IN CAROLINA
Two-Day
Duke Tournament UT’s Second Fall Test
BY JOHN PAINTER
Early-season
golf rankings can be volatile, but Tennessee's
stock is rising as the
Vols prepare for their second tournament of the
fall season.
UT
enters this weekend’s Rod Myers Invitational in
Durham, N.C., ranked as
high as fifth by Golfstat.com, and no worse than
19th in the latest
Golf World Division I College Coaches’ Poll. The
Vols also are seventh
in this week’s Golfweek/Sagarin Ratings.
WHAT’S
THE RACKET?
Lady
Vols Finish Week Strong After ‘Sluggish’ Start
KNOXVILLE
- After one weekend of individual play, the
Tennessee women’s tennis
team already has a lot to build upon. But it
also has a lot to build to
reach the goals it wants to accomplish in
2011-12.
“It gives all of
us a better idea of the things we have to work
on,” co-head coach Sonia
Hahn-Patrick said. “There’s nothing that
substitutes match play."
TENNESSEE
LANDS SEVEN ON 1A ACADEMIC LIST
Seven
former Tennessee student-athletes who graduated
in the past year have
been selected inaugural recipients of the 1A
Faculty Athletics
Representatives Academic Excellence Award.
Holly
Kane, Jena Murphy and Phoebe Wright were named
from the UT track and
field team, joining soccer’s Molly Delk,
softball’s Tiffany Huff and
swimming and diving’s Jill Pierce. Geoff Sanders
of swimming and diving
was chosen as the lone Tennessee male athlete.
Lady
Vol Swimming Opens Season at UNC-Wilmington
The
Tennessee Lady Vol swimming and diving team will
open its 2011-12
campaign on the road in Wilmington, N.C., for a
pair of weekend meets.
MEET
MAGGITT
Freshman
Starting Linebacker Talks About Adjustment To UT
KNOXVILLE
- Adapting from high school to college is tough
for any
student-athlete. Luckily for Tennessee, it has a
freshman linebacker
that rolls with the punches.
“The one thing he does is he
plays with incredible energy,” head coach Derek
Dooley said of Curt
Maggitt. “He plays with incredible toughness,
effort, spirit and he’s a
big guy. When you add all that up, you can get by
with making mistakes.
RECEIVING
THE CHALLENGE
Opportunities
Arise For Young Receiving Corps
KNOXVILLE
- Tennessee was defeated for the first time this
season Saturday at
Florida, but its biggest loss came on the Vols’
third offensive play
when sophomore wide receiver Justin Hunter
suffered a torn ACL in his
left knee that will keep him out for the remainder
of 2011.
TENNESSEE
23
#16/17 FLORIDA 33
More
Young Wideouts Emerging
• Freshman wideout D’Anthony Arnett
stepped up in a big way, leading Tennessee
with a team-high eight catches for 59 yards.
•
Fellow first-year Vol Vincent Dallas and
sophomore Matt Milton also
recorded their first career catches, with
grabs of six and 12 yards.
•
Junior tight end Mychal Rivera recorded a
career-high 71 yards
receiving and tallied his first touchdown
catch in the fourth quarter.
His five catches were one shy of his personal
best set of six last
Saturday vs. Cincinnati.
ROAD
READY
UT
Ready To Pick Up First Scars
KNOXVILLE
- After an opening two-game home schedule,
Tennessee is preparing to
get its first road experience in Gainesville this
Saturday when the
Vols open SEC play against the Gators. Or as head
coach Derek Dooley
sees it, the Vols will get their first ‘scars.’
Bray's
Career Day Powers Vols UT 45, Cincy 23
DREW
EDWARDS
KNOXVILLE -
There are plenty of words that would fit
Tennessee's passing game in
its 45-23 victory over Cincinnati. Wide receiver
Da'Rick Rogers thinks
he knows the best one.
HUNTER’S
POTENTIAL ‘SCARY’
Vols
Polish Up Saturday’s Gameplan
KNOXVILLE
- With more than a month to spare before
Halloween, Tennessee sophomore
wide receiver Justin Hunter is doing his best to
scare people.
But
he’s not using a costume. He’s displaying
potential, instead. Hunter
put on a dazzling performance in UT’s
season-opener against Montana
with career-highs of six receptions and 146 yards,
while finding the
end zone once.
VOLS
OPEN FALL SLATE
Tennessee
head coach Jim Kelson figures if Augusta National
makes for a perfect
start to professional golf’s major calendar, it
only makes sense his
Vols open their season each year with the
collegiate version of the
same caliber.
LADY
VOLS TRAVEL TO VIRGINIA TECH FOR WEEKEND
TOURNAMENT
The
Tennessee Lady Volunteers begin their final
early-season volleyball
tournament this weekend as they travel to
Blacksburg, Va., for the
Virginia Tech Invitational.
FORGIVING
FIELD
“The
field was good today because of the work we did
this summer on the
fields,” head coach Derek Dooley said. “There’s
been a lot of rain.
We’ve gotten two outdoor practices with wet-ball
work which we needed.
It’s good to see that. The fields’ guys are doing
a heck of a job. We
had a good practice today and we have to polish it
up tomorrow.”
TENNESSEE
NAMES DAVE HART VICE CHANCELLOR AND DIRECTOR
OF ATHLETICS
The
University of Tennessee today named Dave Hart as
the school’s vice
chancellor and director of athletics. Hart, who
was the director of
athletics at Florida State University for 12 years
(1995-2007),
currently serves as the Executive Director of
Athletics at the
University of Alabama, where he leads the
day-to-day operations of the
department.
LABOR
DAY
Vols
Off Monday, Look Ahead To Game Two
“After
watching the film, some big-picture items I was
really pleased with,”
head coach Derek Dooley said. “First of all, how
we managed the
adversity that hit us with the lightning starting
out. I thought our
team did a great job in the locker room,
especially given the anxiety
of a first game. There was so much anticipation to
that moment, and
then all of a sudden it’s like, ‘We can’t go.’ I
was worried a little
bit, but we did a good job. “
Tennessee
42 - Montana 16
Team Quotes
Tennessee Head
Coach Derek Dooley
(Opening
statement)
“Let
me start by giving Montana a lot of credit. That
is a good football
team. We knew it coming in here. They whipped us
at the line of
scrimmage the whole game. That is a real tribute
to them. They are a
veteran team with some big physical guys, and we
did not run (the ball)
the way it needed to be run. So, we need a
little improvement there but
we did make some big plays in the throwing game
which stretched the
game out a little bit early. That was good.”
Vols
Slated To Start 14 Underclassmen Saturday
KNOXVILLE
- With exponential talent and a fast learning
curve comes the
opportunity to play early in your collegiate
football career. With
early opportunity comes frequent mistakes. But
that’s OK to the
Tennessee coaching staff, as long as they aren’t
repetitive ones.
MENTAL
SWEAT
Vols
Workout The Brain, Inch Closer To Saturday
KNOXVILLE
- Tennessee continued its week one preparations
for Montana on Tuesday
morning at Haslam Field with another solid day of
practice,
specifically working with third-down and red area
situations. While the
Vols got bigger physically throughout the
off-season, the focus has
shifted to training the brain as well.
MONEY
IN THE BANK
Vols
Invest In First Game Week Of 2011 Season
KNOXVILLE
- Tennessee began ‘depositing’ its preparations
Monday at Haslam Field
for the 2011 season opener Saturday against
Montana. Much like a bank
account, the Vols are trying to invest enough to
shop -- for a win.
“We
have a lot of new guys,” head coach Derek Dooley.
“We have to teach
them what it means to prepare. I equated it to
every day depositing
money in your bank account. Every day, the
investment that you put in
physically and the investment you put in mentally
is a deposit. On game
day, you withdraw it all. The more you deposit
during the week, the
more money you’re going to have on game day to
play well. Today, we put
a pretty good deposit in and we’ll see if we can
keep going all week.”
Tennessee’s
game notes for Saturday’s (Sept. 3) contest
vs. Montana
Saturday's
game is the first-ever meeting between Tennessee
and Montana, as well
as the Vols' initial meeting against any member
of the currently
constructed Big Sky conference.
LADY
VOLS RALLY IN 2011 OPENER
“We
expect to maybe play a little uneven here at the
beginning of the
season, but I was very excited about how mature
they played on the
court, how organized they were and how they
played the big points
today,” Tennessee head coach Rob Patrick said.
“We were able to turn
around some patches of play that were
inconsistent and pulled out the
victory.”
MOCK
GAME LOOMS
Vols
‘Spirited’ As End Of Fall Camp Nears
“We
had a really good, spirited practice and finished
early,” head coach
Derek Dooley said. “(We had) good tempo and a lot
of plays being made
on both sides of the ball so that was always
encouraging. We end it
with a mock game tomorrow which is really more
game administration than
it is practice. I’m real pleased with how we’re
finishing up and I know
everybody is going to be excited to get to game
week.”
LITTLE
VISITS, BIG IMPACT
Former
All-American Linebacker Speaks To Team
“We
had Leonard Little today, which it’s always good
to have former greats
come back,” head coach Derek Dooley said. “He
had a good message to the
team about finishing every play in practice and
working hard. It was a
message we need because we’re not there yet. We
were a little sluggish
today.”
VOL
REPORT:
SUNDAY NOTEBOOK
Deeper
Vols
More Optimistic In 2011
KNOXVILLE - Just one short year ago, Tennessee
head coach Derek Dooley
was entering his first season on Rocky Top. With a
larger talent pool
and Dooley’s structure in place, the optimism
surrounding the UT
football program is much higher than it was 12
months ago.
“I’m a little nervous because of our youth and
inexperience, but I feel
like that we have a competitive talent level,”
Dooley said. “It’s not
where it needs to be to be a championship football
team. It doesn’t
mean we can’t win one. We have some holes, but I
think we’re a lot
better than where we were a year ago. I think it’s
fair to say that.”
POSITION
CHANGES
“We
moved Anthony Anderson and Naz Oliver to wideout
for several reasons,”
head coach Derek Dooley said. “Reason number one
is we’re absolutely
depleted at wideout right now. We’re not deep as
it is and we have
injuries. We have injuries with Zach (Rogers) and
Deanthony (Arnett).
Little stuff. Not major. We don’t have a lot of
guys. We have a lot of
guys in the secondary. Naturally, when you’re
short in an area you say,
‘Who on that board has the skill sets to help us
that we can afford to
move?’”
VOL
REPORT:
‘LIGHT A CANDLE’
Vols
Learning To Play Out Of
Poor Stretches
“Every
day, elements of our youth show up in different
areas,” head coach
Derek Dooley said. “I think the biggest challenge
we’re going to have
as a team is when things aren’t going our way, do
we have the maturity
to know how to pull out of it? Things went bad
early for the offense.
The defense poured it on. We just need to learn
how to be a little more
solution-oriented. It’s the old line, ‘Don’t curse
the darkness. Light
a candle.’ We get all the excuses out, we quit
worrying about the last
play, we start focusing on what our job is the
next play and we’ll
execute our way out of it. That’s going to be our
big challenge this
year.”
VOL
REPORT:
SCRIMMAGE TWO EFFICIENT
Vols
Balance Offense
With Longer Drives
KNOXVILLE
-
In his five starts as a freshman, Tennessee
quarterback Tyler Bray
led an ‘explosive’ offense that saw an average
time of possession of
2:10 on 27 scoring drives, including 14 that
took less than two
minutes. During their intrasquad scrimmage
Saturday at Neyland Stadium,
the Vols showed the potential for offensive
efficiency as well.
VOL
REPORT:
TIME TO REFOCUS
Vols
Prepare
For ‘Biggest’ Scrimmage of Preseason
KNOXVILLE
- ‘Sandwiched’ in between ‘a real good’
two-practice day and the second
scrimmage of preseason camp, Tennessee wasn’t
looking for excuses as it
practiced Friday at Haslam Field.
“This was the first practice
that I felt like we didn’t come out here with
the kind of mindset we
needed to get better as a team,” head coach
Derek Dooley said. “It’s
pretty common now. We have a scrimmage tomorrow.
We had a real good
two-a-day yesterday and last night. It was a
little bit sandwiched in
the middle. Guys are a little hurt and tired.
VOL
REPORT:
ONE WEEK DOWN
KNOXVILLE - The Tennessee
football
team suited up in full pads for the first time
this preseason while
installing third-and-1 and goal line situations
Saturday afternoon.
After beginning the session at Haslam Field,
rain forced the Vols to
wrap up their opening week of fall camp inside
Neyland-Thompson Sports
Center.
“We weren’t as good as we needed to be on
third-and-1 (last
season),” head coach Derek Dooley said. “I think
we were
about 70 percent on third-and-1 last year on
offense and we really need
to be 100. A lot of things go to that and that’s
kind of where we
are.”
SANDGREN
CAPTURES
BACK-TO-BACK TITLES IN ILLINOIS
“Coming off the win last week, I was just
kind
of numb through this whole tournament,”
Sandgren said. “It
almost felt like I was sleepwalking.
Everything was all happening
really quickly, and I just kept winning each
match day by day. The next
day I’d wake up and do it again. Then I won
the tournament. It
was great.”
In the title match, Sandgren played a steady
game from the outset. He
broke Beidas early to take the first set 6-3.
He got a break again at
1-1 in the second set and cruised the rest of
the way as Beidas was
plagued by errors.
DEREK
DOOLEY
MEDIA LUNCHEON
"That’s the first thing I do in pregame; I look at
their guys and
I look at our guys and just get a little feeling.
Sometimes I go,
‘OK, we’re going to be all right;’ and then
sometimes
I go, ‘This is going to be a hard one.’ I think
every coach
does that, and then they go back in the locker
room and say, ‘Did
you see 67? Holy smokes, I didn’t know he was that
big!’
That’s pregame.
Five
Lady
Vols Swim Olympic Trial Cuts
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Five members of the Tennessee
Lady Vol
swimming and diving team secured Olympic Trial
standards over the
weekend at the 2011 Long Course Southeastern
Championships at the Allan
Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
VOLS
COMPLETE
HABITAT PROJECT
Dry eyes were hard to
come by Friday
afternoon when the Tennessee football team
presented the keys to a new
Habitat for Humanity home to Debra Tate.
The entire Vols football squad was on hand at
Geyland Heights Road in
South Knoxville, squeezing into the living room
and kitchen for a
ceremony that was four tough weekends in the
making. Each and every one
of the 2011 team members had played a part in
the home’s
construction over a course of four consecutive
recent Saturdays.
“The Habitat people came to me last fall about
the possibility of
doing this project,” said Andre Lott, UT’s Vol
for Life
Coordinator. “Once we got everything organized,
it was a
no-brainer for us.”
Trio
of
Vols Secure Olympic Trial Standards
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Vol swimmers Brad
Craig, Samuel
Rairden and Ed Walsh each recently recorded
Olympic Trial cuts at the
2011 Long Course Southeastern Championships at
the Allan Jones
Intercollegiate Aquatic Center over the weekend.
RENWICK
NAMED
ALL-AMERICA
SCHOLAR
Tennessee’s Darren Renwick has been named a
Cleveland Golf/Srixon
All-America Scholar for 2011 by the Golf Coaches
Association of America
JACKSON
EARNS
LOMBARDI WATCH LIST SELECTION
HOUSTON - Tennessee senior defensive lineman Malik
Jackson was selected
to the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List on
Tuesday, his third preseason
nomination for a prestigious national honor. Last
week, Jackson was
named to both the Nagurski and Outland Trophy
watch lists.
POOLE,
BRAY
NAMED TO MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST
Tennessee senior tailback
Tauren Poole
and sophomore quarterback Tyler Bray have each
been selected to the
watch list for the Maxwell Award, which has
annually honored college
football’s most outstanding player since 1937.
The Vols’ duo account for two of 12 SEC
student-athletes on the
list, making UT just one of three teams in the
conference with multiple
names on the 66-player group. Just 16 teams in
the nation feature two
or more student-athletes on the list.
JANZEN
JACKSON
RETURNS TO TENNESSEE FOOTBALL TEAM
KNOXVILLE - The Tennessee
football
program announced Wednesday that junior
defensive back Janzen Jackson
has enrolled in the second session of summer
classes. He has
returned to the team and is expected to be a
full participant when
training camp begins.
VOLS
CLIMB THREE SPOTS
TO 24TH
STILLWATER, Okla. – Tennessee’s best nine holes
of the week
helped the Vols gain three spots in the
standings here Wednesday after
two rounds of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship.
UT rallied after a 9-over-par first nine holes to
shoot 2-over for the
second nine and finish the day with an 11-over
score of 299 –
nine strokes better than Tuesday’s opening effort.
Tennessee
climbed into a tie for 24th place with 18 holes
remaining Thursday.
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