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Ellie Williamson Sep 19, 2024 It’s not you, it’s me, Gator Nation. We have to break away from the records of the past this week. Coming into a checkered Neyland at night will not be the same as the lopsided record of the last 20 Florida-Tennessee rivalry games.  This one is just about us.  It’s not as bad as it seems, losing by points to an almost undefeated Arkansas team. If we are playing penalty-free football, then the loss in Fayetteville isn’t all over Vol Twitter this

Ellie Williamson Aug 25, 2024 Largely, students don’t have tickets! Thankfully, Danny White and administrators are working overtime to fill supply and demand before the early kickoff on Saturday. That (minor) hassle aside there is an in-state opponent waiting for the Vols and their new ‘state branded smokey uniforms’ in Neyland.  With the questions of fall practice behind us, it’s all coming together.  The coaches have taken the media availability and made it clear that there

Ellie Williamson Oct 22, 2024 I said early on in my coverage this season–dating back to the spring and summer camps–this Tennessee coaching staff was primed to be the ‘main character’ in a year where we will all remember the Vols.  I noticed it almost instantly, from the first presser of the season. I’ve watched it in Anderson and at practice availability. I’ve now seen it live on Gameday.  Not much has changed  as we now approach a historical moment for not just college foot

Ellie Williamson Oct 4, 2024 I Fall Ball is in the air. College baseball is coming.  But in the midst of building a new stadium and a new season for the National Champions, the off-season is being built off the backs of the team, as they offer support to the victims of Hurricane Helene.  Location: Greeneville, Tennessee. In the parking lot of First Baptist Church in Greeneville, you will find the team not delivering purchase options off their Name, Image and Likeness, but y

. Week 4 of Fall Camp will have no further highlights on film. All the hype and the looks are under wraps, except for what I have seen with my own eyes. So what’s on paper?  What do the Vols have cooking as fans of the game head into the longest FBS college football season to date. It will run 149 days from August 24th to January 20th.  Here are 3 things, as we close out fall training camp, that you need to know from my eyes and ears only: The coaches are establishing themsel