The Volunteer State
Summary: The Volunteer State is a Tennessee Vols sports podcast covering sports topics from the University of Tennessee featuring The Knoxville News Sentinel's John Adams, Mike Wilson and Blake Toppmeyer.
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We are picking every SEC game against the line this season. Here are our Week One picks, with each selecting a top play of the weekend, using the VegasInsider.com consensus line for each game.
Tennessee cornerback Bryce Thompson is suspended indefinitely and will not play in the Vols' opener against Georgia State. What should happen next with Thompson is now a question facing coach Jeremy Pruitt and university officials.
Normally the honeymoon period for SEC coaches lasts no more than a year. But it feels like Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt is enjoying an extended honeymoon.
Most prognosticators expect Tennessee to improve on its 5-7 record from last season, but by how much?
Trey Smith has experience at guard and tackle. If he plays this season, would Tennessee be better off using him at left guard or left tackle?
When a team is coming off back-to-back losing seasons, it enters August practice with a litany of questions. Tennessee is no exception.
Do you want to cover SEC Media Days? Well, you might as well apply for a credential. You might get approved.
Tennessee basketball suddenly has a scholarship opening late in the summer after D.J. Burns entered the NCAA transfer portal.So what should the Vols do with the scholarship opening?
Athlon Magazine projected Georgia, Florida and Missouri to take the top three spots in the East. Of the other four teams – South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Vanderbilt – which team has the best chance to crack into that top three in the East?
Is Tennessee more likely to have two first-round picks or no first-round picks in the 2019 NBA Draft?
Kellie Harper said life is slowing down for her as Lady Vols basketball coach. We talk about Harper's comments on her goals for her first season and what to make of Warlick being celebrated.
SEC chancellors and presidents voted last week at the SEC spring meetings to lift the conference's ban of alcohol sales in general seating areas at games. Is the end of prohibition a good move for the SEC or a recipe for trouble?
The Vols rank 29th nationally in the 247Sports composite, including 10th in the SEC. It's a far cry from the standard expected for Tennessee's positioning in the recruiting rankings. Should Tennessee be concerned, or is it too early in the recruiting calendar to hit the panic button?
What are Grant Williams' NBA abilities? On this edition we discuss which teams he will fit well on and what to make of his decision.
Georgia is favored to win the SEC East for a third straight season. But when you consider the Vols travel to The Swamp but host Georgia and factor in last year's results, it seems reasonable that the Vols' upset chances actually are better against the Bulldogs.
