#Tim Banks

For the first time in over 20 years, Tennessee will play in a New Year's Six bowl game. The 10-2 Volunteers were one of the surprises of the season, storming out to an 8-0 start. Josh Heupel's year two team reached the No. 1 ranking in the first version of the College Football Playoff rankings before ultimately falling to Georgia and South Carolina…

DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- The Tennessee Volunteers played one game in the regular season without fifth-year senior linebacker Jeremy Banks, and that was the 63-38 loss at South Carolina. Naturally, that topic came up Tuesday as the No. 6 Vols prepare for Friday night's Orange Bowl against No. 7 Clemson without him. The 6-foot-1, 224-pounder announced…

Tennessee's magical 2022 season ran out of steam at the very end, but what a ride it was. Today, Clint Eiland and I will look back on some of the highs and lows, along with a look back at our preseason predictions to see how they shook out. Let's dive right in. Clint: QB Hendon Hooker There was actually a bit of a debate here on who should receive…

The Opponent: The University of Missouri was the first public university west of the Mississippi River, founded in 1839. It claims to have founded the world's first journalism school in 1908. The snarkiest of sports reporters out there? If they couldn't get in Syracuse or Northwestern, then they probably went to Missouri. In 2012, Missouri joined…

The Opponent: Tennessee meets the University of Kentucky for the 118th time on Saturday. The Vols hold the all-time edge at 82-26-9. Kentucky in its 10th season under Mark Stoops, who has really rewarded the Kentucky administration for showing patience early in his tenure. While Kentucky may always be a basketball school (sorry Coach), Stoops has…

The Volunteers head to the Keystone State in a quest for national relevancy The Opponent: The Pitt Panthers are your defending ACC champions, and are coming off an emotional win in the Backyard Brawl against West Virginia. Pitt went 10-2 in their regular season last year, and won the ACC Championship game over Wake Forest. It was the Panthers'…