#Tennessee Football

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Ron Swanson once told us that only three things motivate people: money, fear and hunger. The "Parks and Recreation" character apparently didn't spend much time around football locker rooms. Proving naysayers wrong remains unmatched fuel for college football teams. Athletes will search every corner of the internet for a shred of…

FanDuel Sportsbook Tennessee is now live following the state's official launch of Tennessee online sports betting. The state has three major professional sports teams and several storied college programs, and undoubtedly, it is one of the best states for sports in the country. It's no surprise then that legal online betting apps such as FanDuel…

What a season it was for the Tennessee Volunteers football program. The Vols beat Florida, LSU and Alabama, won a New Year's 6 bowl game for the 1st time since January 2005 and finished the season with 11 wins for the 1st time in 21 years. The 2022 season will be remembered by Vols fans for decades to come. But it won't be long before all attention…

The official end to Tennessee football's 2022 season was a sweet one. The Volunteers notched 11 wins with an Orange Bowl victory over the Clemson Tigers, in what clearly qualifies as an upset. Despite missing a Heisman candidate quarterback and their Biletnikoff winning wide receiver, Tennessee went ahead and wrangled the Tigers for a 31-14…

The latest set of predictions from the SEC Network's Roman Harper certainly has the Tennessee football fanbase talking. ESPN's Football Power Index has Tennessee projected with a 7-5 overall record. Harper, a former defensive back with Alabama and the New Orleans Saints, sees Tennessee's season going much differently. On Monday morning, during a…

The finale of a memorable year for Tennessee football is here. Coming off their first 10-win regular season since 2003, the Vols will face the same team in the postseason they faced that season, although this is a much more prestigious bowl game. Rocky Top, ranked No. 6 across the board, will take on the Clemson Tigers, who are ranked No. 7 in the…

Tennessee football wants revenge for the 2003 Peach Bowl loss to Clemson. The Vols will get their shot at head coach Dabo Swinney and the Tigers in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN. This year's Orange Bowl can be taken quite literally. The No. 6 Tennessee Vols take on No. 7 Clemson in a game both sides have wanted to see…

A monumental step forward on the field translated to a monumental step forward on the recruiting trail for Tennessee football. The Volunteers inked 24 signatures in the Early Signing Period, which officially concluded this past Friday. It was fairly uneventful for Tennessee fans. While the Volunteers didn't pull off a shocking flip, they also…

This Week 10 matchup could be the biggest college football game of the year. Two undefeated teams collide with the No. 2 ranked Tennessee Volunteers facing their biggest test of the season as they go on the road to take on the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs. Kickoff takes place on Saturday, November 5 at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET with a live TV broadcast…

Would it surprise you to learn that Butch Jones won more bowl games at Tennessee than Robert Neyland did? It surprised me, and I've spent a fair amount of time over the past four decades studying Vol football lore. The Orange Bowl date with Clemson at the end of the month further enriches a busy history. This will be either Tennessee's 30 bowl…

Welcome to Miami, Tennessee football. The Vols (10-2) will face Clemson (11-2) in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium on Dec. 30 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). It is Tennessee's fifth Orange Bowl appearance. It has a 1-3 record with the lone win being a 17-0 victory against Oklahoma in 1939. Here is what to know about the matchup: Clemson dominated North…

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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…

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As the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) begins reviewing the initial batch of sports betting licenses, it has developed concerns over Dave Portnoy's involvement with Penn Entertainment. controlling interest in Barstool Sports, the founder of which is Dave Portnoy The application in question is Plainridge Park Casino's proposal to start…

Tennessee football is ranked No. 7 in the newest College Football Top 25, moving up three spots after being ranked No. 10 last week. The CFP Selection Committee released their new rankings Tuesday night. Alabama (10-2), despite is loss at Tennessee earlier this season, was ranked ahead of the Vols. Penn State (10-2) is No. 8, Clemson (10-2) dropped…

Rarely in college football is there a consensus. Bowl projections for Tennessee are getting closer and closer to a consensus, though. The Vols beat Vanderbilt 56-0 to close the regular-season on Saturday at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville and now are New Years Six Bowl-bound following the program's first 10-win regular season since 2003. Seven…

Tennessee football may deserve to go to the Sugar Bowl, but the Orange Bowl could be a better outcome. That's the peculiar situation for Vols as they await their bowl bid. The College Football Playoff rankings will be released on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET) and finalized on Sunday (noon ET) on ESPN. That will determine which teams go to the playoffs and…

The Opponent: Vanderbilt University was founded in 1873 and named after Cornelius Vanderbilt. Neil (I think we can call him that) lived a pretty amazing life, dominating land & sea shipping lanes in the second half of the 19th century. It was his second wife, also his cousin, who convinced him to donate $1 million to start Vanderbilt University. At…

What was a guaranteed blowout a week ago is all of a sudden going to be extremely interesting. Tennessee football heads to Nashville to visit the Vanderbilt Commodores, and the circumstances surrounding this game have completely flipped from what they were just last week. The Vols, initially thinking about checkering Vanderbilt's home stadium with…

After expanding in recent weeks to add TCU's Max Duggan, North Carolina's Drake Maye and others, the Heisman Trophy watchlist has eliminated all contenders but Ohio State's C.J. Stroud and Southern California's Caleb Williams. If the season ended today, Williams would be tough to beat. He's been on a historic run for more than a month, culminating…

If you're of a certain age, you remember where you were on the Friday afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963. It was an afternoon when the world seemed to change. The University of Tennessee football team had arrived in Lexington, Kentucky, for a walk-through practice at Stoll Field, where they were to play the Kentucky Wildcats the next day. The season wasn't…

Tennessee's hopes of making the College Football Playoffs have been extinguished as of the Vols' loss to unranked South Carolina on Saturday night in Columbia. The Volunteers have still put together a remarkable season though, with wins against Florida, Alabama, and LSU, and are currently on track to make one of the premier games on the bowl…

The No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers (9-1, 5-1) will travel to Columbia to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks (6-4, 3-4). Josh Heupel and the Vols are looking to keep pace with the top four teams in the country and wait for an opportunity to jump back into the College Football Playoff top-four rankings. They need to keep winning and doing it…

Two road games to close out the regular season are on the plate for Tennessee football as they try to remain in the College Football Playoff hunt, and the toughest of those comes this weekend. The Vols, 9-1 and ranked No. 5 in both polls, will visit the South Carolina Gamecocks, who are 6-4. It's a matchup between two second-year head coaches in…

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In the biggest regular season game of the year and in Tennessee football history, the Vols will match up with a fellow undefeated SEC East foe with major College Football Playoff implications. It's a rare No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. Josh Heupel's team, ranked No. 1 in the CFP, No. 2 in the AP Poll and No. 3 in the Coaches Polls, will be between the…

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…

10 days until the World Cup kicks off, and it's fitting that today we look at one of the best 10s in the history of the game! We're continuing our preview series with a look at Group C. As always, join our World Cup predictor challenge to compete with fans and pick the winner. GROUP A | GROUP B By having the greatest player in the history of…

Tennessee football doesn't control its own destiny for a College Football Playoff bid. That went out of the window when it lost to Georgia 27-13 last week. The Vols (8-1, 4-1 SEC) perhaps can get into the four-team bracket if they beat Missouri (4-5, 2-4) on Saturday (noon ET, CBS) and then South Carolina and Vanderbilt to finish the regular…

college football odds series for our Tennessee Pittsburgh prediction and pick. The Tennessee Volunteers have not won the SEC championship since 1998. This is nearly a quarter-century title drought for a very proud program with a rich tradition. Tennessee made the SEC Championship Game in 2001, 2004, and 2007 under former coach Phil Fulmer, but lost…

It's a 2 vs. 1 matchup in the AP Poll, but the oddsmakers just don't seem to be too high on Tennessee football. Despite an 8-0 record, five wins against teams who were in the top 25 when they faced the and the best win of the season for any team, the Vols still can't get enough love. Tied with the Ohio State Buckeyes for No. 2 in the AP Poll and…

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…

Tennessee's Sports Wagering Advisory Council (SWAC) recently announced that FanDuel, BetMGM, and DraftKings all earned sports wagering license renewals. Action 24/7 was also approved for a license renewal. When Tennessee online sports wagering went live in 2020 all four operators were among the first to earn a sports betting license and…

In this week's Triple Option, Andrew Caley is bullish on a Wake Forest line that is simply too low and frankly disrespectful to how good the Demon Deacons are. They could easily be undefeated if not for an OT loss to Clemson and should handle Louisville. It's a bit of an underwhelming week in college football. There is just one Top 25 matchup with…

Here is the information you need to know to watch, listen and follow along as No. 22 Kentucky football (5-2, 2-2 SEC) comes off a bye week in Week 8. The Wildcats' next opponent Tennessee (7-0, 3-0) enters this week off a big win over TN-Martin 65-24. When: 7 p.m. ET, Saturday, Oct. 29 Where: Neyland Stadium (102455) The game will be televised live…

A general rule of Tennessee football the past 15 to 20 years has been to always bet against them when facing the Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida Gators but always bet on them when facing the Kentucky Wildcats. However, Josh Heupel has reversed trends this year. Does that mean after beating Florida and Alabama, the Vols could lose to Kentucky? At…

One of the top showdowns in the entire country up to this point of the season is set to take place as the #3 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide travels to the hostile environment of Knoxville to take on the #6 ranked Tennessee Volunteers. Join us for our College Football odds series, where our Alabama-Tennessee prediction and pick will be revealed. After…

Alabama Crimson Tide (6-0 SU, 4-2 ATS) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (5-0 SU, 4-1 ATS) When: Saturday, October 15, 3:30 p.m. Where: Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tenn. TV: CBS Point Spread: ALA -7/TENN+7 (BAS - Make the switch to -105 odds and start saving BIG money today! You'll be so glad you did!) Total: O/U 65.5 Is Tennessee finally ready to play with…

Alabama's 15-game winning streak against Tennessee is in jeopardy Saturday at Neyland Stadium. The betting line tells you that. The No. 1 Tide are favored by a mere 7.5 points in a matchup of unbeaten teams. Can you remember the last time Alabama wasn't a double-digit favorite over the Vols? Hint: It wasn't during the Derek Dooley era. It's easy to…

The No. 12 Tennessee Volunteers (3-0) are set to host the No. 22 Florida Gators (2-1, 0-1) on Saturday. The all-time series is led by the Gators, 31-20. Florida has won five straight and 16 of the last 17 games in the series. The tide is turning for this matchup so to speak. Florida is coming off a narrow victory over South Florida and Tennessee…

Tennessee football finally beating the Florida Gators again has been a blast for Vol fans. When you get a huge win over your most hated rival, the sun shines a little brighter, the sky's a little bluer, and most importantly, you have bragging rights over all of those annoying UF fans. But it's not just the Big Orange faithful that have swagger this…

Things are looking up on ol' Rocky Top. The Tennessee Volunteers are 4-0 so far this season and rank within college football's top 10 teams. With wins over some ranked squads, they've established themselves as a legit SEC contender this season. At least so far. However, the Vols' schedule only gets tougher and they still have a lot to prove. Is…

This Saturday, Tennessee heads into the Florida game 3-0, as a 10.5-point favorite with a path toward contending for the SEC East on the line. It's nice for this game to having real meaning again, beyond that of bragging rights and "talk shit on Twitter," supremacy. Florida's 2-1, though the chatter about "how good are the Gators, really," has died…

An annual SEC East clash takes place at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville Saturday as the No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers (3-0) host the No. 20 Florida Gators (2-1) in Tennessee's SEC opener. Florida, following a Week 1 home win against Utah, dropped its first SEC game at home to Kentucky in Week 2 before rebounding with a win against South Florida in Week…

Is Notre Dame's offense primed for a breakout on the road at North Carolina? Is it worth laying double-digits with Tennessee at home against Florida? Our featured betting trends for Week 4 provide historical angles on these games and more! Week 4 of the college football season is upon us. As more teams jump into conference play, there will…

A pair of SEC rivals meet on Rocky Top as Tennessee hosts Florida to renew the old animosity in college football's Week 4 action on Saturday. This time, the matchup has the added benefit of both teams being featured in the AP top 25 rankings, with a ton on the line in the East Division standings. Here's what you need to know about the matchup this…

After covering by half a point last week thanks to winning in overtime at the Pittsburgh Panthers, Tennessee football returns home this week for another matchup against a MAC opponent. Can the Vols cover three weeks in a row? Well, it may be a lot harder this time despite the foe. Heading into town are the Akron Zips. Led by first-year head coach…

It's never too early to overreact or at least recognize a big win for Tennessee football. Oddsmakers certainly like the Vols more than they did a week ago. Numerous betting sites dramatically improved Tennessee's odds to win a national championship after a 34-27 overtime win at Pittsburgh last week. The Vols are now No. 3 among SEC teams in…

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'…