Heupel banking on young talent, new defensive coordinator for turnaround next season
The Tennessee Volunteers didn't defeat a single power conference program that finished with a winning record during the 2017 and 2020 football seasons.

The Tennessee Volunteers didn't defeat a single power conference program that finished with a winning record during the 2017 and 2020 football seasons.

Tennessee is about to open the Southeastern Conference portion of its basketball schedule with 11 consecutive games against teams that competed in last season's NCAA tournament — including two against longtime rival Kentucky.

Bowl games may be slipping in stature during this era of the expanded College Football Playoff. That doesn't mean they still can't be fun.

A year after earning an invitation to the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, the Tennessee Volunteers are making their fourth appearance in the Music City Bowl.

When Tennessee's defense was last on display, the Volunteers were surrendering 279 second-half yards and 24 second-half points in a 45-24 loss to Vanderbilt inside Neyland Stadium.

The 2010s and the 2020s have been very different for University of Tennessee football.

As an 11-year-old sports junkie, I watched on television as former Baylor School tennis standout Roscoe Tanner lost a five-set Wimbledon final to Bjorn Borg.

The number of practices for this season's Tennessee football team continues to dwindle as Tuesday's Music City Bowl approaches.

Nashville seeking to enhance its status in college football landscape

Adversity. Frustration. Adjustments. Success.
