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5-at-10: Fulmer and the UT AD search, Warriors romp Cavs, Draft defectors, Rushmore of Mobsters

Former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer, shown here during his final season with the Volunteers in 2008, is excited about the potential of this year's team but has his concerns.
Former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer, shown here during his final season with the Volunteers in 2008, is excited about the potential of this year's team but has his concerns. Former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer, shown here during his final season with the Volunteers in 2008, is excited about the potential of this year's team but has his concerns.

By Jay Greeson 6 min read

UT AD search

There are a lot of folks with a lot of orange in their closet with a lot of angst right now.

The University of Tennessee has been looking for an AD for months. Alabama needed like 12 minutes to replace outgoing AD Bill Battle. UT is spinning in circles and the tension is being felt. Yes, UT has been in the process of welcoming in a new chancellor, too, and that complicates matters.

But the bouncing back and forth has become hard to follow.

For the longest time we would have bet on UTC AD David Blackburn – a UT grad who worked in the Vols athletic department for almost three decades – against the field to be the next UT AD. Now comes news from TFP UT ace Downtown Patrick Brown and others that none other than Phillip Fulmer has become a viable candidate to run the department. Among those reporting that is ESPN reporter Chris Lowe, who has a bevy of sources in Knoxville.