Report: NCAA Hands Down Punishments To Four Former Tennessee Assistants
The NCAA has handed down punishments for four different former Tennessee football assistants that worked under Jeremy Pruitt, Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger reported Tuesday morning. According to the report, the NCAA has given three-to-five year show-cause penalties to former inside linebackers coach Brian Niedermeyer, outside linebackers coach Shelton Felton, director of player personnel Drew Hughes […]
Report: Alabama Has Reached Out to Jeremy Pruitt As DC Search Rages On
Alabama head coach Nick Saban has the tough task of replacing both of his coordinators this offseason. The Crimson Tide most recently lost offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien after the 53-year-old took the same position with the New England Patriots in late January. Prior to that, though, Alabama had already lost their defensive coordinator, Pete Golding, […]
Alabama Football Loses Both Coordinators This Offseason
Alabama head coach Nick Saban is now looking to replace both his offensive and defensive coordinator this offseason. According to ESPN on Tuesday morning, 53-year-old Bill O’Brien has accepted a job to become the New England Patriots next offensive coordinator after two years with the same position at Alabama. O’Brien had superstar quarterback Bryce Young […]
Firing Jeremy Pruitt Has Led to Success for College Football, NFL Teams Alike
Former Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt has made a lot of stops along the way in his 25+ year coaching career, both in the NFL and college football. Pruitt has been a part of five National Championship-winning rosters, four times with Alabama and once with Florida State. However, there has been alarming trend regarding Pruitt […]
Tennessee Responds To NCAA Notice Of Allegations, New Violation Details Arise
Tennessee has responded to the NCAA’s Notice of Allegations stemming from Jeremy Pruitt’s recruiting violations, KnoxNews first reported Thursday morning. The NCAA provided the Notice of Allegations in July and Tennessee asked for a 30-day extension to respond to the allegations last month. The Notice of Allegations included 18 Level 1 violations. Tennessee’s response admitted […]
NCAA Grants Tennessee An Extension In Jeremy Pruitt Recruiting Violations Case
The NCAA has granted Tennessee a 30-day extension to respond to its notice of allegations in the Jeremy Pruitt recruiting scandal, KnoxNews Adam Sparks first reported and a UT spokesperson confirmed to RTI Tuesday. The NCAA handed down its notice of allegations in late July and Tennessee had 90 days to accept or appeal the […]
Missouri Coach Comments On Tennessee’s NCAA Violations, Takes Shot At Jeremy Pruitt
Missouri coach Eliah Drinkwitz wants the NCAA to vacate wins from Jeremy Pruitt’s tenure at Tennessee, the third-year coach joked on the Jim Rome Show Wednesday. Drinkwitz and Pruitt overlapped one year in the SEC east with the Vols easily handling Missouri, 35-12, inside Neyland Stadium. The 39-year old Missouri coach joked with Rome about […]
Tennessee Avoids Lack Of Institutional Control In NCAA’s Notice Of Allegations
The NCAA’s Notice of Allegations for Tennessee football’s recruiting violations during the Jeremy Pruitt era did not include a lack of institutional control, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported Friday. Tennessee committed 19 Level I violations during the Jeremy Pruitt era according to the NCAA’s findings. The vast majority of the violations included payments or purchases […]
How McDonald’s Ended Up Factoring into Tennessee’s Report
In January of 2021, at the time of the start of the investigation into the University of Tennessee and former head coach Jeremy Pruitt, a story came out about Tennessee supposedly hiding cash in McDonald’s bags that would be given to recruits – illegally. On Friday morning, the investigation report officially became public, and it […]
Jeremy Pruitt Offers Thoughts On 2022 Tennessee Football Team
Former Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt joined the Crain and Company Show Wednesday for one of his first interviews since Tennessee terminated him with cause in January on 2021. Show host Jake Crain asked the former Vol head coach and SEC defensive coordinator which SEC teams could be in for a breakout season and Pruitt provided […]
