Tennessee Running Back Collects Three First Quarter Touchdowns
The Tennessee Volunteers’ offense ran like a well-oiled machine in the first quarter against Missouri. The Vols scored a touchdown on their first six offensive possessions, a streak that carried through the first quarter and into the second. However, while plenty of Tennessee’s players have stand-out statistics from the first fifteen minutes of play, one […]
Tennessee @ Missouri: How to Watch, Odds, Key Statistics
Josh Heupel will return to his old stomping grounds this Saturday when the Tennessee Volunteers play the Missouri Tigers in Columbia. For Heupel, it will be a return to Missouri, where he was the Tigers’ offensive coordinator and quarterback’s coach in 2016 and 2017. For Tennessee as a whole, though, it will be the Vols’ […]
RTI Game Predictions: Tennessee at Missouri
Tennessee is headed to Columbia, Missouri Saturday to face the Tigers in a critical SEC matchup. Each week, the RTI team will provide game predictions for Tennessee’s weekly opponent. We move on to Missouri. Ric Butler: Truth be told, this game is fairly hard to predict. Ultimately you have two SEC East teams, with the […]
Tennessee Football Announces Game Day Uniform
The Tennessee Volunteers will bring out a certain away uniform for the first time in the Josh Heupel era this Saturday. With Missouri planning to wear all-black uniforms this weekend, Tennessee will be breaking out the all-white “Stormtrooper” look against the Tigers. The announcement was made by Tennessee Football on Twitter on Thursday evening. Road […]
Heupel Gives Vague Quarterback Update During Press Conference
In a word, Tennessee’s quarterback situation this season has been, unpredictable. Not due to a quarterback controversy on the field, but instead because of injuries. Against Florida, for the second time in the span of four games, Tennessee’s starting quarterback did not finish the game due to injury. Against Pittsburgh in the second week, Joe […]
Everything Josh Heupel Said Before Pivotal Missouri Matchup
The Tennessee Volunteers will face the Missouri Tigers in a crucial matchup this Saturday in Columbia. The Vols will be in their second of back-to-back away games as Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel returns to a familiar place. In 2016 and 2017, Heupel was the offensive coordinator and quarterback’s coach for the Tigers. However, before […]
Columbia Tribune’s Eric Blum Previews Tennessee’s Road Trip To Missouri
Each week, Rocky Top Insider will take you behind the scenes with a question and answer with a media member who covers Tennessee’s opponent. This week, the Columbia Tribune’s Eric Blum discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the 2021 Tigers and previewed Saturday’s pivotal SEC matchup. Question: There seemed to be a lot of buzz […]
RTI Mailbag: Tennessee Heads To Missouri
Tennessee heads back on the road this week, traveling to Columbia, Missouri to face Eli Drinkwitz and the Tigers. While the Vols stay on the road, the challenge and environment will be easier against a struggling Missouri team. The RTI team answers all your questions about the Vols and the week five matchup in this […]
Heupel Reveals The “Secret Sauce” Behind Offensive Success
When Josh Heupel was brought in to be the next head football coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, it was a signal that change was coming to Knoxville. Jeremy Pruitt’s defensive mindset was gone, and in was Heupel, one of the offensive leaders in college football the last few years. Through just four games of the […]
Missouri’s Drinkwitz Talks Vols, Critical SEC Matchup
Missouri head coach Eli Drinkwitz met with the Columbia media Tuesday, recapping the Tigers week four loss at Boston College and previewing the critical SEC matchup this weekend against Tennessee. “We obviously have a really tough game this week versus a quality opponent that I think is really well coached,” Drinkwitz said. “Really coach Heupel […]