⚡ CFB Dashboard

- Pick/market: I’m rckytop.

- Pick/market: We gotta earn that respect back if we want it.

- Pick/market: I have to see us in first few weeks especially Ga Tech to see our LOS.

- Injury: Dodson had a gnarly injury on the kickoff return (guess Heupel will be nipping those in the bud moving forward) and Duarte I didn't see; think he got rolled up on

- Intel: He fair caught a punt on the 5, took some horrible angles, got called out for whiffing on a big run by GT, etc.

- Injury: The young starter needs all the reps he can get also.

- Injury: That shows that Heupel is getting the most out of his receivers.

- QB: It was gorgeous… but blind squirrel finds nut situation if you ask me.

- QB: Everyone met at the QB for that third-down Tennessee State incompletion

- QB: well I’ll tell ya that mediocre QB just made one hellava play

- QB: A true freshman QB on the road and a defense that might be weakest up front and in the secondary gives reason for being cautious.

- QB/LB: If you have two quarterbacks, you don't have a quarterback.

- QB: "Almost." "Vandy was simply better." Here's the funny thing, that team would have been far worse with Nico.

- QB/LB: Nico said: “I want to win games, and everything else will come with that,” he said.

- Pick/market: Enjoying the weekend at home.

- QB/OL: David Paschall spoke at the Ooltewah Kiwanis Club recently and basically said the same thing.

- QB/LB: Will be watching their QB’s ankle/leg in the second half.

- QB: I’m thinking it’s better not to predict a high number of passing yards from either QB, as I expect the two to split reps during the game.

- QB: Gino Toretta was a Heisman winner QB that just didn’t transition well to the NFL.

- Coaching: "Our entire football team, special teams, field position, defensive football, all those things got to be tied together when you’re starting a new quarterback." What Josh Heupel said about 2026 Tennessee football on The...

- Coaching: What Josh Heupel wants Tennessee football fans to know about new quarterback Faizon Brandon

- QB/RB: Watch as Tennessee DC Jim Knowles and RB Coach De'Rail Sims talk final preseason assessments and thoughts on QB Faizon Brandon on Tuesday morning in Knoxville

- QB: Furman head coach Clay Hendrix shares a funny anecdote about coaching against former Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker

- The projected baseline for Tennessee is 8-4, but with a more encouraging trajectory than last season because the expectation includes a win over at least one major opponent. - Even with freshman mistakes, Tennessee's new quarterback is expected to show enough talent and composure to create optimism about the offense's future.

- QB/RB: why I'm excited to see what a top shelf QB and RB develop into the next few years!

- Coaching: On Ethan Davis availability ahead of Week 1… "Yeah, he'll be available on Saturday.

- QB: Crazy that after almost 10 years, Dobbs is still the most current UT QB doing the best in the league.

- Pick/market: Don’t worry about our QB.

- QB: Correct but they have returning QB's from last year while ours is a true freshman.

- QB: Shuler only started 2 years at Tennessee and was not NFL ready.

- QB/LB: That's why I said or one of the other QB's in this class, it looks to be loaded but odds say a Manning will be productive in the NFL I wasn't impressed with Cam's...

- QB: They have a veteran QB, are undefeated, and won by double digits.

- QB: Where Faizon Brandon sits in CBS's 2026 preseason SEC quarterback rankings

- Tennessee listed freshman Faizon Brandon as the starting quarterback for the Furman opener, with George MacIntyre second and Ryan Staub third. - Tennessee's running back chart starts with DeSean Bishop and Javin Gordon, with Daune Morris or Justin Baker listed as the third option. - Tennessee listed multiple ORs at wide receiver, right guard, right tackle, defensive tackle, defensive end, Mike linebacker, and several return spots, showing several unresolved rotation points. - Tennessee's starting offensive line lists David Sanders Jr., Wendell Moe Jr., Sam Pendleton, Jesse Perry or Shamurad Umarov, and Jesse Perry or Ory Williams across the front. - Cooper Ranvier is listed as Tennessee's placekicker, Jackson Ross as punter and holder, Josh Turbyville as kickoff specialist, and Bennett Brady as long snapper.

- Intel: The first official Tennessee football 2026 depth chart is here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

- Intel: A Josh Heupel depth chart...quilted for your comfort

- Pick/market: Furry team will try to run the ball.

- OL/LB: Will be interesting to me if a returning starter on the Oline is displaced by Williams as this guy predicts.

- QB/LB: he makes a good point we have a new qb, new DC, missing a lot of defensive starters and depth.

- LB: I loved how Dan Campbell went over to pat him on the back after his big TD run.

- Josh Heupel said Furman's new defensive coordinator showed more multiple fronts in Week 1 and he expects additional wrinkles and pressure looks against first-time Tennessee starter Faizon Brandon. - Heupel said Tennessee has an idea for its running back rotation and anticipates all of its backs seeing time and carrying the football against Furman. - Heupel said the third wide receiver spot beside Braylon Staley and Mike Matthews remained competitive among Radarious Jackson, Travis Smith Jr., and TK Keys, with all expected to play Saturday. - Heupel expects Tennessee to rotate young defensive linemen and secondary players in the opener and noted close to 50 players could make their first run through the T. - Heupel said extreme heat could sometimes lead Tennessee to rotate earlier or more frequently, though he said the Vols would not game-plan around this opener's heat.

- Coaching: Some people might have forgotten...Kippy Brown became the interim head football coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers after first-year head coach Lane Kiffin resigned effective immediately

- LB: Did some quick research on YouTube to find what the tendency has been.

- WR: Donnie Tyndall Cuonzo Martin Jeremy Pruitt Sal Sunseri (asst) Dave Clawson (asst) That WR coach that wore cleats Numerous S&C Coaches Bob Shoop

- WR/LB: He’s your above average WR and will be a WR 2 or 3 in the NFL

- 20 Tennessee will kick off year six of the Josh Heupel era this Saturday when it hosts Furman (1-0) inside Neyland Stadium. - UT's season opener is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. - Furman week rolled on Tuesday when defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and running backs coach De'Rail Sims met with the media following practice to discuss the state of their units heading into the opener....

- OL: it’s definitely a business…I saw where a former 1st round OL from Bama was released…he had started 28 games over the last two seasons.

- RB: Why Tennessee RB coach De'Rail Sims has been "impressed" with Faizon Brandon

- TE: Not sure Gibson would be starting here.

- DB: An ex-Tennessee defensive back returns to the Southeast region on Thursday night to make his transfer debut against Vol Football's Week 2 opponent ⬇️

- Intel: I don’t think we want to get involved in the Kiffin mess.

- Intel: Elite Tennessee commit David Gabriel Georges popped off for multiple touchdowns, including a 77-yard TD run, in Baylor School's Week 3 victory on Friday night.

- Intel: I didn't like his touchdown calls, when he was a Titans annoucer.

- Intel: I arrived where I grew up (Crossville) yesterday for a weekend family reunion.

- Practice: I thought they weren't eligible for this weekend's game because they have to practice a week first.

- Intel: Got some beer brats and burgers on the menu today, with some home made tater chips to boot, Vol Football is back so I have to go with my favorite gameday grub.

- LB: I'll watch this game on the computer, and it sounds as if it'll be a game only a fan would love.

- Intel: Very happy for Ben hoping all is well going through health issues does make us thankful for what we have.

- LB: Well, that's a very clear statement that is not clear at all.

- LB: At 73, I appreciate the fact of being blessed to see the kick-off of another Vol football season.

- Intel: Football season is OFFICIALLY here as th VN Doppelganger Club arrives.

- Practice: my understanding is the players filling the lawsuit state they didn’t get 5 years like other players in classes before and after.

- Intel: Fellow Vol fans, That time of year is upon us again...Football Time in Tennessee!

- LB: At least it’s not a huge and gaudy patch that is visually distracting.

- Intel: Speaking of Saban, he's been sorta "out front" on a lot of the push for Congress to fix college football and very open about NIL and transfers but I've not seen a major "sound...

- Intel: I stopped at Alumni Hall today to check out the new Adidas stuff for football season and it's awesome!

- Intel: See the teams that several of Tennessee Football's outgoing transfer players are suiting up for during the 2026 college football season...

- Intel: Tennessee football DC Jim Knowles isn't tipping his hand, but is hinting at a necessary move for the Vols ⬇️

- Intel: Tennessee Football is honoring Dolly Parton by playing one of her songs before the fourth quarter on Saturday, Danny White has announced ⬇️

- LB: Tennessee football releases hype video that will have you itching for Saturday ⬇️⬇️⬇️

- Practice: "We can put a few speakers right back behind us (at practice) and turn up the volume a little bit, but I’m not sure that’s going to affect it." What Furman HC Clay Hendrix...

- Intel: Tennessee Football isn't following a common bad trend with its new jersey sponsorship patch, but with one noteworthy trade-off

- Intel: ESPN ran 1,000,000 simulations to try to get trends for the upcoming college football season...

- Intel: Thanks Lane for constantly finding a way to bring us the best football material for comedy.

- Intel: Football season is finally here and I can’t wait for opening kickoff next Saturday.

- Intel: Sadly, it is what football and all sports to a lesser degree have become.

- LB: He’s made more money coaching football in a few years than the average Joe will see in their lifetime.

- Intel: Dick Clark, or someone like him promoting the best Vols fans dance contest before kickoff, during half time.

- LB: Respectfully, AI is not the great equalizer in Graphic Design yet.

- LB: previous years I have used SlingTV (not my favorite), YoutubeTV (very good but expensive), SportsFire (free but seems to have been run out of business).