By: Justin Hawkins “The expectation, the standard, is to play elite defense here, not just good defense. The standard is to be elite.” – Tennessee Vols HC Josh Heupel The Tennessee Volunteers, behind a heavy defensive push and elite rushing attack, came out victorious at Neyland Stadium last Saturday versus the Texas A&M Aggies by…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – January 2, 2019) See, this is why you don’t gamble. Vegas had this game Tennessee -1.5. How they decide their lines is quite the science, but for crying out loud, I’d be crying out loud, because I was sure the Vols would make this much easier on themselves than they…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – November 30, 2019) This doubles as the piece for the Vandy game, because honestly, there’s not much interesting to write here other than a bit of a coming out party for Eric Gray at the running back spot, at least for one week, featuring the second longest TD run in…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – November 22, 2019) Got it done. Could have been easier… a little sluggish out of the gates, but 24-20 and five wins out of the last six games. You’re playing in late December or early January. Here are my Big 6 Takeaways from the road win at Mizzou. NOT SHARP…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – November 9, 2019) What an odd game, but one that put the Tennessee Volunteers one win away from bowl eligibility with two to play. Jeremy Pruitt’s team has turned the season around, won four of its past five, competed in the one loss against Alabama on the road, and found…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – November 2, 2019) In a first half that finished 23-0, somehow the score was far less entertaining than it looked, and it doesn’t look that entertaining. It wasn’t exactly a barnburner as Tennessee celebrated homecoming with a victory over UAB, moving to 5-0 overall against the Blazers, who entered the…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – October 27, 2019) Well, the officials attempted to make it ugly and delay it and almost make it unwatchable at times, but the home team wouldn’t allow them to take away a victory. The Tennessee Volunteers came out on top in a game they knew they had to win and…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – October 20, 2019) Look… Tennessee showed up in Tuscaloosa as I thought in a best case scenario they might: as a team with nothing to lose that could play free, because the expectations were non-existent. An ugly game officiated by guys that wanted to be stars… an ugly game because…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – October 12, 2019) This was one the Vols had to win, it felt like they should win, and in fact, Tennessee did win. It was ugly, especially in the first half, with a multitude of interceptions on both sides, an injury to Brian Maurer, and a whole lot of defense,…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 15, 2018) 24-0 sounds good, it really does, until you take a look at the opponent. UTEP, with the loss, has dropped 15 consecutive games. That’s the longest active losing streak in FBS, and the Miners were obliterated by UNLV (Not Larry Johnson, Anderson Hunt, and Stacey Augmon either)…… more
