By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 7, 2019) Another week, another loss, last week’s unthinkable, this week’s… well, considering prior to the bomb pass that found a home due to a bafflingly brutal coverage breakdown the Vols had a 99.6% chance to win the game… …this week’s was also unthinkable. Folks, we’re at the bottom…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – November 24, 2018) Well, it’s over. By “it,” I mean Tennessee’s 2018 college football season. At 5-5, Jeremy Pruitt and his team had two opportunities at bowl eligibility and lost both in convincing fashion. Outside of the Florida performance, no two efforts were less impressive than last week at home…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – November 18, 2018) Yeah, that wasn’t good. I said on Friday’s Big 6 program that of the multiple similarities between the Titans and Vols, the biggest is the frustrating consistent inconsistency. When you least expect it, these are teams that will either rise to an occasion or get absolutely embarrassed.…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – November 3, 2018) Embarrassing. How to get six takeaways from one of the most uninspiring performances I’ve ever seen from a Power 5 football team at home? I have no idea, but I’m going to try. THE OFFENSIVE LINE It’s bottom of the barrel. Charlotte absolutely annihilated the Vols…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – October 27, 2018) It was a dramatic game, well-played on one side of the ball throughout much of the game, but it was also an infuriating night for Jeremy Pruitt and likely for Vols fans across the nation. Why? Well, because in a game that was this close, self-inflicted mistakes…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – October 20, 2018) If you talked yourself into Tennessee having a chance to stun Alabama on Saturday, I’m both happy and sad for you. It wasn’t a fun afternoon for Vols fans, but I love that you had hope enough in the current team following the Auburn loss to dream.…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – October 13, 2018) Be honest, Vols fan, when did you feel comfortable thinking Tennessee was going to beat Auburn on the road today? It’s been such a tragedy of futility and calamity over the past few years that I’d imagine even with 2:00 remaining, you were probably still worried…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 29, 2018) You have to take the positives from a season like this as a Vols football fan. It wasn’t going to be an overnight turnaround, and a culture shift doesn’t happen in four games. Last week was an embarrassment, and this week the spread was 31 at kick…… more
By JASON MARTIN (@JMartZone – September 23, 2018) Yeech. Gross. Repulsive. Are you kidding? You can choose whatever word you want to try and adequately describe the humiliating embarrassment that was Jeremy Pruitt’s first SEC game at the helm of the Tennessee Volunteers. Whichever you decide upon though, just know this… …it isn’t strong enough.…… 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
