Dave’s Dish: How to grade Jeremy Pruitt’s first real test as a Vol

Let’s face it. No one really knows how to grade most college football programs solely on the inaugural signing period on Wednesday.   Sure, there’s the obvious. Georgia was phenomenal. Alabama was surprisingly just solid. Then, there’s Arkansas. Well, they still have plenty of work to do.   So where do you place Tennessee in…MORE

Dave’s Dish: Fulmer on the road again. Good or bad?

Phillip Fulmer’s recent declaration that he had again become a recruiter for Tennessee football spawned two reactions.   First, some thought this was the first sign that Tennessee’s newest athletic director was looking over UT coach Jeremy Pruitt’s shoulder. After all, it would makes sense. Fulmer was one of the best recruiters in the modern…MORE

Dave’s Dish: Coaching Search Breakdown

Phillip Fulmer has one incredible challenge in front of him. Tennessee’s newly hired athletic director has to secure a coach that can hopefully lead the Vols back to their glory days when Fulmer won a national championship, two SEC titles and had the Vols at the forefront of college football’s elite programs. That seems like…MORE

Dave’s Dish: Did Fulmer do it again?

When I spoke to a former Tennessee football player on Thursday I was presented with a conspiracy theory that was almost impossible to believe. The player told me he firmly believed that former UT coach Phillip Fulmer was purposefully sabotaging Tennessee’s coaching search in order to have John Currie fired and become his replacement. I…MORE