Tennessee Volunteers NCAA Football News

The tradition is storied, the facilities are elite, and the job pays millions. Being the coach of the University of Tennessee football team certainly has it perks.

Jonathan Crompton will start for the Tennessee Volunteers when they face Vanderbilt on Saturday.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. _ Tennessee could have used a bye week earlier in the season to give players time to rest.

Maybe because his current coaches are about to become his former coaches, University of Tennessee redshirt freshman wide receiver Tyler Maples wasn't practicing political correctness Thursday night.

KNOXVILLE - As bad as the 2008 college football season has gone for the Tennessee Volunteers, it could still get worse.

Tennessee returned to the practice field Tuesday for the first of two open week workouts.

There wasn't much excitement emanating from Tennessee's football practice on Tuesday afternoon - except from B.J. Coleman, that is.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - It's hard to imagine things getting much worse for Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee's football players and staff have found comfort in few places since Monday's announcement that coach Phillip Fulmer was leaving at season's end.

Tennessee canned Coach Fulmer for a poor season. Now, the pressure is on the players to play for some pride...check out all the predictions for Saturday on www.secsportsreport.com

As of this season, it is no longer great to be a Tennessee Vol. And we can thank Phillip Fulmer for that.

The writing has been on the wall for years. The firing of Tennessee football Coach Phillip Fulmer on Monday was a culmination of various troubles that had permeated the Volunteers program for years.

Fulmer, 58, is being forced out after 17 years as Tennessee's coach, a run that included a national championship.

Freshman Stephen Garcia threw two touchdown passes and South Carolina piled on the problems for Tennessee and embattled coach Phil Fulmer with a 27-6 victory on Saturday night.

Before the anger of Tennessee Vol fans reaches a convulsive crescendo demanding the ouster of coach Phil Fulmer, it would be wise for the powers that be at the University of Tennessee to first consider firing ...

COLUMBIA a ' Welcome to November, South Carolina fans. It's been a typically tough month for your Gamecocks thanks to that stretch of games known for years as the Orange Crush.

Tennessee head coach Phillip Flumer walks off the field with his wife after the Vols loss to the Gamecocks at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Another rival - this time in the form of South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier - is having its way with the Tennessee football team.