NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — First-year Tennessee coach Josh Heupel has the Volunteers in the Music City Bowl for the third time overall.
This time, the Volunteers will take on Purdue in an SEC-Big Ten matchup on Thursday.
Tennessee will not self-impose a postseason bowl ban after wrapping up its investigation into the recruiting issues that led to the firing of coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine others in January.
“We will hold ourselves accountable considering the nature of the violations, our prompt investigation and corrective personnel actions, the new recruiting environment and other factors,” the university said in a statement Thursday.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Josh Heupel era at Tennessee begins Thursday night, and the Volunteers’ latest new head coach finally will debut his high-octane offense against Bowling Green.
“We are excited to go out and show the work we have put in during the last seven to eight months to go play some football,” Heupel said.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee coach Josh Heupel has named Joe Milton as the Volunteers' starting quarterback four days before the season opener against Bowling Green.
Tennessee hasn’t finished a season ranked higher than 22nd since 2007, yet there still figures to be a heavy Volunteer flavor to the playoff picture this year.
Or to put it more accurately, an ex-Volunteer flavor.
Josh Heupel believes he can win quickly at Tennessee and position the football program for long-term success...
Tennessee has hired UCF athletic director Danny White as the Volunteers' new athletic director just three days after the The Tennessee football program is starting over yet again, this time after coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine others were fired Monday for cause when an internal investigation found what the university chancellor called “serious violations of NCAA rules...
A planned scrimmage at Tennessee last weekend turned into a scaled-down practice when the Volunteers were without about 35 players due to COVID-19...