Today On Rocky Top: Updates On 2014 Commits and Targets

Nov 30, 2013; Lexington, KY, USA; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones during the game against the Kentucky Wildcats in the second half at Commonwealth Stadium. Tennessee defeated Kentucky 27-14. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports

From Bleacher Report

"Tennessee head football coach Butch Jones has shocked the recruiting world with his first-year class as he attempts to build Volunteer football back to what it once was.Now, with 33 verbal commitments in the fold and many of the nation’s elite teams trying to get in prospects’ ears and flip them with the Vols sitting at home again this postseason, the last two months before national signing day is mostly about maintenance.Jones is trying to keep together a class currently ranked third by 247Sports. But there are a few big fish and a couple more needs the Vols are trying to fill to wrap things up in the 2014 cycle.UT has one of the nation’s best and deepest classes, but it needs to finish strong as well. If so, this really could be the group of players who begin Tennessee’s ascent back into the SEC picture."

From The Tennessean

"Down the hall from coach Butch Jones’ office at the Neyland Thompson Center is a large interior room where Tennessee’s future is plotted and imagined.Whiteboards climb to the ceiling. Tennessee’s roster is arranged by magnetized name cards, sorted by position. Recruits occupy the adjacent wall. Other SEC teams are monitored on a third wall.Staff members jot notes and ideas with dry erase markers, drawing arrows to connect players and positions.This is the nerve center of Tennessee football, and for the last 12 months it has been a war room of sorts for Jones’ rebuilding of the program."

From Go Vols Xtra

"Down the hall from coach Butch Jones’ office at the Neyland Thompson Center is a large interior room where Tennessee’s future is plotted and imagined."