Today On Rocky Top: Playmakers Key To Vols’ Offensive Success

From Bleacher Report

"If everything goes according to plan in 2014, Tennessee football fans won’t recognize the Volunteers offense from a season ago.The scheme hasn’t changed, but head coach Butch Jones didn’t mince words when discussing how much healthier the Volunteers’ power spread offense will look with an injection of all the young talents who enrolled mid-term.“Really, what you saw this spring was the same offense, just different individuals,” UT’s second-year head coach told Bleacher Report in an exclusive interview.“I think we’ve taken great strides in moving forward and building our own offensive identity with the addition of Von Pearson, Josh Malone,Jalen Hurd, Coleman Thomas and the two tight ends.Read more at Bleacher Report"

From Rocky Top Talk

"Tennessee came close to tying up the game in the 9th and extending the ballgame, but a fielder’s choice and pick off ended the Vols’ hopes.  Tennessee now heads home to Knoxville to await the NCAA tournament selection to see if they are one of the 64 teams included in the field.Vanderbilt got off to a fast start, scoring on their third single of the first inning with two outs.  They added to their lead on a throwing error by Tyler Schultz, whose throw sailed into center field while trying to throw out Vince Conde as he was stealing second, which allowed a second Commodore to score. Read more at Rocky Top Talk"

From the Times Free Press

"The cavalry is almost here.Nearly all of the rest of Tennessee’s touted and ballyhooed 2014 football signing class is about a week away from moving to campus and starting summer classes, and the Volunteers certainly need the talent and depth the new players will be able to provide this season.And while second-year coach Butch Jones and his staff have been in contact with those players about workout programs and how they’ll be needed to contribute immediately, those new players likely have gotten a truer lay of the land from the 14 classmates who arrived before them.“The great thing about this incoming class is we had 14 newcomers that enrolled at midyear,” Jones said Tuesday night before the final stop on the annual Big Orange Caravan.Read more at the Times Free Press"