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Joe Paterno lore includes Neyland Stadium lights | The Tennesseean

"“I remember thinking at the time, ‘Hey, those people in Tennessee really are crazy about their football. They’ll spend all that money to install lights just so we’ll come back down there and play one game,’ ” he said.But Paterno couldn’t leave it at that.“Those lights were terrible,” he said. “Our guys could barely see the football in the air.”"

UT tops SEC for recruiting expenses | Go Vols Xtra 

"According to the website BusinessofCollegeSports.com, UT men’s teams spent more than $1.8 million on recruiting in the 2010-11 year. That’s tops in the SEC by a substantial margin."

R.A. Dickey inducted into Vols baseball Hall of Fame | WBIR 

"A crowd gathered to hear former Boston Red Sox manager and now ESPN Analyst Terry Francona speak and to hear from the newest member of the Vols baseball Hall of Fame, R.A. Dickey."

Vols wary of Vanderbilt’s Jenkins | Go Vols Xtra

"One of Tennessee’s top priorities against Vanderbilt will be identifying – and ideally containing – Commodores sharpshooter John Jenkins."

Vols fall to Notre Dame by 28 in lowest-scoring game in modern Tennessee history | Washington Post

"“I want to apologize to the fans. We just were not very good today. We were not in Notre Dame’s league,” associate head coach Holly Warlick said. “We did not play hard and we did not compete. Notre Dame forced us into a lot of hurried plays.”"

Jarnell Stokes breaking midseason mold | ESPN

"“I think it can happen again, but I’m not sure, because the reason it happened was that he was such a good student,” Martin said. “He never went to summer school. He did play AAU ball. But he’s a legit student who took care of his business. A lot of guys need second semester. You have to be a really good student for this to be able to happen.”"

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