Today On Rocky Top: Brian Randolph Ready To Return From ACL Tear
By Zach Ragan
August 31, 2012; Atlanta, GA, USA; North Carolina State Wolfpack wide receiver Quintin Payton (88) is tackled by Tennessee Volunteers defensive back Byron Moore (3) and defensive back Brian Randolph (37) in the first quarter at the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports
From Go Vols Xtra
"Tennessee safety Brian Randolph hopes to follow the example of a former teammate as he attempts to complete a comeback from a torn anterior cruciate ligament.Randolph watched Justin Hunter return from a torn ACL last year and enjoy one of the most prolific seasons of any receiver in school history. Hunter bypassed his senior season and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round.When Hunter wasn’t catching passes, he occasionally was giving advice to Randolph, who tore the ACL in his right knee last year. Both players got hurt in early-season losses to Florida."
From Rocky Top Talk
"Before all the new bells and whistles — beautiful brick facades, the ritzy external resurfacing of the Tom Elam Pressbox, concourse upgrades and statue of General Robert Neyland — I loved the guts.Many thought Neyland Stadium was an eyesore, what with its iron criss-crossing innards dulling in the Saturday sun, the stained sides, weathered with God-knows-what, and the block-lettering that looked like it was straight out of 1977.Not me. I loved Neyland Stadium and all its flaws because they simply weren’t considered flaws in my mind. It was historic, majestic, beautiful in its own way.My Tennessee Volunteers could play in a post-apocalyptic wasteland strewn with candy wrappers and crushed beer cans and it would still hold a certain ethereal beauty. Because, to me, Neyland Stadium represents more than just a place where a football team plays. It is a place where I’ve laughed, cried, celebrated, felt decimated. I’ve worked there, watched games there, come of age there. I’ve made countless pilgrimages across the 3 1/2 hour stretch of Tennessee interstate to get there, and I’ve returned to Southern Tennessee and Northern Alabama with enough memories to fill a stadium in my dreams. … Neyland is a stadium of my dreams.When it’s rocking, there’s nowhere like it. When it’s loud, you can’t hear your own voice. When it’s full, you look across that sea of orange and feel the pride of what it means to be a Tennessee fan."
From UTSports.com
"The 2013-14 Tennessee sports season started with a bang on Friday night as Tori Bailey, Caroline Brown and Cheyenne Spade scored goals to lift UT past Oklahoma, 3-1, at Regal Soccer Stadium.Before a boisterous crowd of 1,524, Tennessee (1-0-0) benefited from strong play by old and new stars alike to win its seventh consecutive season opener. Bailey scored in the 13th minute, Brown’s match-winner came just before halftime in the 45th minute and Spade netted her first goal as a Volunteer in the 49th minute."
From Go Vols Xtra
"Bruce Pearl outlined in an interview this week what he would look for in another coaching job.The former Tennessee basketball coach’s answer wasn’t surprising.To paraphrase: He would like a new job just like his old one.“It’s going to need to be somebody that has the vision that Tennessee had,” Pearl told Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com. “Tennessee had a vision to try to get its men’sbasketball program to the level of its football program and where Pat Summitt had the women’s basketball program.“They said, ‘We’re winning in everything else. We want to do it in men’s basketball, too. So that would be the job I would want.”"
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