Today On Rocky Top: Third Party Booster Site A No Go For Vols

From The Tennessean

"College sports fans now have a new method to donate to their favorite schools, but perhaps not surprisingly, some schools are already turning their backs on the money.UBooster.org solicits donations from fans, who are presented with names, photos and biographical information for high-school athletes. Fans are asked to give money to, or “boost,” recruits that they’d like to see play for their favorite school. If the player they pledged money to selects that school, the funds, theoretically, are donated to its athletics department.Read more at The Tennessean"

From ESPN

"Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw laughed when she was asked if the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish finally “got the number” of fifth-ranked Tennessee, beating the Lady Vols for a fifth straight time.“Well, we had an 0-20 start, so we’re kind of coming out of a hole there,” McGraw said. “We had nothing to lose. I think we’ve just got momentum going and we feel like we have a lot of confidence going into the game.”Read more at ESPN"

From The Tennessean

"Tennessee forward Armani Moore was sitting in coach Donnie Tyndall’s weekly press conference Monday when both learned that Moore had been named the SEC’s player of the week.Tyndall jokingly tried to take credit for the honor, citing great coaching.“You hear that?” the first-year Vols coach asked. “I made you SEC player of the week.”Read more at The Tennessean"