Today On Rocky Top: Vols Hope To Sweep Mississippi State
By Zach Ragan
From The Tennessean
"If you ask Donnie Tyndall, the Mississippi State team that Tennessee saw last month is completely different from the one the Vols will face Tuesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena (6 p.m., SEC Network).Since shortly after Tennessee (13-7, 5-3 SEC) began conference play by beating the Bulldogs in Starkville, Miss., the team that the league’s media projected to finish dead last has been resurgent. Mississippi State (10-11, 3-5) has won three of its past five games to climb out of the conference’s cellar, prompting Tyndall, Tennessee’s coach, to refer to the Bulldogs as “probably one of the most improved teams in our league.”Read more at The Tennessean"
From The Times Free Press
"In a recruiting class full of accolades, plenty of little golden stars and lofty rankings, Kahlil McKenzie is perched at the top.And that’s where the big defensive tackle wants to take the Tennessee Volunteers.“My goal is to contribute in whatever way I can to help Tennessee win a national championship,” McKenzie said. “That’s kind of my one goal that basically gets all my other goals inside of it. That’s how I look at it: Contribute whatever way I can to help us win a national championship, and that’ll cover all the personal goals I have for myself and all the team goals.”Read more at The Times Free Press"
From Rocky Top Talk (Did 2014 Vols underachieve?)
"Bill Connelly, the editor of Rock M Nation and the head honcho over at Football Study Hall, is using the offseason to work on a revision to his flagship advanced football metric, S&P+. Connelly starts off his review of the 2014 season with a bang by looking at second order stats (efficiency, explosiveness, field position, finishing drives, and turnover/luck) to predict the likelihood of winning any individual game.Read more at Rocky Top Talk"