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Today on Rocky Top: Media Days Recap, Another Award

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 5, 2015; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers fans flies the United States flag and the Volunteer flag prior to the game against the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 5, 2015; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers fans flies the United States flag and the Volunteer flag prior to the game against the Bowling Green Falcons at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee football taking the stage at SEC Media Days and another award watch list headline the Vols news on Rocky Top for Wednesday, July 13.

It was a big day for the Tennessee Volunteers on Tuesday as Butch Jones took the stage at SEC Media Days with Cameron Sutton, Jalen Reeves-Maybin, and Joshua Dobbs.

The hype behind the media days has fans on Rocky Top getting more and more excited for the season to start by the second.

But there is also other news surrounding Tennessee football, including another Vol on the watch list for a postseason award.

So football season is picking up steam with August only two and a half weeks away. And with the baseball All-Star Game now over, we are hitting those dog days when fans just count down the time until football is here.

Until that time, here’s the news for the Vols today.

Vols keep things simple at SEC Media Days – Dustin Dopirak of the Knoxville News Sentinel

"For the first time in coach Butch Jones’ tenure, Tennessee arrived at SEC Football Media Days on Tuesday knowing it will likely be named SEC East favorite by the end of the week thanks to the 17 starters it returns from a 9-4 team.It was clear from the time Jones and the three attending players began speaking that they had no interest in creating much news beyond their likely poll position."

Jalen Reeves-Maybin on Butkus Award Watch List – Ryan Callahan of 247Sports

"The Butkus Award, now in its 32nd season, honors the nation’s best linebackers at the college, high school and professional levels. The preseason watch list for the collegiate-level award includes candidates from 44 universities.…Reeves-Maybin, who is also on the watch lists for the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Bronko Nagurski Award, is one of the most consistent linebackers in the SEC and returns for his senior season after ranking seventh in the SEC in total tackles (105) and ninth in tackles per game (8.1) a year ago."

Vols don’t take bait in Florida trash talk – Daniel Lewis of Rocky Top Insider

"Tennessee had its day at SEC Media Days on Tuesday, and as expected, the Florida topic was brought up often, but UT didn’t lob much in terms of return fire in terms of trash talk.“Not really for me…people have been doing that to me since I’ve been playing football, so it’s not really something that gets under my skin or anything like that,” UT linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin. “I appreciate football and some guys, that’s how they bring it. Some guys bring it on the field, I’ve got respect for Jarrad Davis as a football player, I like the way he plays. Some guys talk and some guys play. It’s a personal preference.”"

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