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Tennessee Vols morning report: More love for Guarantano, Alabama prep continues

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee Vols quarterback Jarrett Guarantano continuing to receive tons of national respect leads our Volunteers news for Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018.

This may be a Hump Day the Tennessee Vols don’t want to get over. After all, it means they have to start looking ahead to this weekend and stop relishing in the upset over the Auburn Tigers from last weekend. Well, there’s still a bit of relishing in our news reports.

Our Wednesday, Oct. 17 update on Rocky Top for 2018 involves another award for a Vol after the team’s play last week. But then, yes, it does move onto other things. Part of those other things include a look ahead to this week’s game and football’s preparation for it.

But we have some other sports to bring you, including a preview for women’s basketball. And there are awards in other sports, such as cross country, along with a women’s golf recap. So there’s plenty of Tennessee Vols athletics news. Let’s start with the football stuff.

Jarrett Guarantano Maxwell Player of the Week – Maxwell Football Club Online

Tennessee Vols quarterback Jarrett Guarantano was named Maxwell Player of the Week after his play against the Auburn Tigers last Saturday. Guarantano completed 21-of-32 passes for 328 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions en route to his team’s 30-24 upset win. His opponent this Saturday had the Bednarik Player of the Week, defensive lineman Quinnen Williams of the Alabama Crimson Tide.

"The Maxwell Player of the Week Award will be recognized for overall performance on offense, defense or special teams, and the Chuck Bednarik Player of the Week Award will be honored for outstanding defensive play. Players selected do not have to be represented on the Maxwell or Bednarik Award watch lists."

Practice ahead of Alabama continues – Ryan Callahan, GoVols247

The Tennessee Vols have to put the Auburn win behind them and fully focus on the No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide now. They practiced Tuesday, and the media got to hear from some players. Notably Trey Smith called Tennessee-Alabama his favorite rivalry game because he always grew up loving Alabama and debated whether or not to go there or UT when he committed in 2017.

"Two periods of Tennessee’s practice Tuesday at Haslam Field were open to media. The Vols practiced in light rain during the early portion of the practice, which featured some routes-on-air passing drills for the Vols’ wide receivers and quarterbacks while their offensive linemen worked on blocking assignments and techniques."

Preseason SEC women’s basketball picks out – Louis Fernandez, WBIR

The Tennessee Lady Vols are picked to finish third in the SEC this year in women’s basketball. Meanwhile, sophomore Rennia Davis made preseason All-SEC.

"The Lady Vols were picked to finish 3rd in the Southeastern Conference in a voting of a select panel of both SEC and national media members on Tuesday. Mississippi State and South Carolina were picked to finish ahead of Tennessee."

Two men’s cross country players win weekly SEC awards – SECSports

Tennessee Vols cross country runner Zach Long earned SEC Men’s Runner of the Week while Karl Thiessen earned SEC Men’s Freshman of the Week as they helped UT to a fourth-place finish at the Arturo Barrios Invitational 8K at Texas A&M.

"Tennessee’s Zach Long recorded the SEC’s best time of the weekend, posting a time of 24:36.4 in the Arturo Barrios Invitational.—Tennessee’s Karl Thiessen was the No. 2 finisher for the Vols and recorded his third top-15 finish of the season at the Arturo Barrios Invitational"

Women’s golf finishes third at Maryb S. Kauth Invitational – UTSports

The Tennessee Lady Vols golf team surpassed Houston on the final round to finish third at the  Maryb S. Kauth Invitational in San Antonio, Texas. They finished one stroke behind the Marshall Thundering Herd, while the TCU Horned Frogs were the champions.

"Battling through poor weather conditions at TPC San Antonio Canyons, the Lady Vols shot the low round of the day carding a final round 303 (+13) to help them move into a top three position on the leaderboard."

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