Tennessee has been bitten by the injury bug pretty hard this year and it looks like it has struck yet again. Senior linebacker Cortez McDowell is reportedly going to be out indefinitely with a wrist injury…
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REPORT: SEC Decides Gainesville Good-to-Go to Host Tennessee-Florida Game
The annual SEC East rivalry game between Tennessee and Florida won’t need to change its location after all. SEC officials have reportedly decided to keep Saturday’s game from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, despite the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in the local area, according to Volquest.com. BREAKING: Tennessee to play at Florida as scheduled at…
Read the full storyNFL Pondering Change for Titans-Jaguars Game
The NFL announced Monday that a decision on where Sunday’s game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans will be played is pending after Hurricane Irma hit Jacksonville over the weekend. The game is scheduled to be played at EverBank Field but according to reports the city is dealing with “record storm surge and immense flooding.”…
Read the full storySEC Assessing Tennessee-Florida Site Due to Hurricane Irma
The Southeastern Conference is discussing the effects of Hurricane Irma on the ability of No. 24 Florida to host No. 23 Tennessee on Saturday in Gainesville, Fla. The game is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET. “Now that the storm has passed through Gainesville, the University of Florida is working with local authorities to assess the effect…
Read the full storyQuarterbacks Return for Raiders, Titans
When the Oakland Raiders and Tennessee Titans open the season Sunday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, it will be more than a game matching teams with high expectations. It will also be a matchup of quarterbacks playing their first meaningful game since sustaining similar season-ending injuries on Christmas Eve. In the third quarter of a stunning…
Read the full storyThe NFL Season Kicks Off on Thursday: Here’s a Preview
Football season has finally arrived, and this year promises to be a great one! That means the next five months will be packed with the sizzle and suspense that comes only with the National Football League and will culminate with Super Bowl LII, which will be played on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota. Another cold weather Super Bowl this year, but at least it will be indoors this time. Here’s a quick round-up of what’s coming up on the gridiron… MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Thursday night (NBC, 8:30 PM ET) is the first game of NFL Kickoff 2017 Weekend. The opener features the Super Bowl champion NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS hosting the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. Last year, 146 games (57.0 percent) were decided by one score (eight points or fewer), the most of any season in NFL history. And there were six new playoff teams in 2016: Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, the New York Giants and Oakland. Since the 12-team playoff format was adopted in 1990, at least four teams have qualified for the playoffs in every season that were not in the postseason the year before. The 2017 season promises more of the same. 2017 comes packed with changes, quests and…
Read the full storyESPN Pulls Announcer Robert Lee — With Asian Heritage — from University of Virginia Football Game in Charlottesville
Apparently, even being Asian doesn’t mean people won’t take you for being a white nationalist. According to the popular college-football blog Outkick the Coverage, ESPN pulled an Asian announcer from calling a University of Virginia football game. The announcer’s name is Robert Lee. “Did I mention that Robert Lee is Asian?” blogger Clay Travis asked rhetorically…
Read the full storyScary Fireworks Mishap Singes Titan’s Nissan Stadium, Everyone’s Okay
There were some tense moments toward the end of the Independence Day fireworks display at Nissan Stadium Tuesday, as at least one shell fell, landing in the upper decks before exploding, TitansInsider.com reports. “It took place toward the end of the show,” Lansden Hill told TitansInsider.com. “The shells are supposed to go off in the air, but this one came back down and didn’t go off until it landed in the upper deck. Hill is the owner of Pyro Shows, which has been doing the fireworks show in Nashville for thirty years. “It was just one of those things that will occasionally happen,” Hill said. “That’s why the fire code requires that we keep the crowd a certain area away from it. We know out of every 1,000 shells not all of them are going to work right.” TitansInsider.com reported: The Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp confirmed that the damage had taken place to the stadium and that the extent of that damage was still be assessed. Personnel from the NCVC was on hand at the site around 3 p.m. Wednesday to begin assessing the damage. The firework shell hit on the west side of the upper deck of…
Read the full storyTitans RB De Marco Murray Recovering from Hand Procedure
Tennessee Titans running back DeMarco Murray is sporting a cast on his right hand, but coach Mike Mularkey didn’t appear to be too concerned on Thursday. Mularkey had a similar attitude in regard to the status of Tajae Sharpe as the second-year wide receiver recovers from last week’s foot surgery. “DeMarco had a little hand procedure.…
Read the full storySuper Bowl LI: New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons
The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons will be the two teams squaring off at the Super Bowl LI after the Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers to represent the AFC at next week’s clash. The Falcons, representing the NFC, were the first to enter Super Bowl LI after defeating the Green Bay Packers, 44-21. Including the loss…
Read the full storySurprise! Rutgers will have more Super Bowl players than any college program | Politi
So this is how the two-week-long recruiting video begins … Here is Mohamed Sanu, the talented Atlanta Falcons receiver, making a difficult catch for a touchdown in a second-straight playoff game and proving once again that he is an integral part of what has quickly become the NFL’s most dangerous offense. And here are Devin McCourty,…
Read the full storyFormer Vol star Jalen Hurd’s next official visit hints at future plans
Former Tennessee running back is a hot commodity on the transfer market and it looks like he will be staying Division-I rather than going down to the JUCO ranks to play immediately. There was some talk about Hurd potentially going pro and even switching positions to tight end considering he stands 6’4″ and weighs 240 pounds.…
Read the full storyRedskins QB Cousins heads Pro Bowl replacements
Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins will play in his first Pro Bowl as the replacement for Atlanta Falcons MVP candidate Matt Ryan, who is headed to his first Super Bowl. Cousins threw for 4,917 yards, 25 touchdowns and 12 interceptions this season. In the last two years, he has thrown for a combined 9,083 yards, 54…
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