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Tennessee defensive backs coach Willie Martinez, running backs coach Jerry Mack and select players will meet with the media beginning at 11:15 a.m. ET.

Updates here and on Twitter @TennesseeRivals

Tennessee practiced with crowd noise today. They pumped it in through the speaker along with Alabama fight songs.

The Vols haven't looked sharp on the road recently.

However, with Cooper Mays back, an improvement may be seen.

MORE: https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/t...e-road-communication-with-healthy-cooper-mays

Tennessee baseball held a short scrimmage on Monday.

Here are my notes and observations.

*All counts started at 1-1

Lineups:​

Black team (Away)
CF - Colby Backus
C - Stone Lawless
SS - Ariel Antigua
DH (no running) - Robin Villeneuve
DH - Cannon Peebles
1B - Blake Grimmer
LF - Hunter Ensley
OF - Kavares Tears
3B - Dean Curley
RF - Jeremy Comer
2B - Camden Bates
2B - Hunter High
DH - Cal Stark

Orange team (Home)
CF - Holden Brauner
C - Charlie Taylor
RF - Reece Chapman
2B - Christian Moore
3B - Ethan Payne
SS - Alex Perry
1b - Blake Burke
OF - Dylan Dreiling
DH - Billy Amick
DH/C - Dalton Bargo
DH - Marcus Phillips
DH - Brayden Sharp
DH - Cole Eaton

Results:​

(T1) RHP - Drew Beam
Backus - F9
Lawless - F9
Antigua - F9

0-0

(B1) LHP - Zander Sechrist
Brauner - 4-3
Taylor - Single to right
Chapman - F6
Moore - K (swinging)

0-0

(T2) RHP - Drew Beam
Villeneuve - K (swinging)
Peebles - Walk
*Peebles steals second*
Grimmer - F7
Ensley - 4-3

0-0

(B2) LHP - Zander Sechrist
Payne - Single to right (first pitch)
Perry - INF single to short (first pitch)
Burke - HBP
Dreiling - SF8, all runners advance, RBI
Amick - K (swinging)
Bargo - 4-3

1-0 Orange

(T3) RHP - Brady Robertson
Tears - K (looking)
Curley - HR (dead center, off batters eye)
*Curley didn't step on first, ruled out*
Comer - Single to left
*Comer caught stealing (bad slide)*

1-0 Orange

(B3) RHP - AJ Causey
Phillips - Single to right
Sharp - F5
Eaton - K (looking)
Brauner - Walk
Taylor - 1-3

1-0 Orange

(T4) RHP - Brady Robertson
Bates - Triple to right-center
High - Walk
Stark - HBP
Backus - K (swinging)
Lawless - SF7, RBI
Antigua - Double to left, 2 RBI
*Inning called (pitch count)*

3-1 Black

(B4) RHP - AJ Causey
Chapman - K (swinging)
Moore - K (swinging)
Payne - Single to right
Perry - Walk
Burke - 6-3

3-1 Black

(T5) RHP - Hunter Sloop
Villeneuve - 6-3
Peebles - Walk
Grimmer - Walk
Ensley - Single to left, RBI
Tears - K (foul tip)
*inning called*

4-1 Black

(B5) RHP - Hunter Sloop
Dreiling - Double to right-center
Amick - Walk
Bargo - Walk
Phillips - K (swinging)
Sharp - Walk
*inning called*

4-2 Black

Thoughts​

- Causey looked sharp, off-speed is solid. 1-1 counts hurt him.
- Curley showed off power
- Payne had two singles
- Beam dominated outside one walk

Takeaways from what Josh Heupel, Cooper Mays and Jacob Warren said about the win over Texas A&M and the Vols' upcoming game against Alabama on Saturday: https://Tennessee.rivals.com/news/p...ols-look-to-carry-momentum-into-alabama-clash

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Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and select players will meet with the media beginning at 12:15 p.m. ET.

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QB inept, OL and DL lines mediocre at best, DB's striving for mediocrity.

Hope no one's feelings are hurt.

Dee Williams named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week, James Pearce Jr. named Defensive Lineman of the Week.

The latest in today's Recruiting Rumor Mill:

Vols at No. 9, highest ranked SEC team https://Tennessee.rivals.com/news/vols-debut-at-no-9-in-preseason-ap-top-25-hoops-poll

Dee Williams has officially made the switch to offense.

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Is A Little Better Than JG

Full snap counts and game grades from the win.

No surprise the defense dominated:

Tennessee men's basketball is ranked No. 8 in the Ken Pomeroy's preseason rankings.

Vols are predicted to go 21-8 in the regular season and 12-6 in SEC play.

I have never see a game with so many non calls. Not bad call , just no calls.

Tennessee beat Alabama, 52-49.

Outside of covering a national championship, I don’t know if anything will top this in my career covering Tennessee.

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Tennessee used virtually the same play call with different personnel on the two interceptions:

Up two spots to No. 19

Alabama and Georgia survived. Missouri came from behind to rout Kentucky. Here is what we learned on Saturday: https://Tennessee.rivals.com/news/what-we-learned-about-vols-sec-opponents-in-week-7

For the first time in his career, Heupel has coached a team to a win while scoring less than 30 points.

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