Adam Sparks

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Adam Sparks

ReliaQuest, Music City or Gator Bowls appear most likely for Tennessee in the 2025 season. A College Football Playoff appearance is possible but depends on the Vols reloading at key positions. The team's performance will hinge on the play of new quarterback Joey Aguilar or Jake Merklinger, as well a rebuilt offensive line and receiving corps. Tennessee football has finished Josh Heupel’s four seasons in Florida twice, Nashville once and, most recently, at Ohio State in the College Football Playoff.

1 week ago | dnj.com | Adam Sparks

Tennessee football has finished Josh Heupel’s four seasons in Florida twice, Nashville once and, most recently, at Ohio State in the College Football Playoff. Specifically, the Vols played in the Music City Bowl, Orange Bowl, Citrus Bowl and a CFP first-round game. There are reasons to believe they could return to one of those sites during the 2025 bowl season or land in a different postseason game.

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Adam Sparks

Josh Heupel volunteered at the All Pro Dad Experience at Neyland Stadium, emphasizing the importance of fathers in families. Heupel incorporates his son, Jace, into the Volunteers football activities, mirroring his own childhood experiences. Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel spent Father’s Day as a dad recruiting, just as he did for much of his childhood as a son. Heupel said he used to skip school to travel with his dad on recruiting trips, an annual tradition that often frustrated his mother.

1 week ago | dnj.com | Adam Sparks

Paul Finebaum was warned about Grant Frerking’s financial scams that ended a string of appearances by the embattled former University of Tennessee football player on his SEC Network show. Finebaum declined to disclose who warned him a few weeks ago, but he appreciated the heads up. “I was told beware,” Finebaum, a University of Tennessee alum, told Knox News on June 17. “Until then, I thought Grant Frerking was one of the nicest guys that I’d ever met.

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Adam Sparks

Paul Finebaum was warned about Grant Frerking's financial scams a few weeks before a Knox News investigative report revealed them. Finebaum had dinner with Frerking, his parents, Clay Travis, and Shannon Terry in September 2023. Frerking appeared on Finebaum's show nine times, sometimes representing UT as a former player and consultant, a role he hid from his employer On3. Heupel thanked Finebaum for having Frerking on his show, unaware of the financial issues.