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Broncos Sign Malik Jackson To Contract

By Jason Yellin on May 18, 2012 6:29 PM | No TrackBacks

The Broncos have signed DE Malik Jackson, the second 2012 draft pick to sign with the team.
-- Denver Broncos (@Denver_Broncos) May 18, 2012

Officially a Denver Bronco. signed my contract today with a huge grin on my face. I just wanna say anything is possible #God_Willing.
-- Malik Barron Jackson (@TheMalikJackson) May 19, 2012

The Denver Broncos announced the signing of former Vol Malik Jackson. Malik was selected in the fifth round with the 137th overall selection of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Here is a feature from the website Predominantly Orange: DE Malik Jackson Accustomed to Transitions

Happy Birthday - May 18: Kristin Coggin, Maddie Garrett

By Jason Yellin on May 18, 2012 6:25 PM | No TrackBacks

Happy Birthday on May 18 to senior rower Kristin Coggin and senior swimmer Maddie Garrett.

Kristin Coggin Maddie Garrett

SEC and Big 12 Champions to Meet in Post-Season Bowl Game

By Jason Yellin on May 18, 2012 2:20 PM | No TrackBacks

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 Conference announced today a five-year agreement for their football champions to meet in a post-season bowl game following the 2014 season.

The champions of the two conferences will be in the matchup unless one or both are selected to play in the new four-team model to determine the national championship. Should that occur, another deserving team from the conference(s) would be selected for the game.

"A new January bowl tradition is born," said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. "This new game will provide a great match-up between the two most successful conferences in the BCS era and will complement the exciting post-season atmosphere created by the new four-team model. Most importantly, it will provide our student-athletes, coaches and fans with an outstanding bowl experience."

"Our goal is to provide the fans across the country with a New Year's Day prime-time tradition," commented acting Big 12 Conference Commissioner Chuck Neinas. "This is a landmark agreement between two of the most successful football conferences during the BCS era to stage a post-season event. The creation of this game featuring the champions of the Big 12 and SEC will have tremendous resonance in college football."

"I am very excited by the prospects for a game between our champion and the champion of the Southeastern Conference," added in-coming Big 12 Conference Commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

During the 14-year history of the Bowl Championship Series the Big 12 and SEC lead the nation with 11 seasons in which each conference has had at least one team ranked in the top four of the final BCS standings. Both conferences share the top spot all-time with 14 teams each that have finished in the top four of the final BCS Standings. The two conferences have combined for 16 appearances in the BCS National Championship Game, with the Big 12 ranking second behind the SEC's nine appearances with seven trips to the National Championship Game.

The two league champions have met twice in BCS bowl games since 1998, both in BCS National Championship Games. In 2010, Alabama defeated Texas, 37-21, in Pasadena, Cal., and in 2009, Florida defeated Oklahoma, 24-14, in Miami, Fla.

Specific details, including host site(s), will be announced at a later date.

Read the official release: SEC and Big 12 Champions to Meet in Post-Season Bowl Game

Zach Osborne Discusses LLWS Past in CSS Feature

By Cameron Harris on May 18, 2012 12:44 PM | No TrackBacks

As Tennessee senior shortstop Zach Osborne wraps up his collegiate career this weekend, CSS takes a look back at his younger days when he helped a Louisville team coached by his dad to the Little League World Series championship, earning MVP honors in the process.

Friday's Tennessee Football Briefing (5/18)

By Jason Yellin on May 18, 2012 7:48 AM | No TrackBacks

On Thursday, it was announced the Vols Will Spend A Week Of Preseason Camp In Johnson City. Check out these stories from the media:

- Knoxville News Sentinel: UT to spend a week of training camp at Milligan College

- Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tennessee Vols to spend week of camp at Milligan

- Associated Press: Tennessee to train at Milligan for week in August

- ESPN.com: Vols to go on the road in preseason

- Elizabethton Star: UT Football team to conduct fall training camp at Milligan College

- Nooga.com: Vols to hold portion of fall camp at Johnson City's Milligan College

- Tricities Times: Tennessee to train at Milligan for week

Also, the Examiner has this piece on Derek Dooley: Interview with Tennessee coach Derek Dooley talking Vols roster

Inside Tennessee has its second part of an interview with Dooley as well: Q&A with Derek Dooley, Part II

Happy Birthday - May 17: Diver Mauricio Robles

By Jason Yellin on May 17, 2012 6:23 PM | No TrackBacks

On May 17, we wish Happy Birthday to diver Mauricio Robles

Mauricio Robles

Caravan Stop Hits Jacksonville, Florida

By Jason Yellin on May 17, 2012 7:15 AM | No TrackBacks

First-year Tennessee women's basketball coach Holly Warlick enjoyed a homecoming of sorts Wednesday night in Jacksonville.

Warlick, who succeeded the iconic Pat Summitt after serving as an assistant under her for 27 years, was part of Tennessee's Big Orange Caravan that enjoyed a reception with Volunteers fans at San Jose Country Club.

Warlick spent summers in Jacksonville growing up staying with her grandmother. She was welcomed to town Wednesday by several family members, including her aunt and uncle, Vicki and Steve Long of Jacksonville.

Read the full story in the Florida Times-Union: New Lady Vols coach cherishes her ties to Jacksonville.

Also from Wednesday's Caravan, GoVols247 was on hand and filed these two stories: UT Caravan shifts south to Florida and Caravan notes: Academic chatter

Clinkscales & McKenzie Added To Oakland Raiders Staff

By Andrew Lentz on May 16, 2012 2:59 PM | No TrackBacks

RAIDERS RELEASE

The Oakland Raiders announced a restructuring of their player personnel department Tuesday, adding a pair of former Vols to their organization. Joey Clinkscales was named Oakland's Director of Player Personnel, while Raleigh McKenzie will serve as a college scout.

Clinkscales, who spent the last 17 seasons as the New York Jets' Vice President of College Scouting, played wide receiver at Tennessee from 1984-86. A team captain and Tennessee's leading receiver in 1986, Clinkscales played in 30 games for the Big Orange, totaling 68 receptions for 1,105 yards and 10 touchdowns.

After playing in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Clinkscales focused on a career in scouting.

McKenzie, a Tennessee letterwinner from 1982-84, played 36 games on the offensive line for the Vols. He went on to play for the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers and Green Bay Packers, and was named to the All-NFL team in 1991.

Former UT wide receiver Denarius Moore is the lone active Vol on the Oakland Raiders roster. As a rookie in 2011, Moore caught 33 passes for 618 yards and five touchdowns, while adding five rushes for 61 yards and a TD.

Wednesday's Tennessee Football Briefing (5/16)

By Jason Yellin on May 16, 2012 11:47 AM | No TrackBacks

- Volquest continues its positional series with a look at the defensive line: Breaking down the DL.

- Inside Tennessee has Derek Dooley's comments on Phillip Fulmer's selection to the College Football Hall of Fame and more in this story: Fulmer and recruiting.

- The Chattanooga Times Free Press has another story on Derek Dooley and Dave Hart's take on Fulmer's selection: Dooley, Hart laud Fulmer.

- Here are more Stories On Phillip Fulmer's Selection To College Hall of Fame