Vols' Ben Martin suffers Achilles injury

By Chris Low

After missing all of last season with a torn Achilles tendon, Tennessee defensive end Ben Martin has suffered another Achilles injury to his other leg and is scheduled to undergo surgery this week.


Martin, a rising senior, hopes to be able to rehabilitate fast enough following surgery to get back for the 2011 season, but there are no guarantees -- especially with a pair of Achilles injuries so close together.

With or without Martin, the Vols were counting on big sophomore seasons from Jacques Smith and Corey Miller. Both showed a lot of promise last season as true freshmen. Rising junior Willie Bohannon will also see his role increase in Tennessee's end rotation. Among them, Smith, Miller and Bohannon combined for five sacks last season and will be the only three scholarship ends on the roster this spring.

Malik Jackson, a rising senior, came to Tennessee from Southern California as an end, but moved to tackle midway through last season. He's expected to stay inside, where the Vols are equally thin.

Tennessee also signed two players in this recruiting class projected to play end -- Curt Maggitt and Jordan Williams.

NCAA to Smack Tennessee, Lane Kiffin

By Clay Travis

The NCAA will cite the University of Tennessee's football program with a failure to monitor a violation stemming from the short tenure of former head coach Lane Kiffin, multiple sources close to the investigation both inside and outside the university told FanHouse.

Derek Dooley more prepared for Tennessee job than his dad was for UGA?

Posted by Wright Blan

Former Georgia head mens' basketball coach Hugh Durham was asked recently about his thoughts on Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley and his father, former Georgia head football coach Vince Dooley. According to Durham, His Hairness was more prepared for the Tennessee job than his father was for Georgia.


Considering that the senior Dooley is winningest football coach in UGA history, that is saying a lot.