Once every two years, Vanderbilt Stadium takes on a decided orange tint. Saturday is time to test that phenomenon again.
Tennessee football fans tend to swamp Vanderbilt’s cozy, 39,773-seat stadium when the Vols (3-7, 1-5 SEC) visit Nashville every other season. Some UT zealots even buy Vanderbilt season tickets just for the one game.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - With the success No. 3 Florida has had this season, coach Urban Meyer believes both his coordinators could have opportunities to become head coaches next season.

What better place than a basketball court to put a new spin on a 40-year-old community service program.

INDIANAPOLIS — Peyton Manning watches the last three games and sees progress.
Not perfection, but at least he and the Colts are beginning to play like their old selves.
Manning is throwing more touchdowns, fewer interceptions, avoiding sacks and winning games with his masterful play calling. He’s spreading the ball around, opening up running lanes with passes and, yes, he’s finally in sync with the receivers.

Tennessee junior Tyler Smith takes it all in stride, like one might expect from a veteran.

As we go through Week 3 of "Tennessee Without A Football Coach," you probably have concluded that UT isn't any closer to naming a new coach than it was in Week 1.

Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton hasn't had a lot of fun the last six weeks. After giving up the starting job to Nick Stephens following a 14-12 loss at Auburn in September, he's played sparingly. The Vols (3-7) went just 2-4 during that stretch.

In some rare public comments concerning Tennessee’s search for a new football coach, UT athletic director Mike Hamilton said the search process should conclude within a month.
“I think it’s reasonable to expect that sometime early to mid-December,” Hamilton said when asked about his timeline on WNOX’s Hallerin Hilton Hill radio show on Wednesday morning. “But I don’t want to put a date on it because as surely as you put a date on it, then if you don’t have a contract nailed down by that point then people assume you’re not getting your guy.”

Linebacker Rennie Curran is willing to acknowledge what he says some of his teammates won't admit: He reads what the fans post on the Internet about Georgia's defense.

Knowshon Moreno and Marquise Maze won’t likely believe it but there was a time when Tennessee super safety Eric Berry didn’t like to hit. “I had to catch my tackling up,” Berry said. “Back in little league, we did a tackling circuit everyday because I really wasn’t that good at tackling and didn’t like contact until I was about 12.”

Tennessee's victory over UT Martin was virtually assured by halftime. But that didn't kill the suspense at Thompson-Boling Arena on Tuesday night. As the Vols struggled down the stretch of a one-sided game, you could sense the tension in the hungry crowd.

OXFORD, Miss. - Mississippi junior forward Eniel Polynice had knee surgery Tuesday and will miss the rest of the season.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Deon Thompson scored a career-high 20 points to help top-ranked North Carolina beat Kentucky 77-58 on Tuesday night despite playing yet again without national player of the year Tyler Hansbrough.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Forget the doom and gloom of last weekend’s 50-point loss. South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said Tuesday his team will be ready in two weeks against Clemson and he plans to be with the Gamecocks for four or five more years.
South Carolina practiced for the first time since losing 56-6 to Florida, working out indoors to get out of the cold. The Gamecocks are off this week before ending the regular season at Clemson on Nov. 29.

Andre Sterling has found what he needed at Virginia's Hargrave Military Academy.

Tennessee set a school record with its 34th consecutive home-court victory Tuesday night, not that coach Bruce Pearl noticed or cared. Pearl was in no mood to celebrate UT’s 91-64 victory over UT Martin in Thompson-Boling Arena, much less the record.

Virginia gave Tennessee 83 reasons to be worried about its women's basketball defense Monday night.

Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer maintains he's only thinking about the short-term future, even though he keeps getting asked about his long-term plans.

Phillip Fulmer had some interesting praise for Vanderbilt on Tuesday. "They've done a good job of using their personnel,'' said Tennessee's head coach. "Particularly when D.J. Moore comes over and gives 'em some plays from an offensive standpoint."

AUSTIN, Texas — Cross off a potential candidate for the vacancy at Tennessee.
Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp has been designated head coach-in-waiting by the university, expected to take over the Longhorns when coach Mack Brown retires.