It's setting up to be the best environment inside Neyland Stadium in years. A pivotal game that could be the difference in Tennessee making a bowl or sitting at home for a 4th consecutive year, the checkerboard Neyland movement which promises to paint the stadium like never before, and an all-star list of recruiting prospects who will take it all in. It will be big.
A win would mean we simply need to take care of business against Kentucky at home and Vandy on the road (assuming we beat UTC which is a safe assumption) in order to make a bowl and show the world how far this program has progressed in such a short time and how prepared it is to take the next step.
As I mentioned, it will be a big weekend for recruiting as several prospects Tennessee is chasing will be taking official visits along with several more who will be on unofficial visits. I've compiled a list of who will be there and will just mention briefly that while Ugo Amadi and Kyle Phillips initially planned to be in attendance, they have ultimately decided to attend the Ole Miss/Bama game instead. Here's the list.
2015 Official Visitors
- LB Ricky Deberry
- OT Pat Allen
- DT Kahlil McKenzie (commit)
- RB Johnny Frasier
- CB Mook Reynolds
- DE Darrell Taylor (commit)
- CB Micah Abernathy
- OL Matthew Burrell
2015
- LB Jerome Baker?
- RB Ke'Shawn Vaughn
- LB Quarte Sapp
- DE De'Andre Walker
- DE Andrew Butcher
- DT Shy Tuttle
- DT Khalil McKenzie
- QB Quinten Dormady
- P Tommy Townsend
- OL Jack Jones
- WR Preston Williams
- LB Austin Smith
- DT Quay Piccou
- OL Chance Hall
- TE Kyle Oliver
- RB Tavien Feaster
- LB Jaleel Laguins
- CB Rontavius Groves
- DB Nigel Warrior
- RB Elijah Holyfield
- LB Daniel Bituli
- OL Drake Jackson
- RB Antonio Williams
- OT Bryce Mathews
- TE Gabe Angel
- ATH Maleik Gray
- RB Ty Chandler
- OL Cade Mays
