Tennessee Volunteers NCAA Football News

Jonathan Crompton has joined some elite company at the University of Tennessee. Think Erik Ainge, Heath Shuler, Peyton Manning.

Tennessee is trending upward, appearing to have successfully navigated the meat of the Kiffin Chimera's learning curve.

Jonathan Crompton threw for a career high 331 yards and tied his career best with five touchdown tosses as the Vols beat Memphis 56-28 on Homecoming for the Volunteers.

For the University of Memphis football program, its 11 trips to east Tennessee since the late 1960s to play the Volunteers have produced a shutout.

KNOXVILLE - "Mum" was the word when it came to producing the University of Tennessee's first black football jerseys in almost 90 years.

Dan Williams doesn't garner the kind of attention safety Eric Berry gets. He hasn't racked up as many tackles as linebacker Rico McCoy or as many sacks as defensive end Chris Walker.

He's been lost since the last drive of the first half against Auburn. But during the intermission of the Vols' Halloween contest against South Carolina, Tennessee quarterback Jonathan Crompton finally showed up and played the second half.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee has lost its starting middle linebacker because of a season-ending injury for the second time this season.

Best trick. Warming up in all orange and then making the switcheroo right before racing out of the tunnel in black jerseys and orange pants.

Georgia wore black against Alabama; you see how well that worked out for them. So after much speculation, rumors from a couple anonymous players, and a surprising amount of debate on the end of Tennessee fans, the team didn't disappoint.

Freshman wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson did not attend Tennessee's brief Sunday night practice.

Immediately following the victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks , the Tennessee Volunteers picked up a commitment from junior college defensive end / tight end Ken Adams.

Decked out in black jerseys, Tennessee took three South Carolina fumbles and turned them into touchdowns as the Volunteers beat the No.

As much as the upset is a part of college football, so too is the Houdini-like escape of a national power to avoid such a fate.

KNOXVILLE - Count rapper Lil Wayne among the fans of Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin and his big mouth.

South Carolina has earned most of its wins this season without much flair. The 21st-ranked Gamecocks, though, will take any kind of victory they can get Saturday night at Tennessee, where they've won once in 14 tries.

The big news out of Knoxville on Tuesday? Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin said nothing controversial during his weekly teleconference, which might constitute a stop-the-presses moment given his 11-month history on the job.

Tennessee's Lane Kiffin was asked several times about his reprimand from the SEC during Tuesday's Media Day, but declined to comment further.

Willie Bohannon was hoping to get some playing time at Tennessee this year, but he wasn't necessarily expecting to get it like this.

Perhaps Texas deserves a turn at the top. Another week, another set of stumbling performances by college football's supposed elite.