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Tennessee has finally found its head coach after agreeing to terms with Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt on Wednesday night. However, the Vols will apparently need to have even more patience when it comes to their new coach’s timetable. According to ESPN’s Chris Low, Pruitt, who is expected to be officially announced as Tennessee’s new coach…
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Tennessee is expected to hire Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt as its new head coach, multiple outlets reported on Thursday. Pruitt, 43, has been the defensive coordinator with the Crimson Tide for the past two seasons. Alabama is ranked first nationally in scoring defense this season and second in total defense. ESPN reported that Pruitt intends…
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Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt has emerged as a top candidate for the head coaching position at Tennessee, sources confirmed to Sports Illustrated’s Bruce Feldman. According to Feldman’s sources, new UT athletic director Phillip Fulmer is campaigning for a “disciplinarian” coach “who can bring a more hard-nosed physical style to the program.”
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Lane Kiffin never seems to stop entertaining the college football world with his antics and, on Thanksgiving Day, the FAU head coach got back to his old tricks. Earlier in the season, Alabama head coach (and former Kiffin boss) Nick Saban launched into an amusing rant about “rat poison” from the media and, since then, Kiffin…
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It’s a pretty well known fact that former Nick Saban assistant coaches struggle against him when they meet head-to-head. However, when comparing former Saban assistant Kirby Smart, he seems to be doing just fine and has even managed to do something at Georgia in two years that Saban hasn’t done in a decade at Alabama.
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Death, taxes and the Alabama defense. The Crimson Tide earned the benefit of the doubt in the offseason, anointed No. 1 in the major polls despite sending seven defenders into the NFL Draft -- three in the first round and none lower than the fourth round. But, really. Was there ever a doubt? We've seen this…
