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Former Vols’ offensive lineman to play for former Tennessee assistant

A former Vols’ offensive lineman will play for a former Tennessee assistant.

Redshirt senior offensive lineman K’Rojhn Calbert entered the NCAA transfer portal Jan. 12.

Calbert has transferred to Eastern Kentucky.

“It all starts up front,” Eastern Kentucky announced of Calbert joining the Colonels. “Huge get for the offensive line with K’Rojhn Calbert.”

The 6-foot-5, 325-pound Calbert appeared in 33 games for Tennessee from 2018-21.

Calbert will play for Eastern Kentucky head coach Walt Wells. Wells coached at Tennessee in 2016 (offensive quality control) and 2017 (offensive line).

Calbert came to the Vols from Warren County High School in McMinnville, Tennessee.

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Browns Vs Lions: Who is QB Tim Boyle?

Who is Tim Boyle and did he create his own college highlight reel and put it up on YouTube? We try to answer both questions:

The Detroit Lions are doubtful to have quarterback Jared Goff available to start for them against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Week 11. Goff was injured against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 10 but was able to finish the game.

If Goff can’t play, as expected, Tim Boyle is likely to start in his place with David Blough backing him up. Boyle is an unknown to many fans especially the Browns. Here is what we know about him before he likely starts in Cleveland:

6’3″, 220+ pounds
Undrafted out of Eastern Kentucky where he threw for over 2,000 yards, 11 TDs and 13 INTs as a senior in 2017
Strong arm not highly mobile
Played in 11 games for the Green Bay Packers since entering the league in 2018
Has completed three of his four pass attempts as a pro for 15 yards and one first down
Was mostly used late in blowout games for the Packers where he is credited with 18 rushes for -16 yards as he kneeled the ball to end games
He may have made his own college highlight reel on YouTube (the poster is Tim Boyle in a video of Tim Boyle) at the end of his senior season:

In Week 11, Boyle steps in against Myles Garrett, Jadeveon Clowney and the rest of the Cleveland defense in desperate need of another big game. While his history lacks any reason to believe he will be successful, anything can happen on a given Sunday in the NFL.

Mark Stoops discusses Kentucky-Tennessee game

Wildcats’ head coach Mark Stoops discusses the Kentucky-Tennessee game.

Tennessee (5-4, 3-3 SEC) defeated Kentucky (6-3, 4-3 SEC), 45-42, at Kroger Field in Lexington Saturday.

Following the contest, Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops met with media and discussed the Wildcats’ performance.

“Absolutely incredible football game,” Stoops said. “Extremely disappointed for our players and our fans. Very difficult loss. Not sure I’ve been a part of one quite like that where we’re so good in so many ways and absolutely not good enough in so many different ways, as well, so a lot of great things to build on offensively. Haven’t had production like that for some time, and it was so good to see. Defensively, obviously, we have some struggles, and we’ve got to get some things fixed. We are being put on an island on certain situations that we’re not winning enough. We’re not winning enough battles. You heard me talk about that for years, and a team like that puts an awful lot of stress on you sideline to sideline and then obviously with the vertical passing game, and we didn’t keep up with them. We didn’t tackle very good in space and we didn’t cover very good.

“What I did like about our team as compared to last week when we traded jabs or shots or whatever you want to call it, when we took a punch, I loved the fact that our team responded and came right back, and defensively did come up with some stops. That gave us a chance and we came up a few yards short again. Probably, I don’t know, maybe 10 yards for a field goal there. Give them credit, they are playing at an extremely high level in particular on the offensive side and had some tough match ups for us, and we’ve got to play better.”

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NCAA Tournament: Lady Vols defeat Eastern Kentucky in opener

Lady Vols notch 8-1 victory over Eastern Kentucky.

The Lady Vols (42-13) opened the NCAA Tournament on a winning note Friday.

No. 18 Tennessee, the tournament’s No. 16 national seed, defeated Eastern Kentucky, 8-1, in the opening round of the Knoxville Regional at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.

The Lady Vols will advance to play No. 22 James Madison (35-1) in a winners bracket game at noon EDT Saturday.

The Dukes outlasted Liberty, 4-3, in 10 innings Friday.

Amanda Ayala went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for Tennessee. Ayala scored the game’s first run when she came home on a first-inning single by Ashley Morgan.

After the Colonels (35-16) scored a run in the top of the second frame to even the game, 1-1, UT broke the tie in the bottom of the fifth.

The Lady Vols took a 3-1 lead in the inning as Ayala and Madison Webber came up with RBI singles.

The Lady Vols then scored five runs in the sixth. Ivy Davis hit a three-run homer out of the park.

On the mound, Tennessee junior Ashley Rogers tossed a complete game, yielding one run and four hits.

Rogers, who improved to 28-6 on the season, finished the contest with six strikeouts.

Vols defeat Eastern Kentucky

Recapping UT’s victory over the Colonels Tuesday night.

The winning streak reached three for Tennessee Tuesday night as they captured a 10-1 midweek victory over Eastern Kentucky at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Tennessee, the No. 4 ranked team in the nation, scored four runs in the first inning en route to earning its second victory over the Colonels (9-18) this season.

Logan Steenstra, who played shortstop against Alabama over the weekend, continued to swing a hot bat as he went 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and three RBIs.

His double gave the Vols a 4-0 lead as it plated Trey Lipscomb, who started the scoring with a two-run double.

Tennessee picked up its third run on a sacrifice fly by Luc Lipcius.

Eastern Kentucky pulled to within 4-1 in the top of the fourth on an RBI single by Kendal Ewell before the Vols answered in the bottom of the frame on scoring single by Jake Rucker.

Steenstra had a two-run single in the fifth and Joel Ortega drove in another run for the Vols with a hit to make it 8-1.

Jordan Beck closed out the scoring with a two-run double in the eighth.

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Vols victorious over Eastern Kentucky

Recapping UT baseball team’s win over Eastern Kentucky Tuesday.

Tennessee scored runs in bunches Tuesday night in a midweek game against Eastern Kentucky.

The Vols used a seven-run fifth inning to notch a 13-5 victory at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The No. 9 Volunteers totaled 12 hits against the Colonels (8-11) with six going for extra bases.

Third baseman Trey Lipscomb went 3-for-5 and drove in four runs for Tennessee (18-4). He had a double, home run and scored a run.

Drew Gilbert, the Vols’ starting left fielder, who pitched the ninth inning, went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored for Tennessee, which scored three runs in the first and three more in the fourth.

UT scored seven runs in the fifth inning.

Courtland Lawson hit a two-run homer for the Vols and Kyle Booker chipped in with an RBI.

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Lady Vols sweep EKU on the diamond

Tennessee opens season by besting Eastern Kentucky in softball double-header.

After nearly a full calendar year away from the diamond, the University of Tennessee softball team made a triumphant return Sunday afternoon.

The Lady Vols saw their first action in 342 days after last season was prematurely ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic last March.

They also had to wait a little longer to get the 2021 campaign underway as their season-opening tournament was rained out Friday in Conway, South Carolina.

UT’s coaching staff scheduled a double-header Sunday against Eastern Kentucky. Tennessee swept the twin bill against the Colonels, 10-0 and 3-2, at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.

The day marked Tennessee’s first-ever season-opener at home.

In the opener Sunday afternoon, the Lady Vols ended things early as they run-ruled Eastern Kentucky, 10-0.

In that game, the Lady Vols clubbed four home runs as Kiki Milloy, Ally Shipman, Ashley Morgan and Ivy Davis all went deep for Tennessee, which scored two runs in the bottom of the second inning and added eight more during the third frame.

In the circle, Ashley Rogers, who missed the abbreviated 2020 campaign due to injury, returned and was impressive as she hurled a complete game and surrendered one hit and two walks, while matching a career-high with 13 strikeouts.

In the second game, Shipman homered for the Big Orange (2-0), which nabbed a comeback win with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Bailey McCachren started and went five innings and capturing a victory in the circle. She went five innings and surrendered two runs, two hits and two walks. She fanned three EKU hitters before giving way to Rogers, who tossed a pair of scoreless innings in relief. She struck out five in her second appearance of the day.

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Walt Wells discusses becoming Eastern Kentucky’s head coach

Eastern Kentucky hires Walt Wells as head coach.

RICHMOND — Walt Wells was named Eastern Kentucky’s head coach on Dec. 9.

Wells has spent the last four seasons coaching in the Southeastern Conference, serving as an offensive quality control assistant at Kentucky (2018-19) and at Tennessee in 2016 (offensive quality control) and 2017 (offensive line).

Wells joined the show ‘Tennessee Two-A-Days’ to discuss becoming Eastern Kentucky’s head coach and his time at Kentucky and Tennessee.

The entire interview can be listened to here.

Walt Wells’ coaching experience

Smyrna (Tenn.) High School (Assistant coach, 1992-93)
Cumberland University (Assistant head coach/Offensive coordinator, 1994-96)
Eastern Kentucky (Offensive line/Tight ends, 1997-02)
Western Kentucky (Offensive line, 2003-08), (Offensive coordinator/Offensive line, 2009), (Running game coordinator/Offensive line, 2010-12)
South Florida (Offensive coordinator/Offensive line, 2013)
New Mexico State (Offensive line, 2014)
Eastern Kentucky (Assistant head coach/Offensive line, 2015)
Tennessee (Offensive quality control, 2016), (Offensive line, 2017)
Kentucky (Offensive quality control, 2018-19)

Saints sign pass rusher Noah Spence, former Bucs second-round pick

The New Orleans Saints signed ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneers second-round draft pick Noah Spence, a pass rusher they’ve been monitoring for a while

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The New Orleans Saints are marching on without starting defensive end Marcus Davenport, whose season is over with a foot injury. That loss prompted the team to work out several free agent pass rushers on Tuesday, including NFL veterans Noah Spence, Shane Ray, and Chris Smith.

Per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, the Saints liked what they saw out of Spence enough to sign him. He’s been on their radar for a while now, going back to the months before the 2016 NFL Draft, when the former Ohio State star transferred to Eastern Kentucky after his Buckeyes career turned south. The 6-foot-5, 251-pound sack artist showed teams plenty to like in his game tape (picking up 20.5 sacks between his stops at two schools), and by all accounts impressed teams in pre-draft interviews.

New Orleans wasn’t able to draft him, however — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Spence with the 39th overall selection, just ahead of the Saints’ first pick in the second round. They went on to draft two of his former Buckeyes teammates in wide receiver Michael Thomas (at No. 47) and safety Vonn Bell (at No. 61), so Spence will now get to play alongside them again, as well as former Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple.

Shoulder and wrist injuries limited Spence to just 34 game appearances in his three-year stint with the Buccaneers and eventually ended his tenure there, though he was able to make plays in the pass-rush rotation with 6.5 sacks and four forced fumbles. The Saints have to hope he can contribute in their own defensive ends lineup behind Cameron Jordan, Trey Hendrickson, and Carl Granderson. Defensive tackle/end hybrid Mario Edwards Jr. can also step in as needed.

The corresponding move to Spence’s signing is up in the air for now, but with both Davenport and defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins on the mend, it’s likely one of them lands on injured reserve to open a spot on the 53-man roster for him.

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