Arch Manning Makes Huge Decision on the Future That Greatly Impacts Tennessee vs Texas Next Season

With ongoing speculation of a possible entry into the NFL Draft next spring, it looks like Texas quarterback Arch Manning has made the decision to stick around college football and play with the Longhorns during the 2026 season. His father, Cooper Manning, confirmed the news to ESPN on Monday night. Manning returning to college football […]
PERSONAL ESSAY: A Vol Fan’s Guide To The Heisman Ceremony

By Walt Barron: A close, personal friend to Rocky Top Insider, Barron is a lifelong Vol fan who will travel when he can but mostly cheers for the Big Orange from his home in Durham, NC. Barron also writes personal stories about the Vols and all things sports on his Substack, Sportingly Yours. Vol fans, it’s […]
Joey Aguilar Passes Peyton Manning on the Tennessee Single-Season Passing Chart

One week after passing Hendon Hooker’s 2022 season passing yards total, Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar has now passed another legend in the Vol Football record books. With a 299-yard game against Vanderbilt last Saturday in the regular-season finale, Aguilar has officially surpassed Peyton Manning’s 1996 passing mark. Manning threw for 3,287 yards during the 1996 […]
Joey Aguilar Passes Hendon Hooker Passing Stat, Approaching Peyton Manning on the List

Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar surpassed 3,000 passing yards on the season during Saturday’s win over Florida in The Swamp. He entered the game with 2,941 yards through the air and passed the 3K mark with a 19-yard completion to Chris Brazzell in the first quarter. Aguilar is the fifth Tennessee player in history to achieve […]
Joey Aguilar Becomes Fifth Tennessee Quarterback To Achieve This Massive Passing Statistic

Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar surpassed 3,000 passing yards on the season during the Vols’ game against Florida on Saturday night in Gainesville. The senior quarterback entered the game with 2,941 passing yards and passed the 3,000 mark with a 19-yard strike to Chris Brazzell in the first quarter of the game on Saturday. Aguilar is […]
Peyton Manning At Sanford Stadium For Texas At Georgia

Former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning has made it a staple of attending Vol football games both home-and-away especially since his NFL playing days ended. But Manning was in attendance for a SEC football game unrelated to Tennessee Saturday night, attending Texas’ 35-10 loss at Georgia. Manning was inside Sanford Stadium to support his nephew Arch […]
Tony Vitello References Cast of Stars Including Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift, Zakai Zeigler in Farewell Interview to Tennessee

During his time at Tennessee, complete with a handful of SEC Championships and a National Championship ring, former UT baseball coach Tony Vitello became a rockstar. He was the edgy coach on the sideline of football games who was getting into lineman drills with assistant coaches or doing pushups at away games with the cheerleaders. […]
Tennessee Featured in Latest Episode of Manning Brothers’ ‘Chad Powers’ TV Show

If there were any Tennessee Volunteers Football fans watching the ‘Chad Powers’ show on Hulu Thursday, they may have had a Leonardo DiCaprio-pointing-at-the-TV-GIF type of moment during this week’s episode. ‘Chad Powers’, a Hulu show produced by Peyton and Eli Manning and based on the Omaha Productions’ Chad Powers skit, released its fourth episode of […]
Tennessee Target Erupts For Monster Showing in Rivalry Game With Peyton Manning in Attendance

Tennessee running back target David Gabriel Georges put out an unbelievable performance during a huge high school rivalry game in the Volunteer State on Friday night. Georges’ 280 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries helped Baylor pick up a 38-35 win over rival McCallie. One of Georges’ highlight plays came on a 53-yard […]
Peyton Manning, Tony Vitello Sitting Together At East Tennessee HS Football Rivalry Game

One of the best high school football rivalries in Tennessee was renewed Friday night when Chattanooga powers Baylor knocked off McCallie 38-35 in a thrilling regular-season matchup. There was no shortage of fans in attendance including Tennessee royalty Peyton Manning and Tony Vitello who were sitting together in the Baylor family section according to the […]