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Tennessee’s Defensive Success Is Good Enough To Secure Top 3 In Multiple Categories
The Tennessee Volunteers have been statistically known for their offense for the past four seasons. That isn’t the case this year as Tennessee’s defense has been in the headlines just as much as the offense. This defense has been the leading team or a top 5 team for many statistical categories that would result in Tennessee being a top 3 defense in the country.
Tennessee’s defense has been led through this great start to the season by long-time defensive coordinator Tim Banks who has improved his defense tremendously. Banks has done so well that many believe he could get offered a head coaching gig somewhere else if he keeps it up. Similar to former offensive coordinator Alex Golesh who’s now the head coach at a growing USF football program.
Tennessee is first in total defense as they only give up around 176 yards per game on average. They are also second in rush defense with a rate of 50.8 per game. This past game was the fourth straight contest that the Vols have had their opponent under 75 yards rushing. The Vols touchdown streak was snapped against Oklahoma, however, the Vols have only given up two touchdowns in the last 20 quarters.
The third-down defense has been a huge success for the Volunteers, as they have the 3rd best rate in the nation. Tennessee has only allowed 17% effectiveness on third down. Big plays haven’t been much of a factor either as the Vols have only allowed one play over 30 yards this season.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – We’re experiencing our hottest weather since summer 2025.
The hottest weather of the year is having a major impact on Middle Tennesseans. Temperatures have soared well above average during the afternoon and remained unusually high at night for several days. That’s caused thousands across Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky to temporarily change the way they go about everyday life. The heat has been so significant that temperatures have actually been in record territory.
For example, this past Sunday, Nashville nearly tied the highest minimum temperature ever for the date — 80° set in 1936. Nashville’s low on Sunday was 79.
As for high temperatures, while it was easily the hottest day of the year on Tuesday, Nashville missed that day’s record by nine degrees.
We’ll be closer on Wednesday, missing it by just six degrees.
There’s an even closer approach in line for Thursday. Our forecast for Nashville is 98°. The record high temperature is 101.
Cooler weather will eventually take over. By early next week, we expect highs to return to more seasonable levels — the low 90s.
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Former Tennessee baseball pitcher Garrett Stallings was called up by the Milwaukee Brewers on June 30.
Stallings, 28, likely will make his major league debut against the Cincinnati Reds on June 30 in the second game of the Brewers’ four-game homestand.
Stallings played at Tennessee from 2017 to 2019 in the early years of Tony Vitello’s stint at the Vols’ head coach. He earned a starting role as a freshman and became the ace by his junior season.
In 2019, the Los Angeles Angels selected Stallings in the fifth round of the MLB draft. He bounced around in the minors before landing firmly in Triple-A with the Norfolk Tides, and later the Brewers’ affiliate Nashville Sounds, in 2024.
Stallings posted a 3-3 record with the Sounds in 2026 with a 3.45 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 62⅔ innings.
He will be the 54th player in Tennessee history to reach the major leagues and the 12th since 2020. He will join left-hander Garrett Crochet (2020); right-hander Ben Joyce (2023); infielder Andre Lipcius (2023); IF Trey Lipscomb (2024); outfielder Jordan Beck (2024); RHP Seth Halvorsen (2024); RHP Chase Dollander (2025); RHP Blade Tidwell (2025); INF Christian Moore (2025); OF Drew Gilbert (2025); and RHP Chad Dallas (2026).
Dallas made his debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on June 4.
Wynton Jackson covers high school sports for Knox News. Email: wynton.jackson@knoxnews.com
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