Pressure mounting for nation's team

So Tennessee plays the Orange and White game Saturday. The nation will be turning its eyes toward Knoxville as America's team takes the field.

But the anticipation and pressure are also are building for the fall. Spring practice has sent mixed signals. Progress has been made in some positions but the QB and wide receivers issues are worrisome. The best news has been Coach Lane Kiffin and his awesome recruiting class have made for the most fun offseason that I can ever remember.

It makes me look foward to the 2009 season with touch of hopefulness and dread. After Saturday's O&W game, there'll be no more practices until August. It's going to be a long, suspense-filled summer. I hope Kiff will keep the barbs flying at Florida and the other whiners in the SEC.

In the meantime, the BOVB will be here to keep its nearly-dozen or so faithful readers awash in Orange.

So feast your eyes on this sweet Orange dirt bike captured recently by Alison Powers, who spotted it in the San Marco area of Jacksonville. Let's hope UT's receivers make such good catches and that our backs move as fast as this bike looks.

GO VOLS!

Jeff