HOOVER, Alabama — Jacques Smith came to SEC Media Days in a loud orange blazer and flashed a big grin.
After a short flight from Knoxville to Birmingham that coach Butch Jones described as “like a family vacation,” the three players, one coach and assorted entourage are starting to go through the Media Days whirlwind.
Read all the news and notes from our early meeting with UT’s representatives here.
Jones and the Vols will take the main media stage in the early afternoon.
More from social media:
Best Field Trip Ever #SECMediaDays
— Ja'Wuan James (@JawuanJames70) July 17, 2013
Butch Jones arrives. pic.twitter.com/P2eaEp9qoa
— Mike Strange (@Strangemike44) July 17, 2013
Ja'Wuan James estimated the Vols have been running a mile a day four days a week during the summer program.
— Patrick Brown (@patrickbrownTFP) July 17, 2013
Butch Jones when asked if he’d ever get an orange jacket like Jacques Smith. “I will. I think he looks great today.”
— Freak (@vol_freak) July 17, 2013