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Angela Flournoy reads from her new novel, “The Turner House,” as a part of the Writer’s in the Library series on Oct. 24, 2016. Alex Phillips • The Daily Beacon

Angela Flournoy on ghosts in Detroit

Bryanne Brewer Arts & Culture Editor On Monday, Oct. 24, the 2015 National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy read from her first novel, “The Turner House.”

The novel was also a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and an NAACP Image Award.

“The Turner House” takes place in Detroit in 2008 and follows the Turner family, who have

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lived on Yarrow Street for over 50 years. Their house has seen 13 children grown and gone, the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit’s East Side and the loss of a father.

The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city and the inevitable shift outward to the suburbs. But now, as matriarch Viola finds herself forced to leave her home and move in with her eldest son, the family discovers that the house is worth just a tenth of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how

each of their pasts haunt — and shape — their family’s future.

“The novel is an examination on the relationship between self and surrounding, the dynamics within a family and the perseverance required to find and keep one’s place in the world,” Anna Megdell, a MFA candidate in fiction, said.

However, Megdell believes “The Turner House” is more than a story about a family in Detroit.

“Reading this novel feels like running your

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fingers over a finely woven tapestry,” Megdell said. “The meticulously crafted structure of the novel is clear. Flournoy negotiates multiple characters’ stories while balancing writing in several voices over different time periods, all set against a complex vivid city.”

The novel mainly focuses on the characters Cha Cha and Leila, the oldest and youngest of the 13 Turner children. Despite being set in the city of Detroit, Flournoy never focuses on the setting as a plot gimmick.

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Take Back the Night looks to raise awareness, empower survivors Priya Narapareddy Staff Writer

Students, faculty members and people in the community are invited to march together in solidarity on campus to support survivors of domestic violence this Thursday at Take Back the Night.

Take Back the Night 2016 will be held Thursday night at 5 p.m. The event opens with a resource fair in the HSS Amphitheatre. After the fair, a march through campus will begin on Pedestrian Walkway and end at the HSS breezeway.

After the march, keynote speaker Alexis Pauline Gumbs will speak about her own experiences related to sexual assault on a college campus in HSS 123. The event will conclude with a speak-out session for those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault.

During the session, counselors will also be

available to speak to students.

Take Back the Night is an international event that has been held on college campuses across the nation since the 1970s. UT’s Take Back the Night is sponsored by the Women’s Coordinating Council.

Abbey Geater, vice president of the Women’s Coordinating Council, said UT’s Take Back the Night event has been held for years on campus.

Geater, junior in social work, said the speak-out session is a unique opportunity for survivors to share their stories, or speaking out against domestic violence and sexual assault.

Geater said she looks forward to seeing the campus and the community come together on Thursday night. She said the event is more than just raising awareness within the community about domestic violence and sexual assault.

“Take Back the Night means a lot to me because it is so different,” Geater said. “It’s focusing on healing and empowerment of survivors.”` Geater said society can discourage people from disclosing their traumatic experiences.

She said the speak-out session, as well as the rest of the event, was created to provide survivors with a safe space.

“We live in a society that says, ‘don’t talk about your experiences,’” Geater said.

Senior Alina Clay is a former member of the Women’s Coordinating Council who will be attending Take Back the Night. Clay said regardless if one has been personally affected or not, Take Back the Night benefits everyone on campus.

“There is not a more critical point than now for learning about sexual assault,” she said.

According to the Facebook page for Take Back the Night, stories shared at the speak-out session will not be investigated by the university because they do not fall under the jurisdiction for mandatory reporting. If a student wants to share his or her story anonymously, he or she can do so through the Facebook page or VOL Link.

Geater stated that about 150 to 200 are expected to attend this year’s march. She said the goal for this year is to have 200 participants.

UT faculty receives SEC grants Libby Dayhuff Contributor

SEC schools may be rivals when it comes to sports, but when it comes to academics, it’s a whole different game.

Nine professors have received a grant to work with other professors at another SEC school of their choice. Those chosen include, Shelley Binder, Katie Johnson, Alexander Lapins, Patrick Grzanka, Stuart Brotman, Jerzy Dydak, Bertin Louis, Ron Taylor and Xiaopeng Zhao.

For five years, the SEC Faculty Travel Program has been giving funds to professors from SEC schools to allow them to travel to other schools in the conference. By doing so, the professors are able to collaborate with other professors in their discipline.

Shelley Binder, professor of music, used her grant to go to the University of Alabama in September. While she was there, she taught a music class for non-music majors, gave a recital and focused on her research about consistency in playing the flute. She enjoys working with the other professors in her discipline and explains the close relationships formed. For Binder, working with other professors in her discipline helped build up closer relationships.

“You would laugh because we poke each other on Facebook,” Binder said.

Katie Johnson, assistant professor of music, will use her grant to go the University of

Shelley Binder • Courtsey of UT Kentucky and Vanderbilt University in the spring. She will work on recitals, performances, teach classes and work with horn students. She says the SEC grant will allow her to benefit from the many resources at the University of Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

“I am very grateful for this grant,” Johnson said.

Alexander Lapins, also an assistant professor of music, looks to visit the University of Kentucky in November. He will give a recital, work with brass students and teach two master classes. He will also collaborate with the tuba professor at the University of Kentucky on their similar research on Baroque music.

Binder, Johnson and Lapins all plan to apply for the grant again to travel to different schools.

The other six professors will travel throughout the year to different schools in the SEC. The professors range in their disciplines, but three are in the music program.

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Alexander Lapins • Courtsey of UT “This (the selection of three music professors) might be a trend because music professors like to coordinate with each other, especially at other schools with such good music programs,” Lapins said.

He also added that many music professors from the other universities come to UT using the SEC grant.

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“M*A*S*H” actor to visit UT to speak on science communication Tom Cruise

News Editor Popular actor and science educator will be visiting UT on Nov. 1 as a part of the second annual Mossman Lecture, focusing on science communication.

Alan Alda, actor from the television series “M*A*S*H,” will address an audience at the Alumni Memorial Building at 6:30 p.m. Alda, who has since become involved in science communication, will give his lecture titled, “Getting Beyond a Blind Date with Science.”

Following a 11-year career on “M*A*S*H,” Alda founded the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science based out of the School of Journalism at Stony Brook University in Long Island, New York. Alda looks to enhance the communication aspect of scientists to allow them to enhance their stories to the public more effectively.

Sharing personal experiences from being an actor, writer and director with six Emmy Awards and six Golden Globes, Alda will also address the importance of making science available to the public.

Following his acting career, Alda spent 10 years directing documentaries on science and concluded that scientists possess an extreme amount of knowledge, but do not communicate that knowledge well to the general public.

In addition to the lecture, Alda will be hosting a

workshop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to aid their scientists. Overton Distinguished Professor of Law Doug Blaze, shared the moment UT found the opportunity to host Alda.

“Oak Ridge reached out to Alan Alda first to aid their scientists,” Blaze said. “We were fortunate that the timing with his visit worked out for us.”

UT hosted the inaugural Mossman Lecture last October, featuring Bill Nye, who addressed a crowd of students, faculty and staff. This new lecture series was made possible through an estate gift from the late Ken and Blaire Mossman, both UT alumni.

During Alda’s lecture, there will be various discussions based on the abilities to appropriately demonstrate complex science to the public. Additionally, there will be audience interaction throughout the lecture. Alda looks to focus on the teaching and understanding of science.

“I think he will be saying why science is so important and why it is so important for the public to understand it more,” Blaze said. “That’s his biggest message.”

At the end of the lecture, audience members will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with Alda.

As the lecture approaches, Chancellor Jimmy Cheek expressed his excitement for Alda to visit UT. “I think he will be able to challenge scientists to think more about the importance of the general public understanding why they do what they do,” Cheek said.

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Jessica Stockdale, freshman, biology major and Pre-Med track.

The Daily Beacon: “So, tell me about your shirt.”

J: “I am a ZTA. ZTAs philanthropy supports breast cancer education and awareness; the month of October especially is dedicated to this purpose.”

TDB: “How do you all raise awareness as a organization on campus?”

J:“Have you seen all of the pink cancer pins on backpacks all over campus?

Those have been because of us. For specific dates throughout the entire month of october, we handed out these pins throughout different locations in UT’s campus.”

TDB: “Interesting. So, what do you define ‘Think Pink’as?”

J: Think Pink is more than a pink shirt with cursive writing. It implies and encourages others to think and be aware of the struggles that cancer patients experience. Within ZTA, many girls have had direct experience with their family members and cancer. Through this philanthropy, we are able to not only support the local Knoxville community but also the larger struggle that cancer patients face.”

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The problem with Debord Despite injuries, Debord With five seconds remaining in the third quarter and the Vols facing a third and six, Josh Dobbs dropped back to pass and threw, what seemed like, his 100th one-yard completion that set up yet another fourth down for the Vols.

At this point in the game, Alabama was in control up 42-10, and as the third quarter came to a close, the booing from the fans began.

At first it seemed like the fans were booing at the players but, no, that was not the case.

There was only one man those fans were booing, and that man was offensive coordinator Mike Debord.

When Debord was hired in 2015 uncertainty surrounded him, as this would be the first time he coached since 2012 and now that uncertainty has risen to reality.

The main problem with Debord is his play calling. Anytime the Vols face a third down that is longer than five yards he always seems to run a play that is short of a first down. Now, I am no coach but even I don’t see the point in running a four-yard slant pass on third and five. How hard is it to call a play that is just one yard longer?

His play calling while running the ball is also very lackluster. This season it has gotten to the point that even I know what play call they are calling next. On first down it is always a run up the middle with Hurd. On second down, it is usually an outside run with Hurd. I’m pretty sure if I can figure out this pattern, then surely teams like Alabama can as well.

Don’t get me wrong I like Debord as a person; he has always been a pleasant person to interview. I just think that his play calling is way too vanilla and conservative to succeed in the SEC. His play calling has made games against

teams such as Appalachian State and Ohio way too close for comfort. The changes he makes at halftimes are very minimal, if he actually makes changes at all.

Now you’re probably thinking, “Well then who do they hire to replace him?” and that’s a very good question and I’ll give you the answer probably every Tennessee fan wants to hear.

Peyton Manning.

When Tennessee scored their only touchdown against Alabama, Manning just happened to be in the CBS booth at the time and said, before the play that scored the touchdown, that they should run the ball to the left side with Kamara.

Guess what the Vols did to score the touchdown?

Now Manning becoming offensive coordinator might seem like a crazy idea, and I agree it is crazy. But it just might be crazy enough to work.

Manning’s football knowledge is through the roof, and if he can transfer just a portion of that knowledge to the Tennessee offense, then it would be a game changer.

Now, I am sure this will never happen.

Peyton probably doesn’t even want the job, but maybe, just maybe, he still has an itch to come back, and this would be the perfect position for him.

So, as the Vols season comes to a close and a legitimate shot at a spot in the SEC championship looms, I will be interested to see if the play calling heats up or if Debord looks like he’s falling asleep in the coaches box again.

Rob Harvey is a sophomore in journalism and Assisstant Sports Editor at The Daily Beacon. He can be reached at bss321@vols. utk.edu

continues to have success

While offensive coordinator Mike Debord has received much criticism at this point in the 2016 season, it is largely undeserving. Yes, the offense has seemed stagnant at times, but when team health and chemistry is there, there are very few offenses as explosive as the one in Knoxville, Tennessee.

In his short two year career at Tennessee, Debord has seen rushing numbers only matched by the national championship winning 1998 team and an ever improving passing game — which now boasts two of the top receivers in the SEC in Josh Malone and Jauan Jennings.

Although complaints are extremely frequent and, at times, warranted, there is no doubt that Mike Debord is the offensive coordinator to lead the Vols back to national prominence.

Debord has made his living on elaborate blocking schemes used to confuse defenders and free up the running back. Nothing has changed this year. Despite having to limp through much of the year with a patchwork offensive line, he has still managed to put up over 30 points per game, including 38-point performances against both Florida and Texas A&M. He put up the most yards of any team in history on the Aggies at nearly 700, while also racking up 500 yards of offense on the previously number 1 ranked defense of the Gators.

When the offense gets humming, there are very few defenses in the country that can stop it.

In many of the games that Debord has received criticism — specifically Alabama — his offensive line was far from healthy. Being an offense predicated on establishing the run game and taking away key pieces from an already extremely spotty offensive line can

prove to be an extremely difficult obstacle to overcome.

For the better part of three quarters against the Crimson Tide, the offensive line from left to right consisted of a redshirt freshman, redshirt freshman, junior, sophomore and freshman. No matter what is going on at the other positions, nobody will be able to move the ball on the NFL-worthy defensive line that they were facing in Alabama.

People complained that Debord did not take enough shots down the field. But with the current situation, preserving Josh Dobbs became his number one priority, and understandably he was not willing to compromise his stance.

Most expect the Vols to handle their final five games well and cruise into Atlanta. This is largely due to not only an offensive line that will be healthy for the first time of the season, but also due to a healthy Dobbs.

Four of the seven defenses that Tennessee has faced this season rank in the top 20 nationally in total defense.This will be far from the truth, as their final four SEC opponents (South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt) rank 53, 72, 92 and 89, respectively, in total defense.

Nearly any offensive coordinator would have their fair share of struggles facing the injuries and competition that Debord has faced up to this point. However, with a mostly healthy offense after a bye week and a much softer schedule, I expect the narrative on Mike Debord to be much different five weeks from now.

Carter Eaves is a sophomore in accounting and can be reached at ceaves5@vols.utk.edu.

We won’t remain silent In his October 20, 2016 letter, “They are not all like that,” Johnson Smith pointed out that bystanders were unable to stop the mass killing of civilians during World War II. This is because people remained silent. If there is an important lesson to be learned from this, it is that we must never be bystanders. The faculty of the Department of Religious Studies will not be bystanders in the face of anti-Muslim bigotry. We strongly condemn Johnson Smith’s characterization of Muslims and his calls to act against them. We also want to express our concern for the safety and well being of our students. Johnson Smith and anyone else who wants to learn about Muslims, as well as their beliefs and practices, is welcome to take any one of our courses related to these topics.

Columns of The Daily Beacon are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or the Beacon’s editorial staff.

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Pentatonix bring on the Winter Presley Smith

show, “The Sing Off.” “A Pentatonix Christmas” is the group’s third Christmas album, following “PTXmas” in 2014 and “That’s Christmas to Me” in 2015.

The first single released was the group’s hauntingly beautiful rendition of “Hallelujah.”

Being one of my favorite songs, I am picky about different covers of the song, but Pentatonix did an outstanding job. Each voice is showcased beautifully; and though the song is not always viewed as a Christmas classic, Pentatonix’s unique sound made it just that.

Just as in their previous Christmas album, “A Pentatonix Christmas” is full of covers of popular Christmas classics. As in “Hallelujah,” however, the acapella sound gives each track a uniqueness like never before.

Each song, it seems, reinvents the song in a completely opposite sound than the original artist. For example, “O Come All Ye Faithful” is a joyful, upbeat pop ballad rather than its classic choir rendition.

“Coldest Winter,” originally by Kanye West, is again performed on a more haunting note, like “Hallelujah,” but *NSYNC’s “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” stays upbeat and fun. However, Pentatonix’s cover of these two songs again share the distinctive PTX sound (and I don’t just mean acapella).

One of the original songs on the album, “Good To Be Bad,” is a shining example of their flexibility. The pop sounding ‘santa please’ melody fits perfectly alongside “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” without sounding

out of place.

Next is a very britpop-techno version of “Up On the Housetop” that will have anyone filled with Christmas spirit.

Another original featured, “A Christmas Sing-Along” is a song that you find yourself swaying along to whether you mean to or not.

Kevin brings an atypical Jamaican flare to the song that makes it stand out, but also remains in the classic Christmas genre.

All in all, Pentatonix did it again. They released another fantastic Christmas album with a perfect mix of old and new favorites without seeming like a repeat of any previous album. Hopefully this will become a yearly tradition or the group, because I’m already hearing sleigh bells.

Hocus Pocus-- 1993 Hocus Pocus follows Max Dennison (Omri Katz) as he and his family have recently moved to Salem, Massachusetts. While exploring an abandoned house with his little sister (Thora Birch) and a new friend (Vinessa Shaw), the trio accidentally revive three ancient witches.

The witches, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, must consume the soul of a child in order to remain revived and must do so before the sun rises. In the end, it’s up to Max, his new friend, his little sister and an immortal cat to save the souls of children and put the witches back in their place.

Hocus Pocus is an essential Halloween movie.

It’s fun and goofy at times, but also has a well put together plotline. It is straightforward and sim-

ple, which serves the film well. Watching Hocus Pocus is a surefire way to gain some Halloween spirit. Besides, the scene where the witches sing “I put a spell on you” is reason enough alone to watch the movie.

Rating: 8.5/10

past. Although it’s a typical teen witch movie, as in they use their powers for superficial purposes until they must confront evil, Twitches combines two loveable genres. People love twin stories and people love witch stories, why not combine the two in a fun yet endearing tale?

Rating: 8/10

In addition to Marnie’s training, Aggie invites her granddaughter to her home, the magical town called Halloweentown. Aggie senses a dark force threatening the residents of Halloweentown and Marnie and her siblings are the only people who can help stop it.

Halloweentown is the best of the Disney Halloween films. It features such diversity in both character personalities and in creatures.

There’s a skeleton taxi driver, a troll, witches and ghosts. The movie in general, is a perfect example of what a light-hearted Halloween should be.

It’s fun and it’s magical in all the right ways.

Rating: 10/10

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writing her debut novel.

Flournoy spent four years working on “The Turner House,” and got the inspiration for the book while she was living in Iowa, which was closer than she had ever lived to Detroit, where her father is from and some family members still reside.

“I was driving there more often and my grandmother got sick, and she moved out of the house that my father grew up in on the east side of Detroit,” Flournoy said. “There was a person who was living in this house, which was in really good condition, but it bothered me because no one wanted to live in this house because the neighborhood

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On Oct. 21, Pentatonix released their second christmas album titled “A Pentatonix Christmas.”

And though it isn’t yet Halloween, I. Am. Ready.

Pentatonix is an acappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of Avi Kaplan, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola and Mitch Grassi. The group is a shining example of internet fame, currently having more than 11 billion YouTube subscribers as well as winning the third season of the NBC hit

continued from Page 1 “Yet Flournoy never falls into the trap of writing into stereotypes. The characters in “The Turner House” are drawn from the inside out,” Megdell said. “Their warm, organic richness transcends the setting, and the novel avoids becoming a manifesto on behalf of Detroit.”

After the reading three select chapters of her book, Flournoy used the remaining time to describe her process and inspiration for

Twitches-- 2005 Twitches stars real-life twins Tia and Tamera Mowry as they portray twin witches. Separated at birth, these twin sisters are reunited on their 21st birthday. They spend the day realizing their newfound witch powers, but soon find they must save the world and their kingdom from the grips of evil and darkness.

Clever name aside, Twitches is not just a great Halloween throwback from (almost) everyone’s

Halloweentown-- 1998 Halloweentown is a 1998 Disney Channel original that follows Marnie Piper (Kimberly J. Brown) as she discovers she comes from a family of witches. The mayhem begins when Marnie’s grandmother Aggie Cromwell (Debbie Reynolds) visits to train her before she loses her witch powers, of course to Marnie’s mother’s dismay. around this house wasn’t that great.”

After thinking about the house for 10 months, Flournoy just had “gripes” about many things surrounding African-American homeownership in Detroit, as this was also during the mortgage crisis.

“I like to tell my students that gripes are not a novel, gripes are a facebook post, but if you can figure out a way to channel those gripes through characters or something larger than your personal issues, you might be on your way to a book.”

To get Flournoy to UT for Writers in the Library, Christopher Hebert, the former Writer-in-Residence, paired up with Ready

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for the World, a program to help students gain intercultural and international knowledge.

“Angela was my guest, we both were writing books about Detroit, and I found her work really interesting,” Hebert said. “It’s a perspective the students here would benefit from hearing and seeing and ‘The Turner House’ is a unique story.”

The next Writers in the Library guest will be novelist Bret Anthony Johnston on Nov. 7. To learn more about future writers visit https://www.lib.utk.edu/writers/.

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AquaVols look to continue success against stiff competition

Taylor Crombie Contributor

After decisive victories by both the men’s and women’s teams at the UNC dual meet, Tennessee swimmers and divers are looking to carry that momentum into this weekend

when they host Louisville on Oct. 27 then face Kentucky and Indiana in Lexington on Oct. 28.

The Tennessee men had 14 first-place finishes in their 216-156 victory over UNC while the women had 12 first-place finishes to win 205-167.

Diving coach Dave Parrington is proud that the Vols were able to compete so well

against UNC and to get an idea of what his divers need to improve for future meets. “We’d like to be really, really spot on right away, but that’s not totally realistic,�

Parrington said. “It’s good to be able to find what our weaknesses are, what needs to be worked on and stuff that doesn’t need as much work. I definitely got a really good look at that.�

As far as diving goes, the Vols will face a much higher level of competition in Kentucky and Indiana including Michael Hixon who won a silver medal in the men’s Synchronized 3M Springboard dive at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Hixon is one of three Hoosier divers that competed in Rio. Tennessee will also face the challenge of competing in Knoxville on Thursday, then traveling to Lexington, Kentucky to compete the next day. The divers will travel immediately following the meet at home while the swimmers will join them Friday morning before the start of the meet. “I’d probably just assume not have it that way when we go against such quality competition, but we also like to take on challenges,�

Parrington said.

The positive in Parrington’s eyes is that these are the kind of travel conditions that the Volunteers will have to perform under during the SEC and NCAA championships later in the season, so this is a good opportunity for them to prepare early on.

Senior diver Michael Howell secured his first career platform victory against UNC and is ready to take the consistency he had at that meet on the meets this week while continuing to work on staying confident under pressure. “There’s some dives when I get very nervous,� Howell said. “Right now with my sport’s psychologist we’re working on just being in the correct mindset and not worrying about if things happen badly, but wor-

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SPORTS

The Daily Beacon • Wednesday, October 26, 2016

SOCCER

Soccer senior Jamie Simmons leaving it all at the net Damichael Cole Contributor

In her career, Jamie Simmons, a senior goalkeeper from Houston, Texas, has faced a lot of obstacles.

However, she never took a “me first” approach.

Jamie Simmons started off her career at The University of Carolina at Greensboro. She spent her first two years at the school. She had two standout seasons; a freshman season in which she had 97 totals saves, fourth in program history and a sophomore year in which she had a 0.77 goals against average, also fourth in program history.

With those kinds of numbers, Simmons was searching for a bigger stage to showcase her talents. In a strange way, Tennessee ended up being the school of her choice.

“It’s actually kind of funny because I left and my parents thought I was going to choose a different and school, and I was like ‘Nope, I made up my mind and I’m going to Tennessee’,” Simmons said. “Best decision of my life.”

When she came to Tennessee in 2014, she immediately stepped into a major role in the SEC. She started one game, but played in 22

Jamie Simmons, #0, kicks the ball away from the goal against American University on Sept. 4, 2016. Madison Nickell • The Daily Beacon games that season. That one start serves as one of her best moments and memories at Tennessee as a player.

The game was against the #8 ranked Florida Gators in the SEC tournament. The Vols pulled the upset beating the gators on penalty kicks and Simmons played a huge role in that game.

She played 110 minutes, which ties for her career high and she had five saves.

Simmons, being the person she is, didn’t want to take credit for that result.

“It was a whole team effort, and we rallied through it,” Simmons said about the game.

That attitude is one of the things that teammates will miss about Simmons.

“Jamie is such a positive person,” fellow senior Emily Morrow said. “I’ve loved playing alongside her and having her as a friend throughout college.”

Tennessee doesn’t control its own destiny anymore

Trenton Duffer Sports Editor

The saying “they control their own destiny” is something that a lot of teams here whenever the playoffs are mentioned. Whether it’s the MLB, NBA, NFL or college football, teams “control their own destiny” when they have to win a set amount of games to make the playoffs.

But Tennessee’s destiny isn’t their own to control anymore. If the Vols want to make the College Football Playoffs, they need more than just destiny – they need luck.

Let’s look at this from Tennessee’s standpoint first. The Vols are currently 5-2 (2-2 in the SEC) and are sitting in third in the SEC East. Florida is holding down first place with a 5-1 overall record and a 3-1 SEC record – that one loss coming at the hands of Tennessee. Kentucky is second with a 4-3 record and a 3-2 record in conference.

The Vols play South Carolina this weekend, and Kentucky will play Missouri. If I had to guess, I’d say both teams will win those respected games. Meanwhile, the Gators will play Georgia, which is likely a win, too.

If Tennessee wins the rest of their games and finishes 6-2 in SEC play, they should win the SEC East. But they need a little help from Florida.

If Florida wins out, they win the SEC East. So Tennessee needs either Arkansas or LSU to beat the Gators if they hope to earn that East crown. Kentucky still has to play Tennessee, Georgia and Louisville. They won’t be winning the East anytime soon.

So let’s say Tennessee wins the East and gets another date with Alabama, who will likely win the SEC West.

Then the Vols have to beat the Crimson Tide, who just

beat them 49-10.

Now let’s say Tennessee somehow beats Alabama, who is undefeated when they enter the SEC Championship.

That would make Tennessee 11-2 and Alabama 12-1. Who gets the CFP nod in that case? Alabama, right?

Well now in this case, Tennessee would need Alabama to lose another game to either LSU or Auburn. But there are so many other teams that have the potential to make the CFP that the Vols need to lose.

Michigan, Clemson, Washington, Louisville, Ohio State, Nebraska and even Texas A&M have a right to be one of the four teams in the CFP. If Michigan loses to Ohio State in the final week of the season and the Buckeyes make the Big 10 Championship and beat Nebraska (if they make it that far), then Ohio State could make the Final Four.

Confused yet? It’s understandable. But in simple terms, the Big 10 Champion (Ohio State, Michigan or Nebraska), the ACC Champion (Clemson or Louisville), the Pac 12 Champion (Washington), the Big 12 Champion (Oklahoma, Baylor or West Virginia) and an SEC Champion (Alabama, Texas A&amp;M, Florida and Tennessee) are all possible teams to enter the Final Four.

That’s 13 teams fighting for four spots. Right now, I don’t think that Tennessee have a chance to make the CFP. I think Alabama, Michigan, Washington and Clemson are the four teams to beat right now.

But there’s still hope for Tennessee. And if the Vols truly want it to “Feel like ’98,” they’re going to need a lot of help. Someone call Tee Martin.