Tennessee brushed aside its loss at Vanderbilt over the weekend and took out its frustration on Mississippi State on Tuesday night.

No. 7 Tennessee crushed No. 14 Mississippi State to set up a Saturday showdown with No. 1 Auburn. Chaz Lanier led the Vols in scoring.

The trend of hiring former NFL players as college coaches continued as Terrell Buckley was named the head coach at Mississippi Valley State University.

Even during basketball season, North Side junior Javonte Smith has continued bettering his college football recruiting, including Tennessee.

Tennessee's Chaz Lanier (2) chats with Mississippi State's Cameron Matthews ... Ordered by Keith Jackson to “call me Keith.” BlueSky @petefiutak.bsky.social and X @PeteFiutak

Another day, another former NFL player becomes the head coach of a college football program. Via Scooby Axson of USA Today, Terrell Buckley is the new head coach at Mississippi Valley State. Buckley,

Tennessee State takes on the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles after Brandon Weston scored 20 points in Tennessee State's 81-80 overtime victory over the UT Martin Skyhawks.

Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts, as a rare winter storm brings bone-chilling temperatures and potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh cold weather. In Texas, temperatures dropped to below freezing Monday night as winter weather began across the state.

CCSU at Le Moyne, 7 p.m. Chicago St. at Stonehill, 7 p.m. LIU at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at N. Kentucky, 7 p.m. St. Bonaventure at VCU, 9 p.m.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Aden Holloway and Mouhamed Dioubate each scored 22 points to help No. 4 Alabama beat Vanderbilt 103-87 on Tuesday night. Holloway made eight of his 11 shots, including four 3-pointers. Dioubate was 7-for-8 from the field and hit six free throws. He also had 10 rebounds for Alabama (16-3, 5-1 Southeastern Conference)

More than 220 million people across the United States are facing dangerous cold that will also open the door for a potentially historic and crippling winter storm that could deliver snow as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.

The longest college football season ever, starting in August and ending on Inauguration Day, became an Ohio State coronation.