Report: Butch Jones’ future won’t be impacted by Southern Miss game

Tennessee insider John Brice turned a lot of heads with just 140 characters on Saturday evening.

Brice is a former full-time journalist who once covered the Volunteers extensively. He is still well-connected on what’s going on inside the Tennessee football program.

Brice dropped a bombshell on Saturday that Tennessee head coach Butch Jones’ fate will not be impacted by the Vols’ game against Southern Miss, which is set to kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday on the SEC Network.

There will certainly be a lot of disgruntled UT fans with that news breaking. Tennessee is 3-5 on the season, with all of those losses coming against the SEC. The Vols have lost four in a row.

The tweet from Brice also acknowledged that defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo will not play against Southern Miss:

Per folks in the @Vol_Football program, @Kongbo_1 will not play tonight due to suspension. Fate of @UTCoachJones no impact by this game.

— John Brice (@JohnDBrice1) November 4, 2017

Cody McClure

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.