KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessees offensive linemen are gaining notoriety by joking about their relative anonymity.The offensive linemen started a Twitter account titled Life In The Shadows (OLPShadows) that is made up of photos in which they stare into the camera while the background shows Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs giving an interview or posing for a different picture alongside fans. In many instances, the fans apparently either hadnt noticed the linemen or asked one to take a picture of Dobbs for them.We made it as a joke and got Dobbs to retweet it or say something about it, and its got over 4,000 followers now, junior tackle Brett Kendrick said. Its been fun. Were working our way out of the shadows.If only they knew which of them would be working their way onto the field this fall.Tennessee coach Butch Jones has emphasized competition across the offensive line. Tennessee is still sorting out the right combination of five linemen with the Sept. 1 opener against Appalachian State less than three weeks away.Its a good thing, offensive line coach Don Mahoney said. Its guys coming out every day knowing theres no time for anyone to feel comfortable. Thats where you want to be in a place like this. It should be that way.The players apparently dont mind the discomfort.Its just making us better as a unit, as players, as even men, just knowing that we have to go out each day and compete for our job, sophomore tackle Chance Hall said.Tennessee has much more experience in the middle of the line than on the outside.Junior guard Jashon Robertson has made 23 starts over the last two seasons and has been praised by Mahoney for his consistency throughout training camp. Senior guard Dylan Wiesman started all 13 games at guard last season and earned second-team all-Southeastern Conference honors. Junior Coleman Thomas also had 13 starts last season -- 12 at center and one at right tackle -- but still faces competition this summer.Mahoney said Thomas started training camp slowly while dealing with the flu but has come on strong lately.Tennessees versatility on the line gives the Vols plenty of options at center. Sophomore Jack Jones made one start at guard last season but also can play center. Wiesman also could move to center if necessary.But the biggest uncertainty is at the tackle spots as Tennessee attempts to replace two-year starter Kyler Kerbyson.Hall, redshirt freshman Drew Richmond and Kendrick are the top three candidates for the two starting spots. Kendrick made five starts at right tackle last season and had two starts at left tackle in 2014. Hall started Tennessees final seven games at right tackle as a freshman last season but missed spring practice to recover from a shoulder injury. Richmond, who was rated as a five-star prospect by Rivals, believes he got better while sitting out last season.I just learned how to work harder, how to grow, pay more attention to detail ... to be a good player in this conference, Richmond said.Mahoney said Richmond has been focusing on left tackle and Hall has been working primarily on the right side while Kendrick could play either spot.Jones said he isnt putting a timetable on when he wants to decide on his starting five.In the offensive line, you dont have a starting five, Jones said. We need a starting six, seven, eight. In this conference, with the level of physicality, thats the way I look at itWhichever combination ends up on the field, that group will try to build on the momentum established last season when Tennessee ranked second in the SEC in rushing and won its final six games. That late-season surge has put Tennessee in the spotlight as it heads into 2016 as the SEC Eastern Division favorite.Much of that attention has gone to the guy the linemen are trying to protect. Through the power of social media, theyve found a way to make the most of the situation.If our quarterbacks getting a lot of attention that means were doing something right, Kendrick said. Keep him healthy and being able to walk around and (pose for) those pictures.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org Cheap Swell Traveler .ca. Hey Kerry, big fan of yours, just finished reading your book. I think that we all saw the Canucks/Flames line brawl just after puck drop. It was obvious that something was about to happen, even to the referees because the fourth lines were on to start. Swell Bottle Cheap . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. http://www.swellbottlesale.com/ . 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The logistical and optical nightmare of holding a bowl game without the cooperation of one team will be avoided, but as espnWs Jane McManus writes, football is the least important part of this case.What makes the situation in Minnesota unique is that for once, a universitys administration agrees. Perhaps Baylor is a reason why.Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle suspended the players on the recommendation of the Office of Educational Opportunity and Affirmative Action. While prosecutors decided not to pursue charges, the university is required under federal law to conduct a Title IX investigation. In its 80-page report, the EOAA found four students in violation of the university policys sexual assault provision and eight players in violation of its sexual harassment provision. It recommended five players be expelled, four players be suspended for a year, and one be placed on probation.The rest of the team launched the boycott Thursday night to take back the reputation and integrity of our program and our brothers that have faced unjust Title IX investigation without due process, according to a statement wide receiver Drew Wolitarsky read. The players, according to ESPNs Adam Rittenberg, specifically took issue with the suspensions being handed down before their Title IX appeal hearings, which would not have been scheduled until January, after the bowl.The question of due process is an important one, especially in the NCAA, which affords little power to players to fight for their rights in a meaningful way. (Of course, concerns over players rights were hardly found when a group of black Missouri players threatened to protest the schools handling of racial intimidation on campus.)Yet its perfectly within due process of university discipline, which exists separate from the legal system, to suspend players after an investigation has been conducted pending an appeal. Looking through the rest of Wolitarskys statement, its clear many players are conflating constitutional rights with rights under the student code, which carries a much lower burden of proof for punishment. So too, it seems, is head coach Tracy Claeys, who tweeted?in support of the boycott Thursday night, breaking with the administration. But the university has remained consistent; Claeys himself suspended four players pending the criminal investigation, and now the administration has suspended them and six others following the Title IX investigation.Due process is also important as we look toward navigating a future in a post-Baylor world. Last years bombshell report exposing the rampant sexual assault and coverup in Baylor University athletics seemed to show those who were otherwise not paying attention just how widespread these crimes are in college football, and how thick the cloak of silence around them can be. Baylor served as a telescope for how things have always been done when players are accused of sexual violence, often marked by systemic protectionism by school administrators.ddddddddddddWhats remarkable about the action at Minnesota is that it came from the top, with the administration getting out in front with sanctions immediately following the investigation, rather than reacting to fan and media outrage over inaction. It was swift and impactful without being heavy handed (though probably not to those who are used to seeing such accusations go unanswered).I cant find fault with what the administration has done. Which is ... weird, said Jessica Luther, a freelance journalist who broke the Baylor story last year and whose book Unsportsmanlike Conduct exhaustively covers sexual assault in college football.Baylor could be seen as a turning point relative to how schools, including Minnesota, failed to handle such cases in the past.In October 2015, the Star Tribune obtained an email from the schools EOAA director to then-athletic director Norwood Teague that cited multiple complaints of sexual assault and sexual harassment by players as well as concerns of retaliation by a group of football players during the 2014-15 academic year.Then-head coach Jerry Kill said he had been aware of at least one accusation. We turned it into the administration and it was handled by the administration, he said at the time. According to the email, some complaints were not investigated due to a lack of cooperation by the accusers.Teague himself had been forced to resign last August after admitting to sexually harassing female university employees. In that same month, the school adopted a new Yes means Yes policy, establishing affirmative consent as the standard in sexual assault cases.Now, in the shadow of Baylor and its own failure to pursue past accusations, Minnesota seems to be taking a hard line against campus violence. Following Teagues departure, Coyle was appointed athletic director in May. This is the first major sexual assault crisis hes had to deal with, and he seems to be making a clear statement that the new department wont be run like the old one. (It makes sense that it might not sit well with Claeys, who served as defensive coordinator under Kill before he became head coach.)If the fallout from Baylor has finally signaled to schools the need to properly and transparently carry out sexual assault investigations, then Minnesota shows why we must keep educating players, administrators, coaches and fans on due process and what justice might look like in a post-Baylor world. The Gophers case is unique because its so unprecedented. Were truly not used to seeing an administration take such a proactive stance. Is this what it looks like when the system works? The way future cases are handled will bear that out, but its certainly more functional in Minnesota compared to one year ago.Put that in context of Baylor, Luther said. We have to see this as an improvement, if nothing else. ' ' '