Vol Nation,I am extremely energized and optimistic about our football team after watching the improvement on the field over the last few weeks. I hope you're as fired up as I am about the five games left on our schedule.Three of those games—against South Carolina, UAB and Vanderbilt—take place at home. That's three more opportunities for our fans to make a major statement in Neyland Stadium.I really love our marketing slogan for this football season: "It's not Neyland without you." That rings true in a very impactful way. Each and every Tennessee fan that enters the gates of Neyland Stadium plays a critical role in making our gameday atmosphere a true home field advantage. I get chills thinking back to the first half of our game against Georgia two weeks ago. That is how Neyland is supposed to feel.Tickets still remain for Saturday's showdown with the Gamecocks, and I'm calling on Vol Nation to show up and respond to the effort you've seen from our team in recent weeks. Your passionate support fuels and inspires our team—I can't overstate the importance of the role you play.I urge you click HERE or call the ticket office at 1-800-332-VOLS and make Neyland shake again this Saturday.We're only a few days away from tipoff for our basketball Vols and Lady Vols, and you can sense great energy and enthusiasm surrounding both teams. Four of our men's home games have already been announced as sellouts, and the Dec. 28 Wisconsin game is quickly approaching sellout status. Tickets also are going fast for Saturday contests against LSU and South Carolina as well as our midweek SEC games.Season-ticket sales for both the men and women have surpassed final totals from last year, but fans can still get in on the action by securing season- or single-game tickets for the Vols and Lady Vols HERE . There are also a limited number of Lady Vol Passes still available.I want to call attention to an outstanding day for our swimming & diving team at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center last Saturday. Our women's team defeated a Virginia squad that was ranked No. 2 in the country, while our men defeated a Cavaliers team that was ranked No. 4 nationally. It was a statement performance for our programs under the leadership of Director of Swimming & DivingOur soccer team has two remaining home games—against Florida this Thursday and vs. Arkansas on Halloween. And the month of November features five home volleyball matches. Let's give those squads our full support in the coming weeks.Last, but certainly not least, we should all be extremely proud of the academic achievement exhibited by all of our student-athletes. In the NCAA's annual release of updated Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data last week, our comprehensive multi-year GSR climbed for a seventh consecutive year—reaching a record level of 87 percent. Our football (74 percent), baseball (86 percent) and men's basketball (90 percent) teams all posted record multi-year scores. Six other teams—women's golf, rowing, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis and volleyball—earned perfect 100 scores.Thank you for your continued support of Tennessee Athletics. We can't do it without you.