Tennessee version of Joe B. Hall

Marvin Westwestwords

You say they had another Super Bowl? Been there and done that.
In 1976, three days before game X in Miami, I found a briefcase resting comfortably in a restroom. Inside …

Big deal: Seven SEC wins in a row

Marvin Westwestwords

This could be habit-forming.
Tennessee has won seven consecutive Southeastern Conference games.
Good guard play was again the winning edge. A strong performance by John Fulkerson helped.
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The Vols defeated visiting Vanderbilt, 73-64. …

Vols surprise Bulldogs with awesome finish

Marvin Westwestwords

As Gomer Pyle used to say, surprise, surprise, surprise.
Tennessee, learning to play without Olivier Nkamhoua, undoubtedly surprised Mississippi State Wednesday night in Starkville.
The Volunteers won, 72-63, with a very impressive finishing …

Tennessee defense travels well

Marvin Westwestwords

Long-ago UCLA basketball coach John Wooden said defense travels well. Offense has ups and downs on the road.
Wooden’s offense didn’t have all that many downs. His Bruins, in the 1970s, …

Vols still searching for who-are-we identity

Marvin Westwestwords

With just nine games to go, Tennessee basketball still hasn’t told us who it is.
It isn’t that the Volunteers are keeping a secret. They don’t know, either.
Rick Barnes has no …

Could be Vols are finally out of the muck

Marvin Westwestwords

Rick Barnes may finally have pulled his chariot from the muck and realigned it on the straight and narrow.
We’ll see in the days and weeks to come. Tennessee’s Wednesday foe …