westwords moves on (to 2022)

Marvin Westwestwords

Enough already?
Are you over it yet?
Time to move on?
Other reflections?
Last week, fans from you can guess where snickered at the Southeastern Conference slogan, “It just means more.”
There was talk of …

Music City Bowl should matter to Vols

Marvin Westwestwords

In minor tribute to The Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifel at SoFi Stadium, here is my opening monologue:
Bowl games are not created equally. Some are more meaningless than …

The most interesting man in Vol basketball

Marvin Westwestwords

TV advertising introduced us to “The Most Interesting Man in the World.”
One step down is my endless search for the most interesting Tennessee basketball player.
For years, John Fulkerson has had …

Surprise, surprise, college coaches matter

Marvin Westwestwords

It is now official: Coaching matters.
Professor Christopher R. Berry and Associate Professor Anthony Fowler of the University of Chicago did not hand down an opinion on whether Nick Saban is …

Football Vols exceeded expectations

Marvin Westwestwords

Mission accomplished – well, sort of.
Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 45-21. The score looks better than did the performance. There was no flow to the game, no knockout of an inferior foe.
Example: …

In this one case, OK to kick Vandy when it is down

Marvin Westwestwords

Consider, for eight seconds, the wonderful, awful difference in winning or losing against Vanderbilt.
Billie Bob Browning of Long Rifle, Texas, my longtime consultant on human behavior and social consciousness, hasn’t …