Victor Taj: Unusual Tennessee connection

Marvin Westwestwords

OK, I got the message. The sporting world is all mixed up. I’ll try to help.
What follows is a story of influence, determination, service and humility – with just a …

To play or not to play, that is the question

Marvin Westwestwords

College football is restarting practice while knee deep in a high-risk dilemma. If you are into colorful adjectives, choose a four-letter D word to precede dilemma.
Of course, Tennessee’s coaches want …

Vol lessons on money matters

Marvin Westwestwords

Just before the really big clash between Alabama and Georgia on Jan. 8, 2018, a headline writer for Time magazine exclaimed, “This Could Be The Last College Football Championship Game …

Optimism wrapped in confusion

Marvin Westwestwords

What we have here is optimism wrapped in confusion.
The Southeastern Conference has taken one bold step in the general direction of a football season – without knowing exactly how everybody …

Bill Battle has the virus

Marvin Westwestwords

This is a health and welfare report.
Former Tennessee football coach Bill Battle is hospitalized in Birmingham with COVID-19, he said in a statement released Friday.
Battle, 78, remains optimistic.
“I appreciate the prayers and …

Butch Jones’ remaining ties to Tennessee

Marvin Westwestwords

The time of Lane Kiffin, Derek Dooley and Butch Jones has been correctly labeled as the Error Era of Tennessee football. Mark Nagi called it the dysfunctional decade.
More than once …