What I know about football Volunteers

Marvin Westwestwords

One day before spring practice begins and six months before the opening kickoff seems a safe time to tell you what I know or at least believe about Tennessee football.
This …

All of a sudden, Fulky is the main man

Marvin Westwestwords

A lot of us are talking about Fulky.
Conversation sounds different now. Gone are references to a baby giraffe learning to walk and sneaky recollections of Ichabod Crane in The Legend …

This might not be Barnes’ best year

Marvin Westwestwords

If Jim Valvano was still with us, he’d say “Never give up, never, ever give up.”
If Willie Nelson was here, he’d be singing a sad song, “Turn out the lights, …

Trey Smith wins Witten award

Marvin Westwestwords

Tennessee junior offensive lineman Trey Smith is the winner of the 2020 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award. The Tuesday night presentation by Witten was at the Star …

Tennessee connection to Witten Award

Marvin Westwestwords

We’ll see tomorrow if the Tennessee connection has anything to do with the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year award.
Volunteer offensive lineman Trey Smith will be in Frisco, Texas, …

Vol football staff looks very different

Marvin Westwestwords

One football Vol to another: “So, who’s our coach today?”
The Tennessee staff is changing again, significantly and rapidly. What is happening reminds me of the children’s group game, fruit basket …

Dual-sport athletes are going, going …

Marvin Westwestwords

What follows is somewhere between unlikely and unbelievable.
The two recent recruits in Tennessee’s 2020 football round-up, Damarcus Beckwith of Florence, Ala., and Malachi Wideman of Venice, Fla., are talking about …