That one was awful

Marvin Westwestwords

I don’t recall ever seeing a really good, enjoyable football defeat. All losses are bad. Some are worse. The one at Missouri Saturday was awful.
I don’t know if it was …

Basket Vols earn mid-sized win on road

Marvin Westwestwords

Jumping to conclusions can be far-out fun if the crash-landing place is soft enough.
Tennessee basketball won at Wisconsin and old friend Harvey (and probably thousands of others) thinks that validates …

Old Vol James Woody survives awful fall

Marvin Westwestwords

Some things are tougher than football, even tougher than playing middle guard when you are the right size to be a linebacker.
James Woody, 74, a tough guy in the middle …

Now comes the football season: At Missouri

Marvin Westwestwords

So much for UConn. Happy Homecoming and the hapless Huskies have come and gone. Can you believe 59-3 and handcuffing the fourth-team quarterback to prevent another touchdown?
Visiting coach Jim Mora …

Tennessee ‘cause of it all’ coming to town

Marvin Westwestwords

Mark Nagi wrote an interesting book a few years ago about Tennessee’s decade of football dysfunction (2010-2020, a decade plus one, the worst).
I don’t recall Mark blaming James Lawrence Mora …

Kentucky is suddenly a pivotal game

Marvin Westwestwords

How strange to see mediocre Kentucky emerge as a pivotal game in Tennessee’s season.
The Vols almost always beat the Wildcats, you say. Why the concern?
I want to believe Tennessee is …