Football can be a cruel game

Marvin Westwestwords

If your idea of participation is enduring traffic congestion and paying steep prices to park, purchase a squeezed seat inside the arena and obtain refreshments …
If your idea of being …

Free advice: Don’t bet big

Marvin Westwestwords

I’m not sure what Lane Kiffin knows about it but he says what Jeremy Pruitt says, that the Volunteers are moving in the right direction.
There is no official word on how …

Bert Rechichar dead at 89

Marvin Westwestwords

Bert Rechichar, one of the all-time Tennessee football greats on one of the all-time best teams, is dead at 89. He was wingback, safety and captain of the 1951 Volunteers.

Through …

Recruiting Vol legacies is uncertain business

Marvin Westwestwords

This is old news. Tennessee has offered a football scholarship to Dallan Hayden, 5-11 and 176, sophomore at Christian Brothers High in Memphis.
The offer arrived last summer, before the world …

Now is safe time for Vol optimism

Marvin Westwestwords

July is a safe month for Tennessee football optimism. Exaggerations earn winks and smiles and might even be applauded. No matter what is said, most people will forget as soon …

Coming soon: 96 for Gus

Marvin Westwestwords

Happy 96th birthday, Gus, coming soon, July 8.
Gus Manning extended a helping hand to so many people during his long life at the University of Tennessee that he may not recall …