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 …

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 …

Vols can now look to the future

Marvin Westwestwords

Looking back, looking ahead …
Tennessee’s rapid-fire offense became a little less efficient, no running game, two turnovers, still a blazing rocket but more show than impact. As predicted, Georgia prevailed …

Incredible victory over Wildcats and clock

Marvin Westwestwords

Something like what happened in Lexington supposedly happened twice previously in football history but you can’t prove it by me.
Kentucky, formerly No. 18 in the country, could not contain Tennessee’s …