This is part of history: Very few people called Robert R. Neyland to attention and told him how things were going to be.
University of Tennessee trustees asked The General if it would …
Stadium recollections, highlights, tall tales
Hundred years of mostly highlights from Shields-Watkins Field
Best I can tell, Tennessee has never lost an open date. That makes happy week an ideal time to review the first hundred years of exciting action on almost-sacred Shields-Watkins …
Mike Lucci, star of Vols and NFL, dead at 81
“They don’t make ’em like they used to.”
That’s what people said in times past about Chevrolet, Coca-Cola and Whirlpool. It still fits Mike Lucci.
Sixty years ago, Lucci was a 60-minute …
You are what the scoreboard says you are – or maybe not
As a great philosopher (maybe Vince Lombardi, not Butch Jones) once said, numbers are difficult to debate. You are what the scoreboard says you are.
OK, Alabama won in a romp, …
Strange reunion with Henry the Great
Interesting reunion scheduled for this weekend in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama linebacker Henry To’o To’o will share warm greetings with old friends after trying to knock their caps off. Those same old friends …
Alabama may not bother with cigars
Reality has returned.
It may not be apparent yet to all concerned but Ole Miss extinguished some of the Tennessee football fire that had been raging unabated for two weeks.
Assuming dependable …
Sad sideshow stole spotlight from exciting main event
This is an official proclamation: What happened late Saturday evening at Neyland Stadium was beneath the dignity of the University of Tennessee and the grand old general who loaned his …
Lock the doors or strike up the band, Lane Kiffin is coming
So, Lane Kiffin is coming to town.
So what?
You’ll see. He stirs the juices.
Ever so often, I swear off and promise not to write another word about Lane unless he wins …