by design | Mar 31, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
No. 2 quarterback always the ‘most popular guy in town’ By Tom Mattingly Here’s a guide to several scenarios that have emerged over the years when there has been extensive debate among Vol fans about who should lead the team under center. It happened as...
by design | Mar 24, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Stories are where you find them’ By Tom Mattingly Every now and then I look back at a number of stories from past writings. One question comes to mind more often than not. Did I really write this or did someone else commandeer the computer? For better or...
by design | Mar 17, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Some indiscreet sniping from both sides By Tom Mattingly Over the years, the story of Tennessee football has been written by such journalists as Tom Siler, Russ Bebb, Ben Byrd, Marvin West, Haywood Harris and Gus Manning, Tony Barnhart, F. M. Williams and Jeff Hanna,...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
A miserably cold and rainy day at Dudley Field in Nashville By Tom Mattingly Here’s a moment in Tennessee football history that deserves another look. It was a tie game that helped the Vols escape a loss to their mid-state rivals. The “experts” say tie games are not...
by design | Mar 3, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Likely to be in the record books forever’ By Tom Mattingly How do fans react when their team loses a game and doesn’t make a first down? That’s the story for today, harking back to Sept. 28, 1958, on Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. An announced crowd of 46,000...
by design | Feb 24, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘An Inferiority Complex?’ By Tom Mattingly There was a time Tennessee did not seem to be the biggest deal in town or at least equivalent to their opponent at a bowl game. That may be hard to believe, but it seemed to have happened in the days leading up to...
