by design | Aug 3, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly In the wide, wide world of college athletics, a Tennessee player or coach can be a part of the Volunteer family on one day (“us”), and, yet on another day can become a part of some rival program (“them”). In the heat of the moment during Saturday...
by design | Jul 27, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Led by tailback Hank Lauricella averaging an amazing eight yards per carry, the Tennessee Volunteers won both the writers’ (AP) and coaches’ polls (United Press) wire to wire as the Vols captured the 1951 collegiate football national championship....
by design | Jul 20, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly In the 1966 season, Tennessee won eight games for a second straight year under head coach Doug Dickey in a season marked by offensive fireworks and defensive prowess. The Vols scored 240 points in 11 games and gave up 99. Quarterback Dewey Warren,...
by design | Jul 13, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Since I retired from the athletic department in 2005 and the president’s office in 2006, I rarely get back to campus. When I do, I find that things have markedly changed. The memories linger, however, and among the fondest are those that happened on...
by design | Jul 6, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly In another long-ago lifetime, I was a daily blogger for the local newspaper, along with writing a weekly column much like this one. The task was to write commentaries each week on various happenings in the daily world of sports I thought might be of...
by design | Jun 29, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly There was always something special about waking up on Saturday mornings in the fall during the 1960s and into the 1970s, knowing that one of the big games in the country was being played at Neyland Stadium, less than 10 miles from your home....
