by design | Sep 18, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Going from ‘them’ to ‘us’ By Tom Mattingly Here’s an interesting question for all the armchair historians out there. Name an opposing quarterback who helped upset Tennessee in a bowl game and later became a Vol assistant coach. The quarterback in question is Bob...
by design | Sep 11, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
The way things appeared 19 years ago this month By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S PREFACE: Last Monday morning (Sept. 4) and into most of Tuesday (Sept. 5), the announcement of the new Smokey Grey uniforms honoring former Vol quarterback Condredge Holloway dominated our...
by design | Sep 5, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘He wanted to report the games and the people involved’ By Tom Mattingly During Ben Byrd’s career at the Knoxville Journal and in his other published works, there were precious few wasted words. He made his point clearly and moved on. He was a tenacious defender of...
by design | Aug 28, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Football under the lights By Tom Mattingly Before the 1972 season, night games were not part of the Tennessee football experience. There were no lights at Shields-Watkins Field/Neyland Stadium, and the Vols played sparingly under the lights on the road or in bowl...
by design | Aug 21, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
The most exciting moment of their lives By Tom Mattingly Seldom has one game attracted the attention of the “Tennessee Nation” as did the 1986 Sugar Bowl win over Miami. The 35-7 win, seemingly against all odds, is one of the first games mentioned when Vol fans begin...
by design | Aug 14, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Wait ’til you see that run on the newsreels’ By Tom Mattingly Radio play-by-play announcers from a long-ago day, exemplified by Bill Stern and Ted Husing, were quite good in describing a game their listeners couldn’t see. Here’s an example. The venue was the 1951...
