by design | Nov 18, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘A vigorous competitor, strong on sniffing out a good story and then getting it’ By Tom Mattingly In the days Knoxville had two newspapers, the morning Knoxville Journal and the afternoon Knoxville News-Sentinel, each paper covered the sporting scene...
by design | Nov 11, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Seeing a light at the end of the tunnel By Tom Mattingly You may not remember it, but there was once a 9-3 Tennessee team in 1983 that was not ranked by the Associated Press (AP) during the entire season. It’s all there in black agate type on p. 333 of the “2023...
by design | Nov 4, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
1956: ‘Unbeaten Giants—Something Had To Give’ By Tom Mattingly Looking at this year’s Vol football schedule begs an important question for us old timers. Where the heck is the “Rambling Wreck,” AKA Georgia Tech? It’s been 37 years since the Vols and Tech...
by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A classic case of getting people’s attention By Tom Mattingly Interesting things can happen when one coach leaves and another takes his place. For the new coach, it’s a classic case of getting people’s attention and showing they mean business. Things get “real.” Very...
by design | Oct 21, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘This field belongs to everybody who identifies with Tennessee tradition’ By Tom Mattingly Morgan Wallen’s recent performances on Shields-Watkins Field elicited justifiable concern from portions of the Vol fan base. What would be the impact of that event...
by design | Oct 14, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Coach Dickey was a wonderful supporter of the band’ By Tom Mattingly Who put the “T” in “Tennessee,” when it comes to Vol football at Neyland Stadium? There is at least one photograph from much earlier days reflecting band members forming a halftime “T,” surrounded...
