by design | Sep 12, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
An unmatched feat in Tennessee football history By Tom Mattingly The journey from the misery of an 0-6 start to the 1988 football season to four SEC titles and the national championship in the ensuing 10 seasons began Oct. 22 at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. No one...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
A number of significant, exciting, and occasionally disappointing moments By Tom Mattingly The 1972 football season had a number of significant, exciting, and occasionally disappointing moments nearly every week. The final record was 10-2, with a No. 8 national...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘It was all football, just rock ‘em, sock ‘em’ By Tom Mattingly If you were to go to war on the gridiron, you’d want to have former Vol Steve DeLong on your side. Steve DeLong could play the game… and play it at a high level. Steve died Aug. 18, 2010, at age 67, but...
by design | Aug 22, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When the University of Tennessee started fall classes in September 1953, there was one very important item on the agenda for student body leaders. It was a movement to select a mascot. Both local newspapers broke the story on Sunday, Sept. 20....
by design | Aug 15, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When Buddy Cruze, a University of Tennessee All-American wide receiver in 1956, died on March 10, 2018, many long-time fans could recall great moments from his time at Tennessee. Buddy was 84 when he died, but the memories of his days on...
by design | Aug 8, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Consider the impact of Sunday evening, Jan. 9, 1994, on Tennessee football history, as Vol quarterback Heath Shuler held a media conference that filled Vol fans with dread and all those other adjectives associated with bad things happening. Fans were...
