by design | May 20, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Why, Tell me, Why? By Tom Mattingly This is the stuff of which orange-colored memories are made. Late in the first half in the 1991 Notre Dame game, the Fighting Irish led 31-7 and were trying a field goal to extend the lead. Things looked bleak for the Vols. Remember...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Visionaries who dream great dreams By Tom Mattingly Over the years, Vol fans across the expanse of Big Orange Country have anxiously awaited game stories and columns in the state’s newspapers by Bob Wilson, Walter Stewart, Early Maxwell, Edgar Allen, Tom Anderson,...
by design | Apr 29, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Often in error, but never in doubt’ By Tom Mattingly Several years ago, my wife and I went to Chattanooga to meet the posters on one of the “chat boards” so prevalent on the Internet. It was a chance to see the faces behind the names of those guys who...
by design | Apr 22, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Earning the Plaudits of History’ By Tom Mattingly Every so often, one of the ESPN cable networks or the SEC Network will air Kenny Chesney’s tribute to Condredge Holloway (“The Color Orange: The Condredge Holloway Story”). The tribute highlights...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘One of the stormiest chapters in SEC basketball lore’ By Tom Mattingly A game at Vanderbilt helped define the 1968-69 basketball season and the ever-growing legend of University of Tennessee head coach Ray Mears. The 1968-69 Vols finished 21-7 overall and 13-5 (SEC),...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A point of pride for both schools By Tom Mattingly When the powers-that-be on both sides honored Bobby Dodd at Tennessee’s season-opening game against the Yellow Jackets on Sept. 4, 2017, it had to have been a point of pride for both schools. After all, Dodd was an...
