Now comes the football season: At Missouri

Marvin Westwestwords

So much for UConn. Happy Homecoming and the hapless Huskies have come and gone. Can you believe 59-3 and handcuffing the fourth-team quarterback to prevent another touchdown?
Visiting coach Jim Mora …

Tennessee ‘cause of it all’ coming to town

Marvin Westwestwords

Mark Nagi wrote an interesting book a few years ago about Tennessee’s decade of football dysfunction (2010-2020, a decade plus one, the worst).
I don’t recall Mark blaming James Lawrence Mora …

Kentucky is suddenly a pivotal game

Marvin Westwestwords

How strange to see mediocre Kentucky emerge as a pivotal game in Tennessee’s season.
The Vols almost always beat the Wildcats, you say. Why the concern?
I want to believe Tennessee is …

Tennessee-Alabama annual rivalry at risk

Marvin Westwestwords

Commissioner Greg Sankey and the godfathers and directors who own and operate the Southeastern Conference are much smarter than me.
Their money machine generates millions and millions year after year. Some …

Vol for life Bill Justus dead at 76

Marvin Westwestwords

Bill Justus was one of my all-time favorite Volunteers.
He was tough enough to have played professional football and athletic enough to be an outstanding basketball guard. He was a warrior, …