White flag? You got to be kidding.
Rick Barnes, often stubborn to a fault, did not accept the Kentucky romp for what it was, an unbearable beating, a public flogging, devastation …
Barnes promises to turn flogging into a positive
Same team, different look; Carolina helped
Points to ponder: Same team, different site, different circumstances, different foe, different look.
Tennessee’s defense was good, very good.
Tennessee’s offense was slow to find its way. There were few open shots. …
Bud Ford and the championship game
Big game in chilly Indy tonight.
Why there, you ask? Money. Best bid to get a piece of the action included a hint of ambiance – Peyton’s statue and St. Elmo Steak House since …
Tennessee Vols are consistently inconsistent
Consistently inconsistent – that’s what they are.
Tennessee basketball Vols have managed to twist one of Rick Barnes’ favorite words, consistency, into a very unpleasant situation.
At LSU on Saturday night, they …
Tennessee baskets: Shoe on the other foot
Last week, Tennessee lost a close one at Alabama while John Fulkerson and Kennedy Chandler were in the health and welfare cage.
Last night, the shoe was on the other foot. …
westwords moves on (to 2022)
Enough already?
Are you over it yet?
Time to move on?
Other reflections?
Last week, fans from you can guess where snickered at the Southeastern Conference slogan, “It just means more.”
There was talk of …
Music City Bowl should matter to Vols
In minor tribute to The Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl presented by Stifel at SoFi Stadium, here is my opening monologue:
Bowl games are not created equally. Some are more meaningless than …
Vol recruiting exceeds expectations; better yet to come
Let us start with the basic premise that players win games. Recruiting truly is the life’s blood of college football.
Let us celebrate that Tennessee far exceeded expectations in the early …