Readers who write

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

Readers of westwords are very special. Readers who write are worth double. You know who you are.
David Irwin is 14 years retired from a Knox County teaching career, Halls and …

Bigger and stronger

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

In this time of administrative turmoil, it is so comforting to finally get one issue behind us. We now understand why Tennessee football deteriorated during the Butch Jones era and …

Pruitt spanks absent fans

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We can help you, Coach, if you’ll just let us know when the fuse is short.
If we had guessed how strongly you felt, we could have saved you from yourself …

We got our Heisman

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

Well, we finally got our Heisman Trophy.
Sort of.
It belongs to Chris Weinke. It is here in spirit, as long as he is on the Tennessee coaching staff.
We have endured, lo, …

Somebody is wrong

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

I am nearly always right but sometimes I am wrong, no spinning to explain it away, just plain wrong.
Even with a lofty IQ, vast experience and world-class confidence, I have …

Lane Kiffin won’t go away

Marvin WestFeature, westwords

Twice I promised myself that I wouldn’t do this.
Lane Kiffin has had more than his fair share of westwords, good and bad, but he simply won’t go away. His name …

Cost of Failure

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Somebody, somewhere, may eventually calculate how much Tennessee spent on the resurrection of football.
Jeremy is currently making less than $4 million if you don’t count perks and potential bonuses. The …