Helping Coach Pruitt

Marvin Westwestwords

New athletic director Phillip Fulmer said we should help new coach Jeremy Pruitt however we can in his first big game of catch-up.
Never in his life has Jeremy been as …

UT recruiting: We’ll find out later

Marvin Westwestwords

We’ll find out later, in a couple of years, what Jeremy Pruitt found at the end of his first recruiting rainbow. Unless a miracle happens, it won’t be a pot …

Kahlil McKenzie: Ready or not?

Marvin Westwestwords

If we can just get past the Super Bowl, we can begin to concentrate on more important things.
The NFL combine assembles in late February. The draft is in late April. …

Help is on the way

Marvin Westwestwords

Butch probably won’t like this but you may.
It appears new coach Jeremy Pruitt has figured out what thousands of fans knew all along, that Tyler Byrd was one of the …

Cuonzo reappears

Marvin Westwestwords

Old friend Cuonzo Martin will return to Tennessee’s life for a couple of hours on Wednesday night.
You do remember Cuonzo? He was basketball coach of the Volunteers for a short-short, …

Another Ancient is gone

Marvin Westwestwords

There are two ways to say this.
Tennessee “Ancients” from track and field history are thinning out.
Obit writing is getting old.
Dr. Al Kuykendall of Oak Ridge and Boise, Idaho, died Jan. …

Alabama man: A matter of perspective

Marvin Westwestwords

It appears Alabama fans have had time to process developments. It does take a while.
Supposedly, there are some who believe Phillip Fulmer realized he was on mission impossible, gave up …

Remembering Bobby Gratz

Marvin Westwestwords

When Mack Gentry reminisces about the late Bobby Gratz, his very good friend, we sit up straight and listen.
“Bobby had a creative side. He wrote poetry. He designed and built …