MAZE AND MYLES … AND GHOST’S ALL SMILES Before I get into this, I want to congratulate Alabama and its fans (everybody but Phocion, that is) for another banner Signing Day. Wow, what a haul. I hope the Vols can get back to competing with you guys before long. Nick Saban has certainly set...

I’d heard the legends, but I wanted to see it for myself … or “feel” it, would probably be a better description. It was late summer 2005, and I was still a sports writer for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. By that time, I’d decided that I was going to make a family de...

I’ve been asked or have read a variation of the same question at least five times today: Is the Bruce Pearl Honeymoon over? Of course those people are referring to last night’s Kentucky domination over the Vols at Thompson-Boling Arena in which Jodie Meeks continually drank our milkshake...

I’m going to be short and not-so-sweet tonight. Tennessee lost twice on Wednesday, and I’m just thankful the Vols didn’t lose three times. First of all, we lost at the final buzzer of regulation with pretty boy/douchebag/Vols killer Matt Bouldin drove to the hoop for what would hav...

I’m going to keep this short and sweet — like Tennessee’s trip to the NCAA tournament will be unless something drastic happens. I’ve got nothing against a 79-77 win over Belmont today, even though the Bruins are now 4-4 and have very little size and the game was played at Tho...

I’m not going to be in Knoxville on Saturday. It’s best I stay away, I’ve decided. I could go, sure, and I could cheer and probably tear up and stand and clap and chant for Phillip Fulmer on his day and act for a moment like I’m sad to see him go. It would be true then, but t...

Well, we can’t let our Bama brethren outdo us now, can we? Honestly, that’s not the reason for this roundtable. The reason is there are a whole lot of questions that need to be answered in the couple of months leading up to the season, and I would think that we orangish blogger experts w...

Back when I was little, the world as I knew it stopped on Saturday afternoons when the Tennessee Vols were getting ready to play football. No matter where we were, we’d seek out a television or a radio to try to see or hear the game. I remember playing pee wee football the day the Miracle at S...

Trying to hang on for an up-for-grabs SEC East last season, Tennessee was forced to throw several young and inexperienced defensive backs into the blazing fire of the stretch run. It was painful to watch at times, especially when defensive coordinator John Chavis refused to let the athletes play and...

There used to be three seasons at Tennessee: Football season, recruiting season and spring practice. Now that we’ve taken one of those off this year and replaced it with this odd round-ball sport they call “basketball,” where the object is to throw said ball into a metal rim with a...