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Pruitt may match Majors’ rebuilding job at Tennessee

by Steve Williams | May 14, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

Pruitt may match Majors’ rebuilding job at Tennessee From a won-loss record standpoint, the current state of the Tennessee football program compares favorably to where it was 40 years ago. After Johnny Majors’ first season ended in 1977, the Vols were 4-7 overall and...

Toughen up! Pruitt is the right guy for this cleanup

by Steve Williams | Apr 30, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

  By Steve Williams Jeremy Pruitt set the tone his first day on the job. And I liked what I heard. “Your expectations aren’t near what mine are,” he said to me and you at his introductory press conference after being named Tennessee’s head football coach in...

Three years after heart attack, Pyatt referees in state finals

by Steve Williams | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams Longtime basketball official Steve Pyatt suffered a heart attack Jan. 10, 2015. That put him on the sidelines for the remainder of the season, but he wasn’t done. Pyatt still had more miles in his legs, more whistles to blow, more boos to ignore and...

A sneak peek into UT football under Coach Pruitt

by Steve Williams | Apr 16, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

  By Steve Williams There’s a few things we’ll be seeing in Tennessee football again under new head coach Jeremy Pruitt and it’s possible we may get a glimpse in the upcoming Orange and White game. Remember the huddle? Grandfathers and dads should be prepared to...

A great sports moment is unnecessarily tarnished

by Steve Williams | Apr 9, 2018 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams This year there was a lot more drama in the NCAA women’s Final Four than in the men’s. When Loyola of Chicago’s Cinderella run ended against Michigan in the semifinals, my interest in the men’s tourney dropped like an air ball. Meanwhile, those...
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