by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘He could take his and beat yours or take yours and beat his’ By Tom Mattingly As Tennessee fans, we sit in a stadium each fall named in his honor and memory. We drive on a four-lane road near that stadium named after him. A great many students have...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
King of the Volunteers By Tom Mattingly Bernard King was definitely something special, from his first stroll on the court against Wisconsin-Milwaukee in December 1974 to the time the music stopped in Baton Rouge. That came in the first round of the 1977 NCAA...
by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Three SEC Championship Seasons to Remember By Tom Mattingly The 2024 season marks the 85th anniversary of the 10-1 1939 team, the 55th anniversary of the 9-2 1969 team, and the 35th anniversary of the 11-1 1989 team, champions all. Each of these “Boys of Fall” teams...
by design | Feb 5, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
The integral 1964-65 recruiting class By Tom Mattingly Looking back, it’s hard to believe that it has been 60 years since Tennessee football coaches were signing one of the best football recruiting classes in the school’s history. The year was 1964. This was Doug...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Giving new meaning to the term ‘birds-eye view’ By Tom Mattingly In December 1966, the Basketball Vols opened the William B. Stokely Athletics Center, an enlarged version of the Armory-Fieldhouse on campus. Seating capacity went from 7,500 in the Armory to...
by design | Jan 22, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A true All-American football player By Tom Mattingly When I once wrote a column asking Vol fans to name the legendary figures over the course of Tennessee football history, someone wrote in and nominated George Cafego, the Vol tailback from 1937-39 and assistant coach...
