by design | Jun 10, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Significant memories from an earlier life By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S PREFACE: Last week’s story on the 1998 national championship book from Pediment Publishing brought back some significant memories. More than a few years ago, I remember calling Susan Alexander at the...
by design | Jun 3, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘What a year!’ By Tom Mattingly After the 2022 University of Tennessee football season had finished 11-2, Pediment Publishing (Pediment.com) met the moment with the publication of “REVIVOLS: How Tennessee’s Epic 2022 Delivered a Return to the Football...
by design | May 28, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Time heals all wounds By Tom Mattingly Most football fans can look back and remember the “hot button” issues that have dominated media coverage over the years. These issues are part of the discussion that takes place whenever fans gather. There seems to be no...
by design | May 20, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Why, Tell me, Why? By Tom Mattingly This is the stuff of which orange-colored memories are made. Late in the first half in the 1991 Notre Dame game, the Fighting Irish led 31-7 and were trying a field goal to extend the lead. Things looked bleak for the Vols. Remember...
by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Visionaries who dream great dreams By Tom Mattingly Over the years, Vol fans across the expanse of Big Orange Country have anxiously awaited game stories and columns in the state’s newspapers by Bob Wilson, Walter Stewart, Early Maxwell, Edgar Allen, Tom Anderson,...
by design | Apr 29, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Often in error, but never in doubt’ By Tom Mattingly Several years ago, my wife and I went to Chattanooga to meet the posters on one of the “chat boards” so prevalent on the Internet. It was a chance to see the faces behind the names of those guys who...
