by design | Oct 28, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A classic case of getting people’s attention By Tom Mattingly Interesting things can happen when one coach leaves and another takes his place. For the new coach, it’s a classic case of getting people’s attention and showing they mean business. Things get “real.” Very...
by design | Oct 21, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘This field belongs to everybody who identifies with Tennessee tradition’ By Tom Mattingly Morgan Wallen’s recent performances on Shields-Watkins Field elicited justifiable concern from portions of the Vol fan base. What would be the impact of that event...
by design | Oct 14, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Coach Dickey was a wonderful supporter of the band’ By Tom Mattingly Who put the “T” in “Tennessee,” when it comes to Vol football at Neyland Stadium? There is at least one photograph from much earlier days reflecting band members forming a halftime “T,” surrounded...
by design | Oct 7, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘This field belongs to everybody’ By Tom Mattingly When you think about it, there are memories of a number of great moments scattered across the greensward of Shields-Watkins Field. It’s been quite a run for the Vols since Shields-Watkins Field opened for...
by design | Sep 30, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
The Same Score Two Weeks in a Row? By Tom Mattingly In the 1950s, probably into the 1970s, there was a Saturday morning game day program on WATE, later WETE, radio called “Pigskin Panel,” featuring E. L. “Tip” Tipton, Russ Bebb, Ben Byrd and Ed Harris. It was part of...
by design | Sep 23, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Orange and White… and Black? By Tom Mattingly In late October 2009, there was a great deal of interest engendered across Volunteer Nation when the Tennessee Vols were rumored to be wearing black shirts (with their orange pants) in their upcoming game against South...
