by design | Jan 20, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Drama underneath the south end By Tom Mattingly Interesting things go on in the visiting team dressing area after the game. That assertion comes after spending time in the visitors’ media area post-game from 1989 through 2006. There’s drama underneath the south end...
by design | Jan 13, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Orange and White checkerboards on Florida Field By Tom Mattingly There are good bowl games, and there are bad ones. Hang around long enough, and you’ll see more than your share of each. Bowl games are hyped to the heavens, but you never know what you’re going to get...
by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Quickly billed as an ‘ESPN Classic’ By Tom Mattingly There was a time in college basketball that even the biggest games were not on television. There were, for example, times that both games of the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament were played on Thursday...
by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
December Saturdays to Remember By Tom Mattingly Rarely have three consecutive December Saturdays been as significant as Dec. 4, Dec. 11, and Dec. 18 were in 1965, following a successful Tennessee football season. These were December Saturdays that forever changed the...
by design | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Two games in one night By Tom Mattingly Ray Mears did not come up with all the gimmicks surrounding Tennessee basketball by himself. Ray did his share, but one of the more interesting ways to try to get people in the seats at the Armory-Fieldhouse came in the...
by design | Dec 16, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘A basic flaw in the college game’ By Tom Mattingly “There is a basic flaw in the college game, one that courses through its body like an infection. It is called recruiting, and it is the bane of college football.” Sports Illustrated’s John Underwood (Nov....
