by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘The die seemed cast for intercollegiate football in Knoxville’ By Tom Mattingly The time we have waited for—anxiously, in many cases—is now here. Tennessee football returns this Saturday (Aug. 31) against Chattanooga on the legendary field and in the...
by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Look Carefully at the Field By Tom Mattingly There are all kinds of storylines within the expanse of the Neyland Stadium, far beyond wins, losses, and ties, summonsed as if by magic in the mind’s eye. It’s definitely an orange-tinted world. More than 70 years ago, the...
by design | Aug 5, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Lindsey Nelson’s finest hour’ By Tom Mattingly Hearing Todd Helton’s remarks on his induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York brought back poignant memories. In retrospect, there was another day a “Tennessee Man” had his moment in the sun there...
by design | Jul 29, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Players Who Stood Tall By Tom Mattingly In the history of the Tennessee-Alabama rivalry, the series that defines the “Third Saturday in October,” there are many players who have stood tall when each year’s game was on the line. Former Tennessee defensive back...
by design | Jul 22, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
How long was spring practice in 1938? By Tom Mattingly Tennessee head football coach Robert R. Neyland had returned to Knoxville looking to pick up where he left off in his first tenure as head coach of the University of Tennessee football team. From 1926 through...
by design | Jul 15, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘We want Bama! We want Bama!’ By Tom Mattingly Football fans sometimes get what they want, and it isn’t pretty. Despite the best of intentions, there are days and nights in various venues that seem longer than most, when everything that can go wrong does....
