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Tennessee football needs Butch Jones to get it right

by Steve Williams | Oct 13, 2014 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams Butch Jones is definitely not on the hot seat, but the honeymoon is over. I say that on Friday afternoon, a little over 24 hours before Chattanooga plays Jones’ Tennessee Vols for the first time since 1969. Tennessee was trying to snap a three-game...

First UT football game can be an experience that never ends

by Steve Williams | Oct 6, 2014 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams My earliest memories of attending a University of Tennessee football game are from the era when Neyland Stadium was shaped like a horseshoe, with only bleachers in its open north end. If I remember correctly, a kid like myself, in the early 1960s,...

Remembering A.W. Davis, UT basketball star from the ‘60s

by Steve Williams | Sep 29, 2014 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams A.W. Davis was the first big-name University of Tennessee basketball star in my youth and it was sad to hear that he had passed away last week at the age of 71. He was just as fine a person as he was a basketball player. After having an outstanding...

Young Vols still on track for bowl game and maybe more

by Steve Williams | Sep 22, 2014 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams At the quarter pole of the 2014 University of Tennessee football season, Coach Butch Jones’ youthful Vols are 2-1 and in a pretty good position to accomplish their goal of qualifying for a post-season bowl game. Extreme optimists also see a bigger...

Our Duck Pond will be giving more than directions again someday

by Steve Williams | Sep 15, 2014 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams Officially, it’s the Historic Fountain City Lake. Most of us, however, know it simply as The Duck Pond. But for over a year now, you would be more accurate to call it The Yuck Pond. It’s become an eyesore. Slimy green algae covers about 80 percent of...

First two battles between Sooners and Volunteers were classics

by Steve Williams | Sep 8, 2014 | Columnist, Williams

By Steve Williams Although it’s been nearly a half of a century since the two have collided, Oklahoma and Tennessee do share a brief but exciting history in football. The Sooners and Volunteers will pick up where they left off this Saturday night in Norman....
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