Marvin West

Tennessee knocked off Alabama. Fans got all excited, sprang from their seats and reconvened on Shields-Watkins Field. Dr. Danny, happy with the triumph but alarmed by the celebration, may find it necessary to tack another special fee onto ticket costs to pay the $100,000 fine.

Josh Heupel talks about Tennessee football improving day by day. How about week to week and month to month – proper rewards for all those comprehensive practices and be-smart sessions?

I think Rick Barnes thinks he has the primary parts and little pieces of another good basketball team. It is not yet ready for prime time.

All is well that ends well. So says William Shakespeare in my treasury of wise words. We now know there are exceptions. Tennessee again coughed and sputtered for too much of a half, got its act together, fought off determined underdog Kentucky and won, 28-18. The Neyland Stadium sellout crowd seemed stunned or totally confused […]

It was supposed to be a close basketball game, maybe even a signature win for Louisville's new coach and his 15 transfer stars gathered from all over the jump-and-shoot world.

* Tennessee 33, Mississippi State 14, coupled with what happened to others, raised the winners to No. 4 in the coaches' poll, sixth in the AP poll.

Every Saturday is championship playoff elimination day for one or more teams in the Southeastern Conference. This Saturday, Tennessee and Georgia get the spotlight.

The exalted playoff selection committee will tell us on Tuesday if we can dream on – or if it is time to wake up and start worrying about Vanderbilt.

Those who compare college football teams, assign ratings and determine playoff opportunities need to be correct. Errors could be painful, even lethal. Let’s call them Committee 1. What I am hearing is Tennessee, in comparison with other 8-2 teams Ole Miss, Georgia and Alabama, ranks third in average strength of schedule and last regarding FBS […]

Classified ad: Tennessee basketball team seeks more games in Nassau. Free sunshine and sand. All expenses paid. Contact Rick Barnes, Pratt Pavilion, 1610 Lake Loudoun Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996 *** In days recently past, Tennessee walloped, blasted and hammered (really, I’m telling you, hammered) two famous basketball names, Virginia and Baylor, and claimed outright ownership […]