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Vols 35, Golden Bears 18 Wow! Fancy the thought of Tennessee actually playing Tennessee football! Passers passing. Receivers receiving. Signature Johnny Chavis defense. Please tell me the drought is over. It sure looked like it tonight. Erik Ainge, unlike last year, looked like he was having fun tonight — much more relaxed than last year. … Read more

I had my first experience at Rupp Arena tonight watching the Vols dismantle the Kentucky Wildcats with my Kentucky-fan wife. The Cats were gracious hosts to an orange-clad Vol fan who was one of the few disperesed throughout the arena. The Vols are orange-hot, and this win at Rupp was a long time coming. Yes, … Read more

Vols 27, Wildcats 8 In yesterday’s Battle of the Bottomdwellers, Tennessee finally met its match in the Kentucky Wildcats. All season long, the Vols have waited for a team that was as good or better at throwing away a victory, and Kentucky rose to the occasion. All frustration aside, I was encouraged by Erik Ainge’s … Read more

Vols 24, Commodores 28 In November 1982, USA Today was just two months old, President Ronald Reagan was in his first term, the Soviet Union was knee-deep in Afghanistan, and Knoxville, TN had just wrapped up its hosting of the 1982 World’s Fair. The Tennessee-Vanderbilt football game was played in Nashville that year, and a … Read more

Vols 20, Tigers 16 The rumor out of Knoxville is that people had a hard time giving away their tickets to this homecoming game. Turns out that the season ticket holders who gave away their seats missed one of the greatest comeback wins of the season (I saw this with my toungue decidedly in cheek). … Read more

Vols 21, Fighting Irish 41 The television shot of the game came after one of the 20 fourth-quarter points scored by Notre Dame. The camera focused on Phillip Fulmer. Gone was the Fulmer who expresses disappointment by clapping his hands and gritting his teeth in a smile–like grimace. This time, the camera found the winningest … Read more

Tennessee offensive coordinator Randy Sanders “steps down.”

The downward spiral continues.

The doldrums of Tennessee Football

Vols 14, Bulldogs, 27