Archive for June, 2008

25 Jun

Lawvol: Dead or Moved to Georgia?

Actually, I suppose this is more like screaming madly as you run around in circles…
Well, in case you haven’t noticed (and you probably haven’t) it’s been pretty quiet here at Gate 21 lately — brisk as the tomb. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I am in the midst of a breakneck stretch [...]

Posted in Blogging, Shoutin' Out, Site News by: lawvol
6 Comments

19 Jun

Flashback: The Great Games — The All-Time Top 10

Well, as Joel pointed out, the News Sentinel’s Dave Hooker recently came out with his Top 10 games in Tennessee football history. It is an interesting list, but (like Joel) I’m not so certain I agree with all of the games on Hooker’s list.
Given the fact that I am still making my way through my [...]

Posted in College Football, Flashback, Great Games, SEC Football, Sports Media by: lawvol
4 Comments

16 Jun

Shoutin’ Out — Smash South Sports

Continuing with this “Summer of Love” (especially while I am out chasing my butt until, at least, the end of June), I want to give a big shout out to what I consider to be the best message board on the web for Tennessee fans: Smash South Sports.

Smash South Sports (or SSS) is a top-flight [...]

Posted in Blogging, College Sports, SEC Sports, Shoutin' Out by: lawvol
5 Comments

09 Jun

Flashback: The Great Games — Florida 1998

19 September 1998
vs.
(2) Florida 17 • (6) Tennessee 20
Neyland Stadium

Due to exceptionally bad planning on my part, I graduated from the University of Tennessee in four years — making my trip across the stage to collect my diploma in May of 1998…

Cartoon Courtesy of the Detroit News
I say it was bad planning because, [...]

Posted in College Football, Flashback, Great Games, SEC Football, Sports Media, Video by: lawvol
6 Comments

04 Jun

The Vol Historian Speaks

Despite my thoughts on Legion Field, Tom Mattingly has written

Posted in College Football, SEC Football, Shoutin' Out, Sports Media by: lawvol
2 Comments

03 Jun

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Lawvol Makes Excuses!

Not that anyone out there is actually reading…

Lawvol’s Planner
As you can see from my schedule, my life has been a bit busy of late. Between work, life, buying and selling my house, coaching Little League, beating up old ladies on the side of the road, and thinking up new and interesting ways to contemplate [...]

Posted in Site News by: lawvol
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02 Jun

Flashback: The Great Games — The 1996 Citrus Bowl

1995-96 CompUSA Citrus Bowl
(1 January 1996)
vs.
Tennessee 20 • Ohio State 14
Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium
Continuing on with 1995, after beating Bama soundly and ending the 10-year drought against the Crimson Tide, the Tennessee Volunteers finished out their regular season at 10-1. Their only loss coming at the hands of the Florida Gators in [...]

Posted in College Football, Flashback, Great Games, SEC Football, Video by: lawvol
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