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SportTalk: Brett Kendrick key for Tennessee

SportTalk: Brett Kendrick key for Tennessee

If Tennessee is able to save a season that appears to be on the brink, players like Brett Kendrick will be the key.Kendrick signed with Tennessee with little fanfare. He was a three-star prospect from Christian Academy of Knoxville. Since that time, he’s been a versatile offensive lineman that has started 22 games, including every game…MORE

SportTalk: Paranoia at Tennessee beyond comprehension

SportTalk: Paranoia at Tennessee beyond comprehension

The paranoia at Tennessee is beyond comprehension. Understandably, a couple of well-spoken Vols were asked about the national anthem protests this week after it took center stage this weekend. It’s common practice to “localize” a national story as big as the recent protests. It’s Journalism 101. UT didn’t think so. One player was quickly silenced…MORE

The Take: High School Football Review – Week 6

The Take: High School Football Review – Week 6

It’s the Week 6 High School Football Review. Special guests include Soddy Daisy Football Coach Justin Barnes and CW of Chattanooga’s Dave Keylon. I talk with Coach Barnes about their big win over Ooltewah and Dave joins me to discuss some the other games in the Chattanooga/North Georgia area. Rhea Co. Football Coach Mark Pemberton…MORE

SportTalk: Butch’s Whiny Diatribe

SportTalk: Butch’s Whiny Diatribe

The only thing worse than someone being flat-out wrong is when they’re 100-percent certain they’re absolutely correct. Butch Jones exemplified that during his weekly press conference. The Tennessee coach went on a whiny diatribe about the media after being asked a perfectly fair question on Monday. Scroll down for the video. Jones was asked about…MORE

SEC Nation Heads To Rocky Top For Tennessee’s Clash With #11 Georgia

SEC Nation Heads To Rocky Top For Tennessee’s Clash With #11 Georgia

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The SEC Network’s traveling pregame show, SEC NationPresented by Pilot Flying J, will be in Knoxville when the Vols host No. 11 Georgia for a 3:30 p.m. ET matchup this Saturday, Sept. 30, at Neyland Stadium. SEC Nation will broadcast live from the Ayres Hall lawn from 10 a.m. to noon ET. Laura Rutledge hosts the morning show alongside…MORE

The Take: Vols Struggle & Fans In The Stands

The Take: Vols Struggle & Fans In The Stands

It’s the Take with Cowboy and Dave Keylon. The Vols struggle with UMASS. Yes, that UMASS. The infamous Butch Jones hot seat is at an inferno level depending on who you ask. What makes fans criticize players and coaches at a game? You know the type of fans I’m talking about. The fan sitting behind…MORE

SportTalk: The Vols can still win the East

SportTalk: The Vols can still win the East

It’s way too easy to slam Butch Jones after the Vols’ lackluster performance against UMASS on Saturday. Fish in a barrel had better chance of receiving a fair shot that Jones after his team slid past the Minutemen 17-13. However, let’s take note of the big picture: The Vols still have all of their goals…MORE

Bill B Blog 08.28.17: iGen

Bill B Blog 08.28.17: iGen

Gen(i)…or is that iGen…. Can Not Hang. There’s a new book out and I highly recommend.   I’ve only read excerpts but it’s a good one…dealing with.. Those born between 2012 and 1995 (currently between 5 and 22)    Jean Twenge  has dubbed this “Generation” as iGen.   (I kinda like Gen i….but I didn’t…MORE

Bill B Blog 08.24.17

Bill B Blog 08.24.17

I boycotted the NFL for 2 years.   And I had a good reason….not faux-outrage from the right nor the left. But I digress. I hear the calls for protests…for boycotts of the NFL over Colin Kaepernick’s not being signed by any NFL team as quarterback.  They say it’s because of the former 49’ers QB’s…MORE

Bill B Blog 8.18.17

Bill B Blog 8.18.17

All Chill in Coolidge Whew. Now we can all exhale.   Word that the Solidarity with Charlottesville Rally, sponsored by Free Communism, and opposed by White Power Pushers, came off with no violence, no fights, no gunplay, no foolishness, no jerkosity, and no crap was a huge relief to all of us in Chattanooga USA.…MORE