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My daughter Ella Beth calls them her "birthday team."

My daughter Ella Beth calls them her "birthday team."

First-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel looks more and more like the nation's best hire in college football from this past offseason.

In a few seconds, Tennessee junior running back Tiyon Evans' Tuesday morning session with the media would be over. But first, someone asked him if he'd watched any film of Missouri, which the Vols will visit Saturday at high noon.

Ah, another Auburn football game. Another undeserved gift from a Southeastern Conference officiating crew. Don't tell me that Alabama is always the league's favorite team.

When Skye Moench competed in the 2017 Little Debbie Ironman, the physical demands of the triathlon caused her to walk the final 10 miles to the finish line. Sunday afternoon went a little differently for the Salt Lake City resident.

To watch Tennessee in the Swamp for so much of Saturday night's game against the Florida Gators was to imagine that this so-called rebuilding job may take a whole lot less time than originally predicted for Volunteers first-year coach Josh Heupel.

A packed parking lot. A standing-room-only crowd rimming much of the Silverdale Baptist Academy football field. More folks than not wearing jackets and pullovers by halftime to ward off the slight autumn chill.

What if?

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golf coach Mark Guhne tried to be philosophical about the school being forced to cancel its Scenic City Collegiate at the Honors Course on Monday due to torrential rains.

No matter the final numbers posted on the scoreboards at Tennessee's Neyland Stadium and Kentucky's Kroger Field on Saturday afternoon, the football teams at Tennessee Tech and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga were perceived as big winners within their athletic departments.
