We sit on the brink of a great 2007 season of SEC football. A season destined to be filled with many great plays made by many great players. There will be runaways and squeakers.

It is finally almost “Football Time in Tennessee.” You can smell it in the air here in Middle Tennessee, despite it being 105°F outside.

Any team that wins the SEC has to have talent, but today more than ever, you must have old lady luck on your side as well. Gone are the days where when you can count a few conference games as automatic wins.

We have counted it down from months to weeks and now days. The best 5 months of the year are finally here.

I left work early last Monday morning, and after failing to find anything appealing on FM radio, I begrudgingly tuned into The Herd on ESPN Radio for my ride home.

I have debated blogging on this topic for a few days, but this morning I decided to go ahead with this. I am not writing this to disparage a young man, I am writing this to encourage a kid.

Kickoff is drawing near, and a Coker-less UT football team is more and more apparent, but if you think that defenses can relax, just remember that Arian Foster may have something to say about that.

While ruminating on the relative hotness of Carrie Underwood compared to Danielle Peck, I’ve been perusing the college hoops schedules as they are put forth for public consumption. Here are half a dozen things that have caught my eye.

Looking back on the history of Tennessee football, you quickly find that most Volunteer football teams seem to have big play threats at Wide Receiver. C’mon, you know that this university did not obtain the moniker “Wide Receiver U” for turning out one or two greats.

It’s scrimmage time! Tomorrow will be the Vols first full scrimmage this fall. It will be approximately 100 plays and, of course, it will be closed to the public.