The Knoxville News Sentinel has named Tyler Smith as the 2008 Rocky Top League MVP (Bernard King Award). I’m not sure what took so long, the league has been over since Wednesday and Smith was the obvious choice.

Bruce Pearl is everywhere. After being at Tennessee for 3 seasons, we all know this about him. We expect it. He is always quick with great stories and clever one-liners that keep us all entertained and begging for more.

I know, it’s football season but I thought the basketball team heading off to Europe was news worthy. Here are coach Pearl’s comments before heading out.

Exceptional pitching from the Commodores, that’s what we were supposed to see on Wednesday night. Instead, Tennessee proved that they have great pitching of their own.

On Tuesday, the Tennessee Athletic Department held the first annual VOLSCARS at the Knoxville Convention Center. The awards, modeled after the ESPYs, were to honor the individual and team accomplishments of both the women’s and men’s athletic departments.

For the last four years, the Lee Humphrey versus Dane Bradshaw debate has been a hot topic among basketball fans in Knoxville.

I don’t know if any of you read Jimmy Hyams article (subscription) yesterday or not but I found it interesting.

At the risk of being sacrilegious, I would like to tell you a bit about our basketball team. Last season, before the UAB game I went to Thompson Boling Arena to watch our basketball team play a pick up game.