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SEC Turkey of The Year Voting and More

SEC Turkey of the Year Nominations A local radio station has been handing this award out for nearly 20 years. So this is anything but original. However, they do not hand their's out to sports figures...

Written by Joel Barker about 4 days ago 181 reads 1 comments
Is a Win Over Kentucky the Key To Tennessee Vols Happiness in 2009?

How did we get here? How did this happen? Are we really happy about this? Do I have a case of sports amnesia? Have we really fallen this far? All these questions have been asked by many proud programs through the years...

Written by Joel Barker about 5 days ago 708 reads 26 comments
Tennessee Vols Basketball: Purdue Will Be Biggest Test So Far

We all love the preseason publications. I read two of them from cover-to-cover on a yearly basis—usually in more than one sport. When I read this season's Athlon basketball publication I was surprised to see how far they had Purdue going in March...

Written by Joel Barker about 5 days ago 339 reads 3 comments
SEC Bowl Projections

With one week remaining in an up-and-down season, the SEC bowl picture is still as muddy as ever. Even after all the games are completed we still won't know anything for sure until the Sunday following the SEC Championship game...

Written by Joel Barker about 7 days ago 6,883 reads 40 comments
SEC Football: Kevin Bacon-Style

SEC fans have made the ACC, and every other conference for that matter, the butt of their jokes. Ask any SEC fan and they’ll tell you that their conference is supreme...

Written by Joel Barker about 9 days ago 296 reads 3 comments
Tobias Harris: Latest Addition To the Tennessee Vols Basketball Family

To say that Tobias Harris was a big catch for Bruce Pearl and the Tennessee Vols would be a massive understatement. As a matter of fact, Harris is quite possibly Pearl's biggest catch yet...

Written by Joel Barker about 9 days ago 510 reads 1 comments
Tennessee Vols Football: Vandy and Kentucky Usually A Safe Landing

For years, no matter how inconsistent Tennessee was thoughout the season, no matter how much adversity they faced, no matter how tough that schedule seemed, there was always Vanderbilt and Kentucky at the end of the rainbow...

Written by Joel Barker about 9 days ago 479 reads 2 comments
Tobias Harris Signs with Tennessee, Becomes Bruce Pearl's Biggest Catch

High School phenom Tobias Harris has signed on to play basketball with the University of Tennessee Volunteers. In what has been a highly anticipated announcement, the young man is quite possibly ...

Written by Joel Barker about 9 days ago 301 reads 5 comments
Tennessee Vols Football: If This is the Lane Train, I'd Rather Walk

I’m not going to spend this entire article explaining my past support for Lane Kiffin. I don’t have to tell you how many articles I’ve written in his defense or how many times ...

Written by Joel Barker about 10 days ago 2,870 reads 56 comments
Tennessee Vols: The Truth About Lane Kiffin and the Three Banditos

Much has been said over the last four days about Lane Kiffin and the arrest of three freshmen players for attempted armed robbery...

Written by Joel Barker about 12 days ago 1,672 reads 54 comments
Tennessee Vols Biggest Opponent This Season: Adversity

Merely one week ago Tennessee fans were rejoicing. For nearly a month, the Vols were the hottest team in the SEC. A 45-19 beat down of Georgia began a streak of positive momentum on the field for the first time since 2007...

Written by Joel Barker about 14 days ago 563 reads 31 comments
Tennessee Vols Basketball: Puzzle Pieces Finally in Place

Experience. Depth. Bruce Pearl. All are pieces to the Big Orange Basketball puzzle. The question is, will they all come together to form a championship picture? Bruce Pearl leads his boys into battle for another season...

Written by Joel Barker about 15 days ago 222 reads 1 comments
Tennessee Vols Football: Kiffin's Quandry

A horribly, unexpected thing happened on my way to writing about the great future that the Tennessee football team has begun to build prior to the Mississippi game...

Written by Joel Barker about 16 days ago 2,359 reads 58 comments
SEC Football Weekly: Coaching Carousel, Game Previews, and More

SEC Coaching Carousel Stalls... For Now Last season at this time we knew at least two SEC coaches would be gone at seasons end. A few weeks later a third joined the unemployment line. So far the replacements have been quite successful...

Written by Joel Barker about 18 days ago 329 reads 3 comments
Atlanta Braves Hot Stove Hopes: Five Free Agent Possibilities

This has to be my favorite time of year. The beautiful leaves have fallen. The air is getting much cooler. Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Gone is summer—the long days, the starry nights...

Written by Joel Barker about 18 days ago 1,597 reads 20 comments
My Top 10 Worst Tennessee Vols Losses

With another Tennessee-Memphis game just around the corner I have decided to do a list of the 10 worst losses in my history as a UT Vols fan...

Written by Joel Barker about 22 days ago 1,783 reads 9 comments
The SEC Weekly: Reviews, Previews, and Thoughts on SEC Football

Welcome to my newest venture. This is the first of a weekly article that will run throughout the remainder of the football season and will carry over to basketball as well. Hopefully you will enjoy what you see and keep coming back for more...

Written by Joel Barker about 24 days ago 1,344 reads 7 comments
Tennessee Vols Football: Way Too Early Bowl Possibilities

Well we are officially two games past the halfway point in the season. We all know what that means... time for every sports website to come out with the infamous Bowl Projections that are almost never right...

Written by Joel Barker about 25 days ago 1,050 reads 22 comments
Atlanta Braves Baseball: Is Milton Bradley Joining Bobby Cox's Team?

I know, I know. It's a crazy headline. Chicago Cubs fans everywhere are rejoicing! The fact is that the latest scourge on their beloved franchise is about to be no more...

Written by Joel Barker about 26 days ago 1,039 reads 11 comments
Tennessee Vols Football: A Runaway (Lane) Train

During the longest offseason in the history of mankind, I wrote numerous articles explaining how and why Lane Kiffin could be the man to restore the glory at Tennessee. Of course, I didn't know it for a fact, but I speculated as many on this site do...

Written by Joel Barker about 27 days ago 2,006 reads 9 comments
Mike Slive, SEC: Drunk On Their Own Power

Like any typical diehard SEC football fan, I have defended my favorite conference’s honor many times. I grew up thinking that the national media didn’t like us southerners when it came to anything, especially sports...

Written by Joel Barker about 29 days ago 940 reads 27 comments
Kiffin vs. Spurrier: Vols and Gamecocks Hoping History Repeats Itself

In 1990 the SEC welcomed a new coach into it's illustrious fraternity. That coach would go on to become one of the greatest the conference has ever seen. That coach was never confused as a nice guy...

Written by Joel Barker about about 1 month ago 363 reads 22 comments
Message to Lane Kiffin Haters: Keep Hatin'

Well, lookie here. Lane Kiffin done went and got himself in a whole heap a trouble again. The SEC's favorite whipping boy got his second public tongue lashing from the almighty SEC commish, Mike Slive, today...

Written by Joel Barker about about 1 month ago 3,109 reads 83 comments
SEC Officiating: Crisis or Conspiracy?

Say you are SEC Commissioner Mike Slive. Your conference has won each of the past three national championships. You have five teams in the preseason Top 25, four of which are in the top 10...

Written by Joel Barker about about 1 month ago 1,723 reads 42 comments
Tennessee Vs. Alabama: Instant Classic. Instant Heartbreak.

What a game! That's pretty much all a Tennessee fan can say at a time like this. To have a shot at the win against the No. 1 team in the land and lose is probably one of the most heartwrenching things a fan can experience...

Written by Joel Barker about about 1 month ago 1,241 reads 34 comments

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Joel Barker Article Archive

SEC Turkey of The Year Voting and More

Is a Win Over Kentucky the Key To Tennessee Vols Happiness in 2009?

Tennessee Vols Basketball: Purdue Will Be Biggest Test So Far

SEC Bowl Projections

SEC Football: Kevin Bacon-Style

Tobias Harris: Latest Addition To the Tennessee Vols Basketball Family

Tennessee Vols Football: Vandy and Kentucky Usually A Safe Landing

Tobias Harris Signs with Tennessee, Becomes Bruce Pearl's Biggest Catch

Tennessee Vols Football: If This is the Lane Train, I'd Rather Walk

Tennessee Vols: The Truth About Lane Kiffin and the Three Banditos

Tennessee Vols Biggest Opponent This Season: Adversity

Tennessee Vols Basketball: Puzzle Pieces Finally in Place

Tennessee Vols Football: Kiffin's Quandry

SEC Football Weekly: Coaching Carousel, Game Previews, and More

Atlanta Braves Hot Stove Hopes: Five Free Agent Possibilities

My Top 10 Worst Tennessee Vols Losses

The SEC Weekly: Reviews, Previews, and Thoughts on SEC Football

Tennessee Vols Football: Way Too Early Bowl Possibilities

Atlanta Braves Baseball: Is Milton Bradley Joining Bobby Cox's Team?

Tennessee Vols Football: A Runaway (Lane) Train

Mike Slive, SEC: Drunk On Their Own Power

Kiffin vs. Spurrier: Vols and Gamecocks Hoping History Repeats Itself

Message to Lane Kiffin Haters: Keep Hatin'

SEC Officiating: Crisis or Conspiracy?

Tennessee Vs. Alabama: Instant Classic. Instant Heartbreak.

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