John Adams

Selective reading could give Tennessee fans an altogether different perspective on their next football team.

Tennessee fans learned earlier this week their football program is in worse shape than three consecutive losing seasons would suggest.

SEC football hasn’t reached the halfway mark in commitments for the 2014 class. But it’s safe to say no other commitment will have the impact of Kyle Allen’s.

The Tennessee and Connecticut coaches smiled, hugged and agreed to play again next year in Tennessee.

A preseason magazine has offered hope to the rest of college football by projecting scenarios that could end Alabama’s dynasty, now comprised of three national championships in four seasons.

One national championship opportunity often leaves fans thinking about the next one.

A Tennessee fan in his 20s recently raised a question about his program’s 1998 national championship in football.

DESTIN, Fla. — Long-term football scheduling was the biggest conversation piece of the SEC spring meetings last week.

DESTIN, Fla. — Bret Bielema seemingly had it made at Wisconsin.

DESTIN, Fla. — Mike Slive sent a familiar message to basketball coaches at the SEC spring meetings this week.

DESTIN, Fla. — Holly Warlick has talked often about continuing what Pat Summitt started with the Tennessee women’s basketball program.

DESTIN, Fla. — Butch Jones attended his first SEC meeting Tuesday afternoon. But the Tennessee football coach didn’t sound like an SEC rookie.

DESTIN, Fla. — If I had made out the itinerary for this week’s SEC spring meetings, Sonny Smith and Bruce Pearl would have been conducting a coaching seminar.

Each year about this time we are reminded that the SEC is a family. Coaches and administrators will assemble for more family business this Tuesday at a Destin, Fla., resort for the spring meetings, which will continue through Friday.

Tennessee softball players repeatedly have referred to “doing the little things” in their quest for the Women’s College World Series.