TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- One play, 73 yards and 13 seconds.

KNOXVILLE -- The Tennessee football team punctuated a postcard-perfect homecoming Saturday with a night full of Playstation-potent offense.

BOONE, N.C. -- Everything you can't do if you want a shot at beating Appalachian State, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team did in the first quarter Saturday.

ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia left little doubt in Saturday's 38-0 win over Tennessee Tech with a 21-point first quarter.

BOONE, N.C. -- Although he hadn't played a down since Oct. 10, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga tailback Bryan Fitzgerald was the Mocs' leading rusher with 342 yards this season going into Saturday's game at eighth-ranked Appalachian State.

None of the other Southern Conference men's basketball coaches have so much as extended a Kleenex to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's John Shulman. Why should they? He's got the ring from last year.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama sophomore tailback Mark Ingram failed to score in Saturday's 24-15 win over LSU, but he didn't damage his Heisman Trophy hopes, either.

KNOXVILLE -- Jonathan Crompton looked left, for at least a full second, more than enough time to deep-freeze a Memphis defensive back.

The lights came on. The cheerleaders danced. The fans cheered, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga accomplished its primary goal by dispatching Tennessee Wesleyan 103-60 in a men's basketball exhibition game Saturday night in McKenzie Arena.

KNOXVILLE -- You always want to win your homecoming game. Especially when you're a first-year coach replacing an alum who was something of a legend and not exactly happy to no longer be in charge.

KNOXVILLE -- The fourth-down Lane train finally got stopped Saturday night in Neyland Stadium.

Mountaineers dominate opening quarter

John Shulman scribbled "pregame warm-up" as an add to the to-do list running down the margin of his legal pad Wednesday.

KNOXVILLE -- Momentum has turned toward the University of Tennessee football team.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Nick Saban can downplay its meaning and dismiss its relevance.