Joel
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Joel Hollingsworth is a 1999 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law. He wears a despicable tie by day while functioning as General Counsel of a health care organization and frightening orange plaid pajamas by mornings, nights, and weekends as Editor-in-Chief of Rocky Top Talk. His work has been featured on and in numerous websites and print publications on topics ranging from vomit to tax and copyright law (he's cited as an "expert" in the footnotes, which his wife finds hilarious nearly to the point of incontinence). Oh, and he's written about the Tennessee Volunteers, too, first in 2005 at View from Rocky Top (trudging through The Season of Which We Do Not Speak), and then here at RTT beginning in 2006. In 2009, he served as Editor for (and contributed to) the Maple Street Press preseason annual Rocky Top Tennessee 2009, which features a superb cast of contributors including nationally-known sports writers, Knoxville-based newspaper writers, and A-list bloggers. Joel also contributed an article on the Third Saturday in October to MSP's 2008 Alabama annual and an article on the Tennessee-Florida rivalry to MSP's 2009 Florida annual.
As a sports blogger, Joel guest-hosted at the Yahoo! college football blog Dr. Saturday for a week in March, 2009 and has guest-posted on a variety of other notable sites such as Every Day Should Be Saturday and Burnt Orange Nation, exposure that has helped lead to even more surprising and bizarre notoriety, including interviews by NBC Sports, ESPN.com, and The Sports Tap radio program. He's also mostly to blame for both the 2006 and 2007 College Football Blogger Awards, for which he conned four of the biggest names in our niche to put forth a united effort to promote the entire college football blogosphere.
Joel lives in Jonesborough, Tennessee, adjacent to Jackson the Mule, who says hi.
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Posted Around the SB Nation: a numerical justification for HATE on Rocky Top Talk - 11/25/09 12:00 PM EST
Commented Ah on Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats: game preview on Rocky Top Talk - 11/25/09 11:03 AM EST
Joined Anchor Of Gold - 11/25/09 10:55 AM EST
Posted Anchor Of Gold - An unofficial Vanderbilt Commodores blog on Rocky Top Talk - 11/25/09 9:12 AM EST
Commented And who gets the 38? on Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats: game preview on Rocky Top Talk - 11/25/09 8:57 AM EST
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Posted Tennessee Volunteers at Kentucky Wildcats: game preview on Rocky Top Talk - 11/25/09 7:22 AM EST
Posted RTT Podcast tonight at 9:30 EST on Rocky Top Talk - 11/24/09 8:33 PM EST
Posted Around the SB Nation: Ole Miss fans' review of The Blind Side on Rocky Top Talk - 11/24/09 12:00 PM EST
Voted for C.J. Watson on Rocky Top Talk - 11/24/09 8:54 AM EST
Posted Talking Points: Smokey at Westminster? on Rocky Top Talk - 11/24/09 7:30 AM EST
Posted Tennessee Volunteers vs. Purdue Boilermakers: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/23/09 7:30 PM EST
Posted Around the SB Nation: Georgia fans look toward a "massive rebuilding job" on Rocky Top Talk - 11/23/09 12:15 PM EST
Posted Post-game awards: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores on Rocky Top Talk - 11/23/09 7:15 AM EST
Posted Hail Mary Haiku: Kentucky Wildcats on Rocky Top Talk - 11/23/09 6:30 AM EST
Posted RTT Guessing Game standings after Week 11 on Rocky Top Talk - 11/22/09 7:53 PM EST
Posted RTT Pick 'Em: will anyone catch marmot_man_111? on Rocky Top Talk - 11/22/09 7:36 PM EST
Posted Tennessee Volunteers vs. DePaul Blue Demons: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/22/09 5:19 PM EST
Posted Tennessee-Vandy animated drive chart on Rocky Top Talk - 11/22/09 7:24 AM EST
Posted Wes Brown gives his all for Tennessee on Senior Day on Rocky Top Talk - 11/22/09 12:13 AM EST
Commented Second half thread and stats on Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:41 PM EST
Posted Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: 2nd half game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:40 PM EST
Commented Stocker shock on Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:30 PM EST
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Commented Woo on Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:30 PM EST
Commented Like a chicken with his head cut off on Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:26 PM EST
Commented Nice hop by Orgeron there on Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:25 PM EST
Commented I'm here, btw on Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:24 PM EST
Posted Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 6:00 PM EST
Commented Uh, yeah on ESPN GameDay and early games open thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 12:24 PM EST
Posted ESPN GameDay and early games open thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 9:00 AM EST
Posted Tennessee-Vandy guessing game on Rocky Top Talk - 11/21/09 8:15 AM EST
Commented I just called . . . on Tennessee Volunteers vs. East Carolina Pirates: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/20/09 5:06 PM EST
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Posted Tennessee Volunteers vs. East Carolina Pirates: open game thread on Rocky Top Talk - 11/20/09 3:00 PM EST
Posted RTT on Sports Animal 99 today at 1:45 on Rocky Top Talk - 11/20/09 1:30 PM EST
Posted Around the SB Nation: Farewell to UGA VII on Rocky Top Talk - 11/20/09 12:30 PM EST
Voted for birdjam's House that Vanderbilt on Rocky Top Talk - 11/20/09 9:08 AM EST
Posted The Record of Wrongs: Vanderbilt Commodores on Rocky Top Talk - 11/20/09 6:54 AM EST
Posted Vote for the winner of the Tennessee-Vandy Hail Mary Haiku on Rocky Top Talk - 11/20/09 6:45 AM EST
Commented That's interesting on Tebow Tebow Tebow on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 8:07 PM EST
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Commented This on Tobias Harris signs with Tennessee on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 8:01 PM EST
Posted What Tennessee Volunteer fans should watch, record this week on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 6:15 PM EST
Commented No on Neyland Stadium -- The color orange - ESPN on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 1:54 PM EST
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Posted Whittling the Tennessee-Vandy Hail Mary Haiku on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 12:30 PM EST
Posted Around the SB Nation: a little help with the hate on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 12:15 PM EST
Posted Neyland Stadium -- The color orange - ESPN on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 10:52 AM EST
Posted A Diplomatic Introduction | Gate 21 on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 10:41 AM EST
Commented Yeah, I think that if they want to honor him . . . on Should junior Eric Berry run through the T with the seniors on Saturday? on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 10:03 AM EST
Commented Ah on Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: game preview on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 8:59 AM EST
Voted for No on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 8:55 AM EST
Posted Should junior Eric Berry run through the T with the seniors on Saturday? on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 7:35 AM EST
Posted Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores: game preview on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 7:26 AM EST
Commented Heh on Tennessee Volunteers Pummel Asheville, 124-49 on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 6:15 AM EST
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Commented If you can get two of three lawyes to agree on something . . . on Word to the Wise: A Lesson Learned From Nyshier Oliver's Shoplifting Case on Rocky Top Talk - 11/19/09 6:13 AM EST
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Commented And he won't say this, so I will on Tennessee Volunteers Pummel Asheville, 124-49 on Rocky Top Talk - 11/18/09 4:04 PM EST
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Posted Around the SB Nation: about that Auburn pass play to the tackle on Rocky Top Talk - 11/18/09 12:00 PM EST
Posted Just a bit of perspective on arrests of Vols | No Silence Here | knoxnews.com on Rocky Top Talk - 11/18/09 10:08 AM EST
Commented Hey, Chef on RTT BlogPoll Computer Rankings: Week 11 Final Ballot on Rocky Top Talk - 11/18/09 10:04 AM EST
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Commented Links on Tennessee freshman Nyshier Oliver charged with shoplifting on day of Memphis game on Rocky Top Talk - 11/18/09 8:52 AM EST
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Posted Um, wow. on Rocky Top Talk - 11/18/09 6:57 AM EST
Commented OOOOHHHHHHHH on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:40 PM EST
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Commented McBee just hit his first three on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:31 PM EST
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Commented We're finally getting a bit sloppy now on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:31 PM EST
Commented Ah. Thanks. on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:27 PM EST
Commented How does that happen? on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:23 PM EST
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Commented Yeah on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:23 PM EST
Commented Pardon the interrption on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:18 PM EST
Commented Halftime stats on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:18 PM EST
Commented Aren't you guys thinking of Gary Danielson? on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 8:17 PM EST
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Commented Yeah, they're 0-18 or so right now on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:45 PM EST
Commented on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:42 PM EST
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Commented Fantastic on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:33 PM EST
Commented heh on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:29 PM EST
Commented It's just one on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:28 PM EST
Commented But . . . on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:28 PM EST
Commented I like Maze's new haircut on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:27 PM EST
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Commented Good thinking on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:27 PM EST
Commented Pitiful crowd on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:24 PM EST
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Commented Not sure about that on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:23 PM EST
Commented Oh, good on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:21 PM EST
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Commented Pajamas on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:21 PM EST
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Commented OK on Double open thread! Tennessees vs and at UNC-Asheville and Texas Tech on Rocky Top Talk - 11/17/09 7:20 PM EST
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