Franklin Watkins

Geriatrician at Wake Forest School of Medicine, husband, dad & Vol For Life. Opinions posted are my own.

[Brian Onorio @brianonorio]

“the South is welcoming a German tourist in a way we would never have anticipated.”

Lived my entire life in the South. I wholly anticipated this.

Breaking news for people in the northeast: this is actually normal life in the rest of America.

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@Mubashir_SE I must be missing all that Swedish World Cup gold that allows you to be the vessel of soccer knowledge.

What year was it that they won anything?

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@rolltideburner @Isaac__Trotter Brandon Garrison is the centerpiece of your front court so 🤷‍♂️

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@lewpy @StoolTennis Second time in six months that fitness showed up way too early in a match for Sinner.

Something is definitely wrong. It not being this degree of a problem in the past points more likely (not definitive, just more likely) to a conditioning issue than underlying medical issue.

[Brent Hubbs @Brent_Hubbs]

NEW: Mike Leach made the Hall of Fame ballot after criteria changes — but if he's getting in, John Majors should already be there 👀

Majors won 3 SEC titles and a natty. Leach never came close.

Read: https://t.co/7ooHA3Z8jF

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@SOXinTN You have no quality depth and one trusted shooter.

[Ryan Sylvia @RyanTSylvia]

Tennessee softball HC Karen Weekly:

"In this day and age when people jump ship and do it for the dollars, Karlyn (Pickens) had those opportunities, and Karlyn said, no, I’m a Lady Vol through and through. That meant so much to me."

https://t.co/5U3mQ1aDDj

[Rebecca Pickens @VolMomPickens]

Thanks to Holly Rowe for confirming what we already knew! #goodgame

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@RaiderMark @laurenbradfor That is not Karen Weekly.

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@marcEmarc1711 @jessvolliday That assistant coach is not named Weekly.

Pannell knew exactly the smoke she was bringing by accusing (wrongfully) the head coach. Say “someone” if you don’t know, but she called a specific name.

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@colebankertv Bush league to comment on this as a sports director who can ask questions of those in the line. You have access but choose only to comment and not do your job.

And would you say the converse is true and Pennell is bush league if caught lying in this?

[Tennessee Baseball @Vol_Baseball]

The 2026 season comes to a close.

Thank you to #VolNation for all your support this season.

#GBO🍊

[Emilie Rae Cochrane @EmCochranetv]

"This morning, we talked about 2 Timothy: God does not give you a spirit of being timid. Instead, God gives you a spirit of power and love and self-discipline."

Before the WCWS win against Texas, Karen Weekly shared this verse with the #LadyVols.

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@SamNeedacheck I haven’t seen VolTwitter disappear at any point.

I might want to have them done so, but it never disappears.

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@Rhino787 @SullenSerf 0 for 36 is a heck of a run

1/15 >>> 0/36

The math still comes up zero for you no matter the denominator

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@SamNeedacheck Still didn’t cast his soul to hell like you all did Wes Rucker in the tweet from an Arkansas fan.

Neither fanbase has any high road in this debate.

Both were terrible and warrant apologies.

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@Rhino787 @SullenSerf What are those 17 championships?

I see zero natty, two SWC reg season, four SEC reg season, one SWC tourney and one SEC tourney

That is 8

Where are the other nine? Divisional regular season championships???

We don’t even list those on our wiki page lol

[Franklin Watkins @GeriDeac]

@Rhino787 @SullenSerf You are one of those participation trophy parents, aren’t you?

One the things that matter - championships - the programs look pretty darn similar. And one might argue the trophy case on the orange side has more trophies. Conference and national.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

The worst decision in my life as a born and raised Nashvillian? Shutting down Opryland to open a shopping mall they could have built anywhere. Opryland would be even more popular today than it was when I was a kid. Huge whiff by the city. Loved it. Miss it.