Tennessee is a bit of an usual state for a variety of reasons.   First, it is the state whose borders touch the borders of the largest number of other states.  Tennessee borders Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri.  It was decidedly a Southern state during the Civil War, and judging by the number of […]

Among the things that make this Country great is that everyone gets a second chance.  Let’s be honest, there isn’t a person in this world that didn’t screw something up at some point in life.  Now, some of the screw ups are greater than others Some are truly life changing and others are just an […]

I’m going to start this post with a confession.  I have a degree from Virginia Tech, but I grew up loving University of Virginia basketball.  The football at U.Va. was never much to speak of before George Welsh arrived on campus, but basketball has always been a different story.  Years later, I still have a degree […]

After 256 Regular Season games, and 10 playoff games the NFL is down to its final two teams for Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis.  The Patriots and Eagles have survived to the finish line in a year where the decisions made by the players and owners in 2011 is finally starting to show on the […]

You may have watched the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl Game between Georgia and Oklahoma, which Georgia won in Double Overtime.  If you didn’t see it, I would recommend you find a way to watch a replay because that’s what College Football is supposed to be. It was the first time Georgia and Oklahoma ever […]

I admit it.  I’m a sucker for a good story. And, there’s a pretty good one going down in Division II College Football, which is a level of football that goes unnoticed most of the year. This year’s Division II National Championship Game is Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri.  For a change one of the traditional […]

You may have heard that Tennessee needs a new Head Football Coach.  You may have heard that they are having a hard time finding one.  You may have heard that the school recently underwent the equivalent of a “bloodless coup” and, borrowing a line from Mel Brooks History of the World, “It’s Good to be the King.” The […]

This weekend, that dopey College Football playoff committee will select its four teams for the creatively named “College Football Playoff.”  The debate rages on who should be in the Final 4 and why.  If you’ve turned on the television this week, it’s been a close call as the most prevalent story of the week…Does Alabama […]

If you love and follow sports, and you haven’t been hiding under a rock for the past few days, then you must be familiar with the chaos that has ensured at the University of Tennessee.  There have been plenty of people talking and writing about it, that there’s really nothing new I can add but my […]

You want to know why I love the NCAA Basketball Tournament.  Because it is still one of the rare events in sports where you actually have to earn your way into the field.  There are 320 + teams playing Division I College Basketball and just 68 make the NCAA Field.  Of course, you are going […]