‘After an extensive nationwide search…’

‘After an extensive nationwide search…’ By Tom Mattingly Sometimes, the best coaching search is no search. Case in point. Go back to Dec. 3, 1976, a day Big Orange Country had anxiously awaited. A Tennessee legend was coming home as head football...

Where Tennessee Football Stands Today

Where Tennessee Football Stands Today By Mark Nagi Well, the regular season is now complete for the Tennessee Volunteers. The Vols finished at 8-4 and now wait for word on their bowl game destination (which was not yet known when The Focus went to press). There are...

Bullies make life harder

Bullies make life harder By Joe Rector As has been stated in other pieces of mine, I was an ugly child. No, that doesn’t mean things are different now. A young boy with a burr haircut, buck teeth, a round belly, and popsicle-stick legs has little eye appeal. He is,...