by Mark Nagi | Dec 14, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi I’m writing this article at 2:24 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, a few hours after the final NFL game of the week. Baltimore beat an awful Dallas team tonight 34-17, but that’s not the big news. I’m here to type a rambling, hopefully, coherent piece on why...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Well, here we are again. Another football season for the Tennessee Volunteers, and another coach that is on the proverbial hot seat. Yes, we have certainly been down this road before. Pruitt is the fifth head coach at UT since 2008. That much...
by Mark Nagi | Nov 30, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Boy oh boy was November 23 a lousy day for Tennessee athletics. First came the news that men’s basketball coach Rick Barnes was one of multiple members of the program that had tested positive for COVID-19. Tennessee immediately postponed all team...
by Mark Nagi | Nov 16, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Let me tell you… no one does a coaching search like Tennessee. Lane Kiffin’s midnight run led to a wild search by athletics director Mike Hamilton that finished with the inept Derek Dooley installed as the Vols new head coach in 2010. When Dooley’s...
by Mark Nagi | Nov 2, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi It wasn’t supposed to be this way. This is year three of the Jeremy Pruitt era, and while teams like Texas A&M have been able to secure at least one “marquee” win (over Florida a few weeks ago), Tennessee still finds itself struggling mightily against...
by Mark Nagi | Oct 19, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The Tennessee/Alabama rivalry will be renewed on Saturday at Neyland Stadium. It is always one of the most anticipated games on the schedule for the Vols, despite the fact that they haven’t beaten the Crimson Tide since 2006, and have rarely been...
