by Mark Nagi | Feb 3, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Asked to describe the past couple of months, West linebacker Drew Francis said simply, “It was definitely stressful.” Back in July 2019, Francis verbally committed to Arkansas, turning down offers from Purdue and Memphis, among others. But in November,...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 27, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Sequels rarely live up to the original. For every Godfather II there are endless Caddyshack 2s. That’s the way I felt watching last Thursday night when the Lady Vols played UConn for the first time in over 13 years. In 2007, Lady Vols head coach Pat...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 20, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Those that do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. I believe this to be true, which is why I feel that it is important to remember what happened to Tennessee’s football program ten years ago. When Lane Kiffin abruptly resigned to take the...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 6, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, it wasn’t pretty, but it was a much needed bowl game victory for Tennessee. The Vols rallied from a 13 point deficit in the 4th quarter to edge Indiana 23-22 on January 2nd in Jacksonville. It was Tennessee’s first bowl game victory since 2016,...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 30, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman A new year is nearly upon us, but we are all so busy we barely have time to think about tomorrow much less than the next twelve months. But don’t fret. I’m here to give you a sneak peak into the local sports scene in 2020. (Note: Some of these...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 16, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman You’d have won a lot of bets if you laid down a few bucks on the Vols bowl game chances when they say at 1-4 and looked like a team ready to give up on the season. But they persevered, won six of their last seven games, and will face Indiana in the...
