by Mark Nagi | Mar 20, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Folks, it is ok that you are going through football withdrawl. I get it. I’m right there with you. The good news is that this week, football is back! Well, kind of. Tennessee will hold its first of 15 spring practices on Tuesday, March 21st. Spring...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 13, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Tennessee will have a different look in 2017, thanks in part to some significant off season moves by Butch Jones. Four new assistants have joined the Vols coaching staff, including Brady Hoke, the former head coach at Michigan. “Right now I love my...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 6, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, it finally happened. More than 6 months had passed since Tennessee athletics director Dave Hart announced that he would be retiring, leaving behind a legacy of Title IX problems, unnecessary lawsuits that cost the University millions, a coach...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 27, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Tennessee’s football coaching staff looks a lot different today as opposed to January 1st, the day after the Music City Bowl. Mike DeBord (offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach), Willie Martinez (assistant head coach/defensive backs coach), Steve...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 20, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Dear Chancellor, Good day to you and yours. Hopefully the move to Knoxville has been a pleasant one, and the keys to your new office are working properly. Now that you are on the job I have three suggestions that will make your tenure as the...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 13, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman “Welcome to Atlanta where the players play… And we ride on dem thangs like every day… Big beats, hit streets, see gangsters roamin… And parties dont stop ‘til eight in the mo’nin” The modern day poet Jermaine Dupri wrote that verse in his 2002 hit...
