by Mark Nagi | Mar 7, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Let’s put aside the allegations of HGH use by Al Jazeera. Let’s forget about the disputed details of an incident from 1996 in the Tennessee training room. Let’s just talk about football, and whether or not Peyton Manning will be on an NFL roster...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 29, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman It. Just. Keeps. Getting. Worse. Over the past few weeks, the University of Tennessee has made mistake after mistake in the eyes of the public. Some of those errors are serious in nature, others are fairly inconsequential, and others are out of...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 15, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman As of press time, Peyton Manning had yet to make a decision as far as retirement. But it is hard to imagine that “The Sheriff” won’t ride off into the sunset now… Denver’s 24-10 dismantling of Carolina in Super Bowl 50 wasn’t Manning’s best...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 8, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman All coaches say that they are happy with their recruiting classes on National Signing Day. Heck, Derek Dooley put a rose on that Class of 2012 that didn’t have one offensive lineman in the bunch. Not one! But Tennessee coach Butch Jones actually does...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 1, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, here we go again… Despite a recent run of futility that only now seems to be ending after eight long years in the college football abyss, the Tennessee Vols are going to be represented in the Super Bowl for the 24th time in the past 25 seasons. In...
by Mark Nagi | Jan 25, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The stories are as bad as we think. Coaches willing to break NCAA rules to woo a recruit to their university. The NCAA and their member institutions turning a blind eye because the unpaid labor brings in billions. College athletics has never been more...