by Mark Nagi | Sep 2, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Ju’Wuan James arrived in Knoxville in January of 2010 expecting to play for Lane Kiffin. Instead it would be three years of Derek Dooley and one year of Butch Jones. There wasn’t a bowl game trip to be had, or even a winning season. But at the end of...
by Mark Nagi | Jul 21, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The best thing about the annual SEC Media Days in Hoover, Alabama is that no team, nor their fans, has had their hearts ripped out yet. Games are still 6 weeks away. On Tuesday, July 15 the Tennessee Volunteers took to the podiums in front of over 1200...
by Mark Nagi | Jul 14, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman People in the Southeast tend to take their college football a little bit too seriously. Case in point the annual SEC Media Days event in Hoover, Alabama. For four days, coaches and players from all 14 teams show up at the Wynfrey Hotel to talk about...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 30, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman It’s always a special occasion when Peyton Manning, one of the best football players in Tennessee history, returns to Knoxville. Manning was in town last week to renew acquaintances, and to headline his own charity golf tournament, the Peyton Manning...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 23, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman You are Janzen Jackson… you have been charged with murder. There was a time when you were one of the nation’s top football recruits for the Class of 2009, out of Barbe High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Rivals.com says you run a 4.43 40. You are a...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman I’m going to admit that I’m writing this article on the eve of the World Cup, so for all I know Knoxville will show complete indifference to one of the biggest sporting events in the universe… But when you look at the way that the sport has grown in...