Monday through Friday at 2 p.m., Times Free Press Sports Editor Jay Greeson offers his 2:00 drill – a quick look at what’s happening right now and what’s on tap for tonight in the world of sports. Check back tomorrow morning for five at 10.
Prep football
High school playoffs start tonight in Tennessee and Alabama, and there are two teams that received a lot of feedback from this morning’s questions of what to watch. The two big vote-getters for upset specials were Tyner and Howard – two teams that received the short end of the stick in the seeding process.
Howard goes to Loudon tonight and Tyner travels to Polk County. One e-mail said the reason for each upset was simple – speed, and lots of it.
Look for complete coverage in Saturday’s Times Free Press Sports section
College football
The Mocs head to Auburn on Saturday in what before Thursday was going to be just another big-paycheck, big-point-spread game. Now with the innuendo about the recruiting allegations involving current Auburn quarterback and Heisman frontrunner Cam Newton.
Auburn has stated and re-stated its position that Newton is eligible to play. Everything else is being bounced back and forth.
Just another day in the life of the SEC, huh?
European football
Good luck to Baylor and Notre Dame as they continue to chase TSSAA girls’ high school soccer state championships.
Baylor plays tonight, and Notre Dame goes Saturday.