You don’t necessarily need Ohio State over Clemson in Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinals to know that up is still down and down is still up in the world of sports these days.
The year 2020 may have blessedly given way to 2021, but don’t attempt to tell college athletics that life is back to normal, the status quo again in place.
Just check out Saturday evening’s Southeastern Conference men’s basketball results from Knoxville, Tennessee, and Starkville, Mississippi.
Just attempt to process Alabama 71, the No. 7 and previously unbeaten Tennessee Volunteers 63. Or how about Kentucky 78, Mississippi State 73 in double overtime?
The Vols entered Thompson-Boling Arena against Alabama looking like a team headed for its first Final Four in school history and left with coach Rick Barnes saying of expected All-SEC player John Fulkerson’s heretofore expected starting spot: “Guys can take his minutes. He’s got to do better than he did.”