The reader and old friend loves to debate, and occasionally with impressive wisdom, that the Big Ten is equal or superior to the Southeastern Conference when it comes to football, though her best arguments usually fall along academic lines, as if we concern ourselves much with that Down South.
It will end one day, this Alabama stranglehold on its Southeastern Conference football brethren. At some point, albeit at some seemingly distant moment in the future, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban will surely retire.
A year from now, McCallie's football program could be celebrating a fourth straight state championship. That might be a scary thought for every other TSSAA Division II-AAA program, but it's not without reason.
At 7 p.m. Thursday, McCallie senior linebacker Aaron Crowder will attempt to lead his school's football program to its third straight TSSAA Division II-AAA state title.
To the casual high school football fan in and around the Scenic City, it just might be the greatest upset in Southeast Tennessee prep history.
Relax, Vol Nation.
Saturday afternoon was the perfect example of why I never bet on sports. Never. Ever.
Ron and Vicka Durby will spend Saturday afternoon the same way they've spent almost every Saturday afternoon that follows Thanksgiving since Ron was a starting tackle for Bear Bryant's Alabama football teams in the early 1960s.
University of Tennessee senior defensive back Theo Jackson's turn at the podium was almost over Tuesday afternoon when a soft, deep Barry White-like voice from the back of the room asked, "Is there any place in Knoxville you would recommend for a burger?"
Mark Wharton was all alone as he stood behind Finley Stadium's west end zone late Saturday afternoon.
