Wiedmer: Ohio State winning it all would be wildly fitting finish to 2020 season
As I sat down to write this column around noon on Thursday, a little fact box kept changing numbers in the bottom right-hand corner of ESPN's website.
Wiedmer: Why must so many Falcons losses be painful ones?
Can any NFL franchise want a new year to arrive more than the Atlanta Falcons?
Wiedmer: Five sports moments from 2020 some might like to change
Nobody's perfect. We all do or say things we regret, sometimes instantly. It's done, though. We can't take those words or actions back.
Wiedmer: Unexpected Christmas feast shows good that lives in Chattanooga
On one level or another, the coronavirus pandemic has been a struggle for most of us since life as we'd always previously lived it disappeared in mid-March.
Wiedmer: But for matters of fate, this Heisman race could have been far different
Hearing a television announcer discuss the Heisman Trophy possibilities for Florida quarterback Kyle Trask a few weeks ago, my 16-year-old daughter Julia Caroline offered the following observation: "Wonder if anyone ever thinks that if Felipe Franks hadn't gotten hurt last year against Kentucky, no one might ever have heard of Kyle Trask?"
Wiedmer: Is NCAA investigation the last straw for Jeremy Pruitt’s UT career?
Maybe it will turn out to be nothing, this investigation of University of Tennessee football by the NCAA and the school's own compliance department. Such investigations don't always lead to sanctions. Just ask the basketball folks at the University of North Carolina.
Wiedmer: If Auburn can find another Saban, paying Malzahn $21 million not to coach might be worth it
On Sunday afternoon, a very wise woman emailed me a Tweet she'd seen earlier that day.
Wiedmer: Covenant College may not play football, but it will be well represented at CFP title game
When the next-to-last rankings for the College Football Playoffs are revealed tonight on ESPN, a trio of Covenant College students and their assistant professor of sports management will have more than a passing interest in the proceedings, despite the school having no football team.
Wiedmer: This Vols victory about more than one football game
You can justifiably argue over whether Tennessee's win at Vanderbilt on Saturday did anything to prove Jeremy Pruitt has the coaching chops needed to succeed in the SEC.
Wiedmer: Mocs have experience and attitude to reach March Madness
Maybe it was poor eyesight, a broken calculator, or merely the understandable disbelief that any University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball team could begin a season 4-0 and finish 14-14, but recent news that the current edition of the Mocs is the first since the 1987-88 campaign to win its first four games was off a couple of years.
