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Wiedmer: Do Marcus West’s Monday dinners lead to UTC’s Saturday wins?

UTC Mocs defensive line coach Marcus West cheers on his squad during the inaugural game of Austin Peay State University's new Governors Stadium.
UTC Mocs defensive line coach Marcus West cheers on his squad during the inaugural game of Austin Peay State University's new Governors Stadium. UTC Mocs defensive line coach Marcus West cheers on his squad during the inaugural game of Austin Peay State University's new Governors Stadium.

Until Monday’s installment of the Chattanooga Quarterback Club’s weekly luncheon, most University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football fans believed the No. 3 Mocs’ lone loss to FCS No. 1 Jacksonville State was due to the Gamecocks’ superior play.

Turns out it may have been the singular fault of UTC super fan Pam Henry.

Say what?

It seems that little more than 29 months ago, when Mocs defensive line coach Marcus West’s wife, Nikki, decided to follow former UTC women’s basketball coach Wes Moore to North Carolina State, Henry promised Nikki that if she wouldn’t make Marcus go to N.C. State with her, she’d do everything she could to keep him fed well while the couple maintained a long-distance marriage.

“And Pam Henry has cooked dinner for me every Monday night for the past three seasons,” West told the Quarterback Club.