
David Paschall is a sports writer for the Times Free Press. He started at the Chattanooga Free Press in 1990 and was part of the Times Free Press when the paper started in 1999. David covers University of Georgia football, as well as SEC football recruiting, SEC basketball, Chattanooga Lookouts baseball and other sports stories. He is a Chattanooga native and graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received numerous honors for his journalism, including various Tennessee state sports writing awards. In addition, he is in his fifth year on the voting board of the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and his ninth year on the voting board for the Heisman Trophy; he also serves on the voting board for the Biletnikoff and Lombardi awards. He is a past Southern League writer of the year, a former board member of the Football Writers' Association of America. Contact David at 423-757-6524 or dpaschall@timesfreepress.com.
When quarterback Mac Jones signed with Alabama in 2017 as a three-star prospect, he joined a Crimson Tide program that contained Jalen Hurts, the 2016 Southeastern Conference offensive player of the year as a freshman, and fellow signee Tua Tagovailoa, who entered Tuscaloosa with five-star status.
by David PaschallRicky Gutierrez was set to manage the 2020 Chattanooga Lookouts before the entire season wound up getting scratched by the coronavirus pandemic.
by David PaschallGeorgia running back Zamir White, who rushed for 779 yards and 5.4 yards per carry this past season, announced Wednesday afternoon that he will be returning to Athens for his redshirt junior season.
by David PaschallThroughout Alabama's 2020 national championship football season, sophomore receiver John Metchie was viewed as a developing talent.
by David PaschallKevin Steele is back at his alma mater.
by David PaschallHaving won seven national championships in college football, including six with Alabama, coach Nick Saban isn't about to rank his title teams.
by David PaschallThe Tennessee at Vanderbilt men's basketball game scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed due to a combination of positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Commodores basketball program, the Southeastern Conference announced this morning.
by David PaschallThe most abnormal season in college football history had a very normal ending.
by David PaschallThe Tennessee Volunteers are 9-1 in their coronavirus-delayed basketball season and remain No. 3 nationally in the NET rankings behind Gonzaga and Baylor, but COVID-19 very much remains in the picture.
by David PaschallIt wasn't that long ago when Harris English faced an annual challenge of simply retaining his PGA Tour card.
by David PaschallFormer Tennessee linebacker Al Wilson, the defensive spearhead of the 1998 national championship team, was announced Monday as a member of the 2021 College Football Hall of Fame class.
by David PaschallFor the eighth time in 12 years, a Nick Saban-coached Alabama team is about to compete in college football's national championship game.
by David PaschallThere are 5,225 miles separating College Station, Texas, from Montevideo, Uruguay. It sure seemed like home for Santiago Vescovi.
by David PaschallIn fairness to Ohio State junior quarterback Justin Fields, he never really got a legitimate first crack at Alabama.
by David PaschallOn the surface, Alabama redshirt junior inside linebacker Dylan Moses appeared to have a successful return from his lost 2019 season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament four days before the opener against Duke in Atlanta.
by David PaschallGeorgia's promising offense for the 2021 football season received more good news Friday when senior guard Justin Shaffer announced that he would use the NCAA's extra year of eligibility that has been provided amid the coronavirus pandemic.
by David PaschallNew Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin has never worked in the Southeastern Conference before, but his two new coordinators sure make up for that.
by David PaschallMany national championship games have that battle within the battle, and Monday night's showdown between No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State in Miami Gardens will be no different.
by David PaschallESPN reported Thursday that the University of Tennessee has paused the hiring of any football assistants while the school continues to look into recruiting violations that surfaced last month.
by David PaschallTennessee entered Wednesday night's game against Arkansas inside Thompson-Boling Arena shooting just 62% from the free-throw line in Southeastern Conference games.
by David Paschall