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.
Tennessee picked up its 24th football commitment for the 2021 signing class Monday and its third from within the state, receiving a nonbinding pledge from Hardin County tight end Hudson Wolfe.
by David PaschallNearly two decades have passed since Georgia's 26-24 defeat of Tennessee inside Neyland Stadium in 2001, which forever will be known as the "Hobnail Boot" game thanks to legendary Bulldogs announcer Larry Munson.
by David PaschallLuke List didn't have a high enough ranking in the FedEx Cup standings to warrant an invitation to the Charles Schwab Challenge on the PGA Tour, so the former Baylor School and Vanderbilt University golfer gave the Korn Ferry Tour a try and made the most of it.
by David PaschallWhen protests late last month in Atlanta over the senseless killing of George Floyd quickly gave way to downtown rioting, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms delivered a passionate plea to those present to end the chaos by going home.
by David PaschallAlabama has signed at least one five-star prospect every year since 2008.
by David PaschallPhillip Fulmer served as Tennessee's head football coach for 205 games, nearly matching the program mark of 216 set by the legendary Robert Neyland.
by David PaschallImagine landing your dream job at age 34 only to lose it at 40. Such was the Ray Goff era at Georgia.
by David PaschallThe SEC announced Wednesday morning that its annual football media days will be held virtually this summer due to continuing coronavirus concerns.
by David PaschallThe most exciting Southeastern Conference football game of the 1993 season was Auburn's 38-35 upset of Florida, which was witnessed by 85,214 fans inside Jordan-Hare Stadium. Not a soul outside the stadium saw it.
by David PaschallTennessee third-year football coach Jeremy Pruitt provided good news on the health front Tuesday and encouraging news on the ongoing quest for racial equality after the senseless death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
by David PaschallWhen it came to Southeastern Conference football in the 1990s, the number of people who pulled something over on Florida coach Steve Spurrier was quite small.
by David PaschallThe Southeastern Conference has never experienced a more profound change of eras than on Nov. 3, 1990.
by David PaschallThis week opened the floodgates to a multitude of Southeastern Conference football memories.
by David PaschallWhen Phillip Fulmer was Tennessee's head football coach, he never announced the week of a game that his Volunteers were about to win by 24 points.
by David PaschallFormer Georgia and current Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm apologized Thursday afternoon for a racially insensitive comment he made during a text exchange from March 2019 that became public.
by David PaschallJohnny Majors led the University of Tennessee to one Southeastern Conference football championship as a senior tailback in 1956 and to three more as its head coach in 1985, 1989 and 1990.
by David PaschallThe Southeastern Conference has lost another football coaching legend.
by David PaschallThe coronavirus outbreak in March immediately changed the viewing landscape for sports fans.
by David PaschallUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball coach Lamont Paris was like a lot of people this past weekend, watching protests throughout the country that turned from peaceful to violent during the aftermath of the senseless death of George Floyd in Minnesota.
by David PaschallFormer Auburn football coach and athletic director Pat Dye, who guided the Tigers to four Southeastern Conference championships and to a 99-39-4 record from 1981-92, died Monday at the age of 80.
by David Paschall