by design | Dec 11, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
A question for the ages By Tom Mattingly If you’re a college football fan enamored with collecting all kinds of memorabilia, you never know when you’ll find something special about your favorite team that catches your attention almost immediately. Collectors are...
by design | Dec 11, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
The College Football Playoff Committee Failed By Mark Nagi Last week the College Football Playoff Committee picked the four teams that will take part in the playoff. 13-0 Big Ten champion Michigan and 13-0 Pac 12 champion Washington were no brainers. 12-1 Texas won...
by design | Dec 10, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Jane George: Another Lockstep Liberal Jane George, a failed candidate for the Tennessee State Senate four years ago, has announced she’s off and running for Congress. George is a Democrat and says at least where fiscal policy is...
by design | Dec 10, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Raymond E. Willis of Indiana By Ray Hill Raymond Eugene Willis was literally born into the printing business. His father, Frank, had been a veteran of the Civil War and owned the Waterloo Press. The son of “a country editor” and one of six brothers and eight children,...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘After an extensive nationwide search…’ By Tom Mattingly Sometimes, the best coaching search is no search. Case in point. Go back to Dec. 3, 1976, a day Big Orange Country had anxiously awaited. A Tennessee legend was coming home as head football...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
Where Tennessee Football Stands Today By Mark Nagi Well, the regular season is now complete for the Tennessee Volunteers. The Vols finished at 8-4 and now wait for word on their bowl game destination (which was not yet known when The Focus went to press). There are...
