I’d heard the legends, but I wanted to see it for myself … or “feel” it, would probably be a better description. It was late summer 2005, and I was still a sports writer for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. By that time, I’d decided that I was going to make a family de...

The Face of Tennessee Football, unfortunately (in our best monster truck announcer’s voice…) SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY! JOIN US FOR AN EXTRAVAGANZA OF FAILURE! NASHVILLE! NASHVILLE! NASHVILLE! MEMORIAL STADIUM. WEST END AVENUE. THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS. THE VANDERBILT COMMODORES. EMPO...