John Adams

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Blake Toppmeyer |John Adams

Texas football does it up big, and that includes the payroll for its roster. Are Arch Manning's Longhorns the national championship frontrunner? Opinions vary. Looking for an alternative to Texas from the SEC that can win national championship? Try LSU. Did Texas just assemble the best team money can buy? Maybe. Alternatively, it spent big for a playoff-caliber roster that will come up short of the national championship game once again, after two straight years bowing out in the semifinals.

1 week ago | newschief.com | Blake Toppmeyer |John Adams

Texas football does it up big, and that includes the payroll for its roster. Are Arch Manning's Longhorns the national championship frontrunner? Opinions vary. Looking for an alternative to Texas from the SEC that can win national championship? Try LSU. Did Texas just assemble the best team money can buy? Maybe. Alternatively, it spent big for a playoff-caliber roster that will come up short of the national championship game once again, after two straight years bowing out in the semifinals.

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | John Adams

After sorting through my emails, I checked the calendar to make sure summer hadn’t come and gone and September was right around the corner. All my literary contributors wrote about football this week. What does that tell us? It tells us that college football has more seasons than ever, and that those seasons often overlap. The regular season lasts from late August to the end of November. The postseason stretches from early December to late January. Spring practice takes up March and April.

1 week ago | columbiadailyherald.com | John Adams

The college football season keeps getting longer – so long, in fact, that one season overlaps the other more than ever. A national champion isn’t determined until the second half of January. By then, you already have an idea which teams have done the most to bolster their roster for the following season. College football’s more crowded schedule can play havoc with fans’ emotions. Tennessee fans know all about that.

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | John Adams

One debate Tennessee fans never have: Who has been UT’s best football coach? The answer is as obvious as Tennessee’s 101,915-seat stadium, which isn’t named Fulmer Stadium, Majors Stadium, or Dickey Stadium. It’s Neyland Stadium. Robert Neyland isn’t just regarded as UT’s best football coach. He’s considered one of the greatest coaches in college football history. You don’t have to look beyond his record to see why. He was 173-31-12. Neyland didn’t just win more than any other Tennessee football coach.