The Calm Before the Storm…

If you’ve had that same empty feeling the last few weeks that I’ve had, well it should vanish fairly soon. Of course I’m talking about the absence of college football from your household television. It’s been a couple weeks since conference championships were decided and Florida jumped over Michigan into second place in the BCS. That of course meant the Gators received the challenge of matching up with Ohio State in the BCS Championship game on Monday, Jan. 8th. If you listen to the supposed experts on the matter, Florida doesn’t even stand a chance in Glendale, AZ, but in my biased opinion, I’m expecting a good game. I’m not going to predict a Gator victory, but I believe they’re going into the matchup feeling they have something to prove, and hopefully they take the pride of the Southeastern Conference with them.
What I really want to touch on is this break between regular season and the bowl games. Why is it necessary for college football to spread the postseason out like it does. I understand they want to keep their names in the spotlight as long as possible, but every year, all it does is create controversy over the stupid bowl system. (I’m not going to dwell on that at the moment.)
Good luck to MTSU as they face a tough Central Michigan squad in the Motor City Bowl on December 26. The Blue Raiders are a talented squad, and I hope they pull out the victory, but I have a feeling that CMU will just be too big and fast in this matchup.
Also, the Vols are headed back to a New Year’s Day bowl. They will face unranked Penn St. down in Tampa in the Outback Bowl.
And don’t forget the Music City Bowl, personally my favorite due to my alum, the Kentucky Wildcats coming to town. They’ll face Clemson, which features one of the best running back tandems in the country, on December 29. Good luck to all local teams, and of course we’ll be all over the action, bringing you all the highlights. Stay tuned for more…

Nate

……….Brentwood Academy still Looking…

One of the top high school jobs is still without a head coach. Earlier this week, BA head coach Carlton Flatt retired after 34 years and about a billion games won and state championships.

Now the search is on for the next head coach. Rumor has it that Kent Austin was going to get the job but a disagreement between Coach Flatt and the headmaster of the school stopped that.

Then the obvious choice would be Pope John Paul Head Coach Jeff Brothers. He played at BA, played at Vandy and is a great coach and an even better person. But Coach Brothers has pulled his name out of the hat for the running to be head coach.

Something is amiss at the school when one of your vaunted alumni, Brothers, pulls his name out and then Kent Austin isn’t given the job.

The word I am hearing is that MBA head coach Jeff Rutledge will be offered the job. Rutledge, the former Alabama QB, has been at MBA for several years and he has done a great job.

It will be an interesting week for sure.

AT LEAST PAC DIDN’T BREAK THE LAW

Pac-Man Jones has been making the news of late for his play on the field, but yesterday all the talk was how Pac and Frank Wychek had a touching conversation after practice. Frank had been criticial of Pac earlier in the year for all of his off the field problems and for the most part Frank was right. In this day in age in media everyone wants to be opinionated on certain aspects of sports and if you bash someone expect for them to come right back with some opinions of their own. Wouldn’t you? The fact that Pac Man stood up for himself shouldn’t be news worthy. Unfortunatley it is. I talked about it in my sportscast last night. Now if Pac returns a punt for a touchdown or picks off a pass that seals a win for the Titans, now that’s what i call news. Too bad Pac will not talk to the media afterwards. I wonder why?

FISHER PICKS GIANTS…..ASK THE COACH

Jeff Fisher said tonight on Titans on 2 that in his mind the Giants win was the most dramatic of the last three. Fisher said you can’t really compare the three, but the 21 point fourth quarter comeback gets his vote for most dramatic. Fisher also said that he can’t remember looking forward to a game like he is looking forward to Sunday’s tilt with the Jaguars. Both teams are still alive for thep layoffs even though the Jaguars at 8-5 have a better handle on their destiny. The Titans need to run the table and hope several other teams implode the final three weeks. It is hard to believe that 13 of 16 AFC teams are still alive for the postseason.

Have a great weekend everyone and I hope to see you Sunday night on Sports Extra at 10:30pm.

Who will run Sunday? Ask the Coach…..

Coach Jeff Fisher has told us all year what a luxury it is to have 3 capable backs in the Titans stable. Travis Henry did not practice today and may not go this Sunday against Jacksonville. LenDale White is coming off a hip flexor injury and is still a question mark even though he did not practice Wednesday. If neither can go Chris Brown is ready to roll. Brown filled in for White last Sunday in Houston and played a huge roll in the Titans win. He averaged 11 yards a carry and picked up two crucial first downs. Enjoy it this year, because you probably won’t see this much running back depth next year.

Don’t forget you can ask coach Fisher a question right here. We’ll ask him Friday at 7pm on Titans on 2 with Jeff Fisher.

GOLDEN TATE A GOLDEN DOMER

GOLDEN TATE WILL BE A GOLDEN DOMER. THE POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND STANDOUT ANNOUNCED TODAY HE WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT NOTRE DAME. TATE IS A TWO TIME MR. FOOTBALL AND PICKED NOTRE DAME OVER VANDERBILT. ALABAMA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND A HOST OF OTHER SCHOOLS.
TATE MAY ALSO PLAY BASEBALL AT NOTRE DAME. VERBAL COMMITMENTS ARE NON-BINDING. HE CAN OFFICIALLY SIGN WITH NOTRE DAME IN FEBRUARY.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR……VINCE YOUNG

Can anybody argue that Vince Young should already be given the NFL rookie of the year award? All he’s done on a team that wasn’t supposed win is win 6 games. SIX! That’s more than Troy Aikman and Peyton Manning combined their rookie seasons. Remember all that “mechanics” talk. Vince throws one of the prettiest balls in the NFL. Yes, he is doing most of his damage on the ground, but he has completed nearly 65% of his passes the last month. Good football teams cannot seem to stump this guy. This guy looks like a seasoned pro with 10 starts under his belt. I’d lik to know if you think anybody else truly deserves rookie of the year. If you do, I’d like to know why.

VOTE ON MOST DRAMATIC WIN.

Homecoming Special! Ask Coach Fisher

I keep saying “I can’t believe this guy”. Vince Young did it again. This rookie quarterback phenom already has 3 4th quarter or overtime game winning drives. He is a long way from John Elway’s record of 47, but 3 as a rookie is nothing short of amazing.

Young not only led the Titans on a 4th quarter 88 yard go ahead touchdown drive, he said forget the field goal in overtime and slithered his way in from 39 yards for a game winning touchdown. It is to the point were I am beginning to wonder if this will be the shortest learning process of any rookie quarterback in NFL history. I know there will be bumps. He did throw a rookie INT against the Texans Sunday, but it didn’t cost them the game. When you consider he has won 4 straight, the last 3 in pressure packed comeback situations, and is 6-4 as a starter, you really can’t put a cap on his future. If this guy stays healthy there is no telling how many games he’ll win. I won’t lock him in for a Super Bowl win, but I’ll be shocked if the Titans don’t make it there with Vince Young as quarterback sometime in very near future. The reason I won’t lock him in for a Super Bowl Win: Dan Marino and Peyton Manning.

Don’t forget you can ask coach Jeff Fisher a question right here. He’ll answer most of them on Titans on 2 with Jeff Fisher every Friday night at 7pm.

……..You Can Go Home Again…

As we first told you Friday night, Watson Brown is to be named the head coach at Tennessee Tech Saturday. We understand that Watson and Tech have agreed to terms and it would take something HUGE for this not to happen.

For new people to Middle Tennessee, Watson Brown might be just another coach getting another job, but to a lot of us, Watson is a local boy, from Cookeville, who went to Vandy and was a very good player, became a great offensive mind and just worked his way up the coaching ranks.

He got hired in 1986 to coach his alma mater Vanderbilt but like many coaches before and many after have found out, it is a very tough job. He then went to Miss. State and finally, UAB.

Now he was being forced out at UAB and has found a great situation at Tennesee Tech. Tech has a great frosh QB in Lee Sweeney and some decent talent walking around the campus at Tech so it should be fun to watch Watson next fall.

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