Leach Considered For Tennessee Vacancy

It looked like a nearly done deal.  WSU Coach Mike Leach would leave Pullman to become the coach at Tennessee.  That may have fallen through as Tennessee's athletic director Bill Currie has reportedly been fired. We Cougs can breath a sigh of relief, at least for now, however, after Bill Moos left as Cougar AD to take the Nebraska job, Leach appears to be getting restless.  Meanwhile, at my wife's alma matter, Tennessee, things are really up in the air as the school needs to hire both a new AD and a coach, early reports have said that Phil Fulmer,  the former football coach, who won a championship at the school, will take the job.   Tennessee had hired a coach until a social media outcry forced them to abandon the choice. 

Tennessee Grad Peyton Manning Wins Bart Starr Award

Congratulations to Denver Bronco quarterback Peyton Manning, for being awarded the Bart Starr Award
for community service.  The Starr award is sort of the football equivalent of baseball's Hutch award.  It is named after Green Bay Packer great Bart Starr.  Bart Starr and Johnny Unitas were the two greatest quarterbacks of their era, some would say, of all time.
Peyton Manning quarterbacked the Tennessee Vols, the school where my wife graduated.

Lady Vols From Tennessee Rule

Legendary Coach Pat Summit won her 7th National Women's Basketball title as the Tennessee Lady Vols beat the Rutgers Scarlett Knights 59-46. My wife is a graduate of Tennessee, and since my Cougar Basketball team was stopped in the Men's Tournament, we can celebrate a Tennessee championship.