- Football cannot get here fast enough. Monday, July 27th marks the first official practice day for high school teams in Tennessee. Teams have been working hard to prepare for the upcoming season. The print edition of the Journal will have all kinds of previews. We started last week with Top Five games of last season and will continue to have special stories and previews until kickoff.
- The Cloudland Passing tournament was a fun and entertaining afternoon. Coach Turbyfill and his staff did an outstanding job putting it together. There was some great competition and some great games. Hopefully, they will be able to build and continue it in the future.
- What an interesting, if not bizarre, media days the SEC had.
- What a mistake Juan Montoya made on Sunday at the Brickyard. How would you like a $224,000 speeding ticket? That is basically what Montoya got because that was the difference between winning and the 11th spot where he ended up. His car was wicked fast and he was cruising, then the speeding penalty took him out of contention.
- Speaking of racing, I got a great opportunity Saturday night to sit back and watch some racing at Hickory. The USAR Pro Cup late models came to town and put on an impressive show. I highly recommend checking them out sometime if you can. Some great and hard racing made it worth the trip down the mountain. Their races are shown on Fox Sports tape delayed. I believe it is Sundays at 11:00am, but they have multiple replays. You can check online for those times and also there upcoming schedule.
We continue to look at ways to improve our coverage this fall, and if you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know. With the games on our schedules, we’re looking forward to bringing the excitement of football to the paper and here on the blog.
