Usually that’s said when it’s suggested the media is too critical. But when covering ETSU, the media isn’t critical enough. “What do we want from our media?” Former Tennessee head football coach Butch Jones asked this at a press conference early in the 2017 season when asked about the criticism…

Five years ago these two teams played a competitive game in the FCS playoffs. Now look at ’em. Saturday’s ETSU football opener at Jacksonville State will be a microcosm of how much the Buccaneers’ peers have passed them by. Five years ago the Bucs, fresh off their first…

Athletic Director Richard Sander says future Buccaneers who enter the portal can’t return. With a football season nobody is all that excited about ready to start, East Tennessee State athletic director Richard Sander announced a “Be Great” initiative to set the course for Buccaneers athletics. “Great” is an…

Sure, other SoCon teams live in the shadow of their SEC or ACC brethren. But the Bucs almost seem to exist to be the Vols’ subordinate. When it was announced Tennessee’s football game would host East Tennessee State in 2025, one might think the reaction in Johnson City might be…

When East Tennessee State head men’s basketball coach Brooks Savage announced the scheduling of 10 non-conference games for his team in 2023 most fans suggested the Butler game was the most desirable contest listed. But to me, the most intriguing game was the Nov. 6 game at Freedom Hall against…

The second-year head football coach took a program that finished 11–2 in 2021 and went 3–8 in his first season. To say he sits on a stove is an understatement. How many games does George Quarles have to win in 2023 to be retained for 2024? Would a…

Memorial Day reminds us a blatant hypocrisy regarding respect for veterans at ETSU. At East Tennessee State University it is okay for the administration to dishonor America’s fallen veterans but not okay for students to do it. That is the only determination one can make when one considers the outrage…

Are the Buccaneers still taking their guidance from the rear? Recently, I received feedback from an East Tennessee State fan who wanted to know why I hadn’t written about the Buccaneers’ Southern Conference men’s golf championship. Frankly, I hadn’t because college golf is not a sport with a large fan…

Brown has a Super Bowl ring, was the secondary coach during the Salad Days of Bucs football, and is doing some nice things in the USFL. Why didn’t we hear more about him when he was in Johnson City? If one wishes to examine the demise of East Tennessee State…