Today On Rocky Top: The Real Peyton Manning
By Zach Ragan
From The Tennessean
"Some NFL players should get a pass.Especially one who can pass like that.Those suggesting Peyton Manning hang it up because he’s getting old and fragile need to (a) look in the mirror and (b) study the facts.Despite playing the last two months of the season with a significant leg injury, Manning threw for 295 yards per game and ranked fourth in the NFL in passer rating among starting quarterbacks. He was so old and so fragile that he quarterbacked the Broncos to their third straight division title since he arrived in Denver.Read more at The Tennessean"
From The Knoxville News Sentinel
"Donnie Tyndall’s postgame locker room message to his Tennessee basketball team Saturday night at Ole Miss wasn’t anything the Vols hadn’t heard before.Read more at Knoxville News Sentinel"
From USA Today
"South Carolina faces another showdown, one perhaps to show who’s got control of the Southeastern Conference.The second-ranked Gamecocks (25-1, 13-0 SEC) face No. 6 Tennessee (23-3, 13-0) on Monday night with the league championship clearly on the line. The winner doesn’t clinch a crown, just takes a huge step in pursuit of the title in the final week of regular-season play.For South Carolina, a victory could mark a significant, seismic shift about where the power of the SEC may lie the next few years.Read more at USA Today"