Bristol Herald Courier sports reporter Brian T. Smith spent two months investigating ETSU's 2003 decision to kill its football program. After interviews with 50 different people, Smith learned that ETSU had a chance a decade ago to become the summer home of the Tennessee Titans, that an e-mail about the program cancellation was leaked before the official announcement, and that professors lobbied their students last year to vote against bringing back football.
Feature Articles
- Day 1 of 3: ETSU lost its soul when it lost football, critics say
- ETSU could have landed the Titans as NFL summer home
- Read the official documents (view PDF)
- ETSU's last football coach not bitter at downward career spiral
- Day 2 of 3: Void on campus still felt, many say
- Claims of influence of student votes never investigated
- E-mail may have sealed ETSU-SoCon split
- Day 3 of 3: When the cheers go quiet: Football fuels college finances, culture
- ETSU golf coach nationally recognized but will stalled in contract negotiations
- Three marginal football schools leverage their futures on the sport
- VIDEO REPORT: Bristol Herald Courier talks with News Channel 11 about ETSU story research
- VIDEO REPORT: BHC Reporter and WJHL Sports Anchor talk ETSU athletics
- Brian T. Smith speaks about his ETSU football series
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