There's a new sheriff in Stegeman. A sleeping Dawg has been awakened. . . .

Even in his own house, Stegeman Coliseum, [Dennis] Felton was upstaged by Bruce Pearl and the magic touch he brought to Tennessee basketball.

I have a very different first impression of Mark Fox.

As the new coach walked off the court Saturday after his Georgia Bulldogs dominated No. 8 Tennessee 78-63, he gratefully raised his right arm, pointing to the celebrating crowd, then bumped knuckles with one fan and clasped several happy hands extended his way. . . .

[T]he only time I heard anyone belting out "Rocky Top" was before tipoff. After Georgia raced to a 14-4 lead there wasn't much to sing about. . . .

"I want people to know,'' said Damon Evans, "that this is what a true basketball atmosphere feels like.''