Gene Henley

UTC installed one offense during spring practice and went into preseason camp believing that was what the Mocs would run during the fall. Then the injuries piled up.

It didn't take Journey Wyche long Saturday night at Finley Stadium to show UTC what it had been missing.

UTC ran the football well enough to win its home opener Saturday evening and lost anyway, falling to nationally ranked Tennessee Tech at Finley Stadium.

UTC found out something about itself last week at University Stadium in Carrollton, Georgia. Saturday at Finley Stadium, it finds out how much that was worth.

Somewhere in the middle of the scouting report the UTC defense carried into Thursday night's 2026 season opener was a single page with three words on it.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga opens its season Thursday at West Georgia. Here are five bold predictions for the Mocs from beat reporter Gene Henley:

Cleveland High School won a single football game during the 2025 season.

Watts Alexander doesn't give University of Tennessee at Chattanooga offensive line coach Kevin Revis very many opportunities to yell at him in practice.

More than once in Kevin Lalin's college football career, the opportunity presented itself to just walk away or quit.

After learning of the news that commitment Hugo N'Guyen would not be joining the program, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga coaching staff acted quickly in finding a quality replacement in Australian point guard Kobe McDowell-White.