Harris' 48-year UT home Streak Ends
College Sports Information Directors of America
Mark Burgess, GoVolsXtra.com
For the first time in 48 years, a familiar face - and voice - will be absent from the University of Tennessee press box Saturday night.
Haywood Harris will be sitting out UT's 7 p.m. game against Mississippi State on the advice of doctors.
The 79-year-old former sports information director and member of the UT Athletic Department support staff experienced some health issues the Friday prior UT's road game at Georgia last week and has been warned to take it easy this week.
Harris misses a UT home game first time in 48 years Mark Wiedmer, Chattanooga Times Free Press
19 October 2008
KNOXVILLE - Former Chattanooga Times sports editor Buck Johnson has watched Tennessee football games from the Neyland Stadium press box since 1959.
Saturday night, the Volunteers' contest with Mississippi State mere minutes from the opening kickoff, Johnson noticed something he had never witnessed before.
"Did you hear how quiet it got when David (Grim) said his first word on the (press box) microphone?" Johnson asked. "You could've heard a pin drop. They instantly knew that wasn't Haywood's voice."