Tony Barnhart completed his 47th season of covering college football for newspapers, radio, television and the internet. He was a college football analyst for eight years with the SEC Network. Previously he was a college football analyst for CBS Sports and a reporter for ESPN’s College GameDay. He spent 25 years at The Atlanta-Journal Constitution as a college football writer. Tony is a 1976 graduate of Grady College, the school of Journalism at the University of Georgia. Tony has authored five books on college football. Among the books are the autobiographies of Vince Dooley and Larry Munson. His sixth book The 19 of Greene was published in October 2023. The book details the Greene County Tigers football team’s surprisingly successful season, the enduring relationships he formed with his teammates, the difficulties of school sports integration, and the positive impact this team had on the community.