ETSU could be playing football by 2016 If plans move forward as expected, East Tennessee State could have a football team back on the field — some field — for the 2016 season. That’s the best-case scenario laid out Thursday by university president Brian Noland. A day after unveiling an athletics task force report that recommended “the planning and implementation of a championship level football program,” Noland said dreaming big will soon give way to practical application Read more: http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Sports/article.php?id=103671#ixzz2Jy3MWjzx