Let the games begin! Although there will be no money exchanged and no grand prize, the 2006 Chattanoogan.com panel has already been talking smack.
Although Deb Martin is her usual sweet self, she is the only one who has any right to start talking after winning the contest two years in a row.
We welcome back Judge Russell Bean, Christie Clark, Deb, Cowboy Joe and Heather Williams.
Newcomers this year are Chattanoogan.com writer John Graeber and veteran sports writer/producer Stump Martin.
The games begin this Friday with several teams in Week 0 action.
Picks will be released on Thursday of each week.
 | Judge Russell Bean is a Chattanooga city judge and an avid sports fan. Under his alter ego "Defender" he is a frequent caller on Sport Talk. He was a leading criminal defense attorney for many years. |
 | Christie Clark is co-host of Friday night's Coca-Cola Red Zone on Talk Radio 102.3, now in its 13th year, and she's also the Traffic Reporter for Talk Radio, KZ106, 1079 the Duke and NewsRadio 1150. She loves being in Promotions for Talk Radio and can be seen piloting the 27-foot "Talk Monster" RV. Christie, a native of Chattanooga and a graduate of UTC, was the first female sports writer in Tennessee for the (then) Chattanooga News Free Press. She loves watching sports and NASCAR on TV with her Jack Russell Terrier, Sam, and she's a long time fan of high school football. |
 | Greg Davick Is a writer and photographer for the Sports Department of the Chattanoogan.com. He has covered high school sports in the Chattanooga area for the last six years but has been a fan for many more. He is a high school guidance counselor and the father of five small children. He grew up playing and loving football and is a fan of all high school sports. |
 | John Graeber
John Graeber is in his second year as a writer for the Chattanoogan.com. John covered multiple sports last year including football. John has a passion for high school sports which has brought him back for another exciting year on the gridiron. |
 | Deb Martin has served as a co-host with her husband, Marvin Martin, on Stump On Sports Late Nite for the past 18 years. They have been married for more than 31 years and have one adult child, Misty Dawn Martin, 26. Deb has modeled since she started with Star Agency at 18 years old. She currently does the Northwest Georgia weather for UCTV-3 News Monday-Friday. She is also the host of the Stump On Sports Scoreboard on Friday and Saturday nights. Deb is a real estate agent for Ransom Realty and is licensed in Tennessee and Georgia. She also handles the day-to-day operations of Tri-State Sports Productions INC., which produces Hardees Stump On Sports Late Nite. Deb's biggest delight is her only grandchild, Austin Taylor Chastain, 5. |
 | Stump Martin Marvin “Stump” Martin hosts the Stump On Sports television show on Friday and Saturday nights, and radio shows on ESPN 1370 AM in Chattanooga on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Martin, 53, is a veteran sports and news writer. During his 19 years at the Chattanooga Free Press and Chattanooga Times/Free Press he covered the Atlanta Braves, the National Football League, Southeastern Conference College Football, and the local college and prep sports. Stump had the honor of covering six Super Bowls, three World Series and a host of postseason playoffs in baseball and football. The veteran journalist lists covering spring training for more than 10 years and the annual Georgia/Florida football game as some of his all-time favorite assignments. Stump was a three-sport letterman in football, baseball and wrestling at Rossville High. He went on to play both football and baseball at Carson-Newman College. He is presently a member of the Boynton Recreation Board and the Lookout Mountain Board of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and is coaching his 5-year-old grandson Austin Chastain in football and baseball. |
 | Joe Varner, better known as "Cowboy Joe" works with Talk Radio 102.3 FM. in Chattanooga. You can hear him Mon-Fri on Sport Talk 4 p.m.-7 p.m. and Fridays on The Red Zone from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. He has been in the Chattanooga area for most of his life and has enjoyed every minute of it. He grew up in Rhea County and played high school football for the Golden Eagles. He says he is one of the lucky guys to have Coach Horton mold him from a boy to a man. He loves high school football because it was a big part of his life and he believes it teaches kids self discipline and how to work with other people. |
 | Heather Williams is currently a producer and fill in sports personality at NewsChannel 9. She was previously the Weekend Sports Anchor at FOX61 for four years and fell in love with Chattanooga, deciding to make it her home, even after the station shut down its news operation 2 and a half years ago. She is a sports fanatic and lists Football, Baseball and NASCAR as her favorites. Heather has won numerous awards including best sportscaster in the state of Tennessee and has also worked at television stations in Nashville, Springfield, Mo., Greenville, Miss., and her hometown of Kansas City. She was a contributor to shows on WGOW-FM for a year and you can now catch her every Saturday at noon as the host of UTC's Coach's Shows on FOX61. |
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