Nashville Power Rankings: Week 8

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Nashville – we’re back for Week 7 of the SoBros Network’s Nashville Power Rankings. As journalists, we have the story of a city to tell, and we’re hammering it out one week at a time.

I took a week off from this column. The holiday was much-needed for your boy. I came back, we got the ball rolling and ramped up an unbelievable week of content. So, I’m ready for the weekend. I’m sure you guys are too, but we can’t do it without taking a look back at the week that was in Nashville.

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The Week In Review

Story of the Week: SEC Media Days kicked off on Monday, as the city is abuzz for the oncoming football season. Could Nashville actually become a future host site for this event? We sure hope so. Poppa Bear put out full reports each day this week, covering the best/worst quotes of the whole shebang. Get started here.

Blue Collar Badass of the Week: You have to read this story of a soldier who was capture on film standing at attention during a torrential downpour to honor a passing funeral procession. I can’t make jokes about this, are you serious??? Just #respect and on to the next story…

Honorary Nashvillian of the Week: Satan – Yep, the devil is having a HUGE week in Nashville, making Tennessee feel like hell on Earth:

Shoutout – Ultimate Predator. I posted my match ratings for WWE’s Great Balls of Fire Sunday and brazenly skipped over the Heath Slater-Curt Hawkins match. I own up to it – that was lazy. And, Ultimate Predator noticed and called us on it. That’s how credible journalists get better, so we might as well add Ultimate Predator to the payroll and give him the title of “Deputy Editor in Chief.” Seriously, though – the guy is gold. Be sure to go give him a follow.

SoBros Nashville Story of the Week: Taylor Lewan is an elite left tackle in the NFL. I’m not willing to budge on that until #77 proves me wrong.

Step Your Game Up

The guy who got shot and drove to Bojangles. Look, I get it – you get shot, you’re probably not thinking straight. But, still – it’s not like Bojangles are standing around on every street corner in Nashville. They come few and far between. So, when you stumble in one to call the police ’cause you done been shot, and they close it down for an investigation, the entire community suffers with you. And, yes – I did just equate being shot to temporarily missing out on Bojangles.

The Darkness. This one’s pretty simple. The darkness needs to just quit chasing people into the wilderness. And, quit making them do meth.

The Tennessean – Voting is underway for their annual Toast of Middle Tennessee awards, and well – we didn’t get a nod for ‘Best Local Blog’ – to say I’m disappointed would be an understatement. I know there are at least like….40 people out there who would argue that we belong. We’re just going to make our own awards!

On to the Rankings

5. The Total Eclipse – Boy, this total eclipse is taking Nashville by storm. Apparently, the Music City is a prime location to witness this thing. The First Lady has already been asking me about this for a week now. I was under the impression that there was a total eclipse of the sun every day at night, but shit – what do I know about science?

4. Demos’ – Friend of the site, RHog, and I were having one hell of a case of the Mondays down at the day job this week. We were craving something different – not just all the bar food down by the office on 2nd Avenue. We walked a block up to Demos’ and it reminded me of just how much I love this place – whether it’s Nashville, Lebanon, or Murfreesboro. So, guess what! It’s your local establishment of the week.

3. Rooftop Bars – Seriously, rooftop bars are popping up all over Nashville. But, this week a big move was made for the future of rooftop bars all over Tennessee. Apparently, one is going to open in Franklin that gives you a 360 view of downtown and the surrounding hills of Williamson County. God, I just felt peace in my soul thinking about drinking a beer and admiring the handiwork of Mother Nature.

2. Krispy Kreme – WARNING: if you don’t want to be seen at the office with a boner, you’d best stop reading now.

What are you waiting for??? Go….GO NOW!

1. Fort Nashborough – So many fond memories of this place. I remember taking field trips down there as a kid. Recently, I remember it as a haven for homeless people. But, now it looks like the doors are about to re-open to what has long been a Nashville staple. Credit to J.R. Lind at Nashville Patch:

The replica of Fort Nashborough, in 2010 the victim of the devastating flood and long the victim of benign neglect, will re-open with a ribbon cutting Thursday at 9 a.m.

A replica of Fort Nashborough — the site of the first European settlement in the Cumberland River Valley founded by pioneers led by James Robertson and John Donelson — has stood between First Avenue and the river since the 1930s, when it was built by the Works Progress Administration out of retired telephone poles. It suffered massive damage in the flood and has been more or less closed since then.

’til next week, you stay classy, Nashville!

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. A strong advocate of GSD (get shit done) and #BeBetter, he’s down to talk Tennessee Titans and Alabama Crimson Tide football over a beer any day. Check him out covering the WWE for WrestlingNews.co. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley@WrestlingNewsCo

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