In 1946 the UT General Alumni Association began publication of a sports “extra,” the Monday Morning Quarterback, which was mailed to members of the Alumni Association. This popular newsletter contained a brief account of the previous Saturday’s football game, the popular Dyer-Gram of the game published on Sundays in the Knoxville News-Sentinel drawn by talented cartoonist Bill Dyer, cartoons by John “Brick” Bricetto, and messages of interest to alumni. By the mid-1950s, seven thousand copies were being mailed following each football game.