Why are you a Vol fan?

[VOLS INC.]

its the way god made me. i consider it a gift as should al of you

[vollygirl]

Originally Posted by westtnvol

Because my dad watched games when I was a little kid, I remember seeing the checkerboard endzones, and the T's on the side of the helments, and Rocky Top. I may be strange but I love going down the interstate and seeing all the car flags and "T's" on the sides of cars, and stopping to eat and everybody in the restaraunt has on orange. Its great to be a Tennessee Vol!

You are soooo not strange! That's a feeling like no other!

I went to Istanbul, Turkey in 2004 for work. Had on a UT sweatshirt one day and this man said "Go Rocky Top!" LOL

[tenn_opie]

dad loves ut, my grandpaw loves ut, his dad loved ut, family tradition!!! plus i live about half a mile from the alabama state line!!!!! if anybody else on here lives close to the bama border please help me explain how efen horrible those people are!!!!! I hear bear bryant's name(sorry for bringing that name up) about 10000 times a day on the radio and it makes me sick...not only was i born to love UT....i was born to hate the crap out of the crimson turd!!!!! roll tide roll...around the bowl and down the hole!!!!!!!!

[Railroad Vol]

Originally Posted by GIVEHIM-6

Diehard kindergarten fans talking smack.

Im sure our parents were amused.

[utvols1975]

I grew up in Florida (and grew up a Gator fan) but decided after high school to make a change, buck the Florida student status quo and go to UT for college. Best decision I ever made and now I love to hate the Gators like every other true Vol. Great academics, great athletics...how could an 18-year old student or student-athlete not want to go here?

There is just something about walking into those freshman classes on The Hill, or stepping into Glocker for the first time (pre-renovation). And there is nothing like that first experience inside Neyland Stadium on a beautiful fall Saturday. It's been 12 years since I graduated and every time I am on campus again, almost every visual and vantage point I have all game day gives me some kind of deja vu back to when I was a student at UT. There truly is something special about Big Orange Country. I'm so glad to have been and still be a part of it. I cannot wait to share it with my children someday. GO VOLS!!!!

[CaVOLfn]

Didn't watch much college football as a kid until I moved to the south. Being an impressionable lad and misguided I followed in suit and became a Bama fan like all the neighborhood kids. I moved to TN sporting my NC shirt and was promptly punched in the face, for the apparent disrespect. The friends I made showed me the light and I haven't looked back since. Can't attend all the games, but i can't think of many that I have missed on TV, radio, or the internet.GBO

[RockyTopVol]

Originally Posted by ooltewahvol

Answers?

Simple, I'd be ashamed to be anything else.

It's great to be a Tennessee Vol!!

[westtnvol]

Originally Posted by tenn_opie

dad loves ut, my grandpaw loves ut, his dad loved ut, family tradition!!! plus i live about half a mile from the alabama state line!!!!! if anybody else on here lives close to the bama border please help me explain how efen horrible those people are!!!!! I hear bear bryant's name(sorry for bringing that name up) about 10000 times a day on the radio and it makes me sick...not only was i born to love UT....i was born to hate the crap out of the crimson turd!!!!! roll tide roll...around the bowl and down the hole!!!!!!!!

I live on the Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi border so I have to hear it from all sides. Thank goodness Ole Miss fans are not talking very much anymore, but the Bama fans make up for it. Everybody is a Bama and UF fan right now, thats the biggest bandwaggon fans in the country. I think if I hear Mt. Cody one more time from a Bama fan I am going to punch them in the face.

[JMBIGORANGE]

My parents bought property on the Cumberland Plateau back in the early 80's. I couldn't figure out why anyone would want to go to Tennessee and buy land. That is until i got there. Once i got there i did not want to leave. We were there around Thanksgiving eating at Crackerbarrel and they had the UT/UK game on. I thought it was pretty cool to see that happen at a Crackerbarrel. Since i never really liked any of the Florida teams i started following the VOLS and became somewhat ADDICTED. I travel to Tennessee at least 3 times per year and try to catch at least 1 or 2 games a year. Not enough i know. I would trade this god forsaken state of Florida for Tennessee any day but unfortunately this is where my business is and it allows me to have a home up there. That's my story and i'm sticking to it.

[vollygirl]

Originally Posted by CaVOLfn

Didn't watch much college football as a kid until I moved to the south. Being an impressionable lad and misguided I followed in suit and became a Bama fan like all the neighborhood kids. I moved to TN sporting my NC shirt and was promptly punched in the face, for the apparent disrespect. The friends I made showed me the light and I haven't looked back since. Can't attend all the games, but i can't think of many that I have missed on TV, radio, or the internet.GBO

Uh, nice friends. LOL I guess you'd call it tough love?

[BCSsucks]

Because Fulmer was money in overtime games. My family is from Tennessee, my brother is a big UT fan. So I started paying attention to UT games about 7 or more years ago. First game I watched was an Arkansas game that went into 80848028 overtimes and we won. I've been hooked since.

[VOLS INC.]

just ask my friend this question. he said and i quote "when i was little i liked sports and even when i was little i took pride in where i was from so i liked tennessee" i said but were from nashville so why aren't we vandy fans he said and i quote again "because they suck, who likes vandy?"

man thats great go vols screw everybody else

[CaVOLfn]

Originally Posted by vollygirl

Uh, nice friends. LOL I guess you'd call it tough love?

You know how dumb we are as kids..The ones you fight with become your best friends.

And looking back, I guess I deserved getting punched for being a bammer.

[T.N. Buckingham]

Born in Knoxville. But was living in Georgia and could very well have started on a path toward UGA. But my Grandma saved me, which was quite a job considering where the two programs were at the time. Georgia was a top level program with Vince Dooley and Erk Russell. Tenneessee was a bottom-four SEC program.

[volfan1090]

Born into it.