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11-20-2006, 10:46 AM
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| | Conscience of the VN
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| Beer Barrel
Where is the beer barrel now? I remember that they quit using it as a trophy due to some KY players being killed in a DUI-related accident but I wondered what became of it. | 
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11-20-2006, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by VolunteerHillbilly  Where is the beer barrel now? I remember that they quit using it as a trophy due to some KY players being killed in a DUI-related accident but I wondered what became of it. | Some idiot KY player got drunk and got behind the wheel and ended up killing one of his teammates if I am not mistaken and that was the end of the Beer Barrel. I liked playing Kentucky because it was for the beer barrel, now it is the crappy team that occupies the end of our schedule.
BRING BACK THE BEER BARREL!!!
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11-20-2006, 11:34 AM
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| | A NEW HOPE
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| The Tenn athletic dept has the Barrel in storage | |
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11-20-2006, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by SURFSIDEBEACHVOL The Tenn athletic dept has the Barrel in storage | I guess that works as well since it never seemed to leave Knoxville anyway.
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11-20-2006, 11:55 AM
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| We still play for the barrell, it just isn't called the beer barrell anymore. But it should be in storage in Ktown. That is where it belongs.
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from LawGator "the point is that your team responded very well to adversity against LSU while my beloved Gators folded up like a cheap tent. | 
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11-20-2006, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by VolBeef88 We still play for the barrell, it just isn't called the beer barrell anymore. But it should be in storage in Ktown. That is where it belongs. | I haven't heard any mention of it or seen it at any game since the UK player's accident. I was under the impression that they no longer played for it.
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11-20-2006, 12:13 PM
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| They don't make as much of a deal out of it, but it is still there.
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from LawGator "the point is that your team responded very well to adversity against LSU while my beloved Gators folded up like a cheap tent. | |
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11-20-2006, 12:31 PM
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| | Vote Pearl in '08!
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| With all the problems we have in this country related to college overdrinking why would you want to continue that tradition? Just create something new. Traditions have to start somewhere.
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11-20-2006, 12:35 PM
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| Lighten up.
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from LawGator "the point is that your team responded very well to adversity against LSU while my beloved Gators folded up like a cheap tent. | |
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11-20-2006, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by crazyguy With all the problems we have in this country related to college overdrinking why would you want to continue that tradition? Just create something new. Traditions have to start somewhere. | Having a trophy called "The Beer Barrel" isn't promoting "college overdrinking".
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11-20-2006, 12:40 PM
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| | At Waffle House,seriously
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Originally Posted by crazyguy With all the problems we have in this country related to college overdrinking why would you want to continue that tradition? Just create something new. Traditions have to start somewhere. | ...this coming from someone named CrazyGuy | |
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11-20-2006, 12:42 PM
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| Should be called the Wiskey Barrell. (Jack Daniels vs All the other KY bourbons) | |
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11-20-2006, 12:55 PM
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| Being in college promotes over drinking, why I don't know but it is the place to over indulge in alcohol. But regardless a beer barrel isn't the problem. Not paying attention to players and not being responsible is. Both schools just saw a neutral object to blame instead of the kid getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. It is a shame that incident stopped tradition considering that it had nothing to do with the rivalry. Wasn't even before Tennessee played Kentucky that year? | |
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11-20-2006, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Dawson Should be called the Wiskey Barrell. (Jack Daniels vs All the other KY bourbons) |  | |
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11-20-2006, 01:10 PM
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| | But seriously folks...
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Originally Posted by orangefan1998 | Or maybe a Battle of the Moonshine Jug? | |
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