What a trip down memory lane it would be if the Vandy fans started throwing oranges at the team, too...
Ray Mears was a master of psychological warfare.
Other than Saturday Night at Stokely, very few of Mears' games were on TV. John Ward often painted the picture with his description of oranges raining down on the court at Vandy. Didn't Rodney Woods get hit once and then throw it back?
I don't know about Rodney Woods, but I would bet that happened just like that.
But you are so right about the description that John Ward could give when the Vols were on the road in a hostile gym. The Vandy fans were the worst and the original haters when it came to Orange throwing, but they weren't the only ones. Kentucky fans did it too. Why else would Bruce wear that blazer for those two games?!