You Wanna Watch Some CLASSIC Tennessee Football...

[TAF]

here in the offseason? ENJOY! BTW...*was there!

 

[BruisedOrange]

here in the offseason? ENJOY! BTW...*was there!

I was struck by how few of us wore orange to the games back then. We all wore regular street clothes, whatever color, whatever was comfortable. That's a lot of money being made today that wasn't back then.

 

[AllThingsTN]

Dang I never knew it was called AutoShack. I don’t feel so old anymore.

 

[BAMA-DAWG]

When did they checkerboard the endzone?

 

[kiddiedoc]

I was struck by how few of us wore orange to the games back then. We all wore regular street clothes, whatever color, whatever was comfortable. That's a lot of money being made today that wasn't back then.

A bunch of us just wore what we had. Fans were fans, and not everyone could afford fancy UT gear before WalMart and Dollar General started selling cheap crappy Tennessee shirts.

 

[kiddiedoc]

When did they checkerboard the endzone?

'64-'68 under Dickey. Then they disappeared with the introduction of artificial turf until returning in 1989 to stay.

 

[#1fulmerite]

Dang I never knew it was called AutoShack. I don’t feel so old anymore.

I haven’t heard it called that in years! I had forgotten they changed names. Seems there was something else called shack or zone, too.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

I haven’t heard it called that in years! I had forgotten they changed names. Seems there was something else called shack or zone, too.

Radioshack?

 

[#1fulmerite]

Radioshack?

You know, that was it!!!

 

[vols 30]

A bunch of us just wore what we had. Fans were fans, and not everyone could afford fancy UT gear before WalMart and Dollar General started selling cheap crappy Tennessee shirts.

I was there wearing my A-Team t-shirt

 

[KnoxRealtorVOL]

here in the offseason? ENJOY! BTW...*was there!

40 years from now people will be referring to the 2022 Tennessee-Bama game as classic Tennessee football.

 

[livefaith]

Dang I never knew it was called AutoShack. I don’t feel so old anymore.

Yeah, Radio Shack sued them over then name and won.

 

[RavinDave]

I haven’t heard it called that in years! I had forgotten they changed names. Seems there was something else called shack or zone, too.

There was “shacking up”.

 

[Voldog1998]

When did they checkerboard the endzone?

1989

 

[Tin Man]

Old? Whatta y'all know about old?

 

[Special Ed]

I think there's Auto Shack in Canada.
Eh?

 

[CAVPUT]

Dang I never knew it was called AutoShack. I don’t feel so old anymore.

Guess it's your point of reference. Some look at AutoShack and '84 as the "good old days". Take it back another 20 years and that's my "classic UT". I'm sure there are guys still around who go back further.

 

[Boca Vol]

Thanks for sharing, @TAF.

I was there in section W, Row 48. IIRC, UT had temporarily installed a JumboTron on top of the N. Endzone for the UF & Bama games. Does anyone else remember that?

 

[OffTackleVol]

here in the offseason? ENJOY! BTW...*was there!

Yep, I was there as well. Had great seats on the 45 yard line, lower deck.

 

[JohnWardForever]

"Tony Robinson filters through." Who uses such phrasing? John Ward, the best ever.

 

[UTblood4life]

Radioshack?

This

 

[BSAvol]

Great to watch this. Commercials are fun to watch. Maybe Bud Light should have stuck with Frankenstein for endorsements.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Yeah, Radio Shack sued them over then name and won.

Guess Radioshack could no longer afford big time lawyers by the time the B-52s released...

 

[volroadwarrior]

Most of VN knows this but for those who don't, you can go to You Tube Search type in the game Tenn vs opponent and year to watch almost any game back through the 80s. I watched the reruns of Peyton's senior year and the 98 season and several others. We can thank Freak for many of the recordings.

 

[Hacksaw]

I'm always surprised when watching some of these old games, because I will anticipate a big play or see jersey numbers and have the players' names pop into my head. I really do have a terrible memory. It's weird to spontaneously recall these kinds of details in a game I haven't watched since the day it was played. Anyone else find themselves doing this or is it just me?