A GREAT year for Tennessee Football - 1982 (even though only 6-5 +1 and a Peach Bowl Loss...)

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Ah, my second to last full summer living in Knoxville.
 
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DonDiego said:
Ah, my second to last full summer living in Knoxville.
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Summer of '82 was my last living in Knoxville, and it was a doozy. Lived in the Bearden area out west (Timbers West Apartments). Worked a night shift at the World's Fair Thursday thru Sundays. There were some legendary parties after hours at various spots around the Fair.
 
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1982 team was probably better than the overall record. It was a fun team to watch, that was the beginning stages of a good run in the 80’s. 86 was a bit of a let down coming off the 85 success, and in 88 we were very young and lost our first 6 before winning the last 5. That set the tone for 89 where we went 11-1. The 85 and 89 squads were capable of beating everybody. GBO
 
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This is the first time I have ever heard of Orange Lighting much less Sir William Gault labeled as such.
 
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TAF said:
The World's Fair
Defeating Bama (and putting The Bear 6 feet under!)
The Aussie Girls from the Australian Pavillion...
Oh...The Memories...

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One of the best moments I’ve had since 2021. Tennessee had been down too long. Still a climb, but gave us a glimpse. Still missing Golesh, receivers that can separate and an OL that can protect the passer.
 
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EasternVol said:
We could do without the 'putting the Bear 6 feet under'.
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Bear Bryant what a guy.
Beat him once and then he dies.
Nothing smells like a dead Bear.
Go Vols.



Read this on the bathroom wall at Sam & Andy's 1983.
Funny how you remember little things like this.
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
1982 team was probably better than the overall record. It was a fun team to watch, that was the beginning stages of a good run in the 80’s. 86 was a bit of a let down coming off the 85 success, and in 88 we were very young and lost our first 6 before winning the last 5. That set the tone for 89 where we went 11-1. The 85 and 89 squads were capable of beating everybody. GBO
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Will you tell me how a Defense with Reggie White, Mike Cofer and Bill Bates could finish LAST in the conference?

Easy, Bobby Jackson, the worst DC we ever had until Sunseri came in.
 
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OffTackleVol said:
I worked at the World's Fair (60 Minute Photo).........a fantastic summer.
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Probably brought you some business. 60 minute development, I thought that was the greatest invention since air conditioning.

Speaking of Bear I went down to their dressing room after the game. I honestly didnt think he would make it back to Tuscaloosa the way he looked.
 
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Boca Vol said:
Still have some World's Fair Beer with Doug Atkins signature.
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My dad went through a couple of six-packs of that stuff on the day Tennessee beat Alabama that season. After Mike Terry picked that last Bama pass in the end zone, he wasn't feeling any pain for a while!

I may still have a can of it somewhere around here. We saved a few of them back before it went off the market. I know I still have one of the 1985 SEC Champions bottles.
 
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Woodlawn VOL said:
1982 team was probably better than the overall record. It was a fun team to watch, that was the beginning stages of a good run in the 80’s. 86 was a bit of a let down coming off the 85 success, and in 88 we were very young and lost our first 6 before winning the last 5. That set the tone for 89 where we went 11-1. The 85 and 89 squads were capable of beating everybody. GBO
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The 1985 team was the best team in the country at the end of the season, hands down. If there had been a playoff, they would have won it. And if the schedule, which was a bear, had not been front-loaded, they would have anyway.

The defense was too soft and wore down in that first game against UCLA, which won the Pac-10 that year. They let UCLA score 16 points at the end and tie it, and then a couple of weeks later, they nearly did it again against Wake Forest, but after that they were lights-out. Florida beat us in Gainesville by a TD with the best team money could buy, but I think we'd have handled them anywhere late in the season.

Johnny wouldn't let Daryl Dickey play against a really good Georgia Tech team until it was almost too late, but Carlos Reveiz made a couple of long field goals and salvaged a tie. Then the D got even better. That was a better Tennessee defense than 1998 was. And we eventually won the SEC title outright because Ray Perkins played for a tie against LSU and took them both out of the running.

That is the one Tennessee team other than '98 in my lifetime that I think could have won it all under modern rules. The 1989 team only played one game like a national title contender, on the day they beat Auburn. I don't even want to think about what Nebraska would have done to us in '95; I'll happily take that #3 finish.
 
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82 was the 1st team I really remember it was a fun team! 85 probably my favorite team of all time! 98, 22 teams 2 of my favorite as well! Can’t wait for this year!
 
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Savannahbayvol said:
Probably brought you some business. 60 minute development, I thought that was the greatest invention since air conditioning.

Speaking of Bear I went down to their dressing room after the game. I honestly didnt think he would make it back to Tuscaloosa the way he looked.
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Yea, some folks brought in some very "interesting" film to be developed.
 
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