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FWIW yesterday’s 247 article had Andrew Ivins quoted as saying he thinks TN

I dunno, I see that word and automatically think of the lead singer for Herman’s Hermits…

Built like a LB, NB4 someone asks if he can play DT…

Former vol Willie Bohannon’s kid?

Plus prep schools never counted against eligibility, places like Fork Union. Are they materially different from JUCO?

I remember the one that preceded the interim Cliff Wettig season, it had our star recruit James Ratiff there along with Jeff Lamp and Magic Johnson.

Didn’t John Ward own an Advertising Agency while he was voice of the Vols?

Plus he was trying to get out of town before potentially having charges filed against him?

Correct, in the media guide for at least a few years in the early Fulmer days the family photo always included Phil Jr. the girls were elementary school age at the time.

Good old Dan, still into the Peruvian Marching Powder after all these years…

Was that the game where there was a riot postgame?

When my sister worked for Gus, I got to meet Sonny Leach and Coach Fulmer. As I recall both were married then ( Sonny’s wife Peggy also worked in the ticket office and was a good friend of my sister’s). This was 1970 or 1971.

Was that the same as Alumni Gym? I saw several concerts there when I was in school, and some intramural games were played in it also - plus wrestling meets

UCLA in Memphis at the end of the year (1965?), they had Mel Farr at RB and he gave us fits. I still have his trading card from his days with the Detroit Lions. All the neighborhood kids would argue over who got to be Bubba Wyche when we played backyard football. My first home game wasn’t for...

I recognize the Douglas brothers and Chuck Benton, is one of the other guys Jesse Messimer? He was one tough hombre on Special Teams. Charles Gillespie and Andy were from Rhea County also.