Howdy Vols,
We are planning to move to TN soon. Daughter attended UTK for an event a couple years ago and loved it. She is considering being a Vol now.
I don't know much about Tennessee football/sports, other than the OT game at Kyle Field a couple years back.
Any important info us Aggies should know if we want to become adopted Vol fans?
Thanks, Gig 'Em, and GBO.
I thought Austin was part of California.I was going to let it pass but I can't.
If Texas is viewed as a child of the Great State, it is more like the result of an ill advised cantina crawl. If Little Feat could write a San Antonio version of Dixie Chicken, that might work.
That being said, I've met many many nice people in Texas but not any that have the taint of Austin upon them.
Howdy Vols,
We are planning to move to TN soon. Daughter attended UTK for an event a couple years ago and loved it. She is considering being a Vol now.
I don't know much about Tennessee football/sports, other than the OT game at Kyle Field a couple years back.
Any important info us Aggies should know if we want to become adopted Vol fans?
Thanks, Gig 'Em, and GBO.
Oh man your not kidding...He was a mean SOB thats for sure...He let his dogs loose on me and my cousin once when we were trying to get a couple of apples off one of his trees...He had a farm down the road from my aunt and uncle...Here is one of those memories of ole Cas.When I went to UT in 1971 I was amazed at how bad the Knoxville TV stations were. Having grown up near Nashville I was used to very good local TV news broadcasts and the poor Knoxville TV was a shock. A girl I dated told me how a girl that lived on her dorm floor went to one of the local stations and applied for a weather girl spot and got hired without any previous experience as a broadcaster or meteorologist. Very low standards. I used to cringe at the poor local commercials like the Caz Walker supermarket commercials. If you've never seen one you have missed a butt puckering treat. To each his own. I lived in Birmingham for 3 years while in school after UT and it was the same way though. I talked to a newscaster once in Birmingham who said he was reading the news one night and the guy running the teleprompter was so high that he passed out and the teleprompter went off. I would choose East Tn over West Tn though. Knoxville is remarkable, lol, junk post right there.
Things that a good UT fan knows
1. ESPN hates us.
2. Manning was robbed of Heisman.
3. Get "1980" into any discussion with an UGA fan
4. You "Wooo" at a Ric Flair promo. You dont "Wooo" during Rocky Top.
5. Never ever buy orange roses
6. If not for the Volunteer State, the other UT would be the University of North Mexico at Austin
7. Vol Twitter dont lose.
8. There is nothing like a Tennessee football coaching search.
Important Traditions:
- Vol Walk
- Running through the T
- The Vol Navy
- Rocky Top (unofficial fight song)
But being a vol fan is more than just top notch tailgating, world class sailgating, and a game atmosphere most only dream about.
It’s about the people that made the school, and athletics, great.
3 people you have to know:
Robert Neyland
Pat Summitt
Peyton Manning
You have to tear up when you hear the Tennessee Waltz played over the bells of Ayres Hall.
You have to visit Gus’ on the strip, and when you hear those 5 magical words “it’s football time in Tennessee” you have to feel like you could run through a wall.
That’s a good start to being an adopted fan. Anything short of that and you’re not taking full advantage.
Howdy Vols,
We are planning to move to TN soon. Daughter attended UTK for an event a couple years ago and loved it. She is considering being a Vol now.
I don't know much about Tennessee football/sports, other than the OT game at Kyle Field a couple years back.
Any important info us Aggies should know if we want to become adopted Vol fans?
Thanks, Gig 'Em, and GBO.