Condredge Holloway Special with Kenny Chesney

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Really a great story. Anyone else see the show? Just wondering. Anyone else even remember when he played?:)
 
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Are you talking about the one that came out about 4-5 years ago? Yes, it is good.
 
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While I already knew a lot about Holloway, like you Op, I just finally caught the show.
 
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It is a good show. I am not a Chesney fan, but he did an excellent job.

Grew up listening to John Ward and CH is the first QB for UT that I can remember.
 
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Yeah, The Color Orange, great show. Right up there with The Book of Manning about Archie and sons, and the Bernie & Ernie special. All great documentaries, and all three aired in the 24-hour Vols takeover of SEC-Network last week.
 
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Someone in sales needs to send an intern to the vaults to find film of the JV game Holloway played as a freshman against Notre Dame. (Freshmen were not allowed to play varsity ball back then.)

To date, it remains t-h-e most amazing football performance by an individual I've ever witnessed.

It's something Vol fans of all ages need an opportunity to see.
 
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I was around 12-13 years old and remember listening to John Ward (I miss him) on the radio calling the games with Condredge under center. In fact, there was a song about Condredge that played on local radio (WIVK I think) and I can remember some of the words.....

Go Holloway
Go Volunteers
When the Big Orange take the field
Everyone cheers

Anyone else old enough to remember any more of the song? Condredge is a Vol Legend. I've watched The Color Orange several times and love it. I would love to meet Condredge someday and tell him that to his face.

Fellow Vols...its great to be a Tennessee Vol. 2015 is going to be a special season. Goooooo Vols!!:dance2::dance2:
 
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BruisedOrange said:
Someone in sales needs to send an intern to the vaults to find film of the JV game Holloway played as a freshman against Notre Dame. (Freshmen were not allowed to play varsity ball back then.)

To date, it remains t-h-e most amazing football performance by an individual I've ever witnessed.

It's something Vol fans of all ages need an opportunity to see.
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I was there. It was remarkable for the number of fans that showed up for a JV game. IIRC, Neyland was well over half full for a JV game.

Notre Dame had the number one rated freshman team in the country and Tennesse, behind Holloway, absolutely torched them. I do not recall the score, but it wasn't close.
 
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LargeOrange1 said:
I was around 12-13 years old and remember listening to John Ward (I miss him) on the radio calling the games with Condredge under center. In fact, there was a song about Condredge that played on local radio (WIVK I think) and I can remember some of the words.....

Go Holloway
Go Volunteers
When the Big Orange take the field
Everyone cheers

Anyone else old enough to remember any more of the song? Condredge is a Vol Legend. I've watched The Color Orange several times and love it. I would love to meet Condredge someday and tell him that to his face.

Fellow Vols...its great to be a Tennessee Vol. 2015 is going to be a special season. Goooooo Vols!!:dance2::dance2:
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Give him 6! There goes Holloway.
 
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A patient of mine provided some of the footage for that documentary. He worked for the U of Alabama at the time.
 
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I remember Condredge playing in the 70s, and he was truly was one of the all time greats, only behind Manning, in todays offense he would bring home the Heisman Trophy.
 
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I'm really glad we brought Condredge back into the program. He belongs at UT.

The Color Orange was a great documentary-- shows how progressive UT was. Reps us well, IMO.
 
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LargeOrange1 said:
I was around 12-13 years old and remember listening to John Ward (I miss him) on the radio calling the games with Condredge under center. In fact, there was a song about Condredge that played on local radio (WIVK I think) and I can remember some of the words.....

Go Holloway
Go Volunteers
When the Big Orange take the field
Everyone cheers

Anyone else old enough to remember any more of the song? Condredge is a Vol Legend. I've watched The Color Orange several times and love it. I would love to meet Condredge someday and tell him that to his face.

Fellow Vols...its great to be a Tennessee Vol. 2015 is going to be a special season. Goooooo Vols!!:dance2::dance2:
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I found the a video with the song and also the lyrics.
Seems like the video might be a shortened version or they changed the lyrics.

Here is the song
https://vimeo.com/48031048

Here are the lyrics.
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BruisedOrange said:
Someone in sales needs to send an intern to the vaults to find film of the JV game Holloway played as a freshman against Notre Dame. (Freshmen were not allowed to play varsity ball back then.)

To date, it remains t-h-e most amazing football performance by an individual I've ever witnessed.

It's something Vol fans of all ages need an opportunity to see.
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I found this interesting article about the Freshman Game against Notre Dame on November 13 1971.

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One of the best games played in the long history of Shields-Watkins Field, and it wasn’t even a varsity game.
Those of you whose Tennessee pedigree goes back that far will remember that up until 1972 freshmen were ineligible for varsity contests, so rookies at most schools played a four- or five-game schedule Friday afternoons or Saturdays when the varsity was off or away.
There were some classic freshman games played and the 1971 Notre Dame game was one of them. The Vols and Irish had played freshman games since 1968 and this would, of course, be the finale.
The Irish had won in South Bend in 1968 and 1970 and the Vols had won in Knoxville in 1969 in the rain. There was also a junior varsity game the next year in Knoxville, won by the Vols by 49-34.
In talking with Condredge about the game a few years back, I remember him pulling out a color copy of a game rosters and mentioning that he even had a copy of the time schedule for the players for that game.
It included the following: a viewing of the movie “Catlow,”a western starring David Ladd and Leonard Nimoy, Friday night, a “Walk to Stadium” at noon and the game at 1:30 p.m.
“It wasn’t the walk as we know it,” Condredge said. “Our varsity team was always bused to the stadium, but we walked. We probably ate and walked to the stadium. It was get to the stadium as a group. Get there and be on time.”
Bob Davis was the Vol head freshman coach and his staff included Dewey Warren, Wayne Stiles, Clifton Stewart, Manley Mixon, James Woody, Tim Priest, Steve Robinson, Steve Wold and Frank Emanuel. You could line up and win with that bunch on the field.
The facts of the game are simple. Here’s what the Vol press guide had to say about the contest: “Tennessee toppled Notre Dame 30-13 to finish the season before the largest crowd (31,300) ever to witness a UT freshman game.
“The Vols blended an exciting passing attack with a potent ground game in marching to a 24-0 command through the first three quarters over the heralded Fighting Irish.
“The Vols moved 73 yards in five plays to score on their first attempt. Condredge Holloway hit Butch Thompson with a 46-yard pass to highlight the drive and then ran it in from 12 yards out for the TD.”
Here are some other highlights of the game after that first drive. Barefoot kicker Ricky Townsend knocked home a 29-yard field goal to give the Vols a 10-0 first quarter lead. John Sapp, a 6-2, 180-pound tailback from Rome, Ga., scored on runs of 1 and 8 yards, while Steve “Bit” Slack, a product of Knoxville’s Holston High School, had a 96-yard interception return for a score.
Tom Clements threw TD passes to Pete Demerle (38 yards) and Ron Goodman (21 yards) for the Notre Dame scores.
Another big name on the Irish roster was a tackle, No. 72, Gerald, later known as “Gerry,” DiNardo, who would become head coach at Vanderbilt and LSU.
Fighting Irish aficionados will also recognize Irish rookies Drew Mahalic, Reggie Barnett (who had two interceptions off Holloway), Eric Penick, center Steve Sylvester and Bob Sweeney.
“I remember the big write-up about how big their linemen were,”? Condredge said. “They had been compared to an NFL team. They were big for that era. I remember being shocked there were so many people there. I remember getting flipped in the end zone on the first touchdown.”
Other familiar names from the Vol roster include Hank Walter, named national lineman of the week against Auburn in 1973, Jim Watts, a defensive back who shared captaincy of the 1974 team with Holloway, Carthage’s Gary Rankin, now head coach at Alcoa High School, Tim Fitzpatrick and John Yarbrough, who played three years as wide receivers, the late Robert Pulliam, who played defensive tackle and later coached Reggie White at Chattanooga Howard, defensive tackle David Page, running back Paul Careathers, defensive end Sammy Hair and the Clabo cousins, Neil and Phil. Also on the team was defensive end Ronnie Wheeler, who died in car wreck a few years ago.
 
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LargeOrange1 said:
I was around 12-13 years old and remember listening to John Ward (I miss him) on the radio calling the games with Condredge under center. In fact, there was a song about Condredge that played on local radio (WIVK I think) and I can remember some of the words.....

Go Holloway
Go Volunteers
When the Big Orange take the field
Everyone cheers

Anyone else old enough to remember any more of the song? Condredge is a Vol Legend. I've watched The Color Orange several times and love it. I would love to meet Condredge someday and tell him that to his face.

Fellow Vols...its great to be a Tennessee Vol. 2015 is going to be a special season. Goooooo Vols!!:dance2::dance2:
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Once Conredge was gone they changed those lyrics to "Third Down for What"
 
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