I have been a Vols fan for a LONG time. To hell with this University and their ******** lies about wanting to be a NCAA college football contender. They have ruined a memorable childhood of consistent tradition and replaced it with mediocrity. Meanwhile, they pray on our loyalty to keep bringing in the money. It makes me laugh to think that I have cared about any of this. I have always dreamed about sharing a storied tradition with my kids and what Tennessee football really means. At this point, they would just stare at me like a hopeless moron that can’t even comprehend the game. What a disaster!! And before everyone tries to retaliate with, “Will Grier is a Heisman candidate, and their receivers are NFL worthy”, save it!! I would better appreciate an explaination of why this University is set on exploiting its fan base. A fan base that travels. A fan base that has a sarcastic amount of hope at the beginning of each season. A fan base that would fight for this this team like its a sibling being attacked. As fans, we have waited too long for something real. I guess the wait continues. I have feeling all this will continue and we’ll all realize at some point that this is as good as it’s ever going to get. We’ll realize that we are simply pumping money into a black hole of MEDIOCRITY.