106 days........ when I get to use my favorite Vol.......I’m a happy camper!
One of the biggest wins of the 1979 season was the Auburn win. Jimmy Streater, the Sylvia Streak, had one of his best all around games of the season. Streater was 12-20 for 158 yards and a touchdown through the air, and ran 15 times for
106 yards and 2 TDs in the 35-17 victory!
I was very fortunate as a kid to have the opportunity to go to many UT games, and most of my fondest memories were of Streater. I never got a chance to meet him, but was able to speak with him on the phone a couple months before he died. One of the sports writers in Nashville, who is a good friend of mine, wrote an article about his career and his health issues. He gave me the name of the place he was staying in NC, and I called him. We talked for almost an hour. It was one of the most memorable moments of my life.I honestly felt like a 9 year old kid again. He talked about his love for UT and the fans......and the Auburn and Notre Dame games of ‘79 were his favorite moments.
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