Disturbing Kroger in Hendersonville

[PlanetVolunteer]

Had to take a bathroom run at the Kroger in Hendersonville.

On the way to the unisex bathroom, I was shaken by what was on display in the little sports section.

I thought I had stumbled into a portal that spit me out in Tuscaloosa.

Nope. Just a few miles from the capitol city of the state of Tennessee.

The display was about 70% Bammer, some Predators maybe a couple Vol hats and Titans gear.

Bammer t shirts bammer hats about a thousand bammer note books. Bammer flags. Bammer car decals.

Are there that many bammer alum in Hendersonville? No way.

But are we at the point that Tennesseans are willingly jumping on the bammer bandwagon just because theyre good?

Is this what the Tennessee youth is doing? Are Tennessee alum even doing this? Just so they can watch a good team and enjoy Saturdays?

Its a disturbing indictment of where we are and an embarrassment that people are willing to sellout to those sister kissers.

We are still good in every sport other than football yall! We were number 1 in basketball a couple years ago! No reason to abandon orange for the menstruation tide!

Saw a bunch of Georgia hats in a Walmart and no vol anything in Goodlettsville the other day too!

Whats sacrilege is no more because for some darn reason we keep getting coaches that can't win with every advantage you could ask for in regards to facilities and tradition.

Anybody else seeing this great abandonment around?

 

[Godfatha]

It's been happening for years. People without emotional attachment like to cheer for winners.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Kroger has a sports section?

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

None of the freshmen or sophomores on the football team were born the last time the Vols won anything of serious consequence.

It is just human nature to gravitate towards winners.

And Krogers gotta make a living too.

 

[PineyBluff Vol]

They make Great Apple Fritters!!!!

 

[james_govols]

I met a Bama fan working at a gas station after the game this year.

She told me "Roll Tide" because I was wearing a Tennessee shirt.

I see Bama stuff on cars all the time.

It's just a byproduct of what we've put on the field the past 15 years.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Is this the point where I say the Nashville area is full of a bunch of pretentious frontrunners or do I bring up how Bridgestone Arena and Nissan Stadium were half empty when those teams stunk?

Nashville is still the only city where I have seen multiple people wear a Golden State shirt with a Bama hat in 1 day...

 

[golfballs]

Boycott Kroger’s!

 

[05_never_again]

Anecdotal, but I think there's been a Bammer infestation in Nashville for some time. I don't think it is Bammer alums (although there could be some - Nash is a pretty short straight shot up I-65 from Birmingham). There are a lot of non-Tennesseans and non-southerners who live there now, so there could be something of a bandwagon effect. Everybody like to be associated with a winner.

It's an extremely powerful affect. My FIL was in Northern California a couple years ago and saw a man and woman sitting together at the bar in a restaurant. Both wearing Alabama gear. He's a big Tennessee fan and is the kind of guy who'd talk to a brick wall if he thought it'd listen, so he goes over and chats them up.

He finds out that they are both from the area and didn't know a thing about football, but their son was a current student at Alabama and he went there because he does like football. They said he watched all their games on TV, they basically always won, and wanted to go to school there because it looked like fun. When he told me that story it made me want to throw up.

 

[05_never_again]

Is this the point where I say the Nashville area is full of a bunch of pretentious frontrunners or do I bring up how Bridgestone Arena and Nissan Stadium were half empty when those teams stunk?

Nashville is still the only city where I have seen multiple people wear a Golden State shirt with a Bama hat in 1 day...

I live in Chattanooga. I was driving through the Ridgecut one day and on the back of a pickup truck (forget from which state) a guy had stickers for the Patriots, the Yankees, the Warriors, and Alabama. No joke.

I do give Preds fans some credit though - they are more loyal than Titans fans. When the Preds stunk, they led a grassroots effort that played a large part in keeping the team in Nashville.

 

[1967vol]

Talk to the manager. Bet he/she is a Tide grad.

 

[parasite]

Just a thought. Maybe all the VOLS shirts and caps were sold out, and BAMAS was just sitting there because no true fan would buy one!

 

[lifeVol]

Kroger has a sports section?

Yep, the Kroger between Hendersonville and Gallatin has a furniture section

 

[BeardedVol]

Kroger has a sports section?

Purchasing sports gear in a Kroger sports section seems to be on par with the average Alabama fan's commitment to their fandom.

 

[05_never_again]

Purchasing sports gear in a Kroger sports section seems to be on par with the average Alabama fan's commitment to their fandom.

The difference between Alabama fans who live in/around Birmingham and Alabama fans who live outside of Birmingham is incredible to me.

Two vastly different, um...types of people. I'll just leave it at that.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

OP

Go investigate the Hendersonville Walmart ASAP!

 

[PulaskiVolFan]

Had to take a bathroom run at the Kroger in Hendersonville.

On the way to the unisex bathroom, I was shaken by what was on display in the little sports section.

I thought I had stumbled into a portal that spit me out in Tuscaloosa.

Nope. Just a few miles from the capitol city of the state of Tennessee.

The display was about 70% Bammer, some Predators maybe a couple Vol hats and Titans gear.

Bammer t shirts bammer hats about a thousand bammer note books. Bammer flags. Bammer car decals.

Are there that many bammer alum in Hendersonville? No way.

But are we at the point that Tennesseans are willingly jumping on the bammer bandwagon just because theyre good?

Is this what the Tennessee youth is doing? Are Tennessee alum even doing this? Just so they can watch a good team and enjoy Saturdays?

Its a disturbing indictment of where we are and an embarrassment that people are willing to sellout to those sister kissers.

We are still good in every sport other than football yall! We were number 1 in basketball a couple years ago! No reason to abandon orange for the menstruation tide!

Saw a bunch of Georgia hats in a Walmart and no vol anything in Goodlettsville the other day too!

Whats sacrilege is no more because for some darn reason we keep getting coaches that can't win with every advantage you could ask for in regards to facilities and tradition.

Anybody else seeing this great abandonment around?

All the great fans on VN have declared that they aren't going to support the program financially anymore, smart move by Kroger getting out in front this move.

 

[VolBricks]

Had to take a bathroom run at the Kroger in Hendersonville.

On the way to the unisex bathroom, I was shaken by what was on display in the little sports section.

I thought I had stumbled into a portal that spit me out in Tuscaloosa.

Nope. Just a few miles from the capitol city of the state of Tennessee.

The display was about 70% Bammer, some Predators maybe a couple Vol hats and Titans gear.

Bammer t shirts bammer hats about a thousand bammer note books. Bammer flags. Bammer car decals.

Are there that many bammer alum in Hendersonville? No way.

But are we at the point that Tennesseans are willingly jumping on the bammer bandwagon just because theyre good?

Is this what the Tennessee youth is doing? Are Tennessee alum even doing this? Just so they can watch a good team and enjoy Saturdays?

Its a disturbing indictment of where we are and an embarrassment that people are willing to sellout to those sister kissers.

We are still good in every sport other than football yall! We were number 1 in basketball a couple years ago! No reason to abandon orange for the menstruation tide!

Saw a bunch of Georgia hats in a Walmart and no vol anything in Goodlettsville the other day too!

Whats sacrilege is no more because for some darn reason we keep getting coaches that can't win with every advantage you could ask for in regards to facilities and tradition.

Anybody else seeing this great abandonment around?

yes, the youth of TN are eating Tide Pods and yelling "Roll Tide"
it disgusts me to see the number of "A" license plates and hats I see these days in and around Nashville.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

There are plenty of folks, otherwise good Tennesseans, who went to a different SEC school, or have a kid who did. I think that explains a lot of it. I know I have a cousin who is an UGa fan (that's where she went to school), and my wife has an aunt who is a Bama fan (her husband is a Bama grad).

I hate it when a good Tennessean goes bad that way, but *shrug* it happens. And the couple of times I've found other-school merchandise in a store (once was Gator stuff at a 7-11, another time was UGa gear, don't remember what kind of store), I made a point to ask WTH. Both times, turned out the store manager/owner was a grad of the other school.

Pure bandwagon fans do exist, but I think school or family ties account for a lot of it.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

The difference between Alabama fans who live in/around Birmingham and Alabama fans who live outside of Birmingham is incredible to me.

Two vastly different, um...types of people. I'll just leave it at that.

Many of the Bama fans that live around Birmingham are educated since the SEC offices requires a college degree for employment...

 

[RockyTop140]

When you’re this bad for this long, some people get tired of watching it. Not surprising

 

[vol66]

When your local college football team is Vanderbilt, what does one expect?

Seriously though, my 12 year old, is as loyal as one can be without really having any reason other than a Hail Mary successfully executed.

He says the same thing I said when I was 12, “There’s always basketball season!”

Stuff gets old after a while.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Many of the Bama fans that live around Birmingham are educated since the SEC offices requires a college degree for employment...

I think there are many folks who didn't catch this. Nice work. I am often reminded just how intelligent most folks aren't. Pleasantly surprised when I see something clever.

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Kroger Bama gear made in Georgia to sell in Tennessee.

O.K. I heard that when Kirby moved from Alabama to Georgia it raised the average IQs of both states.

 

[jim pique]

Planet volunteer,Bama stuff has been big in and around in Nashpatch since I graduated high school(1966).The Bear,playing for championships etc.Nothing new there.