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#78
#78
Mose Phillip's Watch said:
Born in 1969, remember going to games with my dad in 79

Really thought Reggie White, Wille Gault & Anthony Hancock walked on water

You ?
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I’m 1970. We’re telling the same tales.

I remember that if they played on TV, it was a family holiday. We just listened to John Ward on the radio.

Probably my most vivid early memory was them losing to Purdue in the Bluebonnet bowl.

I had a friend in middle school whose mom didn’t really didn’t enjoy going, so I went to a lot of games on her ticket as a young teen.

In HS, I met my future wife whose parents held season tickets from 1959 to 2007-8.

My HS coach played for Tennessee in the era of the general.

My wife and I both earned our BS from Tennessee.

So, if anyone wonders why I’ll not just give up on them, I hope this explains it at least a little.
 
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#79
Born in 53, played football against Kippy Brown in high school. Does anybody remember the UCLA game when a player for UCLA was paralyzed? The UT family pretty much adopted him for several months when he was in the hospital here. Do not remember his name or the year. It was a longtime ago.
 
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First football game I ever saw on TV was the the 86 Sugar Bowl against Miami. That put TN on my radar. I would say I didn't truly become a fan until 89 when I saw Andy Kelley play against Alabama. After that I was sold and Andy Kelley is still one of my favorite Vols of all time.
 
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LIFE TIME VOL said:
68 years, first game 1952. born 1936
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Seems you, me, and Volinvonore are to oldest guys here today or the only ones of us old guy who know how to respond! (took me a year or two to get the hang of it) Anyway we have heard and seen our Vols go from the single wing to the backyard type ball they now play in college. It's been a long trip that we have enjoyed and at times suffered. For me I have enjoyed ever play of it!!!
 
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#87
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Born in 1951 - fond memories of listening to Tennessee games on my transistor radio. Later years - most enjoyable games would be - can't decide - either the 1982 Alabama game which I attended or the 1991 Notre Dame game. I started school at Tennessee Tech in 1969. I tell people that I made an academic decision to transfer to UT for free football tickets in 1971.
 
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Born ‘64
Some earliest memories include;
‘70 UT v. Bama @ Neyland, it was to be a big event, with dad having procured two end-zone seats for some of my parents friends, up from Huntsville. As we pulled onto campus, mom realized that she had left our 4 season tickets in the condo, so back down Chapman Hwy. to Gatlinburg, she and my sister went. No possible way my father was going to miss the kick, so the bama couple were odd folks out, as I sat with my father that day, in the green bleachers, and watched the Vols destroy the tide (24-0 as I recall). The Bear actually took his sports coat off, and layed down on the bench.
Other early memories include Condredge and those “tear aways”, what a great era to have witnessed. Additional lasting memories include the first night game in ‘72 v. Paterno, and lastly I vividly recall that The Pride always seemed to sound better than any opponents band (I guess we still have this at least).
 
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#90
#90
ME AND YOUNGER BROTHER SNEAKED IN BEHIND A TICKET TAKERS BACK FOR THE MISS ST GAME IN 1955. FIRST REAL GAME BECAUSE SELLING PEANUTS TO GET IN DIDN'T COUNT.

SAW AN INCREDIBLE RUN BY JOHNNY MAJORS FOR A TOUCHDOWN BUT I THINK WE LOST A CLOSE GAME
 
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#91
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Voljerm98 said:
Didnt care until I heard my dad talk about some guy named Peyton not winning a trophy. The next year I fell in love with the Big Orange. But its been a steady downhill since. Sorry guys its me. I'm the bad luck.
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Dont feel bad i was driving down 430 miles for my first game at neyland in 2010. Telling my wife how great Tennessee has been and how they wont be down long. Weve had 3 coaches since. I also believe we have a losing record since 2010.
 
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#92
#92
BACK IN THE FIFTIES THE STADIUM SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT. THERE WAS A GROUND LEVEL CAFETERIA UNDER THE EAST STANDS AND ON GAME DAY, ABOUT TEN OF US WOULD GO INTO THE CAFETERIA AND SIT AROUND THEN GET UP TO LEAVE BUT INSTEAD OF GOING OUT WE WOULD BOLT UP THE DARK PASSAGEWAY AND RUN UNTIL WE WERE UNDER THE SOUTH STANDS. THERE WE JUMP ACROSS THE RAIL AND GET INTO THE DIRT UNDER THE STADIUM AND HIDE FOR AN HOUR OR SO THEN WE COULD COME OUT INTO THE SUNSHINE AND JOIN THE CROWD. NOW THAT'S BEING A FAN! (AND YES, THEY ALWAYS CHASED US)
 
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I remember running around a playground as a kid in 2000 chanting with my friends “Spurrier gonna cry cuz the gators gonna die”. I was born in 92
 
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Born in ‘92. Watched the Vols all my life. Earliest and clearest memory that I can actually recall was when Mount Codys fat a$$ kept blocking kicks.
 
#99
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VOLINVONORE said:
Born in 1938. Saw my first game in 1945. Had 2 older brothers who served in WW11 and entered Tennessee for Fall Quarter of 1945. Saw us beat Wake Forest 7-6 on a hot September day just over a month before I had my 7th birthday.
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Congratulations. That's really impressive.

Have you stayed in Tennessee your whole life?

What was it like when College Football started integrating African American Players into mainstream schools?
 
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