How Vol for Life came to life

[kamoshika]

Long but worthwhile read, IMO:

The question is the most basic one that can be asked to Antone Davis. What exactly is a Vol For Life?

Davis, who has been Tennessee football's Vol For Life coordinator since 2012, knows the answer better than anyone. Still, he laughs when asked.

Then he takes a deep breath. "It's kind of become a loaded question," he said. "The answer, in my opinion, has really been what's made it so special. I'll explain that."

That explanation takes around 10 minutes, with Davis going into detail about where the program began, a crash course of life skills for Tennessee football players, to where it is now, a three-letter acronym in the everyday language of an entire state, synonymous with checkerboard end zones and "Rocky Top."

"There's a lot of meaning behind Vol For Life," Tennessee football coach Butch Jones said last week. "It means so much it took us about a week to really define what a Vol for Life is. It's something that is lived every day. It's something special."
How Vol For Life came to life

 

[HoptownVol]

Davis is expecting "600+" for the VFL reunion scheduled for Bama weekend.

http://www.volnation.com/forum/tenn...cted-bama-weekend.html?highlight=antone+davis

 

[CardsNVols]

The VFL program is pretty much the only positive thing to come from the Dooley years.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

The VFL program is pretty much the only positive thing to come from the Dooley years.

That and the penalty to run off time if team gets penalty on purpose to get another untimed down.

 

[RollerVol]

...and don't forget the best QB beer bottle thrower in the SEC...WWII history lessons...showering properly...oh, the good times...:thud:

GO

 

[DeutshVollen]

volnation is a good learning place for me. i like the vfl article. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben.

i learn too sec is not your security exchange commission. it is der liga your orange men play in. i like the colour and the team. very different. my friend moved with me to canada. he watched der freiwillige. i watch too. read some. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben fan. beat the crocodile team beat the criminal ties team. win the sec. ich bin ein freiwillige für das Leben.

 

[66volfan]

volnation is a good learning place for me. i like the vfl article. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben.

i learn too sec is not your security exchange commission. it is der liga your orange men play in. i like the colour and the team. very different. my friend moved with me to canada. he watched der freiwillige. i watch too. read some. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben fan. beat the crocodile team beat the criminal ties team. win the sec. ich bin ein freiwillige für das Leben.

Yeah!!! What he said. Welcome aboard
ein freiwillige für das Leben - a volunteer for life

 

[VFL-82-JP]

volnation is a good learning place for me. i like the vfl article. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben.

i learn too sec is not your security exchange commission. it is der liga your orange men play in. i like the colour and the team. very different. my friend moved with me to canada. he watched der freiwillige. i watch too. read some. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben fan. beat the crocodile team beat the criminal ties team. win the sec. ich bin ein freiwillige für das Leben.

Aber ja doch.

Willkommen im VolNation, DeutshVollen. (Sie haben ein 'c' vergessen).

 

[Go Fight Win]

volnation is a good learning place for me. i like the vfl article. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben.

i learn too sec is not your security exchange commission. it is der liga your orange men play in. i like the colour and the team. very different. my friend moved with me to canada. he watched der freiwillige. i watch too. read some. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben fan. beat the crocodile team beat the criminal ties team. win the sec. ich bin ein freiwillige für das Leben.

Welcome to the family

 

[ReadCT]

This thread took eine sehr seltsame wendung.

 

[TNnative]

The VFL program is pretty much the only positive thing to come from the Dooley years.

Well, if you read carefully, what Dooley envisioned the VFL program to be was limited compared to what it is now. Dooley just had a good idea that other folks improved and refined. These people would have been here to make refinements had Dooley not been the coach, and if and when the concept came from another source.

So, while still recognizing Dooley for coining the term "Vol For Life" and the very basic intents (which I am fairly sure included shower discipline), the proudest points are the work of others. People who set examples for players to follow rather than believing belittling them to the press would inspire them to greatness.

 

[DocVOLiday]

volnation is a good learning place for me. i like the vfl article. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben.

i learn too sec is not your security exchange commission. it is der liga your orange men play in. i like the colour and the team. very different. my friend moved with me to canada. he watched der freiwillige. i watch too. read some. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben fan. beat the crocodile team beat the criminal ties team. win the sec. ich bin ein freiwillige für das Leben.

whoa, from Germany originally? you'll have to teach some of us some German. welcome to the VolNation family!

 

[DeutshVollen]

Aber ja doch.

Willkommen im VolNation, DeutshVollen. (Sie haben ein 'c' vergessen).

darn 'c'. danke. trying to use only english. things slip through when i don't give enough attention. i must do better because im here for both english and being a team fan. self teaching is not enough to master so much. volunteers - volunteers - volunteers.

 

[DeutshVollen]

whoa, from Germany originally? you'll have to teach some of us some German. welcome to the VolNation family!

no please. i got to like your team and think it is a good way to expose myself to more english. i think too this place is for fußball talk. my friend say you have a german orange man jakob. i dont know him but what is his number. does he play well.

 

[ptcarter]

Willkommen!!! Sagen Sie etwas Schlechtes über Dobbs und treffen DfürH.

 

[MphsBlues]

Deutsch, how did you become a Vol fan? I think it's wonderful that you are, but we don't get many German fans here. Welcome to Volnation!

 

[VFL-82-JP]

no please. i got to like your team and think it is a good way to expose myself to more english. i think too this place is for fußball talk. my friend say you have a german orange man jakob. i dont know him but what is his number. does he play well.

Ja, Jakob Johnson, #44. He plays tight end. Great kid.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Wow this Volnation has went global truly global. We have several fans who were fans then moved around the planet. But we have a new fan that's German located in Canada. Awesome. All thanks to Freak for making a site like this.

 

[TN Outlaw]

Wow this Volnation has went global truly global. We have several fans who were fans then moved around the planet. But we have a new fan that's German located in Canada. Awesome. All thanks to Freak for making a site like this.

Where could a redneck in Tennessee speak with a German in Canada?

Vol-freakin-Nation

I love this place!

 

[FïreBall]

I forsee some awesome phrases coined in the future! Welcome abaord!!

 

[joevol33]

volnation is a good learning place for me. i like the vfl article. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben.

i learn too sec is not your security exchange commission. it is der liga your orange men play in. i like the colour and the team. very different. my friend moved with me to canada. he watched der freiwillige. i watch too. read some. now i want to be ein freiwillige für das Leben fan. beat the crocodile team beat the criminal ties team. win the sec. ich bin ein freiwillige für das Leben.

Welcome aboard!

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Where's Rommel?

How do you say whoo in German?

 

[SmokinBob]

Welcome DeutshVollen! :hi: Please ask questions if we say something that doesn't make sense...we sometimes use our own Volnation language around here!

 

[TNnative]

Wow this Volnation has went global truly global. We have several fans who were fans then moved around the planet. But we have a new fan that's German located in Canada. Awesome. All thanks to Freak for making a site like this.

Well, if they stay with us during lean times, I will be impressed. Some of these folks are jumping in right as the football program is peaking. That is expected. If things go bad, don't block the exits. Time will tell of their loyalty.

 

[Volz4lif3]

Dooley stole it.. From me..