One game......

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DeusExMachina

DeusExMachina

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(*happy birthday, General Neyland!!!*)

Picture it. It's a beautiful day in.....wherever you are. Sun's shining, not a cloud in the sky, a perfect 72° outside. As always, you're proudly sporting your Orange and White, when a stocky gentleman in a fedora approaches you. Something about the man seems really familiar, and your thoughts are confirmed when he reaches for a handshake, introducing himself as "hello, I'm Robert Neyland".

He then tells you that he's able to give you one chance to witness a game in Vols history that you weren't there for; to see a game in person that you've only ever heard about. Your tickets and concessions are covered, and you can sit anywhere in the stadium, home or away.

Yes, I know there's a lot to choose from, but what's that one game for you?? The game you didn't or couldn't make it to, the one you've only ever seen pictures or videos of??

For me (and it's d**n tough to not pick The Miracle at South Bend, seeing Cobb/Webb in person, or watching Hacksaw Reynolds or Doug Atkins wreck offenses), I'd want to see the 98 National Championship in person. I've seen the whole video, I watched it live on TV as it happened; but I can't fathom what being there in person, surrounded by fellow Vols, would actually have been like.
 
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I saw Cobb/Webb in action.

However, I would have loved to see arguably the greatest RB in UT history - Chuck Webb rush for 275+ yards in the Cotton Bowl against a top-10 Arkansas team in 1989. He set the rushing record and was the offensive player of the game. Carl Pickens, subbing on defense as a DB, was the defensive POG.
 
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1959 LSU game!!!!!

UT has only defeated a #1 team twice.....This game and Auburn in 1985.....



"I agree with Dave Hooker that the win against Billy Cannon and the LSU Tigers ranks among the all-time greatest games. No one thought Tennessee really had a chance in that game, and—on paper—they were right. Billy Cannon was the man-beast running back of his day and was fearsome for his ability to shred defenses.

On most days when the 1959 Tigers played, they put on a clinic. The iron wall of orange-clad defenders shut that down and did a little teaching of their own.

After fumbling the ball on their own two-yard line and giving the Tigers an easy six points, the Vol defense found a way to save the game. Their goal-line stop as the Tigers tried for the two-point conversion probably ranks as one of the all-time greatest defensive plays in Tennessee history."

Here’s former Voice of the Vols George Mooney with the call.

[>> See post to listen to audio <<]

When it was all said and done, the Vols came out on top in a 14-13 thriller.

 
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utvols74 said:
I saw Cobb/Webb in action.

However, I would have loved to see arguably the greatest RB in UT history - Chuck Webb rush for 275+ yards in the Cotton Bowl against a top-10 Arkansas team in 1989. He set the rushing record and was the offensive player of the game. Carl Pickens, subbing on defense as a DB, was the defensive POG.
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Which is a testament to how great an athlete and football player Pickens was - WR subs in to help on D and is defensive player of the game. He's in Deon Sanders company IMO.
 
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peaygolf said:
UT has only defeated a #1 team twice.....This game and Auburn in 1985.....
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I was at that game....85 Auburn. I'd want to go back and see it again. I was 12. I still have my ticket stub. The memories have faded over the years and I'd love the chance to put a fresh a coat of paint on them. So many good memories on the hill...
 
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KnoxLandcruiser said:
I was at that game....85 Auburn. I'd want to go back and see it again. I was 12. I still have my ticket stub. The memories have faded over the years and I'd love the chance to put a fresh a coat of paint on them. So many good memories on the hill...
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I was there too....15 yrs old.
I would have loved to been at the '79 Notre Dame game as well. My dad and mother took some ND friends to that game instead of me. Still po'd about that.
 
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mad4vols said:
Even though I attended the 1982 Alabama game, I’d go back again. Best day at Neyland ever.
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World's Fair and then......Chuck Coleman

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peaygolf said:
I was there too....15 yrs old.
I would have loved to been at the '79 Notre Dame game as well. My dad and mother took some ND friends to that game instead of me. Still po'd about that.
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That game made an impression on me. I remember the fans on the field. I remember the goal post coming down in front us...we're in the north endzone. I remember that people threw toilet paper quite a bit back then and also the tape rolls out of cassettes. Anybody remember the little football player puppet sold at concessions back then? You put your hand inside and pulled two finger levers and he threw punches...great memories. I still have one :)
 
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I'm lucky-I as at the LSU game in 59-We were sitting on the 20 yard line on the closed end of the stadium. Lsu as going toward the open end. we couldn't tell he had been stopped until the fans started clapping and it came around the stadium.
 
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90 Florida. 45-3 beat down of Florida during Spurriers first year as FL coach. Apparently we didn’t have the mental block with Florida then.
 
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The game I missed that I had most like to attended is probably the '91 ND game. 2nd would be the '85 Auburn game.
 
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