One game......

#53
#53
Arkansas ‘98. I was 18 years old. I didn’t start really following football until ‘95.
Watched the game on TV and I believe that’s the lowest I’ve ever felt during any game and then the sudden turnaround with the fumble is probably the highest I’ve ever felt after a game.
Watching the O-Line and Travis Henry just absolutely take over that game and not be denied still brings tears to my eyes!
 
#54
#54
(*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.

The '86 Sugar Bowl game against Miami would be hard to pass up. Some of those classic wins against Alabama would be good. I don't know how you couldn't consider the 98 National Championship game.
 
#55
#55
The '86 Sugar Bowl game against Miami would be hard to pass up. Some of those classic wins against Alabama would be good. I don't know how you couldn't consider the 98 National Championship game.

I was sitting in a full lotus position in my den floor when Powell broke the run down the left sideline leaving two UM speedsters in his wake and literally completely flipped over backwards with a temporarily stop into a headstand. At my weight and physical condition that was a life threatening position.
 
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