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#101
I like the "gig em" thing BUT if you try to gig Smokey then BEWARE because he fears nothing and even takes on real bears, LOL.

VFL...GBO!!!
 
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Oskie Volum said:
Finally, our last tradition, after the game, win or lose, we walk down to Stefano’s, get a slice and 32 ounce beer,


Man I loved me some Stefano's back in the day. I'm so happy it's still there. Especially with all the change on The Strip. Good call :good!:

watch ESPN and then decide if we are going to go to Cotton Eyed Joes, Old City or the Katch… Traditions can’t be broken right??? Lmao…

Don't try to get them to go ALL THE WAY out to CEJ. It's fun when you get there, but after a full day of drinking its a bad call. Aggies would love the place, but a haul. Old City is a great alternative.

Note: This may be just me, but I am going to throw it out there, never get a Smokey dog at Neyland. They will tear you up.

HA!!!! :lolabove: FO SHO!!!!!!!! Just doesn't mix well in the belly with all that beer and whiskey.

What is the University of Tennessee most known for?

This depends on who you ask. For me, UT is big school that has a small school feel.

UT is not a big school when you look at it. Campus is very compact due to location, and has 25k-30k total student body including Grad students. Mid range size at most. Heck UTEX-San Antonio has over 30k and they just got a football team last yr. UGA and UF are up in the 40k. A&M is just shy of 50k, and so is UTjr. These are big schools both population, and land wise.
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Its an average sized school based on attendance but campus definitely isn't compact compared to other schools that I've seen. Much larger than Vanderbilt, Clemson, Mtsu, Memphis, UK, or Auburn. Florida is the only campus that I've been on that's larger than UT.
 
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Nashvol2 said:
Its an average sized school based on attendance but campus definitely isn't compact compared to other schools that I've seen. Much larger than Vanderbilt, Clemson, Mtsu, Memphis, UK, or Auburn. Florida is the only campus that I've been on that's larger than UT.
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It's pretty compact IMO, and avg sized compared to many other schools. Lsu isn't as compact, fla I agree with u, uga isnt as compact either iirc. Now compared to A&M which these thread is about our campus is very small. Compared to UTex we r a small campus, and also compared to many schools in TX. Just making sure they don't get a false idea of the campus.

Also I say it's compact because there is no room to grow out.
 
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This might be useful....

University of Tennessee Athletics: Gameday

Note locations of the Vol Walk and Band March (better known as the Salute To The Hill). The band stops at the corner of Andy Holt and Phil Fulmer for about 5 mins and gets the crowd fired up. Can someone post the approx before kickoff times for the walk and salute? I think it is 1:45 before game time and then 1:20 before game time. Please correct if I am wrong. After the salute, go inside the stadium, get you some peanuts and your first mixer of the day. Watch the band form the T. When the team comes out, look around you, if you don't see some tears, you aren't sitting next to Vol Fans!

Welcome Aggies!!
 
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TNGlen said:
This might be useful....

University of Tennessee Athletics: Gameday

Note locations of the Vol Walk and Band March (better known as the Salute To The Hill). The band stops at the corner of Andy Holt and Phil Fulmer for about 5 mins and gets the crowd fired up. Can someone post the approx before kickoff times for the walk and salute? I think it is 1:45 before game time and then 1:20 before game time. Please correct if I am wrong. After the salute, go inside the stadium, get you some peanuts and your first mixer of the day. Watch the band form the T. When the team comes out, look around you, if you don't see some tears, you aren't sitting next to Vol Fans!

Welcome Aggies!!
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Hey TNGlen...I like ur posts and think ur a solid guy, but there's something that makes me wonder about u. Not sure what it is but it may to do with the who u have as ur second favorite team....what's up with that, and it better be good my friend.
 
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Oskie Volum said:
It's pretty compact IMO. Lsu isn't as compact, fla I agree with u, uga isnt as compact either iirc. Now compared to A&M which these thread is about our campus is very small. Compared to UTex we r a small campus, and also compared to many schools in TX. Just making sure they don't get a false idea of the campus.

Also I say it's compact because there is no room to grow out.
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It will grow out by eating Fort Sanders.
 
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Oskie Volum said:
It's pretty compact IMO, and avg sized compared to many other schools. Lsu isn't as compact, fla I agree with u, uga isnt as compact either iirc. Now compared to A&M which these thread is about our campus is very small. Compared to UTex we r a small campus, and also compared to many schools in TX. Just making sure they don't get a false idea of the campus.

Also I say it's compact because there is no room to grow out.
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Everything bigger in Texas?
 
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Volview said:
It will grow out by eating Fort Sanders.
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Yeah that's what was talked about when I was on campus. Seems like its happening little by little, but for car garages. Ha! Are they Pac-manning Fort Sanders more and more now a-days? I'm sure it's just as sketchy as always, so the university and city would want it gone.

I will admit it's been a few yrs since I've been able to make it to campus. Even when I do I bee-line it to Fraternity Park to meet up with old friends, so I don't make it around to see the new upgrades.
 
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Oskie Volum said:
Yeah that's what was talked about when I was on campus. Seems like its happening little by little, but for car garages. Ha! Are they Pac-manning Fort Sanders more and more now a-days? I'm sure it's just as sketchy as always, so the university and city would want it gone.

I will admit it's been a few yrs since I've been able to make it to campus. Even when I do I bee-line it to Fraternity Park to meet up with old friends, so I don't make it around to see the new upgrades.
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The last big real estate push for campus was for sorority houses. The took that big piece of grassland between the ag campus and married student housing.
 
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Volview said:
The last big real estate push for campus was for sorority houses. The took that big piece of grassland between the ag campus and married student housing.
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Huh...I knew they were bldg the sorority homes but never knew where. I'm probably off so I'm gonna have to look on an updated map, cause all I can think of is the Rugby Field in that area.
 
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#113
Welcome! Just remember the love for this team and university is more than many understand. If you cut us we bleed orange and will go to our graves standing up for it. Again welcome and Go Big Orange! VFL
 
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#116
welcome to the SEC !!

one thing that hasn't been mentioned is that Tennessee holds the NCAA record for being the only team in the history of collage football to go through a season ,Unbeaten-Untied and Un scored on.
 
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#117
Welcome to the SEC

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#119
Howdy Vols! Thank you for the great responses so far! As we gear up to officially join the SEC family on July 1, we invite you to continue tell us more about your University so that we can share this information with Aggie fans. We're looking forward to sharing the Aggie Spirit with our new SEC family. Thanks & Gig 'em!
 
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#120
1-I'm sure there have been a lot of new restaurants opened since I left Knoxville 3 years ago but I always liked the Old City area. Make sure to visit the Devil's Microphone when in town.

2-Vol Walk and tailgating on the river by Calhoun's.

3-Peyton Manning!

4-Football, ladies basketball, great education, beautiful scenery, awesome fans.

5-Don't touch The Rock!
 
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#121
I still don't get why Texas A & M is an SEC fit, I'm gue$$ing it'$ ju$t fate...but I KNOW you will love the SEC experience. It is really like no other (except maybe for Vandy, which is kind of like going to a quilting competition). A & M will develop new rivalries over the years and fans will start having favorite places to visit for road games. I wish I could experience it for the first time again. I hope all Aggie fans get to go to each town, stadium, tailgate and game experience in the conference and see what we have been so proud of and have enjoyed for so many years. I would wish you good luck, but as a Volunteer fan.....all I can honestly wish you is good fun and safe and pleasant travels. :hi:
 
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On game days in Knoxville, many, many football fans from out of town make it a point to go to Ye Olde Steak House, about five miles from Neyland stadium up Chapman Highway toward the mountains - it's one of the top restaurants in the SEC. You can read about it if you follow this link, as well as many other important traditions in the SEC, at Tennessee and at other schools as well:

SEC Bucket List- #47 Ye Olde Steak House « HolyTurf
 
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