The happiest you ever left a game?

#78
#78
I’ll take 99 Notre Dame (1st game) 01 LSU Neyland (life changing moment for my fandom)04 Florida, 04 @ UGA, 06 Cal, 06 @ UGA again, 07 UGA and 09 UGA.
 
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#79
#79
2009 against UGA. My brothers father in law was talking passive aggressive sh— the whole time. When the game was decided in our favor, he started pouting and wanted to leave early. I stayed, even though he was my ride home
 
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#81
Savannahbayvol said:
Just about where I was sitting. In fairness to John I thought it was good too.
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I was in the NE corner of the stadium. Was hard to see the ball but easy to see the wide right call!! Touchdown/Field Goal Jesus let the Catholics down!!
 
#82
#82
1998 Florida. If you weren’t alive, then it’s hard for you to understand how things were back then Spurrier was making jokes that you couldn’t spell Citrus without UT. And the games in the years before that were so grim. I honestly wondered if Tennessee would ever beat Florida.
 
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1998 Florida. If you weren’t alive, then it’s hard for you to understand how things were back then. Spurrier was making jokes that you couldn’t spell Citrus without UT. And the games in the years before that were so grim. I honestly wondered if Tennessee would ever beat Florida.
 
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volfan2024 said:
I could only think of the happiest my dad was still living back when majors best bear Bryant my dad his friend my cousin my younger brother well I’m the only one left of that group. But still good times! Nice ride home!
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1998 Florida game after they missed the FG in OT.
 
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UtahVol said:
1998 Florida. If you weren’t alive, then it’s hard for you to understand how things were back then Spurrier was making jokes that you couldn’t spell Citrus without UT. And the games in the years before that were so grim. I honestly wondered if Tennessee would ever beat Florida.
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This is spot on.
 
#86
#86
I was there when Jujuan Jennings torched the vaunted gator CB for a TD And a second half come from behind win over the gators at home!
 
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UtahVol said:
1998 Florida. If you weren’t alive, then it’s hard for you to understand how things were back then Spurrier was making jokes that you couldn’t spell Citrus without UT. And the games in the years before that were so grim. I honestly wondered if Tennessee would ever beat Florida.
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I am glad we won, but that's about it for that game. Of course we didn't know at the time it was important as hell on the way to an unlikely NC
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
I am glad we won, but that's about it for that game. Of course we didn't know at the time it was important as hell on the way to an unlikely NC
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Agree....i really wasn't thinking a NC game appearance until we won at Auburn and UGA in back to back road games, then I thought we were definitely going to
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
Agree....i really wasn't thinking a NC game appearance until we won at Auburn and UGA in back to back road games, then I thought we were definitely going to
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Until the 4th qtr of the Arkansas. When Arkansas had the ball with less than 2 at midfield, I thought our NC chances were gone. Of course that last 1:00 saved the season
 
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#91
#91
‘85 Auburn
‘85 Bama
‘86 Miami (New Orleans)

Edit :
‘98 UGA
‘98 Gators
Been a minute since I was really happy
 
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#1fulmerite said:
First ever game at Neyland. Never experienced anything like this. Teenage kid playing high school football in a small town. When Dale Carter took the second half kick off to the house, the stadium erupted in what I thought (at the time) was the sound of a 747 jet taking off.

Guess what game that was?
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1990 Florida. Homecoming.
 
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adam.vol said:
Same. 2022 Alabama or 1998 Florida.

Florida was different because I just knew we would play for the SEC and National Championship after that win.

Alabama was different because of Nick Saban. I’ll never forget in 2021 Alabama wore us out in the second half and Saban told the reporter after the game “We got to get ready to play a real team next week” (LSU).

The neat thing about 1998 is we finally “out defensed” the offensive genius and in 2022 we finally “out offensed” the defensive genius.
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Those are my two as well.
 
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#95
#95
2003 Alabama game at Tuscy. Was so happy to be a part of an overtime thriller and leave that place victorious.
 
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volfan2024 said:
I could only think of the happiest my dad was still living back when majors best bear Bryant my dad his friend my cousin my younger brother well I’m the only one left of that group. But still good times! Nice ride home!
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Either 2024 Florida or 2022 Florida as far as games watched in person
 
#98
#98
December 1st, 2001 in Gainesville. I even had a hotdog thrown at me from a Gator fan as I was yelling "It's great to be a Tennessee Vol" and I didn't care.
 
#99
#99
2016 Florida, but to be fair I wasn’t at 2022 Bama.

I wish I had been because that was the last great year of football before this NIL/portal trash took everything that was great about college football from us.
 
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Dartmouth Vol said:
Yes,

1991 at Notre Dame
2003 at Miami

1997 at UCLA might rank higher if it wasn’t so hot that day and we had gone on to win 52-10 as we should have. As it was, we blew, at minimum, a 27-0, 31-0 lead in the 2nd Qt and held on for dear life.


Worst was 2001 SEC Championship game.
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For me, it comes down to the ‘85 Sugar Bowl against Miami and the ’91 game in South Bend. Sugar Bowl was really fun, especially after Miami scored after receiving opening kickoff. UT then proceeded to dominated the hated Hurricanes for remainder of game.

But, ‘91 game in South Bend will always be No 1 for me as me and buddy flew to game there and sat in ”touchdown Jesus” end zone with group of extended family, most of who were ND fans. We were very close to leaving stadium at half and going to our tailgate car and drinking rest of beer. But, we changed our minds when UT blocked FG right before halftime and took it back for TD. That flipped halftime score from 34-7 to 31-14. Glad we stayed! We rushed the field at end of game after another last second blocked fg to win game!
 
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