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Our teams name and our states nickname originated from the actions of Tennesseeans freeing your little state from el Mexico. You're welcome. We let you borrow Davy and thousands of other volunteers and got you a little thing called independence. Quit trying to take our colors and letters as well. Ungrateful jerks.
They were talking about how there would be no Texas if it weren't for Tennessee! McElroy was doing a great job with history lessons. He's not bad for a bammer....TX native
Our teams name and our states nickname originated from the actions of Tennesseeans freeing your little state from el Mexico. You're welcome. We let you borrow Davy and thousands of other volunteers and got you a little thing called independence. Quit trying to take our colors and letters as well. Ungrateful jerks.
Our teams name and our states nickname originated from the actions of Tennesseeans freeing your little state from el Mexico. You're welcome. We let you borrow Davy and thousands of other volunteers and got you a little thing called independence. Quit trying to take our colors and letters as well. Ungrateful jerks.
Love your post, rtb. However, they are not trying to take our colors, my friend. Their "burnt orange" is nowhere near our beautiful "Tennessee Orange". Noone's is. I realize that there are no degrees of "uniqueness"; something is either unique or it's not. Our glorious University of Tennessee Orange is, truly, unique, Thank God....
Actually, Tennessee got its nickname because of the War of 1812. Governor Blount called for Tennesseans to volunteer for the military and support the country's war effort. The response was so great it easily eclipsed the number of volunteers other states were able to muster. Hence, folks started referring to Tennessee as the "Volunteer State".
The Texas/Mexico war did serve to further solidify and justify the nickname, though.