We Are Tennessee!!!

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Jewbaccah

Jewbaccah

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These have been a rough few years for Tennessee fans. We have watched as our football program has slowly deteriorated. But one thing that has remained the same is we are different from other schools in one meaningful way. Like all SEC programs we love our football and we want to win but we do so with class.

I now live in Atlanta, GA and have often discussed football with other colleagues and friends. When I bring up going to a UGA game or Alabama game they always comment on how it is not safe to wear the wrong clothes. I hear stories of vandalism and violence. And I think in all my years going to UT games I do not remember every even seeing that kind of stuff. Not to say it does not occur but not with the frequency at other SEC schools. This last week was a grim reminder of that at the LSU-Alabama game, where ignorance lead to murder and loss of life.

Instead, I remember good sported fun with UGA fans and the like. I remember seeing some UT fans concerned when they saw opposing fans too drunk to drive and offering assistance. I remember the friendly waves driving a boat to the game.

So why bring this up now? The new coach will be in charge of Tennessee's first born son. His face will be on National TV and his words heard across the country. When people in California think about Tennessee they will think about our football coach. And more importantly when our children watch games they will get an image of our coach as an example of leadership and normality. So right now we have one of the best things going in the atmosphere at Neyland on gameday. I can bring friends from anywhere and feel proud.

Many here do not feel we have the luxury to feel entitled to a Big Name coach that we must settle for what we can get. Again we are Tennessee. We should not settle for whatever we can get. A coach who is maybe less than classy on the sideline because we feel he can make us a winner again. Or a coach who betrays all for the highest bidder. No sir, WE ARE TENNESSEE. And this hire is not just to protect our ability to put Ws on the board but protect a way of life.

Maybe I am alone but whatever the financial cost we deserve the best and the best we should have.
 
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Good post. Interesting how many long threads on here recently. It seems that Volnationals are really digging deep to make sense out of the current situation.
 
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herkyvol said:
Good post. Interesting how many long threads on here recently. It seems that Volnationals are really digging deep to make sense out of the current situation.
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I truly feel for you. It sucks for such a storied, proud program to be in this situation. We suffered through it for MANY years. You people will come through just as we did.
 
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Not to break your balls or anything but your thread title is hilarious. I know I know, it's a common phrase in football for a fan base to state "We Are _____" fill in the blank as it pertains to you. But to me it sounds as funny as if I were to stand out on a sidewalk stating over and over as people walked by "I am Patrick". Yes, it is a fact that I am indeed "Patrick" but that hardly proves anything one way or the other. And it certainly doesn't say anything about me other than I am aware of myself.
 
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Birmingham said:
Not to break your balls or anything but your thread title is hilarious. I know I know, it's a common phrase in football for a fan base to state "We Are _____" fill in the blank as it pertains to you. But to me it sounds as funny as if I were to stand out on a sidewalk stating over and over as people walked by "I am Patrick". Yes, it is a fact that I am indeed "Patrick" but that hardly proves anything one way or the other. And it certainly doesn't say anything about me other than I am aware of myself.
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We hate to bother you Patrick so why don't you just go back to where you came from.
 
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I just thought it was funny is all. It wasn't an incovience for me to read and I opened it on my own accord. Nobody bothered me, I just thought it was funny.
 
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Birmingham said:
Not to break your balls or anything but your thread title is hilarious. I know I know, it's a common phrase in football for a fan base to state "We Are _____" fill in the blank as it pertains to you. But to me it sounds as funny as if I were to stand out on a sidewalk stating over and over as people walked by "I am Patrick". Yes, it is a fact that I am indeed "Patrick" but that hardly proves anything one way or the other. And it certainly doesn't say anything about me other than I am aware of myself.
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You obviously know nothing about Tennessee tradition and with your screen name it is just as well.
 
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I am in Birmingham...technically Hoover and know plenty about UT and tradition and bleed orange and white..
so lets not lump all people from Alabama together...as most everyone on here does and just all pray we get a great coach and some great players and turn this thing around.
 
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HATINGBAMAISAWAYOFLIFE said:
I am in Birmingham...technically Hoover and know plenty about UT and tradition and bleed orange and white..
so lets not lump all people from Alabama together...as most everyone on here does and just all pray we get a great coach and some great players and turn this thing around.
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I was only addressing one poster. He is talking stuff about something he has no idea about.
 
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I was only addressing one poster. He is talking stuff about something he has no idea about.
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Listen, I thought it was a very good post. To say I don't know what I'm talking about is just running off at the mouth. I was simply making a point on a rather cliche statement. You guys are pretty touchy right now, I'll let it be for a few months and get back with you next season.
 
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Jewbaccah said:
Like all SEC programs we love our football and we want to win but we do so with class.
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This is very true. I traveled to both Florida and Alabama last year and was appalled at the way they treated Vol fans. I had one frat guy yelling at me as I was walking down the sidewalk with a megaphone. I got many rude remarks everywhere I went. It was ridiculous. Bama was a much better, but there was still an atmosphere that lacked class (and probably the fact that I was with some Bama students helped). You simply do not see those things in Knoxville, and especially not to that degree. I agree that moral integrity should be a determining factor in our coach. We are Tennessee, one of the most storied football programs in the country, and therefore we should settle for nothing less than the best.
 
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I expected bad, but not nearly that bad as I had never seen opposing team fans treated that badly in Knoxville. It just confirmed for me the disparity in class among schools.
 
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I wish all VOLS fans shared your passion. The fact the attendance has dipped so badly and tickets can be had at bargain prices is a disgrace. While the majority have remained true to the Big Orange, many have bailed. That's a shame. Many schools would love to have the football tradition that has been on Rocky Top all these years.
 
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Redlegs said:
BS! OSU-MICH rivalry takes a backseat to nobody, however, nobody matches the passion and/or insanity of the SEC.
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I take it you haven't been to a UM-OSU game in Columbus.

You are also a Kentucky fan, so you have no idea what rabid football fans are like.
 
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You said OSU and Michigan fans make Bama fans look tame. I called BS. Stick to the original topic instead of taking mindless cheapshots at Kentucky. We're coming your way in a couple weeks. You'll have your chance then.
 
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Redlegs said:
You said OSU and Michigan fans make Bama fans look tame. I called BS. Stick to the original topic instead of taking mindless cheapshots at Kentucky. We're coming your way in a couple weeks. You'll have your chance then.
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You need to calm down. Kentucky is... Kentucky.

The flipped, burning cars and the fights I saw when I went to Columbus are a lot worse than one idiot with a gun IMO.

One idiot or a Horse Shoe full of them?
 
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justingroves said:
You need to calm down. Kentucky is... Kentucky.
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Good one! Did you coin the phrase "it is what it is" too?

justingroves said:
The flipped, burning cars and the fights I saw when I went to Columbus are a lot worse than one idiot with a gun IMO. One idiot or a Horse Shoe full of them?
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Columbus riots when Michigan comes to town? Okay, pal.
 
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