We need to put a statue up Offffff?

#51
#51
jarvol said:
:)

The Colts/Peyton lovefest must be at an all time high. I guess the SUVs around Knoxville will flying their Colts flags everyday the next 2 weeks and never realize 2 more former Vols will be lining up for the Saints.
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#53
#53
I'm a fan of all the people you have named, but the person that represents true Tennessee is Pat Summitt
 
#58
#58
utvolpj said:
write your sentences better and you may get different responses
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Listen up jackleg. I find it highly comical at all the Colts fandom in East TN. Reminds of all the #5 Redskins jerseys I saw years ago. I was pointing out the fact that the Saints have 2 more former Vols than the Colts. I guess a bunch of the koolaiders' kids didn't get named Jabari or Robert or Marvin.
 
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jarvol said:
Listen up jackleg. I find it highly comical at all the Colts fandom in East TN. Reminds of all the #5 Redskins jerseys I saw years ago. I was pointing out the fact that the Saints have 2 more former Vols than the Colts. I guess a bunch of the koolaiders' kids didn't get named Jabari or Robert or Marvin.
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wow so hostile. Thing is, if everyone on here misunderstood your point then you probably did not communicate it well enough.

and you're probably right that we should adjust our allegiances based on the number of former Vols playing. Sounds like a solid plan
 
#60
#60
Back to the statues, we got in a little bind when they named a street after Peyton, then won the NC, and figured they had to do something for Tee. Next came Majors, Fulmer, Pat Summitt, Holdsclaw, etc. I guess Eric Berry is waiting for his alley. My point is, the General Neyland is a good idea but where do you stop. I say stop at the general, and the urinal cakes!
 
#61
#61
Does the typical Michigan fan follow the Patriots because of Tom Brady? Does the USC fan follow the Bengals because of Carson Palmer? What is it about Peyton Manning that causes Tennessee fans to root for him and his team as much or more than their own pro team? How many people from this area became a Colts fan the minute they drafted Manning? I'll admit I am one of them. Sure I have come to like the other players through the years (Harrison, James, Clark, Wayne, etc.) but I first became a Colts fan when they drafted the man who personifies everything we think of when we think of what it is to be a Tennessee Volunteer, to bleed orange, a man who didn't have to choose UT, but when he did has poured his heart and soul into this university ever since. Did he accomplish everything he would have liked? No, but he accomplished a lot, and even though he wasn't on the field that day in '99, he had as much to do with that championship as anybody.

Has any former player ever done so much for his college and pro teams than Peyton Manning has? Of course the whole country now knows where the Colts would be without him - absolutely nowhere. Now they are finally coming to terms with the fact that the greatest Vol of all time is truly the greatest quarterback of all time. But UT fans knew that all along.

When he got passed over for the Heisman it was a slap in the face of Orange Nation everywhere. When he got drafted first, we all felt proud. We felt proud as the MVPs started rolling in, then the Super Bowl, and now another chance at greatness. We'll be rooting for the Colts and Peyton almost as much as we root for the Vols in the fall. We have his back because he has had ours ever since he chose the school we love when he could have gone anywhere, and he continues to be an ambassador for UT, giving his time and his money, over and over again, when he doesn't have to.

So yes there should definitely be a statue of Peyton Manning somewhere in the house that General Neyland built, not only because Peyton Manning personifies the heart and soul of everything it means to be a Vol, but also because the greatest quarterback to ever play at UT is by and large regarded by the world as the greatest quarterback to ever put on pads and play the game of football. And that is something we can all take pride in.



Scott
 
#62
#62
way too long a post.
many of us quit reading ater "typical michigan"

I am pulling for the saints. I think its retarded to pull for a team bcause the QB was a VOL.
What did you do last week when Ainge was on the jets sideline. LOL

Ainge did beat UF.
 
#63
#63
Im a Vols fan first, Titans fan second, Colts fan third, Eric Berry's NFL team fourth.

Hope the Colts layeth the smack downeth on dem Saints!!!!!!!
 
#67
#67
Neyland on one knee with Kiffin drapped over that knee getting spanked for mistreating the VOLNATION :naughty:
 
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#69
Peyton may be the greatest Colts player in history and Peyton may be in the discussion of the greatest NFL QB or greatest NFL player of all time but Peyton is not the greatest Vol of all time.
 
#71
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jarvol said:
Peyton may be the greatest Colts player in history and Peyton may be in the discussion of the greatest NFL QB or greatest NFL player of all time but Peyton is not the greatest Vol of all time.
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Agreed.... That title can only belong to Nathan W. Dougherty....
 
#72
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jarvol said:
Peyton may be the greatest Colts player in history and Peyton may be in the discussion of the greatest NFL QB or greatest NFL player of all time but Peyton is not the greatest Vol of all time.
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Agreed. Love him, but we need to chill on this. We already retired his jersey, have our locker room named after him (due to his KIND gift), and have a road to the stadium named after him.
 
#74
#74
I think we should have a blue tic hound statue in front of the statium for the players to rub before they go in from the VOL Walk
 
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