I was watching the game from my place in Florida and was messaging with my friend who is British and she was watching the game from London England. By the way this was only the second American Football game that she has ever watched in her life with the UT-UF game the week before being her first.
Here is our chat starting from right before the Georgia TD.
10/1, 7:07pm
Jo Jo
Tennessee should do a time out and do a motivational speech thingy that they do
F*@k sake
19 seconds
Gawd i can't watch
Lol
19 seconds let the clock begin now
10/1, 7:08pm
Me
F*@k
F*@k
F*@k
10/1, 7:09pm
Jo Jo
F*@k sakes
Ten seconds what the hell
10/1, 7:11pm
Me
Cest la vie
10/1, 7:11pm
Jo Jo
Pfffft
I don't think u shook your
Pom Poms enough
I don't like him that Eason
10/1, 7:13pm
Me
watch
we have one chance
10/1, 7:14pm
Jo Jo
Omfg
Woooooo
Wooooo
Woooooo
Wooooo
10/1, 7:16pm
Me
I never saw anything like it in my entire life
10/1, 7:16pm
Jo Jo
O my god
Wow
Wow
Wow
10/1, 7:17pm
Me
WOW
10/1, 7:17pm
Jo Jo
That shut them Bulldogs up
10/1, 7:17pm
Me
lol
10/1, 7:17pm
Jo Jo
Wow
UnbelieVable
10/1, 7:17pm
Me
crazy
10/1, 7:17pm
Jo Jo
He's crying
10/1, 7:18pm
Me
mhm
Love Butch Jones
10/1, 7:18pm
Jo Jo
Get up dude wipe ya nose
Lol
10/1, 7:18pm
Me
lololol
In my whole life I never saw a Tennessee win like this
10/1, 7:19pm
Jo Jo
Woooo they just keep fighting
they don't give up
Yay
Wow
Incredible
10/1, 7:20pm
Me
yeah
two weeks in a row
10/1, 7:20pm
Jo Jo
I'm so happy
10/1, 7:20pm
Me
yeah
It was hopeless, stuff like that doesn't happen
I've kinda got the same thing going myself. I watched the first 3 games in its entirety while throwing back some adult beverages even though I got very frustrated at times cussing and whatnot...but deer season opened up weekend before last so I have a calming place to go now. Last year as uga went up on us big I left to go hunting all the while listening to Kesling on the radio and just keeping faith we could pull out the upset and we did. This year my strategy for the Florida and Georgia game has been the same...watch it as long as I can contain my composure until my head pops off then go hunting and keep updated from the radio and my phone. During the catch I was sitting under a tree watching a 6 point buck feed in the back of a field not really planning on shooting it. My friend a KY fan text me saying y'all are lucky as hell after the stripped fumble TD. I responded saying maybe we can hold on. I kept refreshing ESPN.com following the game closely as I could but service kept going in and out on me. I refreshed and got so angry seeing they scored on a 47 yd bomb with 10 seconds to go. I was mad to say the least but accepted we had lost our first game. So shortly after I refreshed again and saw final score TN 34 UGA 31... I literally could not believe my eyes!! I thought it had to be a mistake. My friend text me saying I had missed the game of the year! So I went crazy scared the deer out of the field and everything but I didn't care lol. I was told when I got home that I'd have to start going hunting earlier lol.I was following my superstition of what makes the Vols win. I have to start out at 9:00 with Gameday, keep the TV on til our game starts. Watch until we begin losing.
Then I have to go outside and do something constructive. Can't listen on radio. Just work. Wash the car, yard work, etc.
There always are outside watching parties all over the neighborhood so I hear cheering when anything good happens and I go in and can watch if we're ahead. Go back down and I have to go back to work.
The whole neighborhood erupted in cheers, horns honking, firecrakers. I run inside to find that, once again, I have positively affected the outcome of a Vols game this year. Thank you very much!))
In my living room with my dad who doesn't even root for any team. He went to Miss St though. I am a passive aggressive fan which means I let go of my emotions in intense bursts after go ahead scores and the like. I didn't celebrate anything until the sack-fumble TD. I turned into a freaking gorilla after UT won on the hail mary.
In my car driving home from a business trip. Saw the scores on my phone and then finally found the game on the radio right after we took the lead at 28-24. Listened as Georgia moved across mid-field and scored with :10 left and then lost radio reception.
Thought we had lost but then looked at my phone about 10 minutes later and saw Tenn 34 UGA 31 and about ran off the road. Got home and saw the highlights and watched them over and over. :rock: