BYE WEEK = Who was Tennessee’s quarterback when you became a Tennessee fan?

[TAF]

Me? The Artful Dodger...

 

[LibertyVol]

Me? The Artful Dodger...

Still my all time favorite Volunteer.

 

[TOUCHDOWN!!TN]

Swamp Rat

 

[RockyTop140]

Eric Ainge. First game I went to was Air Force 2006.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Heath Shuler

 

[GordonC]

 

[apevol]

 

[Sea Ray]

The pride of Joplin, Missouri, Alan Cockrell. My how Tennessee football has improved since then

 

[volnbama_]

Tee Martin

 

[LadyVolette]

Andy Kelly

 

[Jauan't Some?]

Eric Ainge.

Went to the UK game in Lexington with family right after thanksgiving 2005. Horrible season, but was fun sitting in the crowd during another rout of UK yelling “JIM-BOB COO-TER!”

 

[OHvol40]

Heath Shuler is the first one I remember watching/listening to.

 

[OffTackleVol]

Me? The Artful Dodger...

Swamp Rat and Bubba Wyche

 

[vols72]

Jimmy Streater
#6 in the program and #1 in your heart

 

[bpalmer28]

Peyton

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Andy Kelly in 1989 when I was 6. That is about the earliest I can remember.

 

[Danl]

Dewey Warren

 

[feathersax]

The first game I attended in Neyland Stadium ws 1964. Art Galiffa was the QB, not a household name. It was also the first year for Coach Doug Dickey. Vols lost to Kentucky that day. Still, it was memorable to me. I'd been listening on radio to Tennessee before that, but there was no "quarterback" due to the single wing. I suppose Mallon Faircloth (tailback) was the closest thing to a QB.

 

[Sgt.Rock]

The Swamp Rat. Later I would interview him for a feature when he was the coach at Copper Basin High School in Copperhill. Walked into the interview blind and got the shakes when I saw his name on the desk. GBO.

 

[Dansky]

Me? The Artful Dodger...

Wasn’t called a QB, called tailback. Johnny Majors. I was about 9 years old when he was a senior. Only got to actually see him play in Sugar Bowl. Not much college games on tv way back then.

 

[WillisWG]

In 1965 I doubled up

 

[solivols]

Rick Clausen. LSU game 2005 I believe. First college football game I ever watched. Was just surfing the channels and stumbled on it - college football wasn’t big where I’m from. Was a freshman at UTK 2 years later from way out of state.

 

[SpookyAction]

Steve Alatorre
My first game I watched (on TV, which was a very big deal back then) was the 1980 Bama game. The VOLS looked like crap, but they were my team from then on. I was 8.

--edit-- It was the ABC Game of the Week and I remember getting tired of Keith Jackson fluffing the Tide.

 

[Nicovfl8]

Tyler bray

 

[stolitonic]

Kind of depends I suppose. When my Vol fandom finally "stuck" I suppose was when I found myself enrolled in grad school in the early 2000s.

The Iceman took over a few games into the season