Does Rocky Top hurt Tennessee football?

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Does the minority athlete hold the country song we are so aligned with against us ? Does the song hold or give racist overtones?

 

[Orange.]

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[MoodyVol]

🫏

 

[BigALWiLson]

No. It isn't the adopted fight song. What hurts Tennessee is the decade of failure followed by a really passionate fan base who wants to win and do it now. Nothing wrong with wanting to win of course... It's the Mustard bottles and Schiano stunts that give us the bad reputation according to media. They push that agenda, what is done is done and we need to own that we have our University as fans and alumni alike. This is our state the Vols are what we know and love. This is the Volunteer state after all. Just my two cents and let me add the mustard bottles were a true embarrassment as I was there. However it didn't help us moving forward. Hopefully that never happens again and officiating gets better as a whole around the league. I say this it's Tennessee against the world... Go Vols F*** em all

 

[Vol4gzus]

Is this supposed to be a serious thread? Does 2001 hurt gamechickens? OK back to sleep after early Friday morning humor.

 

[Dirtyhairies]

God bless

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

WTF.

 

[feathersax]

Sing that song!

 

[supersmo18]

Man you make some head scratcher threads, but this one… wow

 

[VolForLife83]

Yes, it must be canceled at once.


F no, it's probably one of, if not the catchiest "fight songs" in CFB.

 

[Caspian]

I disagree that the mustard bottles were an embarrassment. For anyone watching that without an agenda, they saw passionate fans. The recruits that were at that game loved the atmosphere. Not one said anything about being embarrassed.

What a ridiculous thread about nothing.

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

Does the minority athlete hold the country song we are so aligned with against us ? Does the song hold or give racist overtones?

Did the downvote button ever come to fruition?

 

[GetYouSomeofThat]

No. It isn't the adopted fight song. What hurts Tennessee is the decade of failure followed by a really passionate fan base who wants to win and do it now. Nothing wrong with wanting to win of course... It's the Mustard bottles and Schiano stunts that give us the bad reputation according to media. They push that agenda, what is done is done and we need to own that we have our University as fans and alumni alike. This is our state the Vols are what we know and love. This is the Volunteer state after all. Just my two cents and let me add the mustard bottles were a true embarrassment as I was there. However it didn't help us moving forward. Hopefully that never happens again and officiating gets better as a whole around the league. I say this it's Tennessee against the world... Go Cols F*** em all

I was there too

Definitely not embarrassed

 

[Raebo]

For recruits NIL cures most things including Rocky Top.

 

[bigorangedude]

Does the minority athlete hold the country song we are so aligned with against us ? Does the song hold or give racist overtones?

Following are the lyrics to the #1 fight song in the land.
Perhaps you could enlighten us by pointing out where exactly are the racist overtones??!!

Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
Ain't no telephone bills

Once I had a girl on Rocky Top
Half bear, other half cat
Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop
I still dream about that

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top
Lookin' for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will

Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

I've had years of cramped-up city life
Trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee

 

[Pride85]

Another shining example of someone starting a thread from a random thought that pops in their head. At least read the text before hitting post to make sure it is a meaningful thread starter. I am severely ADHD and I could start a million random thought posts. Thankfully for this board, I resist that temptation, most of the time.

 

[terrypedigo]

Does the minority athlete hold the country song we are so aligned with against us ? Does the song hold or give racist overtones?

The of season is way to long.

 

[VOLywood]

...

 

[malinoisvol]

WOOOOOOO

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[Vol4gzus]

Following are the lyrics to the #1 fight song in the land.
Perhaps you could enlighten us by pointing out where exactly are the racist overtones??!!

Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
Ain't no telephone bills

Once I had a girl on Rocky Top
Half bear, other half cat
Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop
I still dream about that

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top
Lookin' for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will

Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

I've had years of cramped-up city life
Trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee

All clear cap'n. Only the 'snowflakes ' get something out of there that Ain't there. Former supervisor had a child down at aubie school. One day he said something like bless your lil peapickin' heart. Boom! Dad you can't say that! Makes people think of slavery. Ftr slaves and owners coworked many of these fields. Point being school was indoctrinating these students to assume intended meaning. Word policing if you will. I've been accused of that before on this site. Trying to be more thoughtful. Anyway Rocky Top Ain't got no nothing to turn youngins against Big Orange Country.

 

[Phil-A-Man Jaro]

Rocky Top is a bluegrass song.

 

[robow]

Does the minority athlete hold the country song we are so aligned with against us ? Does the song hold or give racist overtones?

Only if you are a racist to begin with, you will be a racist wherever you go.

 

[TAF]

One of my FAVORITE lines from the last year's NCAA "probe'...was somebody sayin'...

"They SHOULD have known BETTER than to **** with a school that BOSTS about KILLIN' Federal Agents in their Fight Song!"

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

Following are the lyrics to the #1 fight song in the land.
Perhaps you could enlighten us by pointing out where exactly are the racist overtones??!!

Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top
Down in the Tennessee hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
Ain't no telephone bills

Once I had a girl on Rocky Top
Half bear, other half cat
Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop
I still dream about that

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top
Lookin' for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will

Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee

I've had years of cramped-up city life
Trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again

Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me
Good ol' Rocky Top
Rocky Top, Tennessee

Maybe it's the subliminal banjo.

 

[gasguy71]

What the Heck?