Apparently John Ward had some influence on Rece Davis.....

[OffTackleVol]

On Will Brooks pick 6........"the walk on is running, 5 4 3 2 1 give him six!"

 

[SpookyAction]

Noticed that and actually appreciated the shout out to VOLS Nation.
It gave me goosebumps.

 

[Sudden Impact]

The Herbie question to him, you vote where did you have the Vols ranked? What a stumble of an answer? eh 16th, 17th ish. Would you put them in your top 10? ehh

 

[newyorkvol]

He also used “tackled by a host” of pack. Wrong team.

 

[salutethehill]

Rece a good guy. Always liked him. Closet Vol fan.

 

[newyorkvol]

Rece a good guy. Always liked him. Closet Vol fan.

Bammer

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Rece a good guy. Always liked him. Closet Vol fan.

Not at all actually.

 

[WillisWG]

Rece a good guy. Always liked him. Closet Vol fan.

then he's too far in the back of that closet

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

On Will Brooks pick 6........"the walk on is running, 5 4 3 2 1 give him six!"

My wife and I loved it!

 

[UTFranklinVol]

I think we are going to be seeing a lot more of Rece David if we keep playing this way

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

I think we are going to be seeing a lot more of Rece David if we keep playing this way

It'll be trailer park trash Fowler if so. Reece only filling in last night.

 

[butchna]

then he's too far in the back of that closet

Way further than John Travolta.

 

[salutethehill]

Not at all actually.

Naw trust me

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Bammer

Yep, but with a healthy dose of respect for the ancient, hated foe in Knoxville. We need to make younger generations of Bammers feel that way about us.

 

[66volfan]

The Herbie question to him, you vote where did you have the Vols ranked? What a stumble of an answer? eh 16th, 17th ish. Would you put them in your top 10? ehh

He put them @5 on his ballot this week

 

[wrangler]

I took Rece's use of "Give him six!" and "Touchdown Tennessee!" as a tribute to John Ward.

 

[WillisWG]

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[Other_Guy]

then he's too far in the back of that closet

"He's a deeply closeted Tennessee fan."
- Norm MacDonald

 

[sami]

I think we are going to be seeing a lot more of Rece David if we keep playing this way

Unfortunately, Davis was only filling in for the odious Fowler, who we'll be stuck with a lot. Give me Nessler/Danielson any day.

 

[BACKDOC]

He also said, give six to no. 6 when Sampson scored on the long run.

 

[Volfan1000]

On Will Brooks pick 6........"the walk on is running, 5 4 3 2 1 give him six!"

An Alabama graduate paying homage to a TENNESSEE LEGEND with that call on the Brooks Pick 6.

 

[dobre_shunka]

ESPN's Rece Davis explains unplanned tribute to legendary Vols announcer John Ward during Tennessee's win against NC State

Kinds takes a shot at Tennessee fans and then there is the whole "Your people" reference.

"Your people seemed to enjoy the homage I sent to John Ward at the end of the Will Brooks pick-six call," said Davis to co-host Ryan McGee (a Tennessee graduate). "They seemed to enjoy that. Got a lot of positive feedback, which is not typical for the feedback that anyone in the media gets from Tennessee fans, typically. So I was grateful for that."

 

[VFL-82-JP]

ESPN's Rece Davis explains unplanned tribute to legendary Vols announcer John Ward during Tennessee's win against NC State

Kinds takes a shot at Tennessee fans and then there is the whole "Your people" reference.

"Your people seemed to enjoy the homage I sent to John Ward at the end of the Will Brooks pick-six call," said Davis to co-host Ryan McGee (a Tennessee graduate). "They seemed to enjoy that. Got a lot of positive feedback, which is not typical for the feedback that anyone in the media gets from Tennessee fans, typically. So I was grateful for that."

I did appreciate Rece's tribute to John Ward. Made me smile with a warm feeling.

As for this bolded comment, we'll love the hell out of them every week, if they'll just show us the respect we're due. No snide insults (right, Chris Fowler?), no hand-slapping like a schoolmarm (eh, Kirk Herbstreit?), no false praise and sucking up just for ratings (get that, Paul Finebaum?).

Treat us like adults, we'll treat you like adults. Show us some respect, we'll show you some. Treat us like family, chances are we'll reciprocate.

It shocks me that more media types don't understand this. Not just about Tennessee, but all fan bases.

Go Vols!

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Rece a good guy. Always liked him. Closet Vol fan.

Dude, not even close. It pains him to say something positive about UT.

 

[Rocky Top T]

Rece a good guy. Always liked him. Closet Vol fan.

Gump!