Are you old enough to remember when...

[VFL-82-JP]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning less than five games in the regular season? '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18, '20...six out of ten years!

...went an entire decade winning only 50% of their games? 2010-2020

...lost to all three of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in 11 out of 14 years? (79% loss between 2008-2021)

...went 9-49 in games versus AP top 25 ranked teams? (84% loss between 2010-2021)

...won 0 out of 39 games versus AP top 10 ranked teams? 2007-2021

...went 29-61 versus SEC opponents? (68% loss between 2010-2020)


Football life feels so much better these days. Never thought UT would dig out of the hole. Keep putting on more steam!

What's wrong with you, brother? Why would you intentionally raise SO MANY bad memories?

Let's live the good life while we have it, shall we?

Go Vols!

 

[bigorangewildcat]

Started going to games in 1970. Bill Battle was fired for going 6-5 in 1976.

 

[Batman1948]

........I think most of us on here are old enough to remember the 10's at least......unless we got a bunch of 14 year olds on here (Which judging from some posters may actually be true.)

I think we have a bunch of people in here who are just band wagon fans and act like they're teenagers with some of their comments.

I've been on here long enough to know who they are by reading just a few words of their posts.

I skip a bunch of posts

 

[HoopCreekVol]

I'm old enough to remember students in the middle of Cumberland Avenue yelling "go to hell, 'Bama" on Oct. 16, 1982. It's a bit piecemeal going much further back than that. I'm also old enough to just make stuff up now, too, so there's that.

I was on Cumberland on that date. Don't remember what was yelled, but enjoyed the win nonetheless.

 

[HoopCreekVol]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning less than five games in the regular season? '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18, '20...six out of ten years!

...went an entire decade winning only 50% of their games? 2010-2020

...lost to all three of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in 11 out of 14 years? (79% loss between 2008-2021)

...went 9-49 in games versus AP top 25 ranked teams? (84% loss between 2010-2021)

...won 0 out of 39 games versus AP top 10 ranked teams? 2007-2021

...went 29-61 versus SEC opponents? (68% loss between 2010-2020)


Football life feels so much better these days. Never thought UT would dig out of the hole. Keep putting on more steam!

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning less than five games in the regular season? '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18, '20...six out of ten years!

...went an entire decade winning only 50% of their games? 2010-2020

...lost to all three of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in 11 out of 14 years? (79% loss between 2008-2021)

...went 9-49 in games versus AP top 25 ranked teams? (84% loss between 2010-2021)

...won 0 out of 39 games versus AP top 10 ranked teams? 2007-2021

...went 29-61 versus SEC opponents? (68% loss between 2010-2020)


Football life feels so much better these days. Never thought UT would dig out of the hole. Keep putting on more steam!

This makes me feel ashamed of myself for getting upset when mistakes were made in earlier games this year. I remember being in the wilderness. I remember one time when a Bama fan made a snide and dismissive remark about us not being relevant anymore. It hurt for sure. Imagine getting upset now if all we do is go to a bowl game! What a turnaround!

 

[Swiftybaby]

I was at that game too but decided to have some beers before the game.

We would’ve been better off finding a ****** dive and watching there

 

[EtowahVol]

I Remember, 3rd and Chavis, Brick by Brick, Retread Dooley, Letting Rodney Garner go when you should have paid him the bucks he was worth.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning less than five games in the regular season? '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18, '20...six out of ten years!

...went an entire decade winning only 50% of their games? 2010-2020

...lost to all three of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in 11 out of 14 years? (79% loss between 2008-2021)

...went 9-49 in games versus AP top 25 ranked teams? (84% loss between 2010-2021)

...won 0 out of 39 games versus AP top 10 ranked teams? 2007-2021

...went 29-61 versus SEC opponents? (68% loss between 2010-2020)


Football life feels so much better these days. Never thought UT would dig out of the hole. Keep putting on more steam!

I remember Tennessee football since the 1940s. I have seen a lot of ups and downs and enjoyed almost every minute of those years. I have learned to appreciate the good and live through the bad. I like where we are now.

 

[Volizona]

I don’t think “old” is the term to use for people who remember our decade of dysfunction (or really 15 years). I feel sorry for those fans who “came of age” and started watching games during that time range. Guessing you all wouldn’t be much older than early 30s. That one little stretch is probably the worst period in our 120+ year history. Just a blip in time. I’m old enough to remember beating Georgia like 9 years in a row, Bama 7 years in a row and UT-FL deciding a chance at a Natty. Hang on, thinks are about to get “normal” again.

 

[Johnnyreb#VFL]

I mean if your 4 years old you may not remember, but pretty sure everyone else on this board remembers the dark days and 3 win season of 2020

 

[CAVPUT]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning less than five games in the regular season? '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18, '20...six out of ten years!

...went an entire decade winning only 50% of their games? 2010-2020

...lost to all three of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in 11 out of 14 years? (79% loss between 2008-2021)

...went 9-49 in games versus AP top 25 ranked teams? (84% loss between 2010-2021)

...won 0 out of 39 games versus AP top 10 ranked teams? 2007-2021

...went 29-61 versus SEC opponents? (68% loss between 2010-2020)


Football life feels so much better these days. Never thought UT would dig out of the hole. Keep putting on more steam!

Old enough for.....

 

[YankeeVol]

I don' want to remember and you can't make me!

 

[Delmar]

Old enough to remember Doug Dickey and Bill Battle teams so yeah I remember the bad times and good times. The drought from 2007 to 2022 makes me really appreciate Josh and what he had to overcome to rebuild the program.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

I’m old enough to remember being disappointed with 10-3 because I remembered winning a national championship.

 

[I4Vols]

I'm old enough to remember... hold on, again, what was the question?

 

[Delmar]

I'm old enough to remember... hold on, again, what was the question?

That’s everyday these days.

 

[SNAFU]

I’m also old enough to remember when the Vols had a 7 game winning streak against Bama and 9 game winning streak against UGA in roughly the same timeframe.

 

[Vol4ever]

I'm old enough to remember when the notion of such a decade was unfathomable.

This ^^^^

 

[dobre_shunka]

I'm so old I can remember when you could smoke in Neyland but not drink alcohol.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

I don’t think “old” is the term to use for people who remember our decade of dysfunction (or really 15 years). I feel sorry for those fans who “came of age” and started watching games during that time range. Guessing you all wouldn’t be much older than early 30s. That one little stretch is probably the worst period in our 120+ year history. Just a blip in time. I’m old enough to remember beating Georgia like 9 years in a row, Bama 7 years in a row and UT-FL deciding a chance at a Natty. Hang on, thinks are about to get “normal” again.

I’m just young enough that the ‘98 season happened before I was football aware, and just old enough to remember 10-win seasons being kind of ho-hum. Didn’t get to experience the glory days, but still with enough perspective to fully realize just how sucky the Kiff through Pruitt years were.

 

[mercuryvol]

I’m old enough to remember that in 1974 Sports Illustrated noted the winningest team in college football for 75 years was Tennessee.

 

[dlravol2]

I was a mere lad back in 1958.

I was still riding a tricycle! lol

 

[SonOfGodVolforlife]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning less than five games in the regular season? '05, '08, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18, '20...six out of ten years!

...went an entire decade winning only 50% of their games? 2010-2020

...lost to all three of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in 11 out of 14 years? (79% loss between 2008-2021)

...went 9-49 in games versus AP top 25 ranked teams? (84% loss between 2010-2021)

...won 0 out of 39 games versus AP top 10 ranked teams? 2007-2021

...went 29-61 versus SEC opponents? (68% loss between 2010-2020)


Football life feels so much better these days. Never thought UT would dig out of the hole. Keep putting on more steam!

You don’t ever forget that. I just hope the fans don’t take it for granted and just think we can hire anybody and keep it rolling.. or We will be right back there

 

[ZZ13]

I’m old enough to remember 1975,1976,1977,1978.

Ahhh. My college years. The only good part was we always wore orange and white and didn’t sit around thinking “wouldn’t it be great if we blended in a whole bunch of other colors because, you know, the players would like it”.

 

[CPVOL]

I’m also old enough to remember when the Vols had a 7 game winning streak against Bama and 9 game winning streak against UGA in roughly the same timeframe.

That puts context on the program, pre-Kiffin for the folks who aren’t old enough to have experienced how good UT historically was.