Are you old enough to remember when...

[DaddyChad]

in the past, where it needed to stay

What I was thinking. What a fun trip down memory lane, let me get out the whiskey.

 

[casual-observer]

We’ve only won less than 5 games twice, ‘17 and ‘20. Did you mean less than 6?

I did mean “five or fewer”. Thanks for catching the mistake. I’ve corrected the original post.

 

[casual-observer]

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!

Didn’t mean to be such a downer.

Thinking about those years makes me appreciate what White and Heupel are doing so much.

Man, I look at teams like Nebraska, Auburn, Florida State…man, we are soooo blessed to have Heupel.

 

[casual-observer]

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.

Hahahaha. Me, too. This was horrifying to read and remember.

 

[VolBallGuy]

Old enough yes but don’t remember because I started drinking hard in 2008 and didn’t stop til Hendon Hooker showed up. I consider this a wise move

 

[feathersax]

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One of my favorite Tony Soprano lines.

 

[ftsandersvol]

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 right smack dab in the middle of it all that night. One glorious night!

 

[SEC__Headgear]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning five or fewer 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

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning five or fewer 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 sitting at Sun Devil January 4,1999 watching Tennessee win the prize.

 

[LadyVolette]

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

This

 

[RDU VOL#14]

I’m old enough to remember this. 33 years ago today

 

[NighthawkVol]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning five or fewer 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!

Anyone who is a legal adult is old enough to remember these things. Weird question.

The better question is are you old enough to remember when winning at a high level wasn’t considered an extraordinary thing for Tennessee. I am.

 

[NighthawkVol]

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

Exactly.

 

[Tacoma Vol]

Old enough to remember the lean years of the 70s. And yes, the most recent 05 thru 19 years have been rough on this old VOL.

 

[volfeeva]

I remember winning a NC and having seasons with 10-2 records and folks griping cause we " never win the big one" We ran off a coach with a winning record only to spend decades wandering through the wilderness

 

[LargeOrange1]

Pepperidge Farm remembers.....

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

I'm feeling a lot better these days. Much, much better. Joyous, in fact.

 

[savannahfan]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning five or fewer 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 times like this for over 60 years!!

 

[G8rh8r]

I was a VFL through all that, hence the BVS. I don't know if I'll ever fully recover

 

[TJVol95]

I remember my freshman year 1990 going to every game expecting to win! GBO!!!

 

[ConantheVolbarian]

I was just thinking about 2013 and how the fan base was overjoyed to win a tight game against South Carolina at home. And that win caused people to think that Butch Jones was our savior. We've been through some pretty low points lol

 

[C-south]

I'm old enough, but try not to remember!

Im old enough to remember when 10 win seasons were unacceptable for some.

 

[Vol1976]

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

I was there for 72-75.

 

[Vol1976]

I was at Neyland in 1972 when Bama made two TDs in the last 2:39 to beat us 17-10.

 

[LWSVOL]

The Tennessee Volunteers Football team...

...struggled to be bowl eligible, winning five or fewer 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!

do you realize that Tennessee has to win every SEC game starting right now through the third SEC game in the 2029 season to get back to .500 in SEC play since the end of the 2007 season? That would be over 20 years of a losing record in the SEC IF they can win every SEC game between now and then.

 

[MAD]

I was there for 72-75.

You had some fun games, Auburn in the downpour in 73 and Clemson in 74, and the barefooted kicker.