he was. He was a reason for me to become a fan too. When I lived in tennessee, I really didn't like the vols. but then i didn't like football either. then when I moved to NC, my parents were having it hard and i went and stayed with my friends dad. He was a huge vols fan, use to talk about him every day. then my grandpa use to talk about how he was on the ut practice squad and how he loved football there so much. He was paraylzed from a hit he had takeing in practice (broken neck), and he drunk him self to death, but man did he have some great stories. made tennessee grow on me.