BYE WEEK = Who was Tennessee’s quarterback when you became a Tennessee fan?

[NATHAN05]

Andy Kelly

Andy Kelly in 1989 when I was 6. That is about the earliest I can remember.

Same...........got his autograph when I was about 8 in 89'.........I bled orange from that day on. Dad and I went to almost every game.....great memories (especially growing up in The Decade of Dominance).

 

[n_huffhines]

Andy Kelly and we had Todd Kelly tearing it up on D, too. I thought they were brothers.

 

[Caspian]

Dewey Warren. 1967 away game at UCLA. UT lost 20-16, but I became a lifelong fan that day as my dad and I listened to the game on a small transistor radio.

 

[feathersax]

The Swamp Rat. Later I would interview him for a feature when he was the coach at Copper Basin High School in Copperhill. Walked into the interview blind and got the shakes when I saw his name on the desk. GBO.

Old #16, the Swamp Rat. What a competitor! First Vol qB to throw for 1,000 yards. Good memory!

 

[JCHateSteve]

Andy Kelly

 

[n_huffhines]

The Swamp Rat. Later I would interview him for a feature when he was the coach at Copper Basin High School in Copperhill. Walked into the interview blind and got the shakes when I saw his name on the desk. GBO.

This guy has 3 reasons for being on my GOAT list:

A) Tennessee QB, duh

B) He developed the WC offense at BYU (my alma mater) with Lavell Edwards

C) A few years back, I set up a GoFundMe to send a pal to the SB. It's a guy who had dedicated 30 years to sports in our community. Dewey Warren donated $500 and he'll always have a special place in my heart.

What a legend.

 

[VolsnRavens]

Tyler bray

Derek Dooley was your first Tennessee coach? On behalf of the entire Vol nation, I apologize. No one should have to start their Vol fan life that way.

 

[Vols1966]

This is showing our age but Jimmy Streater

 

[NighthawkVol]

Tony Robinson.

 

[calban]

Bobby Scott
Hacksaw was on defense and Fulmer was a guard.

 

[ColinS]

Jimmy Streater

 

[superdave1984]

Holloway

 

[Rocky Top T]

Swamp Rat- Dewey Warren

 

[RavinDave]

The Swamp Rat

 

[VFL 89]

Alan Cockrell

 

[Hacksaw]

Jimmy Streater, probably. I was more of a casual fan through high school. I became fanatical after I got to UT. By that time it was Alan Cockrell.

 

[peaygolf]

 

[Rockytoptilidie]

Damn I am old.

 

[WiscVol]

Steve Alatorre
My first game I watched was the 1980 Bama game. The VOLS looked like crap, but they were my team from then on. I was 8.

Mine too, unless it was Jeff Olszewski. UVA game 1980. That was a strange season.

 

[harrit4]

 

[OrangeEtBlanc]

Casey Clausen. I really didn’t care much about football as a kid until the Titans’ 1999 season, and then really got into the Vols in 2001, when I was 12. I watched some games with my family when Peyton & Tee were at the helm, but wasn’t passionate. I will never forget the roller-coaster of emotion from beating Florida to losing against LSU in the SECCG that year. It was painful, but I was hooked.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Was born into a Big Orange family, so I’ve been a fan longer than I can remember. First qb I have a vague memory of is Casey Clausen. First season I can really remember is the year Rick les the comeback over LSU, when Ainge was a freshman I believe. I also can remember telling my parents that I hated Rex Grossman.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Heath Shuler

 

[greenbacknative]

Dewey Warren ....

 

[volsforever27]

Tony Robinson