Tennessee teams behavior outrageous
For starters, I would like to say that the LSU vs. UT game was well played and I harbor no ill will toward UT for defeating us. However, it is the UT players conduct that has led me to write this letter.
I was severely disappointed in UT's sportsmanship.
First of all the UT player who made the wining touchdown made an obscene gesture toward the student section after throwing the football into the student section.
This gesture was not appreciated by the students and other fans who were watching. Then another teammate took their UT flag, brought it onto the field and planted it on the eye of the Tiger in Death Valley.
This is a sign of disrespect many LSU fans, including me, took as a personal blow to not only our beloved team, but also to our campus, our city and our state. By disrespecting a state that has been through so much in the pass two months surprised me because I had thought that a fellow southern state would show some of its southern hospitality by winning gracefully, I was wrong.
We had open our arms and welcomed UT to our stadium and took our defeat well, but to rub it into our faces by mocking us is juvenile and I expected that even our archrivals would have more respect than to commit such an act.
Finally, when LSU started to line up to shake hands with the UT players as a sing of good sportsmanship, UT walked away.
When I saw these acts, my opinion of UT has plummeted.
I had thought that UT had more class, manners, and respect for their opponents.
The UT football team has lost all respect from me, and Im sure many others on campus.
I can only hope that their actions do not reflect UT campus and Tennessee as a state.
