OrebankVol
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Okay I commented a little about this in the "Ron Zook" thread. But I wanted to tell the whole story because I have thought a whole lot about it since Wednesday evening. I came home from work Wednesday and the wife and I were fixing dinner, and we are just talking and out of the blue she says "wow" you are not going to believe what happened to me today while I was there picking our son up from school early because he was sick.
So anyway, she said when I walked in and was talking with the secretary telling her I was there to get my son, there was a gentleman talking to another lady about football and some team letting time expire to end the game.. As the other lady walked away my wife ask the man if he was talking about the UT Vols game against Mizzu to which he replied no, it was about another high school that was around the Knoxville area.. But anyway they were talking about that game a little and she was saying how she wanted Dooley gone and to be replaced with Jon Gruden, and said to him I have even put it on my Facebook page that I want Gruden to be the head coach.. The man responds back with you know "Gruden" used to be the GA there in the 80's, to which my wife responded back with yes and his wife was also a cheerleader there at the time. But here is the part that got my attention, he had sunglasses on she said he kinda pulled them down on his nose a little and kinda grinned and told my wife that Gruden had already contacted him about joining his coaching staff at UT for next year!!! My wife told me she thought to herself in a Dr. Evil voice, RIGHTTTT LOL, and they talked just about a minute more and my son came down to the office and her and my son left school.
Anyway, standing in my kitchen and listening to my wife's story I was like what was this guys name?? And she said I didn't ask because I thought he was full of bull and he was just flirting with me (by the way I wouldn't blame him if he was flirting) she is still a hotty even after 24 years of marriage!! Anyway, I ask her what did he look like? And she says oh about 6' to 6'1 maybe 240 pounds late 40's to early 50's and was wearing a hat and a APPY State shirt and had a "massive ring" on his left hand. And I was like again you didn't ask him his name?? And she said no, I just thought he was full of himself and flirting besides he was just wearing an Appy state shirt and thought why would Jon Gruden contact some guy from Appy state to join his coaching staff?? And I said; oh I don't know maybe it was just DALE "freaking" Jones who is the APPY State DC and was one of the greatest linebackers in UT history?!? HELLO! she had no clue about Dale Jones LOL.. So I pulled up his pic and said could this be the man? and she said OMG it could have been but he was wearing Oakley sunglasses and she couldn't be 100% sure, but she said she thought it very well could have been him.. So far nobody at the school will say it was or was not him, so at this point I am still wondering if it could have been??
Sorry for such a long story, but I had to get this off my chest!! like I said in the "Ron Zook" thread I am no insider or booster ect, just somebody who played football all through school and bleeds Orange no matter win or lose since the early 70's.. And the High School my son attends is Dobyns Bennett High School, so I can't confirm if it was Dale and if so did he accept the job? Or why he would have told her that Gruden contacted him for a job on his staff?? But to say this blew me away Wednesday evening was an understatement to say the least, so take it for what it is worth, but I sure believed that it could have been Dale Jones.. :crossfingers:
So anyway, she said when I walked in and was talking with the secretary telling her I was there to get my son, there was a gentleman talking to another lady about football and some team letting time expire to end the game.. As the other lady walked away my wife ask the man if he was talking about the UT Vols game against Mizzu to which he replied no, it was about another high school that was around the Knoxville area.. But anyway they were talking about that game a little and she was saying how she wanted Dooley gone and to be replaced with Jon Gruden, and said to him I have even put it on my Facebook page that I want Gruden to be the head coach.. The man responds back with you know "Gruden" used to be the GA there in the 80's, to which my wife responded back with yes and his wife was also a cheerleader there at the time. But here is the part that got my attention, he had sunglasses on she said he kinda pulled them down on his nose a little and kinda grinned and told my wife that Gruden had already contacted him about joining his coaching staff at UT for next year!!! My wife told me she thought to herself in a Dr. Evil voice, RIGHTTTT LOL, and they talked just about a minute more and my son came down to the office and her and my son left school.
Anyway, standing in my kitchen and listening to my wife's story I was like what was this guys name?? And she said I didn't ask because I thought he was full of bull and he was just flirting with me (by the way I wouldn't blame him if he was flirting) she is still a hotty even after 24 years of marriage!! Anyway, I ask her what did he look like? And she says oh about 6' to 6'1 maybe 240 pounds late 40's to early 50's and was wearing a hat and a APPY State shirt and had a "massive ring" on his left hand. And I was like again you didn't ask him his name?? And she said no, I just thought he was full of himself and flirting besides he was just wearing an Appy state shirt and thought why would Jon Gruden contact some guy from Appy state to join his coaching staff?? And I said; oh I don't know maybe it was just DALE "freaking" Jones who is the APPY State DC and was one of the greatest linebackers in UT history?!? HELLO! she had no clue about Dale Jones LOL.. So I pulled up his pic and said could this be the man? and she said OMG it could have been but he was wearing Oakley sunglasses and she couldn't be 100% sure, but she said she thought it very well could have been him.. So far nobody at the school will say it was or was not him, so at this point I am still wondering if it could have been??
Sorry for such a long story, but I had to get this off my chest!! like I said in the "Ron Zook" thread I am no insider or booster ect, just somebody who played football all through school and bleeds Orange no matter win or lose since the early 70's.. And the High School my son attends is Dobyns Bennett High School, so I can't confirm if it was Dale and if so did he accept the job? Or why he would have told her that Gruden contacted him for a job on his staff?? But to say this blew me away Wednesday evening was an understatement to say the least, so take it for what it is worth, but I sure believed that it could have been Dale Jones.. :crossfingers:
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