Letter to Tennessee Fans

[Freak]

January 11, 2005

Open letter to Tennessee football fans
To the Editor:

On behalf of the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association and the City of Dallas, we congratulate the Tennessee Volunteers on their impressive 38-7 victory in the 69th SBC Cotton Bowl Classic.

We also want to thank the Tennessee fans that followed the Vols to Texas. You helped make the entire week preceding the game a rousing success for our city.

Volunteer fans can take pride in their players, coach Phillip Fulmer, President John Petersen and Athletic Director Mike Hamilton. These gentlemen represented the University of Tennessee and the SEC with the utmost class and professionalism. We enjoyed every minute of the Vols' stay in Big D.

The SBC Cotton Bowl appreciates its long-standing relationship with the University of Tennessee. This marked the Volunteers sixth appearance in our game. On April 20, Tennessee greats Andy Kozar and Hank Lauricella will be inducted into the SBC Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame for their outstanding performances in the Vols' first Classic appearance in 1951. We invite you back to join us for that special celebration.

Again, congratulations on a successful season, and thanks for helping make this year's SBC Cotton Bowl a true "classic." We hope to see Tennessee back in Dallas very soon.
75247
Rick Baker
President, Cotton Bowl Athletic Association

 

[milohimself]

Sorry Rick, but we've got our sights set on 'Nawlins next year.

 

[SoCalVol]

Forget New Orleans, How about Pasadena?

 

[milohimself]

If things pan out our way, I will book tickets to Los Angeles for winter break.

 

[volbrian]

Originally posted by SoCalVol@Jan 11, 2005 11:47 PM
Forget New Orleans, How about Pasadena?

I like the way ya think

 

[OrangeCrush18]

The offseason is finally fun again; I like this winning stuff! epper:

 

[kiddiedoc]

Yeah, no kidding!

That's a great letter, though, and a real tribute to our fans and program. I know a lot of rivalry exists with some other SEC schools and a lot of trash-talking goes on, but -- overall -- we've got a lot of class on the road.

 

[OldVol]

Originally posted by OrangeCrush18@Jan 12, 2005 9:53 AM
The offseason is finally fun again; I like this winning stuff! epper:

Amazing what a good thumping of a bowl opponent will do for ya, isn't it?

 

[SoCalVol]

2000 was the last time the Rose had the championship game, and if Tennessee had beaten LSU, My pops and I would have been headed to the Grandaddy of them all. If UT could string it all together next year, it would certainly make for an awesome christmas present, we don't get a chance to see many UT games live here on the left coast.

 

[rwemyss]

Well, the schedule looks tough... if we make it through AT UF and AT LSU, I like our chances next year.

This letter ran in The Beacon today, along with a headline... "HIGH COTTON" hehe