norrislakevol
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Serious question. Why in Hades do you call yourself Allvols? I get it, I have been a Tennessee fan since 1970. Any loss to Alabama in any sport ruins my day, but joy comes in the morning because my God has blessed me with another day. When the Volunteers take the field, I expect a win, and if they don’t, they will win next time out. Being a Tennessee fan means hoping for the best, that’s why fan is short for fanatic. As a veteran, I have seen pain, suffering, and even death. Watching college football should be joyful, win or lose.Their starter is back. They weren’t that good and aren’t that good. Lost a ton off an ACC championship team. UT just isn’t as good as many want to believe. Reality checks coming.
Serious question. Why does me expressing my thoughts cause you to question my fandom? Get outta here with that nonsense.Serious question. Why in Hades do you call yourself Allvols? I get it, I have been a Tennessee fan since 1970. Any loss to Alabama in any sport ruins my day, but joy comes in the morning because my God has blessed me with another day. When the Volunteers take the field, I expect a win, and if they don’t, they will win next time out. Being a Tennessee fan means hoping for the best, that’s why fan is short for fanatic. As a veteran, I have seen pain, suffering, and even death. Watching college football should be joyful, win or lose.
Best season in decades and we've got people whining and crying and acting like we're nothing.
It's lame.
You forgot South CarolinaI'm sure there's some psychological definition. Maybe imposter syndrome? Survivor's guilt? Who knows. I understand it, though. We've definitely gone through our share of pains as a fan base the last 15 years, or so. Now, suddenly, we put a top 5 squad on the field and people's reaction is "well, surely this can't be right, right?" We're so used to playing Kentucky close for bowl eligibility in previous years that the thought of stomping their guts out and completely demoralizing them--which will happen--seems foreign.
We're going to stomp UT Martin
Then we're going to stomp Kentucky
Then we're going to go to Georgia and ruin their hopes for a repeat.
Then we're going to stomp Mizzou
Then we're going to stomp Vandy
Because we're a good team. And that's what good teams do.