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Its great, to be, a Tennessee Vol!!! I said, its great, to be, a Tennessee Vol!!!
Yes! We sure did it, didnt we!?!? This is one of the greatest moments in the University of Tennessees History!
We WON the war!!!
We all deserve a big pat on the back because if it wasnt for our commitment to this great University, I dont think this would have ever happened! This was the fans doing! This was VolNations accomplishment and everyone deserves to be accredited; Coming from me personally, I would just like to say thank you to everyone on VolNation for rallying the troops and fighting for what we believe in!
With that said, I have enjoyed my time here and have enjoyed the discussions weve had. I hope I was able to shed some light on some things and I hope I was able to help aid in the cause. From this moment forward, I will not be commenting on the coaching search and I will be giving this account back to its owner. I have the utmost respect for Phillip Fulmer and hope everyone will get behind him and believe in him to do the best job possible. Phillip Fulmer is the greatest man I have ever known and he loves the University more than anyone, and I know, with all my heart, theres truly no one better for the job.
Thank you all for letting me be a part of this!
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
-Vince Lombardi
Im going to tell you all a story about Phil Fulmer. Many of you know that I lost my teenage son a few months ago. He was born in 98 and was a surviving twin. That fall my husband and I were grieving the loss of one son and our other son was in the NICU hanging onto life by a tenuous thread. We had been through so many crises as any parent of a child in the NICU can tell you is just the way it is. We were grieving, scared and exhausted. We happened to catch the end of our football game vs Arkansas I believe - the one where their quarterback inexplicably fumbled and we came back to win? My husband had just said, Well, thats the ballgame. I replied, You never know what can happen! He said, All he has to do is take a knee. Then the fumble happened and I KNEW that ANYTHING truly can happen and my son DID have a chance to make it! All things are possible! I knew from my faith, of course, that God could heal our son but for some reason seeing the end of that game gave me more hope.
I wrote a letter to Coach Fulmer after that thanking the team for not giving up and for showing that anything is possible. I received a very nice letter back from him telling me he read the letter to the team. He is a kind man with great character and compassion. I still have that letter.
Its easy to say Its just football, but as the poster whose son has depression commented and as our situation proves - sometimes it means MUCH more than just a game.
Just wanted to share that with my Volnation family.
No, we've been told that this war was started because they had Gruden on the hook and Haslam's puppet spoiled the party. The puppet is gone. The war is over when Gruden arrives on the hill.