Pennington: 50/50 split on needing to dump Rocky Top

Should UT stop using "Rocky Top"?

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#27
#27
we're from TN. We have Davy Crockett and a coon dog on the field during our game. Embrace what we are and just enjoy that any football fan who hears Rocky Top is instantly going to see the color orange. We should embrace being different
 
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#28
#28
He's trying to get hits to his website... Because he truly is a pathetic sports reporter
 
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#31
#31
Pennington sounds like someone desperate for attention......even if it means uttering complete nonsense and insanity.
 
#33
#33
90 Vol said:
I'm thinking the only people wanting to get rid of Rocky Top is the fans of opposing teams. Rocky Top really irritates the Vol haters. IMO, that's all the more reason to keep it. :rock:
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This. Its redundancy is really quite irritating.
 
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#36
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hibbs said:
you think changig the uniforms will piss off the blue hair's....try taking away Rocky Top, there will be a full blown riot across the state.
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The blue hairs probably complained when the band started playing it in the early 70's.
 
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#38
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Jake Tate said:
OP, add the voting option to the thread. Just to see. I guarantee that there will be at least 5 ppl that want to get rid of it...

They think when Kiffin left that it was bad? Try taking away Rocky Top, and whole Matress Warehouses will burn. We'll make the Chicago Riots look like a elementary school fight in the bathroom...

Pennington's just trying for press, I assume. No way it's 50/50
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Take care of it here in just a second.

EDIT: Not sure I can edit in a poll. Might have to make a second thread and merge?

For those that ask, I'm speaking about John Pennington. Runs a lower rung SEC website and hosts a weekend sports show on a local TV station (he buys time, its not a in house show).
 
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#42
#42
"Rocky Top" has a very catchy melody but its lyrics DO reinforce every stereotype of Southern Appalachia known to man. I am a traditionalist to the core and I remember when "Rocky Top" did not exist as a song. I have no opposition to the playing of "Rocky Top" but it is not the official fight song of the University of Tennessee; "Down the Field" (Tennessee Fight Song- Down the Field (With Lyrics) - YouTube) still holds that distinction. "Down the Field" has the feel of a traditional college fight song and I wish that it was played more prominently than "Rocky Top."
 
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#45
#45
I think the amount of people saying "Who's that?" tells me all I need to know. *flushes toilet*
 
#46
#46
Only tennessee fans would complain about kiffin diminishing our proud tradition and then turn around and say we need less of one of our best and most recognizable traditions.
 
#49
#49
Every time I take a straw poll as to whether John Pennington is a jackass or not, the results are always 99% yes, 1% no.

I have to stop including Pennington's vote in my poll.
 
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