Top 10 Dumbest Fan Bases

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#226
WoodsmanVol said:
Sorry, buddy. Rockytop does refer to a murder. The two strangers by description were "revenooers", southern jargon for government revenue agents specifically assigned to chase down moonshine still operators and arrest them or shoot them. The moonshiners returned the shooting favor with gusto. The Rockytop refrain on this is indeed talking about those agents being killed while looking for moonshine stills in the Rocky Top area.

When the song was made originally, the author surely meant it to be humor though the behaviors described were realities that existed. Finally, it's not unusual, I'm sorry to say, to see violence in American artistic work. Whether you're talking about the song Stagolee, TV westerns, Mighty Mouse or Popeye, Toy Tommy Gun as children gifts, movies, or Rocky Top. So it's no surprise like it or not, truth is the good old USA's inner core is historically violence prone and manifests itself in various ways. Including the current anarchy on our streets and in our schools.
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Thanks. VN is awesome I get football news and history lesson lol
 
#227
#227
1.) Alabama
2.) Alabama
3.) Alabama
4.) Alabama
5.) Alabama
6.) Alabama
7.) Alabama
8.) Alabama
9.) Alabama
10 a.) Alabama
10 b.) Florida (TIE)
 
#231
#231
WoodsmanVol said:
Sorry, buddy. Rockytop does refer to a murder. The two strangers by description were "revenooers", southern jargon for government revenue agents specifically assigned to chase down moonshine still operators and arrest them or shoot them. The moonshiners returned the shooting favor with gusto. The Rockytop refrain on this is indeed talking about those agents being killed while looking for moonshine stills in the Rocky Top area.

When the song was made originally, the author surely meant it to be humor though the behaviors described were realities that existed. Finally, it's not unusual, I'm sorry to say, to see violence in American artistic work. Whether you're talking about the song Stagolee, TV westerns, Mighty Mouse or Popeye, Toy Tommy Gun as children gifts, movies, or Rocky Top. So it's no surprise like it or not, truth is the good old USA's inner core is historically violence prone and manifests itself in various ways. Including the current anarchy on our streets and in our schools.
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I had no idea about any of this... That's fascinating!
 
#232
#232
stephenk24 said:
I had no idea about any of this... That's fascinating!
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Stephen, every country has it's faults and ugly things hidden in its closets. As a Brit, I have no doubt you already know this. Shakespeare draws a lot upon the violence of Britain, especially among the upper ruling classes of kings, dukes, and such for example.

Rocky Top is just one of many venues of hidden messages in artistic works. Some Disney cartoons when slowed down you can see the animators inserted sexually explicit messages. Like the little fellow at the Little Mermaid wedding having a hard on. You don't notice it unless you run that specific segment in slow motion. Lots of rock and roll songs are very raunchy if you listened very carefully to what they're saying. But so was Shakespeare in some of his acts where word play if you paid attention were even more raunchy. TV songs for kids had messages too, especially commercials and cartoons. Old Cheerio Kid and Cheerio Sue for example had violence and racist undertones in some of them. Cultural realities just naturally seep into artistic works.

Frankly, with Rocky Top, the government should have left the moonshiners alone. Cause the real reason was these folks made and sold a desired product but the government was getting their usual skim off the money. Of course holy rollers had a part too but it was basically about money. A case of if we can't have any, you can't either. So what happens when you threaten someone in their home area? Like any cornered animal, they bite, or in this case shoot. But because the revooners had a badge and government orders, their deaths were murders while moonshiners deaths were upholding the law. Hard to have sympathy for the government agents under such circumstances. Not condoning the gun play, but you get what you reap, knowhutimen?
 
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#233
Brian McCat said:
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i have been to a bunch of tennessee games and i have never seen anything like that. what an idiot.
 
#236
#236
Texas should have been in that list somewhere.

And Vanderbilt...no, wait, that would actually mean they have fans. Right?
 
#237
#237
TennesseeOrange said:
Cowboys fans are too low IMO.
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Been Cowboy fan all my life we just don't make enough noise no home field, plus now with all this Jerry Worlds BS its just not the way it was I don't know if you are old enough to remember the late 60s and 70s, that's when it was great.:lolabove:
 
#239
#239
Give_All_Vol said:
"Once two strangers climbed ol Rocky Top,
Lookin for a moonshine still.
Strangers ain't been down from Rocky Top,
Reckon they never will."

They ...realized life was better on Rocky Top, gave up working for the Government and found happiness with a bearcat and a bottle of shine.
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#240
#240
WoodsmanVol said:
Sorry, buddy. Rockytop does refer to a murder. The two strangers by description were "revenooers", southern jargon for government revenue agents specifically assigned to chase down moonshine still operators and arrest them or shoot them. The moonshiners returned the shooting favor with gusto. The Rockytop refrain on this is indeed talking about those agents being killed while looking for moonshine stills in the Rocky Top area.

When the song was made originally, the author surely meant it to be humor though the behaviors described were realities that existed. Finally, it's not unusual, I'm sorry to say, to see violence in American artistic work. Whether you're talking about the song Stagolee, TV westerns, Mighty Mouse or Popeye, Toy Tommy Gun as children gifts, movies, or Rocky Top. So it's no surprise like it or not, truth is the good old USA's inner core is historically violence prone and manifests itself in various ways. Including the current anarchy on our streets and in our schools.
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No, no, no, c'mon Woody, we would never do that. They met Daisy May and found happiness!

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#242
#242
Posting an article link just ends up getting his site/story more clicks....

If we're clicking to read and see how mad we should be, doesn't that just help him?
 
#245
#245
Travis sucks ! :bad: The next time someone posts a travis link.. … :machgun: :machgun:
 
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#246
#246
I made a post about it elsewhere so blame me, and yes I know it's from last year. But wow, talk about infuriating. A high school student could write a more mature article.
 
#249
#249
WilliamDuVOL said:
I made a post about it elsewhere so blame me, and yes I know it's from last year. But wow, talk about infuriating. A high school student could write a more mature article.
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Clay Travis' schtick isn't to write compelling and profound articles about sports and the teams that compete within them.

His schtick is to write sophomoric humor and rustle jimmies of some of the biggest fan bases in the country.

He regularly riles up Ohio State, Tennessee, Bama, Notre Dame and the Cowboys. I'd say ignore him but with Fox Sports running his spiel, it's a foregone conclusion that there are plenty of rustled jimmies and johns out there to where he is now a nationally relevant sports writer.

He's the Jerry Springer of national sports figures.
 
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