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yohdoe34

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who were the top 2 vols and non vols you have seen play in knoxville. just tired of reading coachng rumors. Not counting Peyton.

mine

REGGIE WHITE
Alvin Harper


non vols
Dan Marino
Marcus Allen
 
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Cornelius Bennett was a badass I saw play. Terror
 
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Staubach (Navy), Dorsett and Marino (Pitt) played in Knoxville?

They were certainly before my time in UT. In fact they were kind of my heroes as a kid. I never knew their teams ever played the Vols in K-town though.
 
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vavolunteer said:
Staubach (Navy), Dorsett and Marino (Pitt) played in Knoxville?

They were certainly before my time in UT. In fact they were kind of my heroes as a kid. I never knew their teams ever played the Vols in K-town though.
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Marino in 80 we lost 30-6
Allen in 80 also we lost 20-17 that was the last game me and my dad and grandfather we went to together, he got cancer and died the next fall(grandfather) Last game me and dad went 2 was miz 2 weeks ago
 
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As for Vols, I saw Reggie White during his extraordinary senior season (1983). Since you eliminated Peyton, I will also go with Heath Shuler during his junior season, when he finished 2nd in Heisman balloting.

NonVols, Herschel Walker and Marcus Allen, 1980. Unfortunately, I saw the infamous Herschel-runs-over-Bill-Bates play in Walker's collegiate debut. Statstically, they had two of the top seasons of any Vol opponents. Walker had 1,616 yds. rushing (5.9 ypc) and 16 total tds, while Allen had 1563 yds. rushing (4.4 ypc) and 14 tds.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
As for Vols, I saw Reggie White during his extraordinary senior season (1983). Since you eliminated Peyton, I will also go with Heath Shuler during his junior season, when he finished 2nd in Heisman balloting.

NonVols, Herschel Walker and Marcus Allen, 1980. Unfortunately, I saw the infamous Herschel-runs-over-Bill-Bates play in Walker's collegiate debut. Statstically, they had two of the top seasons of any Vol opponents. Walker had 1,616 yds. rushing (5.9 ypc) and 16 total tds, while Allen had 1563 yds. rushing (4.4 ypc) and 14 tds.
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I was there for that --Ouch. Glad Bates went on to have a good career.
 
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Steve Kiner
Eric Berry

non vols
Herschel Walker
Rocket Ismail
Most memorable was Brian Piccolo, 1962 (I think) but I was really young.
 
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yohdoe34 said:
who were the top 2 vols and non vols you have seen play in knoxville. just tired of reading coachng rumors. Not counting Peyton.

mine

REGGIE WHITE
Alvin Harper


non vols
Dan Marino
Marcus Allen
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That 1980 team (5-6) wasn't particularly good, but what a home schedule: eventual national champion Georgia (12-0), USC (8-2-1; we, unfortunately, saw the game-winning FG sail through the uprights at our end of the field), Alabama (10-2) and Pitt (11-1).

Whoever referenced Staubach and Dorsett must have seen them in an NFL exhibition game; we never played Navy during Staubach's career at the Academy (1962-64) or Pitt while Dorsett was there (1973-1976).
 
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Vols
Leonard Little
Reggie Cobb

Non
Bo Jackson
Terrell Davis (UGA RB had half a Billion yards before being injured just before half time)
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
That 1980 team (5-6) wasn't particularly good, but what a home schedule: eventual national champion Georgia (12-0), USC (8-2-1; we, unfortunately, saw the game-winning FG sail through the uprights at our end of the field), Alabama (10-2) and Pitt (11-1).

Whoever referenced Staubach and Dorsett must have seen them in an NFL exhibition game; we never played Navy during Staubach's career at the Academy (1962-64) or Pitt while Dorsett was there (1973-1976).
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The USC game I sat in the old wooden bleachers along the sideline
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
That 1980 team (5-6) wasn't particularly good, but what a home schedule: eventual national champion Georgia (12-0), USC (8-2-1; we, unfortunately, saw the game-winning FG sail through the uprights at our end of the field), Alabama (10-2) and Pitt (11-1).

Whoever referenced Staubach and Dorsett must have seen them in an NFL exhibition game; we never played Navy during Staubach's career at the Academy (1962-64) or Pitt while Dorsett was there (1973-1976).
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It was an exhibition game. I think maybe late 70's. but that's just a guess. It was the most bored I've ever been at a game in Knoxville. The game meant nothing, and I didn't care who won.

I had forgotten about that game when I listed Franco Harris. I guess I saw him more than once, because he was there with Penn State in 1971, and I'm not sure about 1972. We played them in Knox the last game of 71 and the first game of 72.
 
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