Was there essentially a post-game "Vol Walk" Saturday?

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For those of you who attended the Georgia game, I am seeking confirmation of something I have not heard of elsewhere. According to one fan present at the game, the crowd was VERY slow to disperse after its conclusion. Consequently, a large portion of Tennessee fans were still milling around Peyton Manning Pass when the team finally emerged from the stadium and received another ovation from the Big Orange Nation. For those of you who attended the game, can you confirm this account? Was there, in essence, a post-game "Vol Walk"?

If so, that was a truly fantastic show of support.
 
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It was total cluster trying to leave. Mob crowd and it was barely moving. If people did stay until the team left it was partially because you could barely move.
 
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I was told there were a lot of people waiting on the players to come out after the game
 
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That is odd after a loss but I can't remember the last time I enjoyed watching a game (from home)I just think people can feel there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
 
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Watching the game at home on cBS, It was GREAT that in the post game on-field with Murray and Richt that you could barely hear the interview due to ROCKY TOP being wailed out by the POTSB and the FANS!!!
 
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I can remember a few times walking out of the stadium with everyone chanting "I said it's great, to be..a Tennessee Vol!" as I'm sure they were at the GA game. It gives me chills just thinking about. We really need this type of support every week. The fan base can help quicken this "process." I'll be there for SC!
 
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I can confirm that there was a significant crowd that greeted the players as they exited Neyland. I walked out with some family members along side the players and I was amazed by the support so I can only imagine how the players felt.
 
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The sanding O by the crowd after the game was priceless & so classy. I've never been prouder of the Vols after a loss in my 50 years of orange-blooded fandom. And the fact that Murray said the noise was unbelievable was also great to know! A friend of mine said the GA fan beside him was plugging his ears due to the crowd noise. THAT Dawg fans is what an SEC stadium sounds like since you apparently don't know!
Tennessee is on the way back, so watch out boys!!!

GO VOLS!
 
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bleedin' orange said:
I can confirm that there was a significant crowd that greeted the players as they exited Neyland. I walked out with some family members along side the players and I was amazed by the support so I can only imagine how the players felt.
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Thanks, bleedin' orange for the confirmation. Our boys made us proud and Vol Nation did itself proud through its behavior. Are you saying that you were walking out with some members of your family or members of the families of players? If you meant the latter, can you share any of their expressed thoughts on this show of support?
 
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volKano said:
That is odd after a loss but I can't remember the last time I enjoyed watching a game (from home)I just think people can feel there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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It sucked to lose no doubt but it was a great atmosphere and the effort that the team displayed was worthy of our support.

The point is, it's Great to be a Tennessee Vol.... even after a loss. All day and twice on Sunday if you ask me.
 
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Most of them seemed overwhelmed, almost shocked by the outpouring. I spoke with several players after and you could tell they were heart broke because of the loss but very proud to be a VOL.
 
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bleedin' orange said:
Most of them seemed overwhelmed, almost shocked by the outpouring. I spoke with several players after and you could tell they were heart broke because of the loss but very proud to be a VOL.
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Very good to hear. Did you, per chance, have any contact with recruits or their families and, if so, how would you characterize their response to this spontaneous outpouring of support?
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
Very good to hear. Did you, per chance, have any contact with recruits or their families and, if so, how would you characterize their response to this spontaneous outpouring of support?
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I got to meet Hurd, Henderson, and the Berry twins. They were all excited about the uniforms and the atmosphere. All smiles from these guys afterwards. Elliot Berry was very active during pregame but Evan was not. He was hanging with a chick kind of out of all the festivities. For what it's worth, Evan looks much more like Eric than Elliot does.
 
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We stayed for a while after the game was over too. Some people were trying to get Sterling Hinton to have some of the players come back out on the field after they had already went into the locker room. He said that he didn't want to do that because they were all hurting so bad. And yes, there was a ton of fans outside the stadium waiting on the team as they came out.
 
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Magic happened Saturday night. I know of no other way to put it than that. And it happened all the way around -- our players, our fans, even those of us watching at home -- were one. Together we cast a spell, created a moment in time, and an unspoken bond between ourselves, and I expect it will pay off for all of us. Every single one of us knows that night was special. We even know it's the turning point though there will still be hard times ahead. Some of us are afraid to allow themselves to believe even though most of them know saw and felt it too.

Tennessee fans have never been optimists as a whole. We are notoriously fickle. Anything less than maximum effort (the closest any team can come to a perfect game) simply isn't good enough for us. Throughout the 90s and early 2000s and even in 1998 -- a perfect season -- we'd pick apart games where we felt the team didn't give maximum effort.

Our standards haven't changed and despite some claiming we're celebrating a moral victory, that isn't the case. What we're celebrating is a team that without a doubt "Gave their All for Tennessee" in every way possible and truth be told so did the fans.

We are Tennessee and we are alive again.
 
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