When you knew you were a Vol Fan.

#28
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my Papaw had me as a Vols fan before I knew there was any other way. Funny that it had the opposite effect when it came to being a Braves fan, but I was raised under the impression you just were a Vols fan and that was part of life.

First ever favorite player was Thomas Woods. Then Dale Carter, who is still to this day my favorite Vol of all time.
 
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joelkthx said:
Always have been... but got much more passionate after living in Georgia for two years during college
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got my Master's in Sports Management from Old Dominion University. The Lady Vols have always had a friendly rivalry with ODU because Wendy Larry (ODU's W Bbbal Coach) and Pat Summitt were good friends. When Tennessee came to ODU to play, I took lots of heat working the game because I was cheering for UT. I have developed a deep love for my Monarch athletic teams especially since I worked with most of them, but that night was different.
 
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I should add that having my office in Neyland Stadium for five years (1991-96) during grad school only strengthened my preexisting love for the Big Orange.
 
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You know you're a VFL if your parents used this and, consequently, you arrived about 9 months later.

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I was taught to sing Rocky Top from birth and loved it. My earliest memories are the 85 sugar bowl. I had just turned 8 and didn't really know what all the hubbub was about but the excitement in my dad's voice when he talked to my uncles and friends about the victory really resonated with me. At that point I called myself a fan even though I didn't really keep up with it.

When I was around 11 or 12 my dad took me to my first game. I didn't really even want to go and my dad had to bribe me by taking me to the comic book store first. I don't remember who we played. It was either a cupcake or we were just really good because my the score was a lopsided TN victory. My dad was ready to by the 4th Q but after soaking in the atmosphere at Neyland I didn't want to leave. From that point I started paying a little more attention.

But it wasnt until the 95 Bama game that I became passionate. I knew how heated the rivalry was and knew the losing streak going in. From the first TD on the opening play I can say that is the point that was hooked for life. It's that play and that game that made me the fan that could sit through the past 5 years and still have hope for the future.
 
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From my earliest memories, my career Navy Dad would keep track of the Vols' scores (to the best of his ability, given the limits of the technology of the day) from wherever we lived at his numerous duty stations around the world.

My brothers and I grew up hearing stories of George Cafego, Hank Lauricella, Gene McEver, Bobby Dodd, Johnny Majors, Doug Atkins, Steve DeLong, Steve Kiner, Richmond Flowers, Larry Seivers, Bob Johnson and others.

It was all cemented when I saw my first game in Neyland Stadium as a freshman at UT in 1983. That season, Reggie White, the MacKenzie brothers, Alan Cockrell, Clyde Duncan, Mark Studaway, Johnnie Jones, Fuad Reveiz, and Alvin Toles were some of the big names. If there was ever any doubt as to whether I would continue to be a life-long Vol fan, they were erased for good that year.

All of my kids have worn orange home from the hospital as newborns.
 
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In 1992.. When I was born. I grew up in a vol family so I have never known anything different. Not ashamed of it one bit. My blood will always run orange
 
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I guess I knew when I was born in Fort Sanders hospital which is less than a mile from the stadium...As long as I've known I was alive, I've been a Vol...
 
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I pretty much grew up knowing that I was a Vol fan. Earliest thing I can remember football related was the 1957 Gator Bowl where the Vols beat aTm 3-0. I attended a few games here and there in my teenage years until 1967 when I started a 25 year streak of not missing a home game. The reason I missed a game was because my wife was pregnant with our son and she was having some some issues so I broke my streak. Everything turned out fine -- my son will be a senior this fall at UT. I guess I really knew I was VFL in 1968 at the crumsun tide game won by the Vols 10-9.
 
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Volosaurus rex said:
I should add that having my office in Neyland Stadium for five years (1991-96) during grad school only strengthened my preexisting love for the Big Orange.
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That place creeped me out the first time I walked through it......south stadium hall that is/
 
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I was a young boy(13-15) and had a stripper for a mama with no dad around, she finally found a man that was willing to accept the fact she had 3 child's (el o el).. Well, she got him @ a strip club called "The boobie bungalow", some of you may have heard of it, for those who don't know, it's close to the alabama state line! To make a long story short, he was from bammer and wanted his new field midgets to be bammers too! I was told that it would be hard to be a Tennessee fan going to a new school in Alabama and not get picked on. So, when I walked through the doors of Ardmore high school.. I had a UT shirt on! Not because I was Mr tough guy, but because I hated my ****'n stepdad, and he nor anybody in Alabama could take my beloved UT orange and the pride of the state I was born in from me..
 
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Cyclopskiller said:
I was a young boy(13-15) and had a stripper for a mama with no dad around, she finally found a man that was willing to accept the fact she had 3 child's (el o el).. Well, she got him @ a strip club called "The boobie bungalow", some of you may have heard of it, for those who don't know, it's close to the alabama state line! To make a long story short, he was from bammer and wanted his new field midgets to be bammers too! I was told that it would be hard to be a Tennessee fan going to a new school in Alabama and not get picked on. So, when I walked through the doors of Ardmore high school.. I had a UT shirt on! Not because I was Mr tough guy, but because I hated my ****'n stepdad, and he nor anybody in Alabama could take my beloved UT orange and the pride of the state I was born in from me..
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Wow, r u for realz?
 
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Didn't follow football in high school much since we didn't have a home field. All our games were played away. When I was in the Navy, I hung out with friends from Ala. Ga. and W.Va. We would put "friendly wagers' on the games on occasion. Since I was from Tennessee, I naturally followed UT. Still do 48 years later. Love my country, love my state, and love my Vols!
 
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I got into football in 1988. I started following Indiana because we had moved there for a couple of years. I even cheered against UT when they played in the bowl game, while my dad and brother cheered for UT. After that, we moved back to TN and I became all Vol. I started liking them the most when they beat Virginia in the bowl game. Man that at was an exciting game
 
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Cyclopskiller said:
I was a young boy(13-15) and had a stripper for a mama with no dad around, she finally found a man that was willing to accept the fact she had 3 child's (el o el).. Well, she got him @ a strip club called "The boobie bungalow", some of you may have heard of it, for those who don't know, it's close to the alabama state line! To make a long story short, he was from bammer and wanted his new field midgets to be bammers too! I was told that it would be hard to be a Tennessee fan going to a new school in Alabama and not get picked on. So, when I walked through the doors of Ardmore high school.. I had a UT shirt on! Not because I was Mr tough guy, but because I hated my ****'n stepdad, and he nor anybody in Alabama could take my beloved UT orange and the pride of the state I was born in from me..
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I don't know what to say.

So, um, Go Vols!
 
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