Where Were You March 3 1979?

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Nah, too salty.

That’s Silly Putty.

 

[Volfan1000]

On the Strip

A freshman in high school.

 

[smokey90]

I was at my grandparents house, 209 E Chilhowie, Johnson City. I was sick, with a bad fever and the flu, on the couch. I was a 11. I just remember winning and being so happy despite delirious with fever. I have longed for another championship since. Ironically I am recovering from the shingles now. So, I have thought how strange it will be if I get to witness the next SECC win sick. You asked so...

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I was at my grandparents house, 209 E Chilhowie, Johnson City. I was sick, with a bad fever and the flu, on the couch. I was a 11. I just remember winning and being so happy despite delirious with fever. I have longed for another championship since. Ironically I am recovering from the shingles now. So, I have thought how strange it will be if I get to witness the next SECC win sick. You asked so...

And your hands felt just like two balloons?

 

[Cdywolfe]

I was -5 years olds

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

In 42 years, somebody on Vol Nation needs to ask “Where were you on March 13, 2022?”

 

[JoAllan]

Just because it’s good enough to be in two different threads.

 

[MAD]

Wow, I sure feel old reading this thread, most of you weren’t born yet or super young.
I was 14, about to turn 15 in 3 days. Was a 9th grader at Bearden Jr. High. I think it was a Saturday night and I was at a party, people weren’t really paying attention to the game that much until close to the end. But those last few minutes and overtime we were all glued to the tv and celebrated afterwards.

What’s interesting about the tournament in 1979, is it was the first tournament in many years. They had discontinued it back in 1952.
So this was a brand new thing for most of us.

There were only 10 teams in the SEC, and the first two seeds #1 LSU and #2 Tennessee not only had a bye, they a double bye. So it definitely gave us an advantage. Tennessee only played 2 games while Kentucky had to play 4.



Never the less, we were excited for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. But Tennessee fizzled out in the second round against a good Notre Dame team after we had won over Eastern Kentucky in the first round. Back then there were only 40 teams.

79 was the famous final between Magic vs Bird.

 

[CAVPUT]

The Vols last SEC Tournament title, 1979. Were you born yet?

If you watched the game, what do you remember?

It was my junior season. Enjoyed the game from the strip.

 

[Tnphil]

Married and had a 3 year old son and my butt was on the flight deck of a Navy aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean.

 

[C.watson]

The Vols last SEC Tournament title, 1979. Were you born yet?

If you watched the game, what do you remember?

I was 12 . I watched it in the basement of our home

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Jr in college watching at a friends house. Had a 8am exam the next day, called in sick.

You had an exam at 8am on a Sunday morning?

 

[vanillagorilla]

I was -3. Actually -3 and 14 days to be exact.

 

[orangefloyd]

And your hands felt just like two balloons?

Now he has that feeling once again.

 

[VolsFan-TX]

I was 11 and watched the game at home in Chattanooga.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

The Vols last SEC Tournament title, 1979. Were you born yet?

If you watched the game, what do you remember?

I was 5 years and 1 week from existing.

 

[OrangeInKy]

I was teething

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Hanging out in my mom's uterus. Hung out in there for a few more months as I planned my escape...

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Now he has that feeling once again.

 

[crnanancy]

I was in the midst of a very difficult pregnancy and trying to finish anesthesia school. Did not go to this game but we did go to an NCAA tournament game and also saw Magic Johnson play. I managed to complete both the pregnancy and school successfully, although my son came 2 months early and I finished school 6 months late.

 

[MadisonvilleVol]

I was almost 4 years old. I remember it like it was yesterday. Dad and I sat in the living room drinking Coors that he had smuggled East earlier that year when we went out West on a family vacation.

 

[Tennessee Vols Fan!!!!]

I was negative 21 years old

 

[lukeneyland]

My dad was 15 probably hating Alabama or something

 

[Volsurance]

I was a sophomore at UTK and loved that team. Watching them beat Kentucky was awesome. Reggie Johnson, Howard Wood were so fun to watch especially against Kentucky.

 

[Special Ed]

Still a soldier at Torii Station, Okinawa; Chief of the Army Security Agency calibration lab.