August 31, 2002

It's football time in Tennessee!!

Today was the season opener for my beloved Tennesee Volunteers, who played Wyoming. Only in college football can you have a game between Wyoming and Tennessee that is a home game for Wyoming, played in Nashville. Go figure.

Favorite moments:


  • The announcer who said that one of the players always made a point of carrying an inspirational quote with him, and that for today's game, it was quote about how we "walk by faith, not by sight" by Walter Payton. Well, actually, it was Paul, in 2 Corinthians -- not Walter Payton. But close enough. Or something.
  • Another announcer talking about what a great experience it must be for players to come play in such a huge NFL stadium like the Nashville Coliseum, which holds almost 70,000 fans. UT fans, of course, were looking around thinking, "what a cute little stadium." (Neyland Stadium, where the Vols play in Knoxville, has a capacity of 104,079 seats.)
  • The final score: Tennessee: 47, Wyoming: 7.
Next week's game is against MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University), in another fine example of a smaller school's athletic department pimping its teams out to get whipped for money. Somehow I doubt this one will be on TV.

Go Vols!

Posted by Mike at August 31, 2002 07:21 PM
Comments

It should be noted that the other, more witty announcer, drily remarked, "I was not aware that Walter Payton was an apostle."

Posted by: Meredith on September 1, 2002 10:03 AM

Yes, Go Vols!

Posted by: al on September 1, 2002 05:25 PM

As sad as i'm sure the game will be against MTSU, I thought it would be fun to watch. So I looked at the pay-per-view sports channels and it's on there...for $29.95. I don't think it will be that much fun.

Posted by: amy on September 7, 2002 08:25 AM