The GOAT

[Gravey]

Oh I truly get the history. But I didn't become a UT fan (I didn't even live in the state or own hunting property then) until I think it was the '85 season. My girlfriend at the time went to UT for her Masters degree, and I would drive over from Bowling Green to visit her on weekends. I had never, NEVER seen anything like game day in Knoxville before! And all of the excitement draws you in. I think the final straw for me was the day The Vols beat 'Bama after a 10+ year drought. The craziness on The Strip that night was something to behold. I saw the goalpost crossbar being carried into a bar!

Once I became a fan, it wasn't long before the Fulmer-Spurrier battles began. I learned to truly hate the Gators. And it didn't help that one of my hunting buddies (my cousin) is from Central FL and a huge Gator fan. I had to listen to him gloat in deer camp year after year.

Definitely a great atmosphere. I had season tickets from 1996-2001 once my daughter was born. I go to one a year usually although I went to 4 last year. My daughter just graduated from there in the spring and started grad school this summer so I had more of a reason to go.

 

[BamaProud]

I know you're a little older than me but I grew up when there was no east and west divisions and the UT /Bama game was always the 3rd Saturday in October. Played them every year no matter what. The wins on both sides have normally gone in streaks and the Vols are on the wrong end of a long one. Florida wasn't a thought until the divisions came into play. Don't get me wrong I don't like them either but to me it will always be bama that I don't like more.

5,789 days Series since 1901, Alabama leads 58–38–7

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

5,789 days Series since 1901, Alabama leads 58–38–7

Never gets old

 

[PossumSlayer]

Me too! Although I don't hate them quite as much as I hate the Gators. I really, really hate the Gators.

That's me, I think us older East Tennessee folks hate the gators more

 

[PillsburyDoughboy]

Saban is the GOAT without a doubt.

That said, 15 years at Alabama and if he beats Texas in week 2, he will be 3-0 in OOC games away from home. That's amazing.

 

[Mescalero]

Not surprised that flew far, far over your head. Do you have a gif for that?

15 seasons at Alabama means 180-225 games coached, but only 3 on another team's campus that is not SEC.

 

[Spurhunter]

Not surprised that flew far, far over your head.

Perhaps you could color some pages from various coloring books and use those to explain it. He is from alabama.