Been awhile and was great catching up!

The only downside is TRO is retired, while I'm still working 

Great seeing you and the Mrs.   

Hope to see you again soon.

Dead center between the North goalposts

Still available?  Price?

Is the chief cook and bottle washer going to be there??

Until game time, yes (I think).   

If you're going to the game on Saturday, please feel free to join us at our tailgate. We're down the parking lot from where we were previously, and we're also now sponsoring the UTK Student Veterans Group/VOLFighters. We're behind the Claxton Education Building and I've tried to mark the location on the attached may with an orange X. We hope to see some of you there. GBO!

Our pass defense makes me nervous. And agitated during the games.

But as long as we score on every possession, I think we will be fine. 

Agree.

Hello, everyone.  I'm just checking in to say that my son ("T") found out last night that he's been accepted at UT for the fall semester.     Another VFL in the family. 

No wonder the STATS say that we have 76.5 registrations per day. That's a lot of spam.

Yeah, it's a pain to deal with after a few months (years?). The "awaiting approval" number is already back over 1,500.

My bad.  I should have invited you to our tailgate. 

Am I the only person who noticed his account had been deleted and spent an hour searching for the post that pissed him off and caused him to hit the nuke button? 

I accidentally deleted his account when clearing the registration requests, which number in the thousands and are 99.9% illegitimate. Completely my fault. 

in the first half for targeting. A couple of the calls were pretty close. It's too subjective. If the runner can lower his head, why not the defender? It's gonna change a lot of games personnel wise. Maybe they should save the ejection for if the player is called for it a second time in the game.

I didn't think any of the calls were close in the least.  They were all very obviously targeting as the rule is written.  All my brother and I kept saying was "Why is it so hard for the defenders to keep their heads up?"  That's a coaching issue.  All of the targeting calls I saw in that game were correctly called; even the announcers were saying that.

Hello, everyone.  If you are interested in acquiring ownership of http://volstothewall.com/ and the VTTW, please let me know at therealorange@yahoo.com.  I believe that the domain is actually still owned by RevOLver, but I have been paying the bills here for years.  For those of us who have been around for a long time, the intent was for http://volstothewall.com/ to be much more than simply the board(s).  I think there is a solid base there for someone who is interested is starting a more rounded Vols website.  If you are interested, just let me know, and I will try to choose a worthy successor and work toward a peaceful transition of power. 

I will take the afternoon off in order to prep for my first visit to Neyland in 11 months

Slacker! 

Howdy, Holler! 

I'm sorry for the site outage yesterday and today.  The squirrels have all been fed now, so we're back in business. 

Thank you all for the nice comments.    Here's the link to mom's obituary:

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/dell-pagano-obituary?pid=195323175

Thanks everyone.    I'll post information about the services as soon as they are set. Mom definitely loved everyone here. The 2008 party at her lake house was a VTTW defining event. 

After 24 seasons, it looks like we will not be able to have our Tennessee Vols football tailgates in our usual spot any longer.    We are trying to find another spot and will let everyone know where as soon as we can. Sorry for the late notice.

Mine plays as well... rising Sophomore.  In fact, we are playing in a Summer Tourney in Asheville right now. One game away from the championship.  I LOVE lacrosse.

Easily my favorite sport.    I started coaching in 2016 and playing last fall in a Masters club (35+ years old). I was 58 when I started.  

Holy crap your son has grown!!!!

He's 15, almost 16, and just finished his Sophomore year of high school.   He's played varsity lacrosse both years, and he's FAST.   

Hey TRO, Have you ever been to the Corvette Rally here in the Black Hills? It's kind of cool. I think it's coming up soon.
https://www.blackhillscorvetteclassic.com/

No. I've only had the car for about a year.  Maybe one day, along with Sturgis. 

Pic or it is virtual.... kinda like you...

Since my son is in it, I'll go with this picture. 

True. 

Just kidding.  

I'm so clueless.  I have no idea who that is or why it's important (or not). 

[I probably need to spend most of my time on the things that's gonna help us win football games]

From Twitter: Jeremy Pruitt on post-NSD recruiting celebrations: “The best PR we got is winning football games in the fall. ... I probably need to spend most of my time on the things that's gonna help us win football games."  Emphasis added.

Well said, coach. I assume you mean things like uniform colors.   Sorry, couldn't resist.