23 years ago, in Nov. 1982, my sophomore year at Vanderbilt we beat UT. I was there at Dudley field, in the rain, row 2, 45 yard line. It has been a long time. This time it was in Knoxville. I was watching on TV. This year is my 20th year reunion from graduating from Vanderbilt. What a fitting reunion celebration.
Jay Cutler, our senior quarterback, and the other young men who work so hard deserved this. I am so emotional for them today. Go 'Dores!!!!! You will be seeing alot of Jay in the pros.
I am headed to Vanderbilt to great the team when they get in.
It has been a long time since I rock 'n rolled, GO DORES!!! I love you.
Gethsemani Homilies by Matthew Kelty, O.C.S.O.
7 comments:
Congratulations Tony! I'm sure it was worth the wait.
Congratulations Tony!!!
What a great game!
Congratulations! I attended the game and I'll confess that even though I was wearing orange, I thought it was pretty neat to watch Vandy pull out the win. I felt like I was part of history! Plus, I figured they're allowed a win once every 23 years or so (wink, wink.)
Malia: On that last drive by UT, I made Anita and Maria come in to cheer. I told Maria, to cheer as hard as she could and pay attention, because it might be the only victory in Knoxville she will ever see in her lifetime (she is 5 for those who don't know).
JMG, I need a martini just thinking about what could have been. The MTSU game really hurt us. But MTSU earned that win. Too bad they couldn't play like that every week. I feel bad for McCollum. I think he will do well somewhere.
JB: I lost a year or two off my life this season, at least one in that game.
Rob: Thanks for sentiment. It really is all about the players. I am so happy for them. Nothing else matters. They are the ones that work so hard.
Amanda: I would love to say a few words about your comment, supportive words, but I trying hard to focus on Vanderbilt win and avoid any negative sentiment to UT. Especially with my UT friends being so gracious here. We'll talk in private.
Crittermer: Routine victories are like a diet of honey on toast on a beautiful morning. But the rare victories are like manna in the desert. I just pray we don't have decades more of wandering in the desert. :-).
Congratulations Tony! My team lost this weekend (UM v OSU)
BTW. I'd love to hear your perspective on today's ninth circuit court decision allowing Islam to be taught in the schools including reciting the Qur'an and the dressing up for a pilgrimage to Mecca. I think you brought up some interesting questions in my previous post so I'd like your thoughts on this.
Oops I should mention it's the top post on my blog today. I'm at the library and the computer is slow so just click on Spunky and you should get to it.
I knew you would blog about this!!!
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