The season starts today for my fellow Vols fans. It started yesterday for others, and today for some but today is specifically for people like me, and V00d3w and my close friend OfficerT, a rabid Arkansas fan.

Today is the first day our traditions have seen the light of day since last year. It is a special day. Rivalries are revived. Old arguments are renewed. Old friendships rekindled. As the days grow shorter, the weather cooler, and the wind holds a bit of a scent of winter in the air, these are the days when it all changes not just our programming, or our weather, but our lifestyle; at least one day per week.

Morning Breaks by the Spite Family Wilderness Retreat here in Southwest Missouri

Here at The Spite Family Wilderness Retreat we have many Game Day traditions.

I, and others, were recently asked if we were superstitious. Foolish I admitted I am to a point.

But those superstitions are based in my traditions. Those superstitions can be fun, especially if you have your friends involved.

It becomes fun for friends to ask about Volunteer Sunrise, your personal blend of coffee on Game Day morning while preparations are underway. It becomes fun when your friends want to get involved in creating a tradition, or if they want to perhaps modify your own such as an ingredient suggestion.

It becomes fun, as each Saturday becomes a rhythm with your family, friends, times they arrive, things that are done. Kids anticipate your wife or girlfriends brownies. Guys gather around the beer cooler as open flame is lit. The ladies laugh at their husbands as they set paper plates, and call out scores to each inquiry from the grill.

Its not just about superstition, it’s about traditions. Those traditions that lend a kind of stability to your life when it seems all else is going out of control. A day to look forward too each week, when at least 5 of them you feel you could do without. A small point of happiness, family, friendship, and a kind of explosive peace as the whistle blows and shouts are made at referee’s. Those traditions that can last a lifetime as your kids pass them on, or who ask you when the next football game is.

My day was made when my daughter spotted an orange at the grocery store at age 3 and asked “Daddy, are those from Tennessee?”. Because of the color.

These are the days that make life special, and those traditions, those superstitions only add flavor to its length.

Were everyday like this.

Go Vols

Tags: College, Family, Football, NCAA, Technorati, Tradition

It’s FRIIIIIIIIIIIDAY!!

And It’s FOOTBALL TIME IN THE SEC!

What more can ya ask for?!

Ok how about yer daily quote?

Baseball is what we were, football is what we have become.

- Mary McGrory

Yer music video?

Some Eye Candy?

Oh wait not what you were looking for? Hang on I’ll take the sting out

Texas Longhorns Cheerleaders

Rock on brothers and sisters! I’m picking up some bratwurst for the weekend tonight!

Tags: ACC, Bratwurst, Cheerleader, College, ESPN, Football, Game Day, Hot, MAC, PAC-10, SEC, Technorati

I make a lot of video’s in the football season.

Its fun, I’m not very good at it and I enjoy it.

That said I post’em so ya’ll can enjoy them too

All that said? It’s just a mere 36 hours……36 measly and slow crawling hours until it’s

FOOTBALL TIME IN TENNESSEE!!!!!

For a few short months this typically political, military and personal focused blog becomes a plethora of color, drum lines and play reminiscence. For a limited time there is a chill in the air, and you can see your breath each morning and feel the tension as you head for the bandstands. Why do we do this?

Because we cant be serious all the time. Because life isn’t just politics, and war, and legislation and taxes. Because its good for the soul to step back, breathe and enjoy something. Because we are fans, one of Georgia, and one of Tennessee true red black and orange sons of the south. We are SEC where football is not just a game but a way of life.

Welcome to the 2010 NCAA Football season fellow readers. I truly believe it’s going to be one helluva ride!

36 hours ladies and gentlemen. ….35.59…………45.58………

Tags: 2010, Football, Georgia Bulldogs, Go Volunteers!!!!, NCAA, Opener, Peace, Politics, Season, SEC, Skyhawks, Technorati, Tennessee Martin, Vince Lombardi, War

And it is just as much a tribute to my fellow Tennessee fans as to the players themselves.

Language warning does apply, so be careful when viewing at work or around small ears

That said its only one small place, and adds emphasis.

Let me know what you think

Tags: 2010 Tribute, Al Pacino, BloodSpite, Football, Go Vols, Go Volunteers!!!!, Motivation, Technorati, Tennessee Vols, Video

Ya’ll know I love my Vols.

You also know I love the fella’s over at Rocky Top Talk.

Well they recently sent out a quest for volunteers to give them a hand and you know I had to throw my name in that hat figuring “Hell, why not.”

And as Eric would say, rubberneckers let me tell you I was selected. I guess they figured they could not get a more Vol obsessed lunatic, even if he lives in another state. But whatever the reason I am honored.

Now I ain’t doing anything huge. I’m doing a very small thing over there. Just watching for leads for the main writers, but its still awesome just the same. These fella’s are the know-all’s of Knoxville insofar as I am concerned. The most calm, rational and straight forward reporting you get out of the area.

So a chance to work with them, even as tiny as what I’ll be doing, is very cool.

So keep yer eyes peeled over at RTT folks. I’ll be cross posting stuff here as I always do, but I’m happy to say they are letting me be part of the show.

Tags: Basketball, Football, Go Vols, Knoxville, Obsession, Rocky Top Talk, SEC, Sports, Technorati, Tennessee, University of Tennessee, Vols, Volunteers

Today is the day folks. When it all starts.

I have to explain. I hate baseball.
Call me un-American, call me a hater. What ever. But I would rather sit through three days of draft analysis than one game of Major League Baseball.

So for me the Draft is a good thing. It livens an otherwise what I consider sportless time of the year. Of course my primary focus are to know where my Vols go.

Several sports Bloggers are keeping tabs today, but look for sports blog conglomerate SBNation to have the most coverage available

See ya tonight!

UPDATE: New Link for SBNation Coverage

Tags: 2010, Draft, Football, NFL, Technorati, Volunteers

This is what "deep thought" looks like.

As much as I love UGA, its getting hard to say that I support this team.  Don’t get me wrong, I am a die-hard fan, but the latest news out of Athens has me wondering.

1)  WTF were the 4 alleged players doing with bratwurst at 2:00am…

2)  Where did said bratwurst come from…

3)  What are the college students doing with a sex swing in their dorm…

4)  Why would you “threaten” someone with a sex swing…

Here is the link to the actual police report that has the actual account of the incedent.  Wait, I have one more question:

5)  Why didn’t the “victims” ask the taxi driver to stop???

"Don't slap me, I just want a little bite!"

v00d3W

Tags: America, Bratwurst, College, Culture, Football, Go Dawgs!, NCAA, Registered Evil, Technorati, UGA

Who’s leading UGA QB derby?

No one knows right now, but Saturday’s closed scrimmage might help answer question.

ATHENS –- Each day, Georgia’s quarterbacks meet with their position coach, Mike Bobo. One topic never comes up in those meetings: a pecking order among the three quarterbacks competing this spring to be the Bulldogs’ starter.

“Coach Bobo really isn’t telling anybody, ‘You stand here,’ ‘You stand here,’” Logan Gray said.

“No, Coach Bobo hasn’t said anything, him or Coach Richt,” Aaron Murray said.

The three quarterbacks -– Gray, Murray and Zach Mettenberger –- have evenly shared snaps with the first-team offense in the seven sessions of spring practice so far. And they will do so Saturday morning when the team holds a closed scrimmage in Sanford Stadium, undoubtedly the most important day yet in their competition.

“I’m looking forward to it,” Murray said. “Coach Richt was talking [Thursday] after practice that this is going to be the first test for everyone, to see where everyone is at, to see what we have learned, to see where we have come after two weeks of practice.”

The scrimmage will be Georgia’s first of three allowed by the NCAA during spring practice.

“This is my third spring, so obviously I’ve found out scrimmages in the spring are what are judged probably the most and the biggest,” Gray said. “With this being our first one, and with the quarterback competition going on how it is right now, obviously it’s going to be really important.

“But I don’t want to make it the end of the world,” Gray added. “If one of us has a not-so-good day, I don’t think that’s just going to kill us, or put somebody out of what’s going on. But I think everybody is going to be excited to go out there and go live for a long period of time and make plays at all positions.”

Gray’s view of the competition so far is that all three quarterbacks have had “really good days” and “days there could be improvement.”

He said the quarterbacks have focused on day-to-day progress, rather than fretting the high-profile competition.

“We’re just all three of us trying to get better and correct the mistakes we’re making,” he said. “I think all of us have done a good job of trying to come out and work hard every day and take care of our business.”

For his part, Gray believes he has improved his passing accuracy.

“I felt like I’ve had some really good days where I’ve been hitting my targets better maybe than I did in the past,” he said. “I just have to keep on running the offense on a consistent basis so the coaches know every single time I’m in the huddle hopefully something good can happen.”

Courtesy ajc.com

Wow, what a concept, have 3 of your QB’s actually compete for the top spot instead of just chosing one due to the fact that he is the Senior, hence the messed up season last year.  Maybe something finally hit Mark Richt in the head, and got him thinking clearly about how to run a football team.  I can see it now: 

{ begin dream sequence…….

   *blam!*…. whoah, what just nailed me in the head….wait a sec – I’m havin’ a vision —– I should let the best players on the team be in the First String, wow, it all makes sense now, It doesn’t matter if he is a senior or not, I should just let the best player start!   Better yet, I should have a competition to weed out the weak, and let the strongest prevail!!! 

end dream sequence. }

Well, with all that said,    GO DAWGS!!!!!!!

v00d3W

Tags: America, College, Football, Go Dawgs!, NCAA, Registered Evil, Technorati, UGA Mark Richt, UGA New QB, UGA QB contest

The Fulmer Cup has gone far, far too long without an update. The Big Board is brought to you shiny and updated courtesy of Brian, whom you may recall as the man whose genitals are huge enough to recall the enormous donkey-rope of Reggie Nelson himself. Tabulations and justifications follow.

Tags: College, Football, Fulmer Cup, Registered Evil, Technorati, UGA

Every good tailgater knows that there are two things that must happen to have an awesome tail gate: Planning and Preparation.

Every fan knows that, the special room you have set aside to show your loyalty, must also have two things:  Planning and Preparation.

For those of us whom live many miles from our beloved favorite/home teams location sometimes both of these items present quite a challenge.

Decorations are hard to come by. Knick knacks your opponents have are not so easily obtained.

One need only refer to myself and OfficerT’s frequent tailgates to see the difference.

He brings two tents with Arkansas Razorback markings, a grill painted red, a propane tank cover, numerous chairs, plates, cups, glasses, silverware and even a helmet to stick chips in.

I bring a beer glass, a bottle opener that plays Rocky Top and the Barbecue Utensils with UT stamped on them.

Its not that I don’t own UT stuff.

Ask anyone whom has worked with me and they’ll tell you I’m…well…obsessed

However it’s just not as easy, nor as logical to purchase some items I would use….such as a tent. It might get used once every 4 years when we play Arkansas. The rest of the time would merely earn me odd looks.

However I have found someplace, my fellow displaced fans, that will let you buy pretty much anything you could ask for….and then some.

Allow me to show you Fan The Fire.

It is Tennessee fan nirvana.

From ties, to cufflinks, from tents, to plates, towels to vehicle floor mats, it literally has everything.

I am told they have stuff for other schools as well.

But seriously…….who’d want something with Vandy on it when you could own this??

I am going to be sooooo ready for October……

Tags: College, Fanwear, Football, Go Vols, NCAAA, Technorati, Tennessee, University of Tennessee, Volunteers