[Rhodes22-list] UT Tickets

[Wally Buck]

Brad,

If you don't mind missing the kickoff I have paid as little as $2.00 to see 
a game. It wil not be FL or Miami but the scalpers start dumping tickets 
soon after kick off.

Wally






>From: brad haslett <flybrad@yahoo.com>
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>To: alexbell@coastalnet.com,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hey Wally, Your End of the State is Behind
>Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 13:32:15 -0800 (PST)
>
>Alex,
>
>  I watched Army play the U. of Memphis earlier this
>year with a friend of mine who used to quarterback for
>U of M.  I rooted for Army to make it interesting and
>then noticed that most of the U of M crowd was rooting
>for Army as well as their own team.  I guess it was
>another post 9/11 thing.  The half-time para-sail demo
>had the crowd on their feet.  Army got pummeled in the
>game but the U of M fans were congratulating the Army
>fans afterward and cheering the Army busses as they
>left the stadium.  You don't see that too often in
>college football.  I have always advocated that we
>should just make it official and let the colleges pay
>their players.  A handful of schools would dominate
>because of thier rich alumni but then how is that
>different than now?.  We could quit playing games
>about "student athletes" vs NFL training camps.  My
>youngest son was invited to a game at Neyland the year
>TN won the national championship and he still talks
>about the experience.  Maybe some day I can get a
>second mortgage or sell my boat and buy a ticket.
>Brad.
>--- Alex Bell <alexbell@coastalnet.com> wrote:
> > Brad,
> >
> > I love the UT stadium. I attended a game some years
> > back and it was the
> > most enjoyable game I ever attended. Big pride of
> > Southland band came
> > in. Made poor Army look lowly until the helicopter
> > came over and the
> > Army parasail team all landed on the 50 yard line.
> >
> >  UT was a big favorite over Army, and I always root
> > for underdogs. I
> > loved it. The true student atheltes beat the crap
> > out of the Orange
> > team. Army beat them in a groundpounder game. Loved
> > how the home crowd
> > handled it too. They took it with good grace. It
> > would be really neat if
> > they set the accademic standards back to the levels
> > we used to see. Lots
> > of "atheltes" would not be playing at college level.
> > These days,
> > Undergraduates take on a new meaning.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > brad haslett wrote:
> > >
> > > Anne, forgive me.  After living ten years in TN,
> > and
> > > working here for almost twenty, I should know that
> > KY
> > > doesn't have football.  (BB a different story).
> > Brad.
> > >
> > > PS:  That reminds me of when Lou Holtz was coach
> > of
> > > MN.  He parked in a downtown Minneapolis handicap
> > zone
> > > and a cop yelled "are you handicapped?".  Holtz
> > > answered "I'm head coach of the Gophers, what do
> > you
> > > think?".
> > >
> > > PS,S:  If I said something that offended you,
> > forgive
> > > me,  I probably meant it!
> > >
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