Not funny Leon. Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Arthur Polhill <[email protected]> wrote: > Did Oliver sit next to his new Georgia buddy? > > A. Leon Polhill, Gator > "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. > I said I didn't know." - Mark Twain > > > From: Helen Huntley <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, September 17, 2012 5:54:22 PM > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] The Tennessee Game > > Thanks, Shane for giving us the true inside scoop. > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > The highway patrol officers at that Subway were hilarious! We also ran into > a mom & her son who told us that all of his friends went up to Knoxville the > night before to try and get on ESPN. > > The part about the tickets that made me nervous was it didn’t seem like too > many people were selling, but everybody was trying to buy. It didn’t help > much that the first ticket scalper we ran into wanted $800 for a pair. I was > about ready to jump back in the car and race home to watch the game in High > Def. He says as Shane got tired, but that was after walking for over an > hour. He abbreviates this quite a bit! J It was also disheartening with > all of the curses and ugly things I was called as well. I thought I had > thick skin, but goodness gracious! The savior of the afternoon was > definitely the Georgia graduate. Wow! Whoever would have thought a Georgia > Graduate would do anything nice, worth while, help us out in any way, or let > alone make out day? Definitely not us!!!!! J They were extremely nice to > us during the game, which I hope that they felt the same from us. We tried, > believe me. It was rough for Oliver to. I could tell. :-) > > We didn’t even make it to the stadium before we went through more insults, > more drunks yelling at us, and even more obscenities. Oliver’s right though, > I was taking notes of the curse words, as they were using a few in a way that > I wanted to remember for use later. ;-) I don’t even care to remember the > drunk “idiot” who pulled my face over to his mouth so he yell the lovely > chorus of Rocky Top more directly into my ear. Why he felt the nerve to do > that is beyond me? Why I didn’t haul off and punch him in the face is > another mystery? J > > We did walk around the stadium for a little while, but there were so many > people it was hard to move around. I wanted to sight-see some, but it was > futile trying to move around and get somewhere in a timely fashion. We did > finally park on the hill and "watch" the Vol walk from a far. There really > wasn't much to see but a see of pumpkin orange. They promptly opened the > gates at 4:00 right after the Vol walk and we made our way into Gate 21. The > seats were amazing! I could have never dreamed of sitting so close to the > action. WOW! I don’t think I’ll be too quick to rush back to Neyland > Stadium, but I’m glad we were so lucky on this trip. > > Leon and Paula, it was very nice to see you guys again, even though the hike > up the million steps nearly killed me. J The view of downtown Knoxville, > the Tennessee River and the Vol Navy was incredible from up there. The > conversation is always good and hilarious. I even enjoyed the looks from > people when they saw Leon's favorite team and his Obama button. It was > priceless! HA HA!!!! J > > I think the Vol fans were a little delirious about winning. It’s been > extremely quiet at work. A few have come up to me to talk about it, but most > have chosen to ignore me and the fact that the Vols played a game on > Saturday. J > > The noise in the stadium was incredibly deafening in the first half. I don’t > think I’ve ever been in a stadium that loud. I wonder what it sounded like > on TV? I taped the game, so I hope to find out tonight when I re-watch it, > hopefully. I have to admit into the 3rd quarter, I was losing faith in our > Gators and brother Oliver had to keep sending me positive vibes. Luckily, > between Oliver’s positive vibes and his lucky shirt, the Gators responded in > the 2nd half and pulled out a very glorious victory. The game was incredible > and we couldn't have asked for a better game. A good, close game in the > first half and then a near blow out in the second. > > The rest of the trip was about the way I remember it to. I just had to add a > few of my memoires and comments as well. I would have done it earlier, but > my boss decided having me in several meetings throughout the day was more > important??? I know? I know? I tried to tell him. J > > Later, > > SHANE > > > From: Oliver Barry <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, September 17, 2012 11:18:27 AM > > Subject: [gatortalk] The Tennessee Game > > Before my diminishing usage of brain cells prevents further recollection of > it I will offer my observations of the game. > > Shane and I started from my house in Hendersonville at about 9:30 am local > time on Saturday. Perfect weather. > > Stopped for Starbucks in Gallatin and were off! > > We saw quite a few cars locally sporting Gator flags, etc. I took it as an > omen. > > Next stop was at a gas station at about mile 300 on the interstate. A large > van pulled up with all UT fans who mostly ignored us. > > One of their brighter members shook his head at us. I think he may have > already been into the sauce. That was about 10:30 am. > > Next stop for lunch at a Subway. Two highway patrol officers came in while > we were eating. One joked that he didn’t want to see any Gator fans yet. > > We talked for a while about football predictions, etc (he was a really nice > guy) then moved on. > > Got to Knoxville where the fun started. Found a parking place for $20 and > headed to The Strip to find tickets. > > We walked for a bit holding up 2 fingers. Found prices at $200 to $250 > apiece. Kept walking. > > Just as Shane was getting tired we walked up to an older gentleman who said > he had 4 tickets and wanted to get rid of 2. > > He asked what we would pay. I offered $100 each and he accepted. I think if > I had offered $80 he would have been ok with that too. The face value was > $75. He told us he and his son were up from Chattanooga and his son is a > Gator. > > He was looking for someone his son could talk to. Then he dropped the bomb. > He is a Georgia Graduate!!! > > But, we accepted the tickets anyway and sat with them at the game. They > turned out to be two of the nicest people I’ve ever met. (that was difficult > to admit to) > > Next, off to the stadium. We had about 2.5 hours before game time at that > point, but I didn’t know what else to do. My whole mission up until that > point was to get tickets and we landed the best ones we could have possibly > gotten. Oh yes, the best part… They were on row 25 in the lower bowl. We > were just above the UF band in the middle of the Tennessee section. They > were great seats!!! > > We walked toward the stadium through back streets. There we walked past a > high rise apartment building with balconies. > > There were young males standing on the balconies shouting bad things. I > learned a couple of new words. Shane already knew them. > > I responded to one guy in a car who was giving us the one finger salute and > hurling un-nice comments with, “Hey, I can see you’re a UT graduate!” > > That didn’t go over well. Shane complained someone screamed in his ear while > we were on The Strip. I’m sure he must have provoked the guy. > > On to the Vol walk. We watched from quite a distance. I was impressed at > that point with so many Tennessee fans who walked by, offering to shake hands > and wishing us good luck. > > Then into the stadium to find Leon . He had texted me his section and we > walked up (way up) there. > > Found him and Paula hanging out at the underside of their section. There was > a beautiful view of the Tennessee River from behind the cameraman who took > our photo. > > Stood with them awhile and on to our seats. > > Lots of Tennessee fans around us. I was impressed with how much they really > expected to win that game. When the Knoxville police posted the news that > anyone caught storming the field after the game would be arrested it was > clear there was no option or consideration for losing. I must have seen over > a hundred posters during the day that said something about, “It’s our year!” > > Everyone was very friendly and no one seemed to mind us cheering for the > Gators. I refrained from using any of my newly learned words. > > Of course you saw the game. It was as loud as UF can be at several points > during the game. Fortunately, I had worn my lucky shirt. > > > > I was very impressed with Jeff Driskell. To be able to keep us in the game > through the first half handling the ball the way he did, as a sophomore, was > truly admirable. > > After we went ahead 27-14 the mass exodus was on. The way the game had gone > I was surprised to see it begin there. But, the aisles weren’t nearly big > enough to get them all out. > > After that you could see lots of blue. The team came over to the band after > the game and they played the Alma Mater, but as close as we were we could > only hear the Tennessee band playing. They were miked to loud speakers! I > still have that damned song going through my head! > > Anyway, after the Alma Mater Will Muschamp ran over and did a couple of Gator > chomps, you’ve seen the photos, and that got us all worked up again. > > Long wait to get out of parking. Long wait to get on the road. Then smooth > sailing to home. No bad fans on the way back. J > > > > > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Bob Parks Realty > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Fax: 615-822-2027 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > > > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > > -- > Helen Huntley > (727) 823-3801 > www.helenhuntley.com > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
