No! Oh no, bad Zoot! Bad, bad Zoot!
Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! On Sep 18, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Jay Cicone <[email protected]> wrote: > You’re just upset because you didn’t get to visit the Castle Anthrax. Torment > me no longer! I have seen the Grail! ;-) > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 11:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] The Tennessee Game > > I am surprised, shocked and yet sadly disappointed that it took this long to > get to this point. :-). I fully expected this comment yesterday morning. > Jay, you are getting slow in your old age. :-). > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:56 AM, "mail.bobparks.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very not funny. > > 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 9:36 AM, Jay Cicone <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oliver told me he let the guy hump his leg during the game. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Arthur Polhill > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] The Tennessee Game > > 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. > -- > 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
