Before Things Get Too Ugly

The Vols opened their home schedule this past weekend with a lollipop game vs. UAB. The 12:30 kickoff was brutal, forcing me to start drinking at 7:45 a.m. to get my game time buzz. Here are a couple of pics to celebrate the opening home game of the season. There seemed to be a lack of excitement around campus and the not-so-full stadium. I guess losing the season opener to a underdog team (that lost 59-0 this week) will do that to your fan base.

I want to enjoy this minor victory for just a moment, because we now enter the SEC portion of the schedule that brings Florida this weekend and sends us to Auburn and Georgia in the coming month. Fuck. We're facked! But allow me to say Fuck Florida anyway, just on principle.

A tip of the hat to UT concessions who actually put condiments in the wrapper for Smokey dogs! No Gulden's mustard, but it's a start.

And one last shameless plug for the Southern Graces Skybox. We'll see if they have any luck getting people to attend their "tailgate" with the Vols facing an uphill battle this weekend.