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Do I Have to Keep My Head Up Too?


Thursday, October 30, 2008


Brian Parker writes:

I was going to try and yell for you a few times and flash up the Claynation sign, but the noise from the Alabama fans was too loud. Just to note, a few times I saw you clapping in rhythm with the band, and the only other people who were doing this on the sideline were the male cheerleaders....just sayin'.

As I was sulking there being serenaded by Rammer Jammer, I caught a glimpse of you slowly walking back to the tunnel. That was probably one of the saddest images of the night. I think every Vol fan felt that way.

Go Vols

The only thing worse than worrying about getting wrecked on the sideline is people paying attention to my body language on the sideline. I wasn't consciously keeping time with the band but the fact that I did this subconsciously clearly makes me gay. Honestly though, when you're on the sideline you aren't that conscious of very much. Hot girls leaning over the wall exposing ample amounts of cleavage? Yes. But other than that, it's kind of hard to pay much attention to individual people in the stands. Again, except for hot girls with lots of cleavage. They stand out well. Not just in the crowd but also on the Vol Walk.

As for walking off the field, I actually thought, do I have to keep my head up too? I wanted to throw myself on Nick Saban at midfield and wrestle him until he agreed to come to Tennessee for 4.5 million a year, but instead I walked off the field alone. As I was walking I was honestly thinking about my body language. If I held my head down, does the enemy win? So I kept my head up. But I did walk slowly. Some of the guys run off the field but I wanted to savor the exquisite pain of the beatdown. So I trudged. Although, from the above picture you can clearly see how defeated I was.

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