PerfectTenn Volunteer
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Posted: Today 1:00 PM

Re: PRIDE of the EMBARASSMENT BAND

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You may call me crazy, and maybe I am. But walking out of the stadium last night, I actually credited the band as one of the many reasons we lost that game. Heading into the locker room at halftime, we had just put together a pretty good drive to get into FG range and tie the game. On top of that, we would be getting the ball to start the 2nd half. The energy in the stadium was electric, hopeful, excited. Then the embarassing band took the field with a weird, obnoxious, Wizard of Oz halftime show. Complete with people in costume and stupid jokes attempting to make fun of Bama, Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia, and even a confusing joke attempt at Texas A&M (which made no sense). The Tennessee fans in my section (myself included) could only shake their heads in humiliation. Some even hid their faces in their hands. Georgia fans were laughing at us. It completely sucked all of the air and excitement out of the crowd. It took a full 7 or 8 minutes into the 3rd quarter to recover from it. By that point, we were down 20-6.

Don't get me wrong, there are many reasons that we lost that game last night. But the band didn't help.