Last weekend we all trekked to Knoxville for the Vanderbilt game. Madeline came along and got to spend the weekend with here sis'. I can't tell you how great it is to see those two together. We were hoping the girls would get the afternoon together, but we got a later start than we had planned (if it could go wrong, it did), and didn't get to Perrin's dorm until about 7:30. The girls did Waffle House with Perrin's roommate, while Robin and I went to the MicroTel and crashed.
Game day was a crisp, but sunny. We found a spot overlooking the band's Salute to the Hill. Man, three hundred plus musicians can really crank it up to eleven. The band lines up around the corner. Then the two block formations each split down the center, letting the majorettes and the cheerleaders through. After a rousing rendition of Rocky Top (one of many, many, many, ...) the band marches off and disappears into Neyland Stadium.
I watched pregame from the upper deck behind the endzone. Pregame is a lot of fun, so much tradition and pageantry.
Sadly, the Vols lost, eliminating them from any bowl game invitation. Too bad, that would have been fun. Bowl game or no, I'm still looking forward to seeing the UK game. I hear that the UK cheerleaders may be the best in the nation, and the Pride of the Southland is putting their Circle Drill on the field. Rumor has it, we might even win the football game.
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