Program has come a long way

Thank you Coach Stein & to all the players, for the effort you've given and continue putting in the hard work. Making so many Big Blue Nation fans feel very proud and respectable, vindicated in our faith for all of you; and most importantly, respectably seen, as of this moment, around the entire country. Good luck continuing onward, it's a great journey with you guys leading the way.

The program has come a long way in such a short time. Although it might not have been an "institutional wreck" - sometimes, change is simply good. Especially if you get the right minded men and people into the program and it filters down to everything you do. It simply shows. And you are all doing an admiral job.

Big Blue Nation is ecstatic at the effort you guys are putting out there.

I think its' safe to say, and I have been a UK fan for over 50 years ....... everyone in BBN is happy and very proud tonight.

Go Big Blue!

Since the game ended, watching the whole game with over a dozen of my best lifelong friends, first time I've spent time with them together in a room watching a game together with them all in over 30 years, altogether.

Having them collectively as Tennesse fans, my very good personal friends down here, I known them all my whole life, grew up with them, so yeah, they're all Vol fans - and they come to me for all the inside scoop on basketball AND football all the time, especially in the offseason! haha!! LOL!! and I'm not really sure why, but at least they know I keep up with things, and give them an idea on what the season will be like. I'm usually pretty close to right, so I guess that's why they come back year after to call and talk and catch up.


So they've come by and hug me and pat me on the back and congratulate me after the game. Girls giving me hugs, the guys patting me and pounding on my back in glee..... (!!) Sat here with over a dozen of them all, all happy to see me ecstatic about Kentucky and it actually being a football game ! HAHA!

I think they were more happy to see Lane Kiffen get it. Made it even better !

Damn, when you got Vol friends and they're seeing it happen, and they're congratulating you, you know it's real ! Right?

.... RIGHT ?!?!?!

Pinch me, thought there for a second I was in a bizarro alternate universe !

And I totally wanna say I agree with the thoughts and feel from Fox's post above. Just feeling very different as of right now. There is no need to put down where we came from in getting here. Stoops helped the program over a long time, it just couldn't get there with him. And the program moved on when the time was right. No hate or anger or being mad at Stoops. It was just time to move on.

The time, and STEIN was right.

It's a big blue dream we're living right now folks, enjoy it, support it and stay on board now! Hang tight ! The rest of the bandwagon people are only just now boarding.

We had first class tickets all the time. We been here.

We are Big Blue Nation.

Go Big Blue !