The road trip to Gainesville had been planned for months.
Just as both Florida and Tennessee had earmarked September 19 on their calendar, my friends and I had done so as well. Although we didn’t have Lane Kiffin’s off-season comments posted as bulletin board material, some of us did have our own personal message for the Vols’ head coach displayed for all to see.
After an all-night poker session at Mr. C’s Lake City palace on the eve of the big game, the Saturday sun came early for us vampires. After freshening up, we threw on our sunglasses and hit 75 South to Gainesville.
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2009.