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Bruce Pearl, Johnny Majors, James Berry and Jesse Mahelona to be honored Saturday

Emotions will be running high tomorrow at Neyland Stadium, even in pregame and at halftime.

  • One of the men with the closest ties to the University of Tennessee's proud football tradition, former player and head coach Johnny Majors will return to Neyland Stadium to be honored as one of this week's Legends of the Game before the kickoff.  You can count Coach Majors' on-field appearances at Neyland since his departure in 1992 on one hand, but credit Lane Kiffin and Mike Hamilton for reintroducing him to the program during the offseason, and Johnny should get the standing ovation he deserves.  Attack, attack, attack.  Always attack.
  • Joining Coach Majors on the field in pregame will be James Berry, ex-Vol captain and father of that one guy in the secondary.  Berry is chatting live at UTSports.com at 1:30 EDT today.
  • Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce Pearl and family will be honored for winning the gold medal for the United States in the World Maccabiah Games earlier this year.  Press release from UTSports.com
  • A tribute to the late Jesse Maholena is in the works as well.  Phillip Fulmer spoke of his memories of Maholena Mahelona this week: 

"Jesse and I had a special bond from the beginning of the recruiting process, and especially after he made dinner for me in my recruiting trip to see him," Fulmer said. "Living with some guys in an apartment, Jesse shopped, prepared and cooked a native Hawaiian dish for me when I went to the home visit. It was incredibly good, and the fact that he had done it all himself was a wonderful gesture of his maturity and feelings."  

The Jesse Maholena Mahelona Trust has been established to help support Maholena's family.

Tickets are still available.  You should be there.

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Nice memory from Phil

I am still down on his lat years with us and they taint my view of him somewhat, but he had some great years for us. The Hawaiian meal story is a good one.

by memphispete on Sep 11, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How are there still tickets left?

Living in Alabama is like living 50 years in the past, they are still just as racist, just as educated, the state constitution forbids any kind of public transportation, and all they can talk about is Bear Bryant

by goldballs on Sep 11, 2009 12:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I see where tickets are available in EE,FF

aren’t those student tickets. Wtf is wrong my peers, I don’t understand…Do they feel oppressed at having to pay $20? If so they are just ignorant, face value of those tickets base price is $60….ugh. Also there was an article in the Beacon today that reported that some students expressed frustration at trying to figure out the new online ticket system…SERIOUSLY??? It is extremely straight forward and much simpler then past policies where one had to physically go to the UC ticket office… at least IMO.

"It's static noise. You can't hear anything. You go up and down the line, your wide receivers, your running backs, your tight ends, nobody can hear. Nobody."
- Cal QB Nate Longshore commenting on playing in Neyland Stadium

by jimvols on Sep 11, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree with what you said

But we did sell over 10K this time… that’s as much as you can expect for a non SEC game.

by rblakeh on Sep 11, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are things that could be done better with the student onlin system.

When you first register, for example, the page you’re directed to looks exactly like the page you just entered all your information into. On any other website, it’s a clue that you didn’t get your information entered correctly. I spent a couple minutes myself re-entering information before I finally realized that the links on the left actually worked.

They seemed to have assembled the site a bit hastily. It works, but there are some oddities to it.

by Hooper on Sep 11, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

True

I actually did the same thing…thinking I needed to re-enter my info that is…other then that initial hiccup however I have experienced no other problems. In fact the addition of guest passes I consider to be a marked improvement over previous systems. Students who want to go still get first dibs but now non-student fans get a chance to sit with their student friends, a feature I have already utilized. Yes, the online system has room for improvement and streamlining, but I guess my initial reason for posting was simply disappointment that the student section wasn’t sold out. That people bring up the new online system as perhaps a reason why students are not filling out our section I find a bogus excuse.

"It's static noise. You can't hear anything. You go up and down the line, your wide receivers, your running backs, your tight ends, nobody can hear. Nobody."
- Cal QB Nate Longshore commenting on playing in Neyland Stadium

by jimvols on Sep 11, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

those who want to go are going

by Hooper on Sep 11, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've got my tickets

Look for me there tomorrow. I’ll be the one wearing orange.

by dmiles on Sep 11, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Jesse Mahelona

would be the correct spelling.

I know, I know, now I’m “that guy”.

by danmarcel on Sep 11, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Right

No apologies for the correction of errors on the front page, and if Will wasn’t prepping for a radio interview, I’m sure he’d say the same thing. We need to know those, so thanks.

As for typos in the comments, well . . . .

;-)

Rocky Top Talk

by Joel on Sep 11, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

People who live in glass houses, etc.

No worries about me correcting typos in comments. :)

by danmarcel on Sep 11, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's possible

That I’ve misspelled his name every time I’ve ever used it.

by Will on Sep 11, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So glad

that my hero Coach Majors is back, and I can’t wait to get to my feet and lift my voice when they announce him.

by Oskie on Sep 11, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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