Hail Mary Haiku: Tennessee Vs. UT-Martin Edition
by Joel Hollingsworth on Aug 30, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
in Tennessee Volunteer Football
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PrintHey, look. It's Game Week, and that means the return of the Rocky Top Talk Hail Mary Haiku, with just a minor tweak for 2010.
Here's the concept for those new to RTT this season: You're behind by four at midfield. Only one second remains on the clock, and you have to heave the ball into a mass of players in the end zone and hope that by some miracle one of your guys comes down with it. Bonus points for actually observing the traditional 5-7-5 format for haikus, but free form haikus are allowed. This is, after all, a desperation play. Like most desperation plays, it will most often be quite ugly, but that's okay. Heave away.
Enter yours by clicking on the "Comments" link below, and pass the invitation to enter along to others. Heed the community guidelines, please.
NEW FOR 2010: When we first started doing this way back in 2006, we would re-post all of the entries and vote on them later in the week. The last couple of years, though, we started getting too many entries for that to be feasible, so we sifted and sorted and just posted some of what we thought were the better ones for voting. This year, we're asking y'all to do the sortin' and siftin' through the use of the "Recommend" feature. When you see a haiku you like, click on the "actions" link. Doing so will reveal a "Rec" option. Click on that to recommend the haiku. Keep coming back to see the new entries, and get yours in early, as the early ones will get more reads. The five haikus with the most recs will be re-posted on Thursday morning for voting. Voting remains open through early morning on Gameday, and the winner will be included in the Game Thread for posterity.
Okay? Okay.
Hike! Oooh!
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New era take two
Bring it across, shape it down
Lets kick it off, Boom!
Bring it across, shape it down
by Getoffmyvols on Aug 30, 2010 8:13 AM EDT reply actions 10 recs
(bring on football)
Pitcher’s got a big
Butt! Pitcher’s got a— oh, wait,
The bad sports are over!!
______________________________________________
I will give my North Carolina for Tennessee Today. Apparently.
UT Martin… who?
Wish this was on the TV,
Not worth the drive up.
by rustytanton on Aug 30, 2010 8:35 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Anti-rec
I’m flying down from Boston for this one. Any Vol game is worth it.
by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 30, 2010 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Numb summer gives way
“Football Time in Tennessee”
Brings back the goosebumps
by Joel Hollingsworth on Aug 30, 2010 8:38 AM EDT reply actions 8 recs
Boomsday is Sunday,
but the real fireworks start
On Saturday night!
by ChattVol on Aug 30, 2010 9:07 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Eligible “Bones”
Extends, weightless, in end zone.
Famine is Over!
by GMU Vol on Aug 30, 2010 10:03 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Hook and Late?
It worked for Boise State, yes?
So did J. Wilcox!
I plan on living forever. So far, so good.
by AeroVol on Aug 30, 2010 10:09 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Dooley’s Vol debut
Will he open with a win?
He plays the Skyhawks
by Incipient_Senescence on Aug 30, 2010 10:09 AM EDT reply actions
Single wing? We're running the Zero Wing this year.
“It’s time”? Burn that shirt.
Cats — er, SkyHawks: ALL YOUR MIGHT
are belong to us.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
by birdjam on Aug 30, 2010 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Why, I believe there's a light at the end of this tunnel
Like a long work week,
This summer…much head to desk.
Thank God it’s football!
by VolnVA on Aug 30, 2010 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
(HMH snuck up on me…I wasn’t mentally prepared. Here’s a 3rd down heave to the endzone. If incomplete, I’ll have another attempt on 4th!)
Hey, at least we have
not backed away from the
Martin Skyhawks…yet!!
by Aerobab on Aug 30, 2010 1:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
(It's Football Time In Tennessee)
Jar of corn, sack of
‘taters; Dooley, slippin’ up
a holler. IFTIT!
by CornFromAJar on Aug 30, 2010 3:04 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Here we go!
Depth chart’s been released
Swiper’s song with Rocky Top
Dooley plays spoiler.
Ahhhhhh, hey what about my cheering?!! Ahhhhhhhh - Swiperboy
tennessee martin?
i’ve got an uncle martin-
no relation, though
thanks to denial, i'm immortal
by thetennesseethumper on Aug 30, 2010 9:33 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
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