1. Always live in the past!
If there is any requirement of a Tennessee Volunteer fan it is most definitely a requirement to live in the past! Live in those games many ions ago when the Volunteers actually won a game. As a loyal Tennessee fan you must boast of past accomplishments and how good they used to be because it is incredibly relevant to each current season.
2. When you get tired of living in the past, live in the future!
This may be a tie with #1! In order to be a dedicated Tennessee fan and make it through several occasions where the Volunteers don’t pull through with the win, you must always live in the future. Easy status updates could possibly be, “Just wait until next year! #GOB” “It’s a rebuilding year!” “What a horribly called game! Those refs are awful!” So if the current team or season doesn’t seem pleasant, look forward to next year when we will have the best players in the nation come to Rocky Top!
3. Coordinate fan clothing to decorate Neyland stadium!
Make it about the fans! Make it about the charades, the beautiful, never annoying school anthem, and about decking out the stadium with that gorgeous, stunning, angelic orange. Of course, you should never make it about the players because you must wear the right color and sit in the right section! And don’t forget to upload several pictures to Instagram of how the checkerboard stadium looks for everyone who hasn’t already seen it 27 times.
4. Over exaggerating when winning is a must!
In the extremely rare occasion that Tennessee does win a game against a team that has never been ranked in college football and definitely isn’t an SEC team, exaggerated celebration is a must for a Tennessee fan! Make sure you tweet and update your Facebook status about how that was SUCH a BIG WIN for VOLNation!!!! How that it’s such a great day to be a Tennessee Volunteer! And post lyrics to the school anthem that NEVER gets old!
5. When in doubt, blame the coach!
When the Volunteers aren’t having the best season possible you can always blame the coach and say that it is entirely his fault. It won’t have anything to do with the lack of talent on the team, the lack of recruitment by the program, or any of the other several coaches they pay to have on the coaching staff, and it is strictly one man’s fault that Tennessee is having a perfect winning season.
6. Don’t fret, there’s always basketball!
Don’t worry. When football season doesn’t go the best, the Volunteers will always have basketball season to look for. The Tennessee basketball program is really talented and we can always look forward to the VolNation taking over!
7. You can always talk bad about Vandy!
If you need someone to pick on, you can always argue how much better Tennessee is than Vanderbilt. They have such a horrible football program and come nothing close to the prestigious football program of The University of Tennessee.
8. Always choose class!
Tennessee fans never forget to “Turn Down For What” on the opposing team’s third down. How clever this slogan and song is to play during those third downs. This adds to the classiness of being a Volunteer along with playing such a classic song from Lil’ Wayne.
9. Remember everyone is a rival!
From Kentucky, to Vanderbilt, to Florida, and Alabama – these teams are all considered, in some way most fans forget, to be a BIG rival to the Volunteers. It’s important, as a committed fan, to remember they anyone who Tennessee plays is a HUGE rival!
10. Never, Ever, EVER admit that Tennessee is just BAD!
Pay no attention to the four-year losing streak, the lack of coaching, the lack of recruiting, or lack of having talent; it is never due to the fact that the football program may be incompetent! The Tennessee Volunteers are never bad, there is always an excuse that causes them not to win, the coach, the refs, “it’s our rebuilding year,” “we have young players,” the reasons are endless.
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