Happy New Year! Go, Big Orange!

Happy New Year!  With one son and the hubby duck hunting, and another son recovering from an all-night gig, I have had a very rare day alone.  I have spent today in my pajamas, snuggled up under my new heated throw and watching Tennessee football!

The Sweets are die-hard Vols fan.  We love our Vols, and we are loyal in good times and in bad.  To excuse my extreme laziness today (I cannot go to sleep until all of my children are home, so I was up until 4 AM!),  I enjoyed creating a play by play poem to accompany our HUGE Vols win today!  Hope you enjoy it!

The New Year’s Day Saga of a True Vol Fan Mama

Twas the morning of New Years’ –

And all through the crib –

Not a sound of a jibber –

Not a sound of a jib!

With two of the family –

Gone to Missouri to hunt a duck –

With hope and determination, those camo crusaders

Will have a bit of luck.

With the musician of the family –

Nestled warmly in his bed –

With visions of the Broadway Bash

Still dancing in his head.

With laundry all done –

And letting all else just be –

The mama of the family sat down

To cheer on the Vols of Tennessee!

With her trusty pup, Fergus,

Sitting in her lap –

Fergus thinks he is Smokey,

And he loves his coonskin cap!

With a thunder clap of cleats,

The team ran onto the field –

They were ready for this game –

To Northwestern they would not yield.

The fans were all ready—

Bleeding orange in the stands—

Winning the 2016 Outback Bowl –

Would be awfully grand! 

Excitement drifted down – “Come on, boys--

You can’t be beat!

Send those wildcats pantin’

In that good ole Florida heat!” 

Dressed in classic orange jerseys –

And shimmering bottoms of white –

They needed a good morning  –

They needed to play tight!

Shaking off the nerves –

It was no time to be scattered!

First quarter didn’t go too well! 

Needed to figure out what was the matter!

On Foreman, on Dobbs,

On Randolph and Mixon—

On Hurd, and on Medley –

Butch wants you to kick some!

Dodging some bullets –

And charged with a penalty –

Getting their heads in the game –

To be the team they need to be! 

The first touchdown done –

Dobbs, he is the man!

Here comes the second quarter,

Northwestern – catch them if you can! 

Guest coach, Gruden, on the sidelines,

The energy was soaring!

The crowd was going wild –

A’ screaming and a’roaring! 

By halftime, things were looking sweet

For good old “Rocky Top”—

With an impressive and commanding lead  --

The boys from Tennessee weren’t gonna stop! 

Explosive plays to the left –

Dynamic throws to the right –

The Vols had got it together —

They had shown up for the fight!  

More touchdowns –

More plays and many amazing things!

More teamwork, more determination

And a little more sideline bling!

In a blink of an eye,

The third quarter was all done –

Fifteen minutes of play left on the clock  --

Would Tennessee complete the run?

Who’d ever have known that Dobbs

Was a switch runner. 

That touchdown was amazing –

Poor Northwestern—what a bummer!

In the last dozen minutes,

The rest of the story was told.

The Vols finished their task.

Good ole Rocky Top finished bold!

Our season might not have started off

To show particularly our best –

But in the final round –

The awesome Vols certainly passed the test!

The analysts called ours –

 a “season of near misses,”

But in the end, there were lots of

Chest bumps and congratulatory kisses! 

A chant was heard, as the Big Orange bus

Drove out of sight –

“Happy New Year to all –

2016 is gonna be all right!’  

Go Vols!!