Today a great guy I work with asked, when he found out I was at the Alabama-Tennessee game in Knoxville, how much it cost me to get into Neyland Stadium to watch the match-up between top ranked Bama and 9th ranked Big Orange.  I told him it did not cost me a dime.  My ticket, thanks to my friend Bob Biddle, was handed to me by a friend of his.  Lee is his name.  He handed me a ticket with a smile on his face.  He told me and Brother Tim Petty, also there and a partner in good fortune, to have a good time.  We did.  Thank you, Bob.  Thank you, Lee.

There were over 102,000 people in Neyland Stadium.  I wore an Ole Miss shirt.  I did not see another one.

Bob, Tim, and Davis lead the way.  How we stayed together in such a mass of humanity is a miracle.

A great deal of Orange was fashionable in Knoxville.

This sorry fellow above me was an obnoxious pain.  There are many of these in the Southeast Conference.  He made issue of my Ole Miss shirt.  I told him the place needed a little culture.  You know, books with words and not just the ones you get at Shoney’s with a box of orange crayons.  He was bad.  There was record decibel level at the stadium Saturday.  I have never heard anything like it.  The loud mouth behind me pushed them over the edge.  He shut up in a hurry.  Bama won 49 to 10.

We had a great vantage point.  Thanks again, Bob.

Bob and Davis look  on.  Rocky Top was not played enough for their liking.  The last time I was here with them we heard it 800 timed.  The Vols beat the Rebs 52-10 in 2011.

Neyland Stadium is truly one of the great venues to witness college football.  The place is to get a face-lift ready for the 2019 season.

Bama ran for 438 yards, the most they have had rushing since 1986.  The line play was awesome.  My hat is always off to the guys who, as my Mother says…”Block for him….help him!”  They helped him, Mom.

It was 49 to 10 with 11:38 left to go.  The Tide could have scored more.  They will, on someone else.

Of my College Football Predictions last weekend, I picked 8 winners and 5 losers.  It has not been a good season from a picking standpoint.   But it has been a good season so far.

Next month I will take my Dad to see UCLA host USC in the Rose Bowl.  Good times?  I will say it again.  I am very blessed.

Speaking the rights.

Danny Johnson