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1998 TEAM OF DESTINY

Throughout the season the VOLS pushed through test after test, but during the game against also 8-0 Arkansas, a/k/a the famous Clint Stoerner fumble game, everythinglooked bleak once again, just as it had against Florida, and Syracuse before that.However, with the whisper of destiny back in the fold, the aforementioned Stoerner’s foot got stepped on by the late-Brandon Burlsworth, Stoerner used the ball to try to steady himself, but he fumbled the ball and it was instantly recovered by the VOLS defensive star Billy Ratliff, who had caused Burlsworth’s rapid retreat in the first place,in a fateful play that will never be forgotten by the living VOL fan!

At that point, there was absolutely no stopping the VOLS’ Travis Henry, as he accumulated the last and most crucial of his game-high 197 yards on 32 attempts, and he scored the game winning touchdown. Only 2 November cupcake games against Kensucky and Vandy Boys remained on the schedule stood between the VOLS and a march on Atlanta to play SEC-West Champs, the Mississippi State Bulldogs, coached by the colorful Jackie Sherrill.

https://utsports.com/sports/football/roster/1998

BIG ORANGE TUX PHOTOS: 1998/1999

Even Florida State fans enjoyed the Big Orange Tux, January 4th, 1999
Signing the bottom of the goal past from the Tennessee vs. Florida Game, 1998
The field after Kick Off – January 4th, 1999
The Big Orange Tux, pre-game, January 4th, 1999
Leading the VOLS onto the field, January 4th, 1999 – Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/Run Through the T
Leading the VOLS onto the field, January 4th, 1999 – Photo by Patrick Murphy-Racey/Run Through the T
The Big Orange Tux with UT MBA class of’99
Image of leading the team on the field – January 4th, 1999
The National Championship Ticket (untorn!) with John Ward’s signature
Image of leading the team on the field – January 4th, 1999
Game Day, Kirk Herbstreit and The Big Orange Tux January 4th, 1999
Grandparents, John A. O’Connor and Rebecca Winters attending the Tennessee vs. Kentucky (46-0) Game, November 24th, 1938
The victory feeling after the game and at the airport, January 5th, 1999
J.R. Greene and Carrie Schwartz
J.R. Greene and Blaine Cloud, after the game, January 4th, 1999
The Big Orange Tux performing Rocky Top at the pre-game Tostitos concert venue, 1999
The Big Orange Tux and another super VOL fan, January 4th, 1999
Flying to Phoenix, AZ, Mark Sykes, Robbie Pope and J.R. Greene, January 2nd, 1999
Victory image after the game was over, January 4th, 1999
John T. “Punch” O’Connor, Mayor of Knoxville 1932-1935 – Photo by City of Knoxville

BIG ORANGE TUX PHOTOS: 2022/2023

ESPN Game Day, 24 years later, Florida vs. Tennessee Sept. 24, 2022
Altha Stewart, MD and J.R. Greene, 2019, Dedication of the James Greene, MD University of Tennessee, Department of Psychiatry Chairman Portrait
A little Game Day reunion, Kirk Herbstreit and J.R. Greene, September 24th, 2022
Friends before a TN vs. Bama game- J.R. Greene, Whitt Taber, Jonathan Johnson, Robbie Pope, and Walt Barron. October 24th, 2020
J.R. Greene, Josiah-Jordan James (Triple J), Uros Plavsic, and Greene’s son) at the 2022 Super Regionals
J.R. Greene’s daughter’s illustration of the Big Orange Tux
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary with the 1998 Championship Team!