Leroy Guarantano

Pruitt: we’re going
Cheney: sends in play
O-Line: hustles up
Carvin: shifts side
Morris: licks lips
Trey: grins evilly
Crouch: hands twitch

JG: LEEEEROYYYY JENKINSSSSSS

— Neyland Mafia (@neylandmafia) October 21, 2019

Go Vols

Florida kid shows up to school with a homemade University of Tennessee shirt. He gets picked on.

UT sends him a bunch of official gear, decides to produce his t-shirt (with 50,000 pre-orders), and offers him a 4-year scholarship.

Random Fun

Love the throwback warm-up pants...

Let’s go gentlemen pic.twitter.com/PAAkwShEH9

— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) January 12, 2019

Fast!

Uhhh...4.12? https://t.co/5YIP9V40da

— Peter Foley (@pedrodit) January 20, 2018

UTK, NASA, and Ham Radio

Funny how themes sometimes appear on my radar...

"NASA chose UT as its winner, which will give the UT Amateur Radio Club time for a one-on-one chat with space station Mission Commander Shane Kimbrough."

Peyton!

Still mad about this...

😒 pic.twitter.com/Iz1tjRcbiM

— stefanie (@stefsaysgovols) February 27, 2017

UTK Diversity Dialogue Town Hall: Campus Carry

I wish I could make it to the Diversity Dialogue Town Hall: Campus Carry, but I've got a prior commitment for that time:

"The Division of Student Life’s Diversity Committee is excited to host the final Diversity Dialogue Town Hall event of the semester on Tuesday, November 15th at 6:30PM in Alumni Memorial Building Room 32. This Town Hall will cover the recently passed Campus Concealed Carry Policy (Tennessee Law TCA 39-17-1309) which allows generally all UT full-time employees with a valid handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun on UT property. 

We will hearing from members of the University of Tennessee Police Department, Faculty Senate, Students for Concealed Carry, and the Knoxville Chapter of Moms Demand Gun Sense in America."

Go Vols

I know most people don't follow this blog to learn about my football interests, but this tweet was too good to resist. (It means more if you know the Vols had lost the last 11 games to Florida and were down 3-21 at the half.)

This is literally me watching Tennessee beat Florida pic.twitter.com/uODkFx2AHp

— gmannVOLS (@gmannVOLS) September 29, 2016

Carry Permit Holders at UT: Part 3

Let's just hope all the bad guys registered:

"Police at UT-Knoxville had fielded requests from 72 employees who wanted to be able to bring their guns on campus, a spokeswoman there said Thursday."

Carry Permit Holders at UT: Part 2

More on UT campus carry including specifics about the registration process and a map of the gun free zones...

June 16, 2016 

To: UT Faculty and Staff 

From: Troy Lane, associate vice chancellor for public safety 

Subject: Information for Faculty and Staff about Concealed Handgun Law 

This spring the General Assembly passed Public Chapter 1061. The law, which takes effect on July 1, allows generally all UT full-time employees with a valid handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun on UT property. To read the law, visit http://utpolice.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2016/06/pc1061.pdf. 

The university has adopted a new safety policy at http://policy.tennessee.edu/safety_policy/sa0875 concerning firearms and has posted a list of commonly asked questions at http://policy.tennessee.edu/sa0875-firearms-faq.
At 8:00 a.m. on Monday, June 20, the University of Tennessee Police Department will begin registering full-time employees who intend to exercise their right to carry a concealed handgun on UT property on or after July 1. For a definition of full-time employees, visit http://policy.tennessee.edu/hr_policy/hr0105. 

To register, applicants are required to go to the UTPD office at 1101 Cumberland Avenue to complete the paperwork and sign the application in the presence of a sworn UTPD officer. Knoxville-area employees who intend to carry a concealed handgun on university property in the Knoxville area should come to UTPD to register. 

Applicants must bring their:
- Faculty/staff identification card
- Valid Tennessee driver s license
- Valid Tennessee handgun permit

The registration process requires applicants to acknowledge their responsibilities in carrying a handgun, which include their duty to secure and conceal it. UTPD will retain the list of registered permit holders, which can be shared only with other law enforcement agencies. 

Full-time employees are prohibited from carrying a concealed handgun into meetings about tenure and employee discipline. Full-time employees may not carry a handgun into any stadium, arena, or auditorium when university-sponsored events are under way. Other prohibited locations are hospitals and offices where medical and mental health services are the primary services provided: Student Health Center, Veterinary Medical Center, Early Learning Center, and the speech and hearing clinics. A map of all prohibited locations is available at http://utpolice.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2016/06/UT-Concealed-Carry-Map.pdf. 

This new law does not extend the right to carry a concealed handgun on campus to students. Therefore, full-time employees enrolled in a class or classes at UT are unable to carry a concealed handgun on UT property. 

UTPD will offer a voluntary training course that will cover firearm safety, reiteration of statutory requirements and limitations, a review of prohibited locations, personal liabilities, and other pertinent topics. Information on the classes will be provided to registrants. 

If you have questions, please contact UT Police at 865-974-3114.

Carry Permit Holders at UT

The following e-mail went out from the UT President:

New Safety Policy about Firearms on Campus On July 1, a new state law takes effect that allows Tennessee’s public colleges and universities’ full-time faculty and staff, who have handgun-carry permits, to carry handguns on campus. I want to share information about the law and the new safety policy we have adopted in response. Safety Policy 0875 addresses how UT applies the many different state laws regarding firearms and clarifies when an employee may and may not legally carry a handgun on University property. The policy, which also takes effect July 1, expands on the following key provisions of state law: Full-time UT employees with valid Tennessee handgun-carry permits may carry handguns on UT property, if: They are not enrolled as students; and They notify the law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over the UT property on which they will be carrying a handgun Employees must display their handgun-carry permits on request of law enforcement officers Employees must not: Carry a weapon other than a handgun Carry a handgun openly or in any other manner in which the handgun is visible to ordinary observation Carry a handgun at certain times and locations, such as: Stadiums, gymnasiums or auditoriums where University-sponsored events are in progress In meetings regarding disciplinary matters or tenure I encourage you to review the policy in its entirety and answers to frequently asked questions provided here. Additional information about implementation efforts will be shared soon by each campus and institute. Questions can be directed to the law enforcement contacts listed within the policy. I understand strong feelings exist regarding guns on campus and want to assure you of our unwavering commitment to the safety of our faculty, staff and students as we implement this change. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. I appreciate everything you do for the University. All the best, Joe

Campus Carry

Progress: Tennessee Campus Carry Becomes Law Without Haslam Signature

UT Amateur Radio Club Field Day

UT Amateur Radio Club Field Day - Saturday from 8AM to 6PM:

"The University of Tennessee Amateur Radio Club (www.utarc.org) is sponsored by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.  The club's purpose includes attracting science and engineering students to the field of radio communications. It's primary radio transmitting station is located in East Stadium Hall and serves as the emergency communications backbone for the UT Campus in cases of disasters and major events. 

The purpose of the UTARC Field Day Event planned for April 30, 2016 from 8 am to 6 pm is to: (1) interest students in this activity, (2) test its low power portable radio equipment, and (3) perform the annual exercise if its emergency communications capability. 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has already granted and issued a special event licensed callsign for this activity (K4V)."

Navy Leap Frogs - Neyland Stadium Jump

Extremely cool video of parachuting into Neyland Stadium.

Go Big Orange

Via the Ham Radio forum at AR15.com:

Of course, being from Knoxville, I'm a fan of orange (and white).

And it makes sense that I would like the orange on the TERMN-8R.

Power T

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is moving away from the UT System logo. The logo incorporates the image of the state.

They will start using the Power T in 2015. This is the same logo that athletics uses today. This seems to be a move to create more of a local, Knoxville identity.

But Coach Butch Jones has been preaching the idea of "One Tennessee" in an effort to lock up recruiting statewide.

Skywarn Advisory for the UT Football Team

Skywarn Weather Radar has a forecast of extreme intensity with heavy squats and a lot conditioning in Knoxville today pic.twitter.com/LiQ4o6ufcj
— Dave Lawson (@UTCoachLawson) July 7, 2014

Peyton

Because we don't have much to cheer for with the current state of our football program, we can focus on our glorious past.

Sportsmanship

Very cool...

"The release went on to state that “[d]espite being engaged in a heated conference game, both teams set aside their battle to show support for a football player, regardless of which uniform he wore. The act displayed both great sportsmanship by the teams gathered as one support unit as well as the impact that Lattimore had on his sport.”"

Coming Home?

hysteria has hit? @ClayTravisBGID are you sure? twitter.com/hmize/status/1…
— Hunter Mize (@hmize) March 12, 2012