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Big Orange Club of Birmingham Birmingham Alabama Chapter of the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association

April Letter from Mike Hamilton

Submitted by BBOC on Wed, 2008-04-02 05:43.

Dear Friends,

It's a great time to be a Tennessee Vol!

Our spring sports are having a great season, with six of our seven men's spring sports currently ranked in the top 10.

Along with our men's basketball teams' second consecutive run to the Sweet 16, our indoor men's track team finished the season ranked fifth with outdoor track currently ranked third, our swimming and diving team ended the NCAA championships this weekend ranked ninth , golf is currently ranked eighth and our tennis team is ranked tenth. Two weeks ago, our baseball team under first year coach Todd Raleigh swept their series with LSU for the first time in school history.

Spring Football is in full swing. I hope you will make plans to be at the 2008 Spring Game on Saturday, April 19. Admission is free. The combination of a number of prominent returning starters with the new offensive staff members and a new quarterback will make the trip to Neyland Stadium worth your while.

Today we announced an exciting change to our football schedule with the UCLA game moving to Labor Day night September 1 in the NFL Monday Night Football time slot. This is an incredible opportunity to showcase our program and our university on the national stage. Instead of opening the season at home on Aug. 30 against the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB), Tennessee will open the season at UCLA for a Labor Day night match-up on ESPN at 8 pm EST. Tennessee will have an off-week on Sept. 6 and play UAB at home on Saturday, September 13. That game will be tentatively set for 7 p.m.

Yesterday we announced our football season ticket prices for the 2008 season will be $315 for seven home games. The price represents a $19 increase for the season or $2.71 per game. The new price is tied for fifth with Arkansas in the SEC. A total of 14.25 percent of the $315 season ticket price, or approximately $39.29, is sales tax. Chairback seat season tickets are $3 more per game.

Bruce Pearl Thanks The BBOC

Submitted by BBOC on Thu, 2008-01-24 16:17.

Please know how much we appreciate your support. Its great to know
we have fans everywhere, even in ALABAMA... forwarded me the email about the local fans of the Vols and Lady Vols getting group seating. With you, the fans, we would not be able to continue on.

GO VOLS!
Bruce Pearl

Subscribing to our Email Newsletter

Submitted by BBOC on Wed, 2006-09-20 10:02.

Subscribing to the BBOC newsletter is easy. Enter your Email address (and Name if you want to) and click Subscribe. Watch your email for a confirmation email from the BBOC. You must confirm your subscription before you can receive the BBOC newsletter.

If you do not receive a confirmation email - check your SPAM folder/bin - it could be in there. If it's not, it's possible that your ISP is blocking our email address. You can contact your ISP and ask them to unblock bham.rsvp@bigorangeclub.com. It might be easier for you to get a free email account just for the BBOC newsletters and announcements. I recommend using Gmail - if you do not have a Gmail account please contact the webmaster and we will get send you an invitation for a Gmail account.

Want to get involved?

Submitted by BBOC on Mon, 2006-09-18 19:23.

Our club is run entirely by UT Fans and Alumni who give freely of their time to make it possible for the 2000 UT friends and alumni in the Central Alabama area to have a place to celebrate their Big Orange team spirit. If you wish to get involved, please contact John Jackson at 205-329-0376.

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