Filed under: Tennessee, UNC, Bowl Games
NASHVILLE -- This time the Tennessee team lost in the Music City Miracle, Part Two.
In an end of game scenario that will be dissected as closely as the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, Derek Dooley, the unluckiest head coach in college football history, managed to lose another game after he'd already won it.
And this one hurt even more. Cut deeper. Left Volunteer fans staring forlornly at the heavens wondering what in the world the fan base has done for karma to so completely desert the program. As Tennessee fans rained down bottles and other paraphernalia on the officials leaving the field, North Carolina's coaching staff exploded out of the coaches booth screaming along in tune to Rocky Top: "Sloppy Top, Sloppy Top, you'll always be a**holes to me!"
The loss left Dooley nearly speechless. "Well," he said, pausing for a moment, "I thought I'd seen it all in Baton Rouge."
So did Tennessee Vol fans who'd watched Tennessee lose to LSU on a final untimed down after being flagged with 13 men on the field. Once more Dooley's Tennessee Volunteer football team snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. With 31 seconds remaining and no timeouts left, North Carolina took possession of the football at its own 20, trailing 20-17. The Tar Heels were still in the game because Daniel Lincoln, the Vols senior kicker, had his extra point blocked after a go-ahead touchdown by Tennessee.
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