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What's with Tennessee's official football team motto "Dat way?"

Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:43 am
Posted by Tidemeister
Member since May 2016
1234 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:43 am
"Dat Way" is really UT's official motto for this year. What does it mean? Don't know who approved it or invented it, but it must be brilliant.

EDIT, turns out Coach Jones sat down with staff and players and wanted to come up with term to inspire team for this year...details, accountability, and teamwork, thus the new inspirational acronym. Pretty cool way to motivate team, it may yield good results on field too.
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 3:50 am
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
8906 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:47 am to
Is this real? There's no way this can be real, right, guys? I mean... come on. That can't be real. No way.

:suddenly remembers Butch Jones is involved:

Oh God...
Posted by WhiskeyPapa
Member since Aug 2016
9277 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:49 am to
quote:

"Dat Way" is really UT's official motto for this year. What does it mean? Don't know who approved it or invented it, but it must be brilliant.


It is easy to imagine that the players as a group don't really identify with Rocky Top that much.
Posted by Tidemeister
Member since May 2016
1234 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 3:53 am to
quote:

It is easy to imagine that the players as a group don't really identify with Rocky Top that much


Location: Knoxville, Tn., U.S.A.

Man: "Where can I find Rocky Top?"

Other man: "Dat way."
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
8906 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 4:02 am to
Then... why did they choose to go to UT?
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67482 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 6:23 am to
quote:

What's with Tennessee's official football team motto "Dat way?"

It means the wins they were supposed to get went "Dat Way"
Posted by WhiskeyPapa
Member since Aug 2016
9277 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 6:25 am to
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Then... why did they choose to go to UT?


Because they did a virtual tour of Tuscaloosa.
Posted by Crowknowsbest
Member since May 2012
25872 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 6:25 am to
Quite a motto for a university's football team. At least half of it is an actual word.
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
8906 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 6:34 am to
Upvoted for effort.
Posted by Kraven Moorehed
Franklin
Member since Dec 2015
2325 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 6:37 am to
First I have heard of it. Thanks for informing me.
Posted by mrbroker
Sylacauga Alabama
Member since Jul 2011
16505 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 6:56 am to
there was a MLB who played for TAMU years ago Dat Nyung. He was a heavy hitter.
Posted by MeatPants
Member since Nov 2015
8853 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:17 am to
The south officially sucks
Posted by Gary Busey
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:20 am to
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57002 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:20 am to
third down for WHAT?
Posted by Jacknola
New Orleans
Member since May 2013
4366 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:47 am to
At least in Louisiana, the "yats" actually say "dat" when pronouncing the word "that." So the Saints motto, "who dat?" actually makes some illiterate sense... as in "who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints, who dat? who dat?."

By the way, a "yat" is short for "where ya'at?" which is the way most coonazzes greet each other. "Yat" is the Louisiana equivalent of redneck, or moonshiner, or ridgerunner, or barner...
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 10:29 am
Posted by GameCocky88
Mount Pleasant, SC
Member since Dec 2015
4837 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:54 am to
Vololol One: "Where's the butt funnel?"

Vololol Two: "Dat Way."
Posted by CrimsonCrusade
Member since Jan 2014
5145 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 10:26 am to


Posted by atlgator
Jacksonville, Atlanta, Gainesville
Member since Aug 2014
5520 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 10:28 am to
There's no coach in America more corny than wife beater Butch Jones
Posted by WhiskeyPapa
Member since Aug 2016
9277 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 10:33 am to
quote:

there was a MLB who played for TAMU years ago Dat Nyung. He was a heavy hitter.


Dat Tan Nguyen.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
118918 posts
Posted on 6/19/17 at 10:35 am to
Dat Way inspires them?


I like Who Dey, but then I'm not a life champion.
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