Connor Butler

Christian. Husband. Father. Tennesseean. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@JoshPateCFB Don’t think there could ever be another game top it for me personally. Hopefully will have some shared experiences with my son that’ll surpass it, but having grown up on the stateline that one will be tough to beat as a standalone game.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

Got to stay with my Dad through the weekend to watch this one on a Monday night. Stayed up no telling how late on a school night watching all the postgame coverage. Great game and memory.

[Back Then Football @BackThenFB]

When Tennessee had an epic comeback to beat #4 LSU in Death Valley #GBO

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

Good as you’ll find
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[Andrew Whaley @andrew_whaley]

AMEN(T) @NewMarketMauler

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@coachbrucepearl My childhood home had burned down just a few weeks prior. Watching this game was one of the best memories I have with my Dad. As proud as I’d ever been to be a TN fan up to that point in my life. Thanks for the memories coach! https://t.co/RwLKmxR6Pd

[American Nostalgia @AmericanNstlg]

An American Legend

Be Davy Crocket

>Born 1786. Tennessee frontier.
>Poor.
>No formal schooling.
>Hired out as a boy. Beaten.
>You run away.
>Learn fast.
>Hunt to eat.
>Read when you can.
>The forest becomes your teacher.

Winter, 1825.
>Snow deep and tracks fresh.
>Bear signs heavy along the ridge.
>You follow.
>Rifle primed. Dog ahead.
>One shot.
>Not clean.
>The woods go silent.
>You know what comes next.
>The wounded bear turns.
>Charges.
>No crowd. No applause.
>Only death and distance closing.
>You hold steady.
>Second shot.
>Impact.
>Silence again.
>You walk forward slowly.
>You do not celebrate.
>You skin and you carry.
>You feed your family.

War of 1812.
>Creek War.
>You fight under Andrew Jackson.
>You see ambition. You see power.
>You go home.
>Farmer.
>Hunter.
>Storyteller.
>You enter politics.
>Backwoodsman in buckskin.
>But sharper than they expect.
>You oppose corruption.
>You oppose land grabs that crush settlers.
>You vote against the Indian Removal Act.
>You say:
“I would rather be politically dead than hypocritically immortal.”
>You lose your seat.
>You do not apologize.
>You say:
“You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.”
>You ride south.

Alamo.
February 1836.
>Outnumbered.
>No illusion of rescue.
>You write home.
>You trust God.
>Thirteen days.
>Walls shake.
>Final assault.
>>You fight like hell.
>No surrender.
>You die inside the mission.
>Age 49.

Leaves behind:
A hunter who understood patience.

A rifleman who faced charges in forest and fortress alike.
Proof that courage is steady hands under pressure.
An American Legend larger than life.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

Man what a message! Thank you Lord for your grace and love

[𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕒 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕕 🎚️ @sola_chad]

“You are not too far gone that you can’t get it back … feel distant from God? You can get that back! … He’s quick to forgive and slow to anger and He’s waiting for you to run back into His arms!”

-Phillip Anthony Mitchell

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

Happy birthday Dad https://t.co/54zBd0ffMR

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@jlunce Muscle Shoals was closer to top 5 than outside the top 10. Program deserves way more respect than it gets but will never happen since located north of Birmingham. Unreal what they consistently accomplish with their enrollment numbers & talent base relative to the rest of 6/7A.

[Vol Network @VolNetwork]

🎙️

[Noah Taylor @ByNoahTaylor]

Aug. 28, 1967 — Married song-writing duo Felice and Boudleaux Bryant checked into a room at the Gatlinburg Inn and penned “Rocky Top” 58 years ago today.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@ByNoahTaylor Nice! Not sure if this poster is an Adidas advertisement or not, but the look of it makes me think it might be. Came across it online somewhere and have never been able to track back down.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@briancrice Any possibility the font goes away on uniforms but the wordmark stays in place?

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@bdsquarepants Lol I can see the resemblance!

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@NeylandPress_ @VolNetwork Sounds like a line a young Mike Keith would’ve took inspiration from.. Can’t wait for the broadcasts this fall.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

Tennessee to the bone right here

[Callum @callum_vol]

“From Memphis to Bristol. From the Alabama border to the Kentucky border you’re going to find people who are Tennessee through and through and his blood really runs with a deep hue of orange. That’s what I’m looking for at Tennessee..”

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@CFBNerds Clueless claims were towards anybody claiming legal expertise that NCAA had TN dead to rights when average joe using common sense knew NCAA wouldnt win, and didnt. Potential ramifications were known as tampering and pay for play was already reality, TN just got singled out.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@PeterBurnsESPN @Vol_Football Hate it for him if being forced by those around him. Can’t have a single player holding program hostage, especially the supposed team leader. Have to be willing to let him go for sake of locker room, but even if you do call bluff and he returns there’s fractured relationships.

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@BoardGeniuses https://t.co/hMrBzxNx50

[Connor Butler @C_Butler14]

@ClayTravis The fans, university, & entire state when it comes down to it with the legal support against NCAA last year, have supported him as much as possible. Even if deal isnt top of market anymore it doesnt deserve to be based on his play to date. Sad for him if driven by others.