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Tennessee football: Did Vols troll BYU with plan to implement alcohol sales?

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee football will begin selling alcohol at Neyland Stadium on Sept. 7. Are the Volunteers trolling the BYU Cougars with such a decision?

We knew it was coming, but when it came was always a debate. Well, the first game in which Neyland Stadium implements alcohol sales as part of the new SEC policy will be on Sept. 7, according to news that broke Friday, when Tennessee football faces the BYU Cougars in the second game of the season at 7 p.m.

So here’s the question: Did the Vols do this on purpose? Of all the times in school history to implement alcohol sales at a stadium, what are the chances an SEC team would do it the same week they are facing BYU for the first time in school history?

In case you’re unaware, BYU has a notoriously strict honor code that is known for prohibiting drinking. As you can see here, students are not supposed to drink alcohol, chew tobacco, smoke, or even have coffee or tea. It then adds that smoking or drinking alcohol, coffee or tea is prohibited on campus.

As a result, it makes explicitly clear that there is opposition to students not just drinking alcohol on campus but actually drinking alcohol anywhere. They are not supposed to do it. Yet the football team will be at the first game for a team set to implement alcohol sales.

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Again, this just seems like a ridiculous troll by Tennessee football in response to that. Just to cover the history, BYU is a Mormon school. It is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and named after Brigham Young, who was the second president of the church the founder of Salt Lake City and the first governor in the Utah territory.

Young and former U.S. President James K. Polk, who was from Tennessee, actually have a history, which Dan Harralson of VolsWire has an article about. As Harralson advertises a book called “History Behind the Game: Tennessee-BYU” to read on the connections.

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But back to the matter at hand, what is clear is that BYU acknowledges this honor code being rooted in the traditions of the religion. Now, whether or not the students fully abide by that is a completely different story altogether. It just seems far to ironic for Tennessee football to implement alcohol sales during this game.

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