Tennessee Makes Fundraiser To Help Pay For New Goalposts After Fans Threw Theirs In The River

Tennessee Makes Fundraiser To Help Pay For New Goalposts After Fans Threw Theirs In The River

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It was quite the scene last night in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Volunteers beat Alabama in a classic, 52-49. That, of course, triggered a massive celebration inside Neyland Stadium that included the first field storming in Knoxville since 1998.

Naturally, those that stormed the field tore off the goalposts.

You can start to see them go down

Then, they took them downtown and paraded them through the streets.

And then, they ended up in the Tennessee River.

Quite the scene in Knoxville. Only one problem. Tennessee hosts UT-Martin this upcoming weekend at home, and now they’re down one set of goalposts.

Tennessee sent out a tweet asking for donations for a new set of goalposts

On Sunday, Vol Athletics sent out this tweet asking for donations to raise money for a new set of goalposts.

It’s unclear how sincere the tweet is, seeing how the athletic department revenue is around $140 million. But, it seems to be a great time to capitalize on the biggest win for the program in decades to raise some extra cash.

some people are upset that they’re even asking for money.

But, I think it’s not really for the goalposts at all, and so does this person.

Either way, I’m sure they’ll find a way to have a new set of goalposts at Neyland Stadium on Saturday.