Dabo Swinney will never forget Tennessee week from his playing days at Alabama. Why? Because all they heard was “Rocky Top” blaring through the loud speakers repeatedly on the practice field.
“Rocky Top” of course is the fight song for the Tennessee Volunteers and it is played quite often during Tennessee home football games. The song, which was originally a country, bluegrass song performed by the Osborne Brothers in 1967, made its debut at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Oct. 21, 1972, coincidently in the Alabama game.
To this day, Clemson’s head coach still hears it running through his head when anyone even brings the song up.