What a waste of a perfect early September evening.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football program couldn’t have asked for a more perfect stage to debut the 2021 Mocs than Thursday night at Finley Stadium. The temperature was in the 70s and far from humid. The opponent, Austin Peay, was ranked in both Football Championship Subdivision polls listed by the NCAA, which meant this was a potential win that would mean something going forward.
Especially with UTC in the top 20 in both of those polls.
And Mocs Nation seemed excited as it had not been excited for years regarding an opening night.
Or as lifelong fan and longtime season ticket holder Bo Hollis said before this one began, the First Horizon Pavilion filled with equal measures of fans and hope: “I can’t remember ever having so many people calling wanting to buy my tickets.”