This sticker, honoring the five military service personnel who were killed July 16, will be on the helmets of the UTC Mocs football team, which plays Saturday night.
When the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team runs onto Gordon Davenport Field at Finley Stadium on Saturday evening, the Mocs will be carrying the loftiest expectations in program history.
They have a top 10 national ranking in the Football Championship Subdivision and the knowledge that surpassing last year’s record-setting success is within reach.
Those Mocs also will carry with them a silver-dollar-sized reminder of the evil that visited our city this summer.
Affixed to the Moc’s helmets will be a circular sticker with the 7-16-15 date at the top, the hashtag #noogastrong in the center and the UTC “Power C” logo at the bottom.
One member of the UTC athletic department said they did not make a big deal of the tribute because it’s a fine line between commercialization and commemoration.