Photo: Tennessee to honor late Nebraska punter in Music City Bowl
Days after Nebraska announced it will be honoring the victims of the East Tennessee wildfires in the Music City Bowl, Tennessee has announced a classy gesture of its own: UT players will sport a SF27 decal in honor of late Nebraska punter Sam Foltz.
#SF27 pic.twitter.com/EdtWuEjCA8
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) December 29, 2016
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Foltz was involved in a tragic car accident in July with LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye and former Michigan State kicker Mike Sadler as the three were leaving a kicking camp. Delahoussaye was the car’s only survivor.
Riley on Vols wearing 'SF27' decals: It's appreciated. "It means a lot to everyone in Nebraska." Losing Sam rocked everyone in the state.
— Patrick Brown (@patrickbrownTFP) December 29, 2016
The Volunteers will also be thinking of the East Tennessee wildfire victims, sporting the Smokey Grey uniforms.
It’s great to see both Music City Bowl teams thinking of the other team’s players and fans.
This year has been filled with drama and agony for both Nebraska and Tennessee on and off the field. First on the field, both teams early in the season thought they would win there divisions but wound up losing the division race to their rivals Wisconsin for the Huskers and Florida for the Vols. And then off the field before this season began, Punter Sam Foltz of Nebraska died in a car accident and then Pat Summit, who was an icon and a legend at Tennessee, passed away after a 5 year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. And then a few weeks ago the city of Gatlinburg, which is about 30 to 45 minutes outside of Knoxville, which is where I live. So this year’s music city bowl isn’t about winning a trophy, this is more of a healing game for both teams because both teams have a lot of heavy hearts to play with this year.