Just ask anyone who was at last season's Florida game. Each time, the Vols suffered a season-snuffing loss. What appears to be a bad omen, however, sometimes is not. When the circa 1961 orange Cadillac limo that travels to all the games ran out of gas at the Cleveland exit on the way to Athens, Georgia, last year, you could have read that as a bad sign. Turned out to be just bad planning, as the Vols prevailed over the 'Dogs once again.
Some omens can often be good ones.
I've been asked a number of times by nonbelievers why the Vols sometimes lose when I've followed every ritual, observed every sign. Someone ELSE has obviously done something wrong. After all, the stadium holds 106,999 other people, some of whom are not as faithful as I, and there are millions more fans out there in radio and TV land. I can't keep tabs on everyone. I have, however, started reading other significant horoscopes on game days.