The slow road to Rocky Top
Headed to Knoxville this weekend?
Leave now.
The pretty drive through the mountains got a lot longer after a weekend rockslide shut down a section of I-40 west of Asheville near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line. It could be closed for months, officials say.
The North Carolina DOT recommends this detour: For drivers traveling west, take I-40 West to I-240 West in Asheville to I-26 West. Follow I-26 West from Asheville to I-81 South in Tennessee and back to I-40.
Forget flying, unless you want to pay $1,000 and make a connection in Charlotte or Atlanta.
Better just to put in some music, expect delays and enjoy the views.
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USC football beat writer Joe Person has covered the Gamecocks since the start of the 2002 season. He's been on the college football beat since 1993. 
I think UT planned the rockside so Gamecocks fans won’t make the trip…..lol.
Hey Bellaboo, all of UT wants every gamecock fan to come over. Your team couldn’t score in a two-bit house of ill repute if every player had a sack full of quarters.
We saw Spurrier at Fla. when he ran the fun and gun, now we see him at S.C. with the “Three And Out”.
Hurry on over!
did we beat yall last year? like 27 to 6 or something like that?
JAFO;Lil Kiffy will take another beat down this time from the Master just like you got last year…Here Comes THE ROOSTER…Go Cocks (Its probably best we can’t get to hickville, Neyland stadium looks like an erector set ready to cave in)
The only thing we need to do in order to beat UT other than put eight in the box is…DO NOT ALLOW SPURRIER JR. TO CALL ANY PLAYS AT ALL…it’s very obvious when Jr. is calling plays and when the HBC is running the show, we actually put up points when the evil genius takes over
@JAFO says:
October 25, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Hey Bellaboo, all of UT wants every gamecock fan to come over. Your team couldn’t score in a two-bit house of ill repute if every player had a sack full of quarters.
So dinner is at your home???
I’m making that trip. It will take a lot more than a rock slide to keep me away. Go Cocks!
JAFO, at least we can read well enough not to be standing in line at a WAREHOUSE like you rocky toppers.
Joe wrote, “The pretty drive through the mountains got a lot longer after a weekend rockslide”
Question: Does this mean there is no more rocky top? It has fallen as surely as the vols will on Saturday night!