Retired Army 101st Airborne Infantryman. Pyro-technician for the
#Vols
. Carpenter by civilian trade. Shook Arnold Schwarzenegger & President W’s hand.
My great grandpa carried this
#Bible
in
#WWI
and
#WWII
, papaw carried it in
#Korea
and
#Vietnam
, dad carried it in the
#FirstGulfWar
, and I kept it in my left breast pocket in Iraq and Afghanistan. My most prized possession.
So, my wife and I decided to open our gifts tonight so that
#ChristmasDay
is all about
#ManBabyEzra
The coolest gift she gave me was a picture she got made from a picture that was taken of me on top of
#NeylandStadium
…she said, as I opened it, “the only thing that comes close
I shoot the fireworks for the
#EggBowl
when it’s at
@HailStateFB
& I’ll never forget the last thing
@Coach_Leach
said to me last year before the game: “for someone who ho gets paid to blow stuff up for a living, you’ve got a decent amount of facial hair that isn’t singed.”
Looking for 2 tickets to the Vandy game this Saturday.
Some have lost faith & have reverted back to their negative fan stance, but I didn’t literally run 60.38 miles on the roof of Neyland reloading fireworks for home games to leave from a bump in the road.
#VFL
#PyroJesus
My wife’s daughter (19) got the shit beat out of her by her baby daddy.
So I get a call on the way home from work from her (my stepdaughter) asking me to come help.
Daddy rolls in hot.
Everyone wants to be nice when I get there.
Didn’t work out for them.
I now have a
I am not ashamed to admit that after we fired the 5 shots for the game win, I sat down on the roof of the skybox next to the freshly fired shots, and wept.
Not cried.
WEPT.
#VFL
#GB
🍊
#TennesseePyroCrew
@Vol_Football
Hearing “ERIC BERRY 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻” in Neyland Stadium today after he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at halftime had me legit crying on the North Roof.
Dude is a legend, the definition of humble, and no one is more deserving of the honor.
#EB14
Hear me out:
@UTKnoxville
needs to rename Lake Loudon Blvd to Hendon Hooker Blvd
OR
rename Circle Park Drive to Hendon Hooker Drive.
I’ll die on this hill.
#VFL
@henhook2
@Vol_Football
I believe in my
@Vol_Football
team. 100%. Will never waiver. I lived through Lane, Butch, and Jeremy.
Never left.
Always here.
We’re going to win.
Always.
My Vols.
I’ll never stop believing.
#VFL
God it would be so freakin awesome get to go watch the
@Vol_Football
game this weekend…but I have a newborn…and formula is more important than a $700 ticket.
I’ll be watching from home tho…light off bottle rockets for TD’s or something.
#VFL
#PyroJesus
#BeatTheDawgs
I just had a stranger walk up to me at the
#BasketVOLS
game and show me a picture they took of me on the roof of Neyland last Saturday and they said “are you that Pyro Jesus guy?!”
Hahahahah. This is wild.
#VFL
#PyroJesus
#VOLSPyroCrew
It took 13 years, but Karma finally came around.
My ex-wife just called to apologize for cheating on me and leaving while I was in Afghanistan…
…because the dude she did that with, she married…and he is cheating on her and she now understands how it feels.
How does that piece of shit Alabama defensive player not immediately get called for targeting on that hit on Daniels?
Not that I give a damn about anything to do with LSU, but Jesus Christ.
@SEC
get your damn shit together and make your refs hold Alabama accountable for just
We were soldiers once…and young.
This picture was taken in Afghanistan in 2008 during my second deployment. Very VERY long night. We dropped more mortar rounds in that fire mission, in one night, than any unit previous or since had dropped in a whole month. Roger Lewis from
As I drive to work, I can’t help but sit here and cry alone while thinking about how I’ve fought in 2 wars in some of the worst situations and conditions and some of the bravest dudes…and how there were times where fear crept in.
Last night was the scariest thing I’ve ever
@BarstoolTexasAM
Booing him for going down like players did multiple times during the game to slow down the Tennessee offense definitely happened, because that’s what it initially appeared to be.
But when it was realized that it was a legitimate and seemingly serious injury, the crowd was
Well folks, I’m off to bed. Gotta be up at 0400 to head to Columbia to shoot the fireworks for the game tomorrow night.
If you’re there, look for me on top of the scoreboard.
#VFL
#PyroJesus
Imagine a person who condones & excuses a man punching a woman in the face.
Now imagine a man who begged & pleaded to be rewarded for losing after historically insisting that the only thing that matters is W’s.
Two people are the same person…
…that man is named Nick Saban.
Pretty sweet seats. Some children (maybe 10 years old) were in the seats
@_lowrain_
gave me, so I just moved higher up a few rows. She was unnecessarily good to me; paid it forward.
#VFL
#BasketVOLS
We were Soldiers once, and young. Taken in Ramadi, Iraq in the early fall of 2006. Hands down the best platoon I was ever in, & I’d die for & destroy everything & everyone for every single one of these men at the drop of a hat.
#AbleCompany
#CURRAHEE
#BestJobIEverHad
Guess I should probably start stretching now…
@Vol_Football
is gonna have me running all over the roof of Neyland Stadium to constantly reload the firework positions tomorrow when they drop 70.
#VOLSPyroCrew
#VFL
#GBO
🍊
@pmfwhit
... your school didn’t offer and require all students to take an economics and Life Skills class?
I’m from podunk middle of nowhere and went to the only high school in the county and we had it. 🤷🏼♂️
I just spent the weekend being
@natebargatze
’s personal security in Knoxville for his shows. My sole purpose for being there, per the company I work for, was to make sure he was safe at all times. Don’t even know if he knows that, as it wasn’t requested by his tour management.
I can’t wait until my son is big enough to go to games…I’ll leave the roof and fireworks behind and pay for tickets to make memories with him like my dad did with me.
#BabyEzra
-and our hair isn’t red, it’s dirty blonde to blonde…His mom put a dumb fall filter on.
I just want all of you, ALL OF YOU, whether we’ve known each other since we were 6, fought in wars together, or if we’re just twitter friends that support one another, to know that I love you.
I’m taking a break from social media for a while.
Having said that, and until the
I’m proud of a lot of things I’ve done so far in life.
But being blocked by
#JoelOsteen
is still one of my most favorite accomplishments.
God that guy sucks so much.
In the last 5 days,
@OhioStateFB
has:
- got smoked at home by
@UMichFootball
- fired their President over the loss
- declined their offer to the
@rosebowlgame
- thrown a tantrum like my infant son about wanting the
@SugarBowlNola
instead.
Unreal level of unearned arrogance.
The end of the football fireworks season is a bittersweet thing for me.
I have to wait until next season to be on the north roof of
#NeylandStadium
, running around like a crazy person to light the sky up for the the Vols…which stinks.
But I also now get to spend the weekends
My mother in law (who is from Kentucky and is a Kentucky fan) bought me these because, and I quote, “he’ll never wear them because he doesn’t wear pants. He’s a shorts year round guy. So it’ll be my way of giving a little Kentucky justice to him because he is too nice to throw a
What was supposed to be a short patrol on the 24th turned into a long 2 days. We took turns in the 1 truck we had to try to warm up. But everyone went out the wire and everyone came back in it. All that matters. Christmas Day, 2008, Nerhk, Afghanistan. Pic taken by 1LT Reed.
I just had a random person come up to me while I was buying dog food at Walmart and say “ hey, you’re
#PyroJesus
from Twitter!”
This is wild, man.
#VFL
#VOLSPyroCrew
I can’t believe there are people that believe
#TheHolocaust
is made up.
So my Papaw Chapman just made up what him and his unit saw when they liberated Dachau?
My Grandpa Seiblick just made up being in Auschwitz for almost 3 years?
Unreal.
I just went to vote. Was informed that I’m not registered to vote& that I will not be able to vote today, as the registration period has ended and that my Retired Army ID card is not a valid form of ID form of ID.
This is not the America we fought for.
#Vote
@gmannVOLS
How did he mishandle it?
By playing Nico in only 4 regular season games which allows him to redshirt while getting him game time experience?
By not getting him hurt before his career started behind an extremely injured and thin offensive line?
Or maybe it was the year he
Hey
@Vol_Football
how do I get my dad to be the Volunteer of the Game for a home game this year?!
He’s a retired SFC from the Army and bleeds orange.
It’d be rowdy if we can make this happen!!!
The mother of my child is from Kentucky and is a Kentucky fan.
I informed her this morning when I woke up that she is my mortal enemy, and our son will wear nothing blue this week.
And then I told her, “I love you and I’ll talk to you again on Sunday.”
😂😂😂
#VFL
Jalin Hyatt on NIL deal: "The Hyatt team gave me the ability to create a deal that benefited my teammates and our families. ... Knowing my teammates’ families will all have help to be at the game, and that they are being cared for on the road is amazing.”
@SECNetwork
@CoachSBeamer
WE. DID. NOT. RUN. OUT. OF. FIREWORKS.
The camera changed to the sky view after we shot AND YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE THE SMOKE.
Holy shit. How many times do I have to say it?
Stakeout, night 2: multiple cameras are up in camouflaged locations with interlocking fields of view, and I am waiting patiently in a hidden location …I feel like I’m back in Afghanistan set up in an ambush posture.
This is gonna be fun.
If someone could get a picture of me standing on the north roof throwing my arms up for a touchdown as our fireworks fire, that would be freakin legit.
I’ve literally had dreams about it.
@Vol_Football
#VFL
#VOLSPyroCrew
#PyroJesus
The fact that the
@AP_Top25
has
@TCUFootball
at number 2 in their final rankings after they just got curb stomped 65-7, and the fact that
@AlabamaFTBL
is ranked ahead of
@Vol_Football
is absolute and total horseshit.
My wife is making me put up a
#Christmas
tree and house decorations…at 4 in the damn morning…because, and I quote, “you said it can’t happen until after
#Thanksgiving
because the turkeys deserve their day too.”
This is my new fresh hell.
EVERYONE had an extremely tough day and it didn’t take much to win it.
I missed being in the money by an ounce.
Literally, one ounce.
Was still better than being at work tho.
#Chickamauga
#BFL
#FishingIsLife
I understand the rolling blackout thing. I do, because I understand science and math. What I don’t understand is why a schedule wouldn’t be established and published for consumers.
This is twice that it has gone out while cooking.
In the final coaches poll, Nick Saban ranked Alabama 2nd and Tennessee 6th.
Butch Jones & Greg Schiano ranked Tennessee 7th, and Dave Doeren ranked them 8th.
Unbelievable level of insanity.
This is a true thing that happened tonight.
At pool league. Getting ready to start. Random dude who isn’t in the pool league comes up to me, while I’m about to break, and says, “I’ll play you $100 a ball.”
Me: “dude we’re playing league. Please wait until we’re done.”
Him:
“In a minute, I’m gonna litter the fuckin floor wit ya, so move the fuck on.”
To whoever this dude is, I promise if I ever run into you, your bar tab will be on me.
Everyone talks shit about New Yorkers, and while they have their problems, which we all do, they…the actual
This is one of my favorite pictures taken of me. Myself (left) and PFC Mike Zollo (right), during a short halt on patrol in Afghanistan, summer 2008. Definition of the Infantry in a picture…always have each other’s back. Pic taken by SGT Jesus Mendoza.
#101stAirborne
#Currahee