The Tennessee football craze is reaching beyond the history books and stamping its claim on the digital map.
On Wednesday, people noticed a new Google Maps landmark in Knoxville -- the resting place of the goalposts torn down in the Volunteers’ 52-49 win over Alabama two weeks ago.
The goalposts were victims of the pandemonium at Neyland Stadium when Tennessee kicker Chase McGrath knuckleball a 40-yard kick with time expiring. This gave the Volunteers their first win over Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide since 2006.
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The Vols partied like it was 2006, storming the field, lighting cigars and eventually tearing down the goalposts before depositing a piece in the nearby Tennessee River.
School officials quickly faced reality when they launched a campaign to raise money to replace the goalpost.
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The map marker has since been removed but the images of the goalposts traveling through Knoxville won’t be so easily forgotten.