Salute to the Hill - UT Band - Rocky Top 

Come on now people. I'm an unabashed Vol fan and loved watching this video; however, I have been fortunate enough to see UT games at UF, Auburn, UGA and Alabama and the atmosphere there is just as electric at you see in this video. There is nothing that will ever compare to the excitement, energy and emotion of an SEC football game. Go Vols!

I ain't even going to lie there was more energy and excitement in this 8 minute and 31 second video than, probably the entire 2 hour and 30 plus minute game... No one, I mean no one!! Does it better than my beloved USC Trojan marching band lol,. Then again...

This is flat out awesome!! Makes you wanna be a Tennessee fan!! Always loved rocky top. Just college in general, what a spectacle!!!

I've seen this a hundred times in person and still get chills watching it! It's almost football time in Tennessee!! This year, I wanna see this through the streets of Miami in January!! Go Big Orange!!

Nothing better than the vol walk for me.

There's nothing like experiencing this in person. Gives me chills.

Oh be still my heart! To watch the band coming down the hill & listening to ROCKY TOP. There's nothing like being there & taking it all in! It really pumps you up. Hopefully in the near future our team will get back on the right track. Love The Pride of the Southland band and love my VOLS❤

Nothing like a UT game ANYWHERE... and I'm a ND season tickholder!!!!

Absolutely nothing makes my blood boil the way Rocky Top does.

While I am not a UT fan I LOVE Rocky Top! I wish my school went this half nuts over Football like they do at UT.

oh my gosh, i used to live in TN, and my son just graduated there in May 2010. These people go crazy over this college. i came from KY in 83, and we sure didn't go crazy over UK, like they do here, people even paint their cars and houses orange and white, lol.

It just doesns't get ANY SWEETER!!! Brings a smile to my face and a tear in my eye all at the same time!!! Husband gratuated in 1973 and our son in 2006.....Husband will pay for grandchildrens tuition as long as they go to UT!! Oh, and we're born, raise and live currently in Pennsylvania!!! But our blood runs Orange!!

Devoted Washington Husky here. Rocky top is by far the most unique fight song ever. coming down the hill before every game is a great tradition in my opinion. Go Dawgs!

I'm an Oklahoma alum, and I've got to say there's no other school, athletic program, or band (other than OU's) that I respect quite like Tennessee... and of course the real UT is in Knoxville! Go Sooners and Vols!

DO WHAT? WHAT?what? THREE SONGS?tHATS BETTER THEN ONE rocky top band.

It is pageantry like this that makes college football untouchable by the NFL! And thanks for beating up on UGA for the last two years! Rocky Top!

BEST SONG EVER!!! EVEN BETTER SINCE ITS BY UT'S BAND!!!

Wish there was one of those non-stop 10 hour versions of this

I`m a proud parent of a member of The Marching Illini. And after watching this how any fan or parent of a member of the U of T marching band can keep it together I don`t know. (I had tears in my eyes.) Outstanding!! I love "Rocky Top".

Good job UT. I once asked for a flat top haircut in Knoxville... but she gave me a "Rocky Top" instead! I didnt ask for the UT special. Altho I am an LSU fan, this is one of the best pregames in college football. I agree with the earlier post in that THIS is part of what makes college football great!

I WAS RIGHT THERE LAST WEEKEND!!! Remarkable in that I live in PA 10 hours was worth it! UT is a special place. The fans are tops My daughter is UT. AND THE BAND!!!! AWESOME!!!! Go Vols

Not too big of a Tennessee fan but Rocky Top is one that sends chills down your spine.

LSU has alot of tradition and alot of great stars that made it to the pros

this is what makes the vols better than any other school the traditions this atmosphere is addictive as far as the team we are sub par now wait we will win the sec in a couple years...love the vid

I may be a u.k fan but watching the Tennessee band play rocky top always made my heart speed up.i love it.

Thanks, Mike. Perfect shareable for the 2014 season!

Im a Clemson fan and happen to play the sousa in the band. However, i was born and raised in Tennessee =). still have some rocky top in me, I hope Tennessee the best and their band the best. Though it looks like the band is still doing great haha

There's usually alot more fans than that. Alot of construction too but I love me some Vols! It's almost football time in Tennessee again! GBO

this video is the best one i've seen it realy shows you what it is like to be there. been there many times it never gets old

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME COLLEGE TRADITIONS IVE EVER SEEN, AMAZING THE VOL FANS, IM A TRUE BLUE PENN STATER BUT THIS IS SO COOL. KUDOS TO THE PRIDE OF THE SOUTHLAND BAND AND THE VOL FANS, WHAT A COOL TRIBUTE TO YOUR SCHOOL, ONE DAY I HOPE TO SEE IT LIVE!!!

I got to see this for the first time last year and have to say it was pretty cool. With all the people etc. Excellent time!

My high school gets to march with the UT band and perform our halftime show at the UT-Buffalo game on October 1st. you all should come out to support us. this is the first time in 60 years that a high school has done this, and the last high school was my high school. you need to look up the Dobyns Bennett Marching Band

Go Vols.always love this video...Tennessee home sweet home. Vol for life..🏈🏀

I hope to see my daughter marching with them, playing her trumpet, in about 7 years when she goes to college! They are absolutely awesome!!

Love it ! GO BIG ORANGE!!!! BEST BAND IN THE LAND ! BEST ENTRANCE EVER! GO VOLS!

Best pre game in the country....and I'm a uga grad, always loved coming to Knoxville

Yet they play it so well.

Im from St Louis..And I love this song!! Makes me wish I lived there..I love Tennessee!!

As an Oregon fan, I traveled to Knowxville for this years game. What I saw was a great Oregon team, but I also saw a young Tennessee team with enormous potential. Next year, or maybe in two, the Vols are gonna be back near the top of the SEC again. Thanks for the hospitality, Vol's fans, An believe me, as great as the salute is on RU-vid, it's even better in person. Hope you guys can come to Eugene soon so we can return the favor.

This was great! As a new resident in Tennessee, I am now a devoted fan. This video helped inspire me.

@mtiger37 cool. You will have fun. I am a Duck fan who went to the Oregon Tennessee game in September!! I loved the whole thing!! GO VOLS!! GO DUCKS!!

The Tennessee band has always been classy. I remember coming up to Knoxville when Ole Miss would play the Vols, and the Vols would play Forward Rebels during their pregame. Very classy. Although we won in 09, it will be interesting to see how Ole Miss does against the Vols this year.

This. I love you for this. Perfect.

Once several years ago, I had the good fortune to escort one of my granddaughters to an invitation from the music department to attend a game. We were seated in the band section before they "marched" down the hill. As we sat there we could hear the band and crowd up at the other end of the stadium. My granddaughter look around and ask where are the fans? (she expected to see 90+ thousand people) I told her to wait. The band has not started inside yet. I knew from past trips the fans don't really come until after the band finishes and starts to inter the "bowl". Sure enough, by the time the band was on the way to their pregame locations, the seats were starting to fill with the 90+ thousand she was expecting. Go Vols!!

Love the video. I'm a Knoxville native now in LA who is bringing a bunch of Bruins to the UCLA game. They WILL be seeing this video to let them know what it's like to be at a football game in the South. UT has the best pre-game ceremony of any school.

I'm from Los Angeles and I'm a huge USC fan (I know you guys hat Kiffin), but I think Rocky Top is beyond awesome! Great song, Vols!

Great band! The majorettes are great, too!

We are the Champions ... Roll Tide Roll ...

LOVE!! Majorettes rule!!!

Looking foward to my 1st Ever TN Game on 9/18/10 Looking foward to seeing this LIVE and in person

Oh God, Neyland stadium. Absolutely stunning.

This Is what real football is.

Fan of a different UT (the one in TX), but Rocky Top is a great fight song. Well done!

Still can't believe the Tennessee band has yet to be awarded the "prestigious" Sudler Trophy. They are better than some of the bands that have gotten it, including several bands from the SEC.

I cant wait to go to my first Vols game when my Oregon Ducks go to Neyland. I live in Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh and have been a Duck fan since 2001!! GO DUCKS!! Good luck Tennessee! Hope Dooley works out for you!!

This is the best version of this I have seen on youtube. Thank you

Go vols! dooley is gonna bring us back to the top :) a little less than 8 more months till football time in tennessee!!!

although I am an LSU tiger, this pre-game routine is very good... I was in Golden Band from Tigerland and we did/do something similar to this as we run down our 'hill' in baton rouge, LA

oh my gosh i can't wait to do this hopefully next year if i get into UT and the pride

Great tradition. Looking forward to playing yall in 2014 and 2015. BOOMER SOONER!!

tenn football may stink but atleast the band will always rock go vols

I'm all teary eyed!

wow...good!!! i very like music of The University of Tennessee

Good Ol Rocky Top I love hearing it.-Indiana Boy. GO VOLS

Early September is always an exciting time in Knoxville, because every true blue Vol fan is convinced they're going to win a national championship. By mid-September, they're just waiting for November, so they can take out their frustrations on Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

Great Job! Outside of the AUMB you guys are my favorite band in the SEC!

It may not be the "March to Death Valley" but this is pretty darn good! Another great SEC tradition. In football, only 3 things matter. The AFC, the NFC and the SEC

nice camera work...GO VOLS!!!

I'm a Gator fan to the end, but I must admit that Rocky Top is prob my favorite fight song. And this video shows why the college atmosphere will always be better than the pros

@pikezh563 No, "the Hill" is actually where the campus was first built and is right next to the stadium. You can't see it from this video, but where they stop and turn is actually right at the bottom of it.

I am a live and die UGA fan, alumnus, and proud supporter, but I have to say that UT has it going on with this fight song, Ole Smoky, and the UT marching band. I love the old southern tradition this brings out when I hear it. Except for when they play Georgia, I am always pulling for the VOLS.

I HAVE to experience this someday! I will see a tennessee game SOON. From ohio-GO VOLS!!!!

@seamus1956 I'm a huge UT fan and I was at the Oregon game too. I was pleasantly surprised by the friendliness of the Oregon fans I met because in SEC country we normally dont like anyone other than fellow UT fans haha. Its cool to hear opposing fans who enjoy our pregame traditions as much as we do. And Ive heard Autzen stadium can get a bit loud as well itd be awesome to watch a game there.

Thanks for this video, I enjoyed it. I am transferring to UT next year and cannot wait. I have talked to the band director and I am going to be marching the the "Pride of the Southland Band" as a tuba player. I am so excited to be a part of this band. I am so ready for school to start next year!

Its just about time...GBO!!

I'm so excited! My fiance and I will be living in Knoxville, where we will be attending UT, starting in August!

i love how right before fight vols fight you hear the whole band yell MARK TIME!! One of my favorite parts is the first rocky top after salute to the hill is finished.

Wish that I was on ole rocky top down in the Tennessee hills ain’t no smoggy smoke on rocky top ain’t no telephone bills once I had a girl on rocky top half bear the other half cat wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop I still dream about that rocky top you’ll always be home sweet home to me good ole rocky top wooo rocky top tn

@pikezh563 "the Hill" is actually a hill where the campus was first built and it's right next to Neyland Stadium. Where they stop and turn is actually at the bottom of it though you can't see this from the video.

i do have to say imma LSU fan all the way but i love the rocky top song

It may not have been the captain's fault that she dropped her baton as the girl who tossed the baton to her may have tossed it out of her reach. In any event, she, along with the other girls good and fun to watch.

From across the pond - Simply great. hope to jet across 1 day and watch live (and maybe a game or 2!) If anyone can help me to get tickets please respond by all means. looking forward to 2011-12 season and hope the Vols can knock the gators and tide off their perch and maybe face my fave team, ND in the NC game. Which reminds me of the first college match i saw where a certain Rocket ran rings round the Vols D

then home to the Kentucky Wildcats!!!!! that streak is over this year VOLS!!!!!!!

And that unique "boom-chicka-boom" beat in Rocky Top lets you know the train is coming from a mile away.

@tubasaresexy Cant wait to see you there. Im also a tuba playa! GO VOLS

GO BIG ORANGE!

Imagine that band going down the alley in Animal House.

Oh, wow, I have chills for you. It's amazing. Do Vol Walk first. Coaches and players. Then head just a few yards over to wait for the band. it's all worth it.

I sometimes go for Tennessee but not really a fan, but rocky top is one of the probably in my top 5 fight songs

Also, congrats on the fantastic finish and going bowling this year. Good luck in Nashville, hope you stomp on the Heels.

I would like to be the firts Bama fan too say we were sorry for Playing our fight song everytime you band was playing, But we play our fight song after every score and Bama just kelp scoring and scoring. Roll Tide Roll,

This is THE best pregame band video I have ever seen on You Tube. Thanks for that. Nice to be excited about being a Vol again, no?

Uh, nope. Lived here my whole life. It never gets old.

Well we can always talk about Ole Miss traveling to Florida. Whats that saying "No one leaves the swamp alive?" HAHAHAHAA Rebel Pride~! BTW, Im looking forward to the Vols coming to Oxford, will be an exciting game!

oh my gosh I'll be doing this for my first time on saturday!! c:

Go Big Orange!! VFL 🍊

@MrBlackjack24 3 weeks till band camp! I can't wait!!!!

Janzen Jackson dismissed from UT, he couldn't stop smoking dope. What a Dope.

Tennessee Rule!

i was there at the corner!