I probably wouldn't have a good time in Knoxville either, but Tennessee Volunteer quarterback Jonathan Crompton had a much worse time than you would normally hope to expect:
The worst part of his college days was the treatment off the field of his family, Crompton said, recalling the time a Tennessee fan approached his mother and said he hoped Crompton and his family would die in a car crash.
There were other incidents where Crompton and his family had to be protected from physical assaults from fans.
“I’ve only been back to Tennessee twice for games since I left,” Crompton said. “‘Animosity’ is probably the best word for how I felt for a long time. I know it wasn’t the majority of the fans, but there were enough examples that it really left a bad taste in my mouth. And I don’t want to have that bad taste toward my alma mater anymore. I really don’t.
“I could take it if they would just say things to me, but because they would yell things at my family, I developed a genuine dislike for that place.
Crompton tries to couch his statements by saying that there are some lovely people at the University of Tennessee and that they really aren't a giant gaggle of insane Napoleon syndrome blue blood wannabes, but evidence from the Vonn Bell commitment suggests otherwise.
