Ahead of one of the fiercest rivalries in college football, fans and alumni of the University of Tennessee who live in the Atlanta area gathered at a tavern in Buckhead to cheer on the Volunteers.

As their former coach, Derek Dooley, competes for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia, most fans didn’t even know he was in the race — nor any other GOP candidates, for that matter.

They were more focused on defeating the No. 6-ranked Georgia Bulldogs. Dooley is the son of former Georgia Bulldogs head coach Vince Dooley. In the candidate’s most recent post on X , formerly known as Twitter, he shared an image of stickers that read “Dawgs for Dooley” in red and black font, with the caption “Coming to a tailgate soon!”

When fans recalled Dooley’s career at Tennessee, from 2010

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