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She said yes! UT's Rock was big enough for Vol being proposed to

The rock says: "I hope this rock is big enough. Will you marry me?"

The Rock on UT's campus has had many faces and its latest look is one that a Vol fan and her soon-to-be husband will never forget.

University of Tennessee Knoxville shared a photo of the Rock to Facebook Monday morning. It said: "I HOPE THIS ROCK IS BIG ENOUGH. WILL YOU MARRY ME?" and it had two rings on it.

The girl who was proposed to, Ashley Willoughby, commented on the post saying she said yes.

Willoughby woke up to the sweet message painted across the Rock on UT's campus on Saturday morning.

"We went to brunch first and he was on the phone a lot and I had no idea what was going on," Willoughby said.

Ashley and her fiance, Braden Smith, have been together for two and a half years.

"He told me he wanted to see my campus before I moved back home," Willoughby said. "Then he walked me from the parking garage to this and he proposed."

Two of her friends woke up at 10 a.m. to paint the proposal. Willoughby said her mom and a few of her friends were in on the big secret.

"It's kind of surreal. It's like I can't believe it happened," she said.

UT posted a picture of the proposal on its Twitter and Facebook page, getting thousands of reactions and hundreds of shares.

With college under her belt, Willoughby said she's thinking about fall 2019 or spring 2020 for the wedding.

"It's nice that everybody that went to UT is congratulating us," Willoughby said. "It just makes us feel loved."

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