Spring Game Attendance

rexvol · 05-21-2007, 10:34 AM

I guess this is a fair indicator of how the fans feel about the upcoming season and the state of their program. Which leaves the Vols slowly falling behind. Let's all just close our eyes and drink the kool-aid as we slip into mediocrity.

Spring Game Attendance Figures
Alabama - 92,138
Arkansas - 2,000
Auburn - 31,757
Florida - 47,500
Georgia - 21,407
Kentucky - 5,000
LSU - 14,375
Ole Miss - 17,000
Mississippi State – 8,000
South Carolina - 35,153
Tennessee - 17,409
Vanderbilt - 2,000
TOTAL – 293,739 (Average: 24,478)

**tidwell** · 05-21-2007, 10:53 AM

Yep, LSU is doomed. Ole Miss had a higher Spring Game attendance than they did.

**hohenfelsvol** · 05-21-2007, 10:55 AM

Life as I know it has now turned upside down.

Vol Mania 21 · 05-21-2007, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rexvol

I guess this is a fair indicator of how the fans feel about the upcoming season and the state of their program. Which leaves the Vols slowly falling behind. Let's all just close our eyes and drink the kool-aid as we slip into mediocrity.

Spring Game Attendance Figures
Alabama - 92,138
Arkansas - 2,000 Auburn - 31,757
Florida - 47,500
Georgia - 21,407
Kentucky - 5,000 LSU - 14,375
Ole Miss - 17,000
Mississippi State – 8,000 South Carolina - 35,153
Tennessee - 17,409
Vanderbilt - 2,000 TOTAL – 293,739 (Average: 24,478)

Those are pathetic, but arkansas really surprises me for some reason

truefan · 05-21-2007, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by rexvol

I guess this is a fair indicator of how the fans feel about the upcoming season and the state of their program. Which leaves the Vols slowly falling behind. Let's all just close our eyes and drink the kool-aid as we slip into mediocrity.

Spring Game Attendance Figures
Alabama - 92,138
Arkansas - 2,000
Auburn - 31,757
Florida - 47,500
Georgia - 21,407
Kentucky - 5,000
LSU - 14,375
Ole Miss - 17,000
Mississippi State – 8,000
South Carolina - 35,153
Tennessee - 17,409
Vanderbilt - 2,000
TOTAL – 293,739 (Average: 24,478)

This has nothing to do with anything and is not an accurate indicator of positive results the following season. After the '85 season. Vols had 75,000 at their Orange/White game in 1986. Record for 1986...6-5.

Totally meaningless.

droski · 05-21-2007, 11:01 AM

Spring game attendance is inversely proportional to quality of other entertainment options in the area.

**tidwell** · 05-21-2007, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by droski

Spring game attendance is inversely proportional to quality of other entertainment options in the area.

Yeaah... Arkansas and Mississippi State's attendance numbers prove that.

**volmanjr** · 05-21-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by tidwell

Yeaah... Arkansas and Mississippi State's attendance numbers prove that.

Must have been several bug zapper watching parties going on that weekend.

sickemsmokey10 · 05-21-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by tidwell

Yeaah... Arkansas and Mississippi State's attendance numbers prove that.

it's true for Ole Miss. My sister goes there and I visit there sometimes and there's nothing at all in Oxford. They have one mall and it has a bookstore, movies, and JCPenny's in it. Other than see an Ole Miss sporting event (even that's not too fun to watch) there's nothing else to do there.

Donald-N-McCoy · 05-21-2007, 11:16 AM

Spring games don't count for squat so many people don't bother to go watch them. You could wait and watch the highlights at utsports.com and get the same out of it than watching it in person.

rexvol · 05-21-2007, 11:17 AM

can you argue that it's not a fair indicator of the level of excitement around a program?

Donald-N-McCoy · 05-21-2007, 11:18 AM

Alabama must have promised beer to the fans to come to their spring gm.

Donald-N-McCoy · 05-21-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by rexvol

can you argue that it's not a fair indicator of the level of excitement around a program?

yes i can argue that its not a level of excitement for the program. Half of UT support probly had a job to attend, while the toothless rednecks at UA had nothing better to do. Its a spring gm ppl, UT will always have 100,000 in attendance for their gms, how many other programs can say that?

9296potsguy · 05-21-2007, 11:33 AM

Alabama had two things going for it. New head coach and a revamped stadium. We have neither, so there was none of the "I got to see it when it first happened crap."

JZVOL · 05-21-2007, 11:37 AM

The spring game sucks. I've been to the last two and would really like the university to apoligize for the giant waist of time it was.