We aren't the Steelers and don't need anymore gimmicks
The fans show up and do their duty. We just really want to be entertained with the team winning meaningful games..........
I apologize ahead of time if someone has already mentioned this idea. On the other hand if nobody has mentioned this idea what does everyone think about issuing orange and white towels to everyone in Checkerboard Neyland?
I am sure I am in the big minority here but I am not a fan of the checker boarding, whiting out or whatever other gimmick of the week. It seems when we do that all the talk is about the gimmick and not the game. The game should be about the team. I am more interested in what it looks like on the turf than in the stand. It just reeks of doing something cool. I tell you what I think would be cool. It is 3rd and 2 late in the GA game and everyone knows we are going to run it up the gut and our team has an attitude of stop me if you can. I get a much bigger charge out of that than worrying about what shirt to wear to the game.
Not to discourage the most passionate fans in the world from posting creative ideas for honest critique, but...
Problem 1 to consider: From any distance and on TV, checkered towels will look peachy-pink. "Goooo Big Peach!"
Problem 2 to consider: Impossible to wave a towel without obscuring the view of people behind you. Let's not discourage ticket sales, especially as TV coverage keeps improving.
If we're going to bring something extra to the stadium to enhance home field advantage, my vote is for something that makes NOISE. Tactically-appropriated noise effects play on the field. Visual things... not so much. If waving towels behind a clear basketball goal doesn't effect free throw shooting, it's doubtful they will effect much on the field.
But I grant you, they would add something to "the pageantry that is college football." They'd also be good for dobbing sweat in those Sept-Oct games on the sunny side of Neyland.
I don't get this mentality. This is about the university proving something to enhance the fan experience for something that the fans have started and made legit. This requires zero effort on the fans end and would be provided by the university. Not only would it look cool but it'd be fun to have a souvenir from the game, hopefully including the memory of a VOLS W.