9-1-16? (Vols' season opener moved to Thursday)

#202
#202
I admit that I'm indifferent to the situation but am surprised by a different circumstance.
It seems that each time a current list of our opponents is posted, a large number of people post complaints about playing non power five teams.
Usually followed with comments about "who would pay such high prices to see us play team X".
Move 1 game to a Thursday and suddenly a large majority were traveling in and bringing all 27 of their children. All with non refundable hotel rooms and a work load that particular week that cant be adjusted in any way.

It has to be true for some and for those posters, I do feel for you.
Maybe you get a good price for your tickets and can put the money towards a different game.
But I'm also sure there are others that were never going to the game but have been chewing their tongue off waiting for the newest reason to ....
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
I can't believe people are complaining about this.

Are you people not fans of football in general?

There are so many good games that Saturday, as a football fan I'm glad we were moved. Now I can watch Auburn/Clemson and Alabama/USC without having to miss them just to watch our Vols destory an overmatched opponent.

Now the football fan in me gets to watch all the great games that Saturday.
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To be fair, with the way the television selections usually work and the level of opponent we play in week 1, UT would have most likely been playing much earlier in the day anyways.

You likely wouldn't have missed either the USC/Alabama or the Clemson/Auburn game because of ours.
 
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TrueOrange said:
To be fair, with the way the television selections usually work and the level of opponent we play in week 1, UT would have most likely been playing much earlier in the day anyways.

You likely wouldn't have missed either the USC/Alabama or the Clemson/Auburn game because of ours.
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Bama is at 8 EST and the Barn is at 9 EST. We would have been at noon according to UT. Wouldn't have been cool that's for sure.
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
Hart said SEC approached him after ESPN asked SEC to move another game to Thursday night.

Surely a lot of $$$ incentives here for TN and I bet we can get more recruits to the game since all of them will want to go to Auburn Clemson, Bama-USC, UGA-UNC ect on Saturday.
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Almost NO recruit will be able to miss walkthroughs during the HS football season.
 
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Cons:
1. No tailgating.
2. Rushing to campus right after work.
3. No parking (school is in session. Including night classes. Parking hell)
4. Late exit from the game. Late to bed. Crappy next day at work.
5. It's a holiday weekend. Taking a 4 1/2 day weekend isn't an option.
6. If you don't live in Knoxville, the above point really screws you.
7. Tailgate Tennessee. If you bought this, you are now screwed. If you provide catering to these groups, you are now screwed. If you provide other services to Tailgate TN / tailgating, in general, you are now screwed.
8. Hotels now have cancellations to deal with.
9. This is now a give-away ticket for many people, so get ready for Cousin Rick and his clan to come on down to Neyland, not pay attention to the game, and leave at half-time.

Tennessee screwed up here. They put out a schedule, allowed people to make plans, then created a logistical hot mess, even this far in advance. They can talk about how "exciting" this is, but it's really not.

Pro:
Tons of tickets on the street, so mine will be a nice seat for cheap.
 
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jwells said:
Cons:
1. No tailgating.
2. Rushing to campus right after work.
3. No parking (school is in session. Including night classes. Parking hell)
4. Late exit from the game. Late to bed. Crappy next day at work.
5. It's a holiday weekend. Taking a 4 1/2 day weekend isn't an option.
6. If you don't live in Knoxville, the above point really screws you.
7. Tailgate Tennessee. If you bought this, you are now screwed. If you provide catering to these groups, you are now screwed. If you provide other services to Tailgate TN / tailgating, in general, you are now screwed.
8. Hotels now have cancellations to deal with.
9. This is now a give-away ticket for many people, so get ready for Cousin Rick and his clan to come on down to Neyland, not pay attention to the game, and leave at half-time.

Tennessee screwed up here. They put out a schedule, allowed people to make plans, then created a logistical hot mess, even this far in advance. They can talk about how "exciting" this is, but it's really not.

Pro:
Tons of tickets on the street, so mine will be a nice seat for cheap.
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Pile of ridiculousness.
 
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#217
When the ball kicks off nobody will care what day it is.

I understand the frustration for the nes with tix and work during the wk.
 
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VOL 4 Life 83 said:
But there also has to be some sort of fine print or disclaimer when said ticket holder purchases the ticket that things like this may happen correct?
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Not so much "moved around to another day" though usually (barring like a weather/tragedy-related cancellation, but those are probably refundable/reimbursed too...so it might not be the best of comparisons).
 
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mrmax86 said:
For those of you that forgot, we also played in the first FOOTBALL game of 2016, as well, in the Outback Bowl. We're getting our name atop of lots of lists. Hopefully we'll be the last game of the CFB year too.
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Well, I mean to be fair, the first FBS game of the upcoming season's going to be Cal vs Hawaii on Friday Aug 26th.

So we're not entirely the lead off game for the 2016 season. (We are the SEC Network's first broadcast game of the season though.)
 
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bleedorange0037 said:
My ticket renewal paperwork for this year says "game times subject to change". I suppose it's open to interpretation as to whether that should encompass moving the game to a different date altogether.
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That's usually been more about the time of day the game ends up being scheduled (because of television broadcasting selection though). I think "date/day and time subject to change" may usually be the wording for that, but I could be mistaken.
 
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