Barely...the canned music that plays between every damn play prevents them from being a part of the game.
I dont consider myself that much of a traditionalist but that needs to go away...now
Dude I think you need to look up how holograms work and realize that idea is not only incredibly unfeasible but insanely exspenive.I’ve said it before - if UT wants to spice up the fanbase, get not only more creative but think well outside the box. Rather than silly color-changing flashing lights, get holograms. Imagine a hologram frontiersman striding on the field or roaming the stadium during timeouts. Imagine, right after a successful Vols FG or PAT, a giant hologram football splitting the uprights and landing in the stands. Imagining one of our many Vols legends in uniform showing up giant size during a timeout waving at the crowd or reenacting a game moment. Or leading the band to a rendition of Down the Field or Rockytop. There are so many things that are possible if the university would just have the guts to be REALLY DIFFERENT. Creating instead of following new trends.
What's a CD?The constant canned music one of the single most uninspired things I could imagine for a Tennessee football game. "Hey, let's play the same songs off the same NFL Generic Music Library CD Volume 2 that everyone else plays." It has nothing to do with Tennessee. Nothing. And they're playing it all the time now. Every time I hear it on the TV I just shake my head. It feels like they're playing this song or that song or whatever every other down. I even heard them play "Jump Around," which is WISCONSIN'S whole thing but hey whatever, right? Just push play. Stop worrying about it. People love it. And that'll always be the counter-argument. "But the crowd loves it." Well sure but the crowd will love a lot of things you do -- unless it's "Smokey's on the Prowl" which was a bad idea all around.
The crowd wants to interact. They love having things to do, to repeat, to make tradition. But coming up with unique things the crowd will love is hard. Pressing play on a music CD filled with songs the crowd already knows is easy. So we get boring CD music you could hear at any stadium in America. Dull. Generic. Filler.
That sounds like I'm watching the new Space Jam movie. Not a fan.
Dude I think you need to look up how holograms work and realize that idea is not only incredibly unfeasible but insanely exspenive.
Fans don’t need gimmicks, they just want to see their team win.
Looks like the teams we have played at home are not bringing their fans to Knoxville. That will change.Hadn't noticed this before. LOVE the various VOLS logos.
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I feel there is an effort to help fans fall back in love with the Vols.
The announcement when the stadium opened was like boarding a plane. It was just different, and fun.
Things are different y'all.
I know, lame. But things are changing. For the better.
Dear Vollygirl, Want to go to a music festival or fashion show, be my guest and head to the beach or NYC. I’m here to watch football and not for the sideshow. You sound like a Vandy fan. They are losers. I like to win. “There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. I do, and I demand my players do”. Vince Lombardi. Again, want to play games, go to the state fair. We play football in Neyland. Winning matters.You read what the post was about, but opened to tell us .. what? The most over used two words on Volnation?
Everybody wants to win. But you're a spectator. You don't play the game, you just watch it. If the only thing you care about is the score on Saturday, why are you here?
My father was in the military. We listened to John Ward and hung on every word. I’ve bled orange since a kid. Live in Tennessee, got my UT room all decorated up, met many of the players, graduated with BS and MS in engineering from UT and UTSI. Having someone question “why are you here” is fighting words. Bring it on! Telling thousands of fans who can’t make the game in person “why are you here” is getting personal and ugly. I’ve been to maybe 50 games in my life and love the thrill of the opening ceremonies, the alma mater, but most important is how we play and yes, did we win. If you don’t value winning, go to a movie. No winners there and lots of Hollywood to look at.I was against you until your last sentence/question. That's a really good point lol
So it's not OK for someone to ask "why you're here". But it's fine for you to say that thousands of other fans shouldn't be here because they aren't doing exactly what you want on game day? That sounds suspiciously like this...My father was in the military. We listened to John Ward and hung on every word. I’ve bled orange since a kid. Live in Tennessee, got my UT room all decorated up, met many of the players, graduated with BS and MS in engineering from UT and UTSI. Having someone question “why are you here” is fighting words. Bring it on! Telling thousands of fans who can’t make the game in person “why are you here” is getting personal and ugly. I’ve been to maybe 50 games in my life and love the thrill of the opening ceremonies, the alma mater, but most important is how we play and yes, did we win. If you don’t value winning, go to a movie. No winners there and lots of Hollywood to look at.
The constant canned music one of the single most uninspired things I could imagine for a Tennessee football game. "Hey, let's play the same songs off the same NFL Generic Music Library CD Volume 2 that everyone else plays." It has nothing to do with Tennessee. Nothing. And they're playing it all the time now. Every time I hear it on the TV I just shake my head. It feels like they're playing this song or that song or whatever every other down. I even heard them play "Jump Around," which is WISCONSIN'S whole thing but hey whatever, right? Just push play. Stop worrying about it. People love it. And that'll always be the counter-argument. "But the crowd loves it." Well sure but the crowd will love a lot of things you do -- unless it's "Smokey's on the Prowl" which was a bad idea all around.
The crowd wants to interact. They love having things to do, to repeat, to make tradition. But coming up with unique things the crowd will love is hard. Pressing play on a music CD filled with songs the crowd already knows is easy. So we get boring CD music you could hear at any stadium in America. Dull. Generic. Filler.
Has anyone noticed.. the PA announcer doesn't say "First Down Tennessee" anymore.. It's "First Down VOLS" with a strong emphasis on the word VOLS.