Attendance was over 100,000 for the second straight year

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I don't remember there being a thread about this, so I think it's OK to pat our fans on the back for buying a lot of tickets and supporting the team as much as we do considering the somewhat disappointing season.

UT averaged 100,968 for six home games, with Neyland Stadium and it's capacity of 102,455 being the fifth largest facility in college football.

I know not all tickets were used, but still it was a great turnout in 2016 and shows once again that we have great fans - fans that deserve to be treated to championship level football.

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But why wasn't it sold out every game? P&ss Poor Fans!
 
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Boca Vol said:
But why wasn't it sold out every game? P&ss Poor Fans!
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I've got a 50" tv, a hot wife, and a recliner. I like to watch from home instead of sitting behind, in front of, or beside a bohemian hillbilly screaming his drunk head off on 3rd down when we've got the ball.

I did, however, make it to the bowl game. The bohemian was there immediately to my right.
 
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nothing like a game experience...smell the smells and eat and drink your fill and cheer for the Big Orange...almost heaven...:angel:

GO BUTCH AND GO VOLS!
 
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kentucky sucks said:
I've got a 50" tv, a hot wife, and a recliner. I like to watch from home instead of sitting behind, in front of, or beside a bohemian hillbilly screaming his drunk head off on 3rd down when we've got the ball.

I did, however, make it to the bowl game. The bohemian was there immediately to my right.
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So, how's your hot wife Kentucky doing?
 
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kentucky sucks said:
I've got a 50" tv, a hot wife, and a recliner. I like to watch from home instead of sitting behind, in front of, or beside a bohemian hillbilly screaming his drunk head off on 3rd down when we've got the ball.

I did, however, make it to the bowl game. The bohemian was there immediately to my right.
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My apologies. I will try to only be loud when we're on defense next year lol.
 
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Loyal fans does not equal smart fans. We have a lot of stupid fans that can't see past their noses. But they are loyal!
 
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Sure attendance was up because they hype train was rolling. But I'm sure 100,000 didn't actually show up every game, and especially after the Bama embarrassment. Tickets were flooding the ticket markets.
 
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I would say these figures are suspect. I know of two games this year that they never announced the attendance. Was not even in the paper the next day.
 
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During the past three decades, I've been more often a part of the Vols fans' traveling caravan than an attendee at Neyland. I love Neyland and Knoxburg, but that's just how it's shaken out. The traveling caravan of Vols fans manifest the best in us - affable, good-natured, generous, accommodating, and easily parted from our money without remorse - the qualities which endear us to chambers of commerce everywhere.

While away from home, I've not witnessed the worst in us, nor the boorish Bohemian Hillbilly referenced in an earlier post. We cheer. We roar with approval. We sing Rocky Top loud enough to drown out stadium announcements. We don't dye foreign fountains orange. We don't curse around small children. We don't pick fights in the stands.

I have witnessed traveling Vols fans pitch in to move a malfunctioning vehicle, pick up the tab for an opponents' fans at the concession stand, and empty an entire row to make easy an elderly couple's way to their seats. I've seen a middle-aged man bedecked in orange & white get hit in the side of the face by a thrown hotdog, walk it back to the hometown tailgaters, and ask, "Is this for me? If it is, will you put a little more mustard on it, please?"

This is the milieu. These are my people, and I am privileged, proud, and pleased to be counted among them. GBO.
 
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kentucky sucks said:
I've got a 50" tv, a hot wife, and a recliner. I like to watch from home instead of sitting behind, in front of, or beside a bohemian hillbilly screaming his drunk head off on 3rd down when we've got the ball.

I did, however, make it to the bowl game. The bohemian was there immediately to my right.
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With the $$$$ your saving on donations and tickets you should have at least a 60 or 70 inch TV.
 
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