Basilio Shredding UT Students.

#128
#128
Business said:
Most, not all, students I have encountered, well at least the last two times I went down to the student section, aren't there to raise hell.

There's nothing worse than going to a game and being the only hell raiser in your section.
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I don't suppose you were there for the MSU game? We had some ruckus in the section behind the endzone.
 
#131
#131
justingroves said:
Will not be cheaper but they will be in the student section.

I am a student here and will warn you: You will not have a good time sitting in the student section wearing your Bama gear.


You will get drinks, petro's and nacho cheese thrown at you
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wish I was coming since I'd love to sit in the student section again :)
 
#132
#132
IPorange said:
Honestly, 90 bucks for all the home games isn't much. Neither is 15 bucks to watch an underdog but scrappy Tennessee team take on hated rival #2 Bama. And let's keep in mind that while there MAY be 1,500 or so student tickets not sold, there are certainly about 10,000 that ARE sold and picked up. Perspective.
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With only 7 home games this year you only get one game for free by paying $90 in advance as opposed to $15 per game. If I were a student that was worried about best value for my entertainment dollars I would have not bought the $90 pass and would have picked the 6 I wanted to go to and paid per game. Then, if the teams performance didn't entertain me enough I'd scale further back from attending 6 games. That approach mitigates the risk of paying in advance for a bad product.
 
#135
#135
i'm not going but i'm not a student anymore. I was at UT 2 years ago when all you needed was your ID and after the ease of not paying I would still shell out the money to see us play the biggest rival our school faces. It's Bama for crying out loud and it's UT football. Why be a student if you are going to sulk about a few bucks..
 
#136
#136
I am a recent alum and if I were still a student I would go to every game if I were in knox. I work in retail now and I never get off weekends. I feel like many are taking for granted the opportunity they have in college and won't realize it til they don't have it anymore
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#137
#137
I think the simple fact of the matter is this -- As a whole, the UT students are all inspired by Bruce Pearl and the emergence of the basketball team and have gotten a taste of what it feels like to be excited for something. With football, there is nothing to be excited about. Students see articles in the Beacon and KNS about Fulmer and his raises and the next day find out tickets are no longer free. Therefore they equate the tickets as a way to pay for Fulmer's salary and, quite frankly, students are sick of his brand of boring football.

If we get blown out by Alabama this week and Fulmer is fired, I guarantee you student attendance would pick up for the next home game, even if it is Wyoming.
 
#138
#138
What's the point of a boycott if you've already paid for the tickets? Hamilton still has the money. Or do all the people who bought tickets at the beginning of the year still show up, and the boycott is made up of students who would have to pay for tickets per game?
 
#140
#140
atlvol1 said:
What's the point of a boycott if you've already paid for the tickets? Hamilton still has the money. Or do all the people who bought tickets at the beginning of the year still show up, and the boycott is made up of students who would have to pay for tickets per game?
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No one will be there to buy the ten dollar hamburgers at the food stand
 
#143
#143
TN Vol 0320 said:
I think the simple fact of the matter is this -- As a whole, the UT students are all inspired by Bruce Pearl and the emergence of the basketball team and have gotten a taste of what it feels like to be excited for something. With football, there is nothing to be excited about. Students see articles in the Beacon and KNS about Fulmer and his raises and the next day find out tickets are no longer free. Therefore they equate the tickets as a way to pay for Fulmer's salary and, quite frankly, students are sick of his brand of boring football.

If we get blown out by Alabama this week and Fulmer is fired, I guarantee you student attendance would pick up for the next home game, even if it is Wyoming.
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The students don't fill their alloted space with regularity for basketball.
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#145
#145
UTGRADnNC said:
That's not all true...They can always go donate plasma off 17th.
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I'm amazed that place is still there. When I was at UT in the 70's, I had a fraternity brother that had a very rare blood type and he would get like $200 for ever plasmapheresis. He was a walking gold mine.
 
#146
#146
The students should be happy that they gave them the option of paying for tickets instead of nickel and diming them in tuition dollars that they will never find out about.
 
#150
#150
Clemson Volunteer Fan said:
The students should be happy that they gave them the option of paying for tickets instead of nickel and diming them in tuition dollars that they will never find out about.
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I kind of disagree with that. If they had decided a little sooner that they were going to charge for tickets, then they could have worked some sort of deal where students had the option to simply add that $90 in with their tuition and fees. Given that many students pay for their tuition and fees with either student loans or scholarships, I imagine they would have been able to sell almost all if not the entire allotment. That's not to say that the average student shouldn't have the means to come up with $90 out of their own pocket, but simply, I imagine most students wouldn't think too much of adding $90 for football tickets onto the thousands they are already paying.
 
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