Campus is dead

#76
#76
Brave Volunteer said:
I'm watching Boise St and Florida State right now. There's a ton of empty seats in that stadium.
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I just noticed that. It's shocking how many empties there are, but I can't blame anybody for not wanting to endure that heat plus they've got a hurricane coming.
 
#77
#77
Gandalf said:
To them, I say much as I said to a desperate king, long ago, that in two ways may a man come with evil tidings. He may be a troll or negavol; or he may be such as leaves well alone, and comes only to bring aid in time of need. It is the latter, that I ever endeavor to provide.

Now I will ride off before @Catbone or @BeardedVol with their wormtongues comes to this thread to whisper their evil poison from the Dark Lord Saban on how the lack of 100k in the stands demonstrates the fans have no faith in Pruitt and we should abandon the season forthwith. LOL
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#78
#78
Home opener against a cupcake I figured it would be packed to open the season. Hope people come out today!! Maybe no one cares about GA State...
 
#79
#79
They've lost a lot of fans like me that used to attend every game and slowly lost interest when they hired idiots like Kiffin, Dooley, Jones and finally a guy that sounds like he couldn't run a high school team much less a $100 million dollar brand like Tennessee. Sorry but I'm just too apathetic anymore and while I'll always support them, the only money they get from me is whatever my views from TV generate which I'm sure isn't much.
 
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#83
#83
TNnative said:
They killed boomsday? I blame Madeline Rogero.
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The city did, but with how much revenue UT football brings Knoxville you would think the athletic dept could have pushed to keep it around. Honestly I think the athletic dept should have offered to share some of the costs b/c those Labor Day weekend games were always packed
 
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#84
#84
Great crowd and experience here ... Iā€™m pleased with the crowd and the enthusiasm. Itā€™s hot ! A member of the Band passed out at halftime. Did I mention itā€™s hot.
 

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08Vol said:
Killing Boomsday didnā€™t help either. Use to be easy to convince my friend group of UT grads to road trip to Knoxville for opening weekend and Boomsday. Since Boomsday was killed my group hasnā€™t been back for opening weekend and Iā€™ve only made a few of them
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Wow..
 
#86
#86
It's apathy. Somebody on here talked about this a while back. Continual disappointment and zero signs of improvement eventually lead even the strongest fanbases to run out of energy. At some point, the program has to give the fans something to get excited about in order to sustain the enthusiasm. There hasn't been anything to really get fired up about since Phillip Fulmer left the sidelines . . . and his last couple of seasons were mostly mediocre by the standards that he had established himself earlier in his career. Derek Dooley. Butch Jones. MIke Hamilton. John Currie. The list of those who took an active part in bringing us here is long.

I've started to fall victim to it. I've grown numb. I don't even get that bent out of shape any more when we lose. That empty Neyland Stadium is going to be painful to see the rest of the way. I'm driving down from DC for the UAB game (although after today, I'm not sure why other than going through the motions).
 
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#87
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I was interested in the program again after the Auburn game. Maybe, in fact, we had a coach that could:

A) Not insult this program's history
B) Not insult this program's fanbase
C) Not be a snake oil salesman
D) Actually recruit well and get productivity from his players

But then the famous November slide happened and I was right back out. 88-30 loss to Mizzou and Vandy when you were 5-5 against Mizzou and 5-6 against Vandy with a bowl on the line.

Team quit. Why shouldn't I?
 
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#92
#92
VolStrom said:
They've lost a lot of fans like me that used to attend every game and slowly lost interest when they hired idiots like Kiffin, Dooley, Jones and finally a guy that sounds like he couldn't run a high school team much less a $100 million dollar brand like Tennessee. Sorry but I'm just too apathetic anymore and while I'll always support them, the only money they get from me is whatever my views from TV generate which I'm sure isn't much.
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Same here. Still go to a few basketball games, but haven't been to a football game in many years.
 
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Gandalf said:
To them, I say much as I said to a desperate king, long ago, that in two ways may a man come with evil tidings. He may be a troll or negavol; or he may be such as leaves well alone, and comes only to bring aid in time of need. It is the latter, that I ever endeavor to provide.

Now I will ride off before @Catbone or @BeardedVol with their wormtongues comes to this thread to whisper their evil poison from the Dark Lord Saban on how the lack of 100k in the stands demonstrates the fans have no faith in Pruitt and we should abandon the season forthwith. LOL
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Those jimmies still rustled, or did that loss unrustle them?
 
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Chad F said:
It's apathy. Somebody on here talked about this a while back. Continual disappointment and zero signs of improvement eventually lead even the strongest fanbases to run out of energy. At some point, the program has to give the fans something to get excited about in order to sustain the enthusiasm. There hasn't been anything to really get fired up about since Phillip Fulmer left the sidelines . . . and his last couple of seasons were mostly mediocre by the standards that he had established himself earlier in his career. Derek Dooley. Butch Jones. MIke Hamilton. John Currie. The list of those who took an active part in bringing us here is long.

I've started to fall victim to it. I've grown numb. I don't even get that bent out of shape any more when we lose. That empty Neyland Stadium is going to be painful to see the rest of the way. I'm driving down from DC for the UAB game (although after today, I'm not sure why other than going through the motions).
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Same here. Been a fan for over 50 years and it just doesn't even hurt as much anymore. So much wasted money with nothing to show for it but a bunch of sorry azz coaches becoming millionaires s off of their buyouts
 
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#99
#99
BeardedVol said:
Those jimmies still rustled, or did that loss unrustle them?
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I had the game recorded to watch when I got back this eve. I cant believe what I just watched. Didnt seem like our team even brought their jimmies to the game.
 
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