Is there really a home field advantage?

#26
#26
There have actually been a number of successful scientific studies on home field advantage. Meta-analyses of the studies find that home field advantage does exist and affect the outcome a significant amount of the time. The only statistically significant source of home field advantage, though, is support from the home crowd. Not intimidating the opposing team, not influencing refs, and not the players feeling more familiar at home. None of those factors were endorsed by research.
I'm out.
 
#27
#27
Here is the easy question to ask coaches. Would you rather play Tennessee on a neutral field or in Neyland? Obvious answer so end of story. For instance if NC STATE were playing us here instead of Atlanta their somewhat chance of winning would be diminished hugely to little to no shot of winning.
 
#28
#28
ChiTownVol said:
There have actually been a number of successful scientific studies on home field advantage. Meta-analyses of the studies find that home field advantage does exist and affect the outcome a significant amount of the time. The only statistically significant source of home field advantage, though, is support from the home crowd. Not intimidating the opposing team, not influencing refs, and not the players feeling more familiar at home. None of those factors were endorsed by research.
I'm out.
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Crowd noise causing false starts and jumping offsides is huge factor. If it moves the chains it helps.
 
#29
#29
Sec teams don't get flustered as much than an non conference opponent would. Sec east teams come to Neyland every other year and they have players that have been there before.
 
#31
#31
On the average I think the home field advantage only adds 3 points for the home team.

Depending on who we play and how often they come to our house or play in a huge venue will cause more problems for our visitors.

Nothing is better than seeing almost all orange in our house.

VFL...GBO!!!
 
#33
#33
Escape Goat said:
Fayettenam comes to mind. It got the nickname for a reason. When The Vols are good, the crowd will be more of a factor. Just a matter of time. I hope.
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Fayettenam is for Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, NC not AR. AR just copied it.

Regarding home field advantage I think UT has lost some of it. As someone mentioned earlier, if you play an OOC opponent that averages less than 50k per game, it can be a big deal. Although it hasn't affected Oregon or UCLA in recent years.

As far as SEC games, I don't think it has that much of an effect on the better teams. Bama, LSU, UF, UGA, USC, haven't had much difficulty as of late with UT's stadium. There were fans on here talking about the electricity in the stadium for last year's Vandy game and it went to OT. So Vandy wasn't intimidated.

OOC, sort of. SEC, no.
 
#34
#34
Home field advantage is directly related to the ability of the team playing at home. Excepting September at the Swamp. Practicing in that environment has to be some kind of advantage early in the year. -- At one point we had won 22 straight at home under CPF. It was not the stadium. Was the team imo.
 
#35
#35
PimpVol said:
Home field advantage is directly related to the ability of the team playing at home. Excepting September at the Swamp. Practicing in that environment has to be some kind of advantage early in the year. -- At one point we had won 22 straight at home under CPF. It was not the stadium. Was the team imo.
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I tend to agree with you about the team.

As far as the 22 straight home wins, it had to be from '96 after we lost to UF to the 2000 UF game.
 
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